no obj., with adverbial of direction
1- move in an energetic or noisy manner匆匆忙忙地走, 奔忙:
people clutching clipboards bustled about.
手拿写字板的人四处奔忙。
1.1
- with obj. and adverbial of direction make (someone) move hurriedly in a particular direction使(人沿着某个方向)匆忙地走:
she bustled us into the kitchen.
她把我们赶进了厨房。
1.2
- no obj.(of a place) be full of activity(地方)繁忙; 热闹:
the small harbour bustled with boats
小小的港口到处都是船只
as adj. bustling the bustling little town.忙碌的小镇。
mass noun
- excited activity and movement兴奋的活动:
all the noise and the traffic and the bustle.
所有那些噪音﹑车辆和忙乱。
词源
late Middle English: perhaps a variant of obsolete buskle, frequentative of busk 'prepare', from Old Norse.