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'll leave you tied up here naked.
  我会将你赤身裸体捆在这。
• The books were all tied up with tape.
  所有书籍都用布条捆扎了起来。
• And she's tied up because.
  她被绑了起来，因为。
• She was tied up with housework and couldn't go.
  她为家务所羁绊，未能前往。
• But you're the one tied up right now.
  但是现在你是那个被绑的了。
• He is too tied up with his work to get away.
  他工作太忙，拔不出身。
• 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。
• Has the dog been let loose or is it still tied up?
  狗已经放了还是仍在拴着？
• 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。
• I have about 20 year's magazines tied up in bundles.
  我把大约20年的杂志扎成捆。