v. 佔用，占领（occupy的ing形式）

Occupy \Oc"cu*py\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Occupied}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Occupying}.] [OE. occupien, F. occuper, fr.L. occupare;
ob (see {Ob-}) + a word akin to capere to take. See
{Capacious}.]
1. To take or hold possession of; to hold or keep for use; to
possess.

Woe occupieth the fine [end] of our gladness.
--Chaucer.

The better apartments were already occupied. --W.
Irving.

2. To hold, or fill, the dimensions of; to take up the room
or space of; to cover or fill; as, the camp occupies five
acres of ground. --Sir J. Herschel.

3. To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the
service of; to employ; to busy.

An archbishop may have cause to occupy more
chaplains than six. --Eng. Statute
(Hen. VIII. )

They occupied themselves about the Sabbath. --2
Macc. viii.
27.

4. To do business in; to busy one's self with. [Obs.]

All the ships of the sea, with their mariners, were
in thee to occupy the merchandise. --Ezek. xxvii.
9.

Not able to occupy their old crafts. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).

5. To use; to expend; to make use of. [Obs.]

All the gold that was occupied for the work. --Ex.
xxxviii. 24.

They occupy not money themselves. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).

6. To have sexual intercourse with. [Obs.] --Nares.

occupying \occupying\ n.
the act of taking occupancy.

Syn: occupation, moving in.
[WordNet 1.5]