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

• I'm afraid I'll be tied up until 7 o'clock.; I'm afraid I won't be free until 7 o'clock.
  我七点钟以前恐怕抽不出身来。
• Your security team's tied up in the basement.
  你的保安组都被我捆在地下室了。
• 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？
• I got them tied up like a couple of girl friends in the convent.
  我把他们两个象是修道院的一对女朋友似的绑在一起了。
• I have about 20 year's magazines tied up in bundles.
  我把大约20年的杂志扎成捆。
• I am tied up this afternoon because I have an appointment with my dentist.
  今天下午我没空，我和牙医有约。
• I can't help you any more. Every shilling of my money is tied up.
  我不能再帮忙了，我的每一个先令都派了用处。
• The little money that was available was tied up in bureaucratic red tape.
  能用的那点儿小钱被繁文缛节拖得遥遥无期。
• She was tied up with housework and couldn't go.
  她为家务所羁绊，未能前往。
• They dismounted, tied up their horses and gave them the grain they had brought.
  他们下了马，把马拴起来，把带来的粮食喂给它们吃。