英和和英

発音

• IPA: /ˈbʌzəl/
• 韻: -ʌzəl

動詞

buzzle (third-person singular simple present buzzles, present participle buzzling, simple past and past participle buzzled)

1. (intransitive) To buzz repeatedly or continuously; whirr
   • 2007, Miss Read, Christmas at Fairacre - Page 237:

     'It's here, you see, but we just ran out into the garden to tell Daddy the telephone was ringing, and it all went sort of fizzy and buzzled all over the stove.'

   • 2012, Phoebe Baker Hyde, The Beauty Experiment:

     It buzzled and zipped behind the wastebasket; I lunged and stomped, my pooch belly heaving and my underarms waggling as John and Hattie cheered me on.

   • 2014, Stephen Smith, Puckstruck:

     Butterflies plagued Plante before a game, and shivers buzzled between his shoulder blades.

   • 2015, Jamie Alan Belanger, D.L. Harvey, Shelli-Jo Pelletier, Scribings, Vol 5: Inversions:

     There was a time every spring when bees swarmed all over the brambles and the apple and pear trees. Every tree hummed, and furry bees buzzled and flew, in and out, from flower to flower. It was a beautiful time, full of promise and life.

2. (transitive) To cause to buzz; flurry
   • 1874, John Crowne, The Dramatic Works - Volume 3 - Page 77:

     Hold, hold, master, spare me for heaven's sake I remember my Lady Faddle, she once sent me of an errand; your compliments buzzled me and put it out of my head.