tied up

英 [taɪd ʌp]

美 [taɪd ʌp]

adj.  忙得不可开交的;不得闲的;正在使用的

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柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 忙得不可开交的;不得闲的;正在使用的
  If someone or something istied up, they are busy or being used, with the result that they are not available for anything else.
  1. He's tied up with his new book. He's working hard, you know...
     他正忙他那本新书。他在辛勤工作，您是知道的。
  2. More and more old people have capital tied up in a house.
     越来越多老年人的资金全让房子给套牢了。

双语例句

• The saint said, You tied up the donkey, but did you untie him?
  圣人说：你把驴拴好了，可你给它解绳子了吗？
• The books were tied up in bundles of twenty.
  那些书被捆成20本1捆。
• From behind a bush, I saw a man tied up.
  在一个树丛后面，我看到了一个被绑着的男人。
• And she's tied up because.
  她被绑了起来，因为。
• He tied up the bag and took it outside.
  他把口袋扎紧，拿到外边。
• I've tied up the parcel with string, but I'm afraid it won't hold together.
  我已把那个包用绳捆上了，只是怕捆不牢。
• He is too tied up with his work to get away.
  他工作太忙，拔不出身。
• Sorry, I'm tied up tomorrow.
  对不起，我明天有事。
• Has the dog been let loose or is it still tied up?
  狗已经放了还是仍在拴着？
• I'm tied up to this feeling.
  我对你的感觉是这样自然而然。