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

Collins.1

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

• Because I was tied up in traffic for a hour.
  因为我塞车了，被困了一个小时。
• I'm sorry to disappoint you again, but really I'll be tied up then.
  很抱歉又一次让你失望，可是我实在抽不出身来。
• 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。
• This project tied up a great deal of manpower.
  这项工程占用了大量人力。
• She was tied up with housework and couldn't go.
  她为家务所羁绊，未能前往。
• 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。
• 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。
• But you're the one tied up right now.
  但是现在你是那个被绑的了。
• The books were tied up in bundles of twenty.
  那些书被捆成20本1捆。
• I have about 20 year's magazines tied up in bundles.
  我把大约20年的杂志扎成捆。