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

• Your security team's tied up in the basement.
  你的保安组都被我捆在地下室了。
• 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've got a feeling that the death may be tied up with his visit in some way.
  我有种感觉，死亡似乎和他的来访有某种关联。
• This project tied up a great deal of manpower.
  这项工程占用了大量人力。
• Sorry, I'm tied up tomorrow.
  对不起，我明天有事。
• Because I was tied up in traffic for a hour.
  因为我塞车了，被困了一个小时。
• 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。
• The books were tied up in bundles of twenty.
  那些书被捆成20本1捆。
• 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。