bustle英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

An excited activity; a stir. countable,uncountable

— the whirl and bustle of a large metropolis
A cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine. countable
A frame worn underneath a woman's skirt, typically only protruding from the rear as opposed to the earlier more circular hoops. countable,historical

— All the portraits that hang on the walls of the living room are, I realize, of my mother's family: miniatures of her great-aunts in Victorian bustles and elaborate feathered hats; a gilt-framed oil of her great-great-great-uncle as a boy in pastoral England, wearing a gold riding coat over white jodhpurs and sitting astride a white steed, a King Charles spaniel yapping at them from the foreground of the canvas.
Money; cash. UK,obsolete,slang,uncountable

— Why the old clerical's turned coper—a new way of raising the wind——letting his friends down easy—gave you a good dinner, I suppose, Sir John, and took this method of drawing the bustle for it: an old trick of the reverend's.

动词 v.

To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about).

— The commuters bustled about inside the train station.
To teem or abound (usually followed by with); to exhibit an energetic and active abundance (of a thing).

— The train station was bustling with commuters.
To push around, to importune. transitive

— Don’t bustle her or fuss or snatch: / A suitor looking at his watch / Is not a posture that persuades / Willing, much less reluctant maids.

词形变化

bustles plural bustles present,singular,third-person bustling participle,present bustled participle,past bustled past

词汇关系

衍生词

bustlesome bustly hustle and bustle hustle-bustle abustle bustler outbustle

词源

词源 1

From Middle English bustlen, bustelen, bostlen, perhaps an alteration of *busklen (> Modern English buskle), a frequentative of Middle English busken (“to prepare; make ready”), from Old Norse búask (“to prepare oneself”); or alternatively from a frequentative form of Middle English busten, bisten (“to buffet; pummel; dash; beat”) + -le. Compare also Icelandic bustla (“to splash; bustle”).

词源 2

From Middle English bustlen, bustelen, bostlen, perhaps an alteration of *busklen (> Modern English buskle), a frequentative of Middle English busken (“to prepare; make ready”), from Old Norse búask (“to prepare oneself”); or alternatively from a frequentative form of Middle English busten, bisten (“to buffet; pummel; dash; beat”) + -le. Compare also Icelandic bustla (“to splash; bustle”).