buzz: 忙碌

【背景知识】

应美国总统布什的邀请，国家主席胡锦涛18日抵达美国华盛顿州西雅图市，开始对美国进行为期4天的国事访问。为迎接胡锦涛主席的来访，美国媒体掀起了一阵“胡锦涛热”，在主席出席的各项官方活动现场，到处可看到记者、工商界人士和华人华侨忙碌的身影。

【相关报道】

President Hu Jintao's arrival in Seattle, the first visit by the head of state of a major country in recent years, is generating a lot ofbuzzamong the media, businesses and the Chinese community. More than 340 journalists from different media organizations worldwide have applied for press passes to cover Hu's visit.

报道中的buzz可解释为“忙碌”，其英文释义是：to move quickly and busily; bustle，举两个例子：Everyone is buzzing about.（人们都来去匆匆。）
The bus was buzzing along.（客车向前急行。）

Buzz原指“蜜蜂的嗡嗡声；电话铃声”，可延伸为人群“嘁嘁喳喳、交头接耳”或“给某人电话”，如：
The crowd buzzed with excitement.（群众很兴奋，嘁嘁喳喳交头接耳。）
I' ll buzz you at work.（我上班时会给你打电话。）

另外，buzz在俚语中还有一层含意：a state of pleasant intoxication or stimulation, as from alcohol or caffeine（由酒精或咖啡因而引起的兴奋或飘飘然），如：At his 74th birthday party, continuous toasts gave the old man a buzz.（在他74岁生日宴会上，人们频繁的敬酒让老人兴奋不已。）

最后，再提个词组：buzz off指“匆匆离开”。