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occupy

英['ɒkjʊpaɪ] 美['ɑkjupaɪ]
  • vt. 占据,占领;居住;使忙碌

英英释意


1. be present in; be inside of
2. keep busy with;
"She busies herself with her butterfly collection"
3. live (in a certain place)
4. occupy the whole of;
"The liquid fills the container"
5. be on the mind of;
"I worry about the second Germanic consonant"
6. as of time or space;
"It took three hours to get to work this morning"
"This event occupied a very short time"
7. march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation;
"Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"
8. engage or engross wholly;
"Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"