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。

请看《中国日报》的相关报道：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 of buzz among the media, businesses and the Chinese community. More than 340 journalists from different media organizations worldwide have applied¹ 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 intoxication² or stimulation³, 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”。