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busybody

/biz-ee-bod-ee/US // ˈbɪz iˌbɒd i //UK // (ˈbɪzɪˌbɒdɪ) //

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural bus·y·bod·ies.

    • : a person who pries into or meddles in the affairs of others.

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Examples

  • Right-wing Supreme Court justices can now sit back to let their ideological allies in red states delegate the job of stripping women of their rights to greedy busybodies.

  • In “The Shop,” a doctor’s busybody wife is the character you love to hate.

  • People of color are on the internet just as much as anyone else but perhaps living in communities where no one believes that being a busybody is the key to anyone having a good day is the sine qua non.

  • You'd have married me last fall if some busybody hadn't filled your ears with scandal.

  • Without playing the part of the busybody, we may study the facts of human nature, and be aware of the developments of society.

  • But this was risky; it would bring him in view of a kitchen window whence some busybody might observe him.

  • She vaguely knew this lady for a busybody, but she was in a situation which even busybodies might alleviate.

  • They may support you, or they may call you an interfering busybody for your pains; you'll have to take your chance of that.