bust

verb

/bʌst/

(informal)

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they bust	/bʌst/ /bʌst/
he / she / it busts	/bʌsts/ /bʌsts/
past simple bust	/bʌst/ /bʌst/
past participle bust	/bʌst/ /bʌst/
past simple busted	/ˈbʌstɪd/ /ˈbʌstɪd/
past participle busted	/ˈbʌstɪd/ /ˈbʌstɪd/
-ing form busting	/ˈbʌstɪŋ/ /ˈbʌstɪŋ/

Idioms Phrasal Verbs

bust something to break something打破；摔碎
- I bust my camera.我把照相机摔坏了。
- The lights are busted.灯泡被砸碎了。
- Come out, or I'll bust the door down!出来，不然我就砸门了！
bust somebody/something (for something) (of the police警方) to suddenly enter a place and search it or arrest somebody突击搜查（或搜捕）
- He's been busted for drugs.他因涉嫌毒品而遭到拘捕。
- He was busted for drunk driving.他因酒后驾车被拘捕了。
- The cops busted the place frequently.警察经常突击搜查那个地方。
Topics Law and justicec2, Crime and punishmentc2
bust somebody (especially North American English) to make somebody lower in military rank as a punishment（使）降级，降低军阶 synonym demote

词源verb mid 18th cent. (originally US, as a noun in the sense ‘an act of bursting or splitting’): variant of burst.

Idioms

bust somebody's chops

(North American English, informal) to criticize somebody批评某人
- Your blog is great but I have to bust your chops a little over this post.你的博客很棒，但我不得不为这篇文章伤透你的心。

bust a gut (doing something/to do something)

(North American English also bust your butt/chops/hump, North American English, taboo, slang bust your ass)

(informal) to make a great effort to do something努力（做某事）
- It’s a problem which nobody is going to bust a gut trying to solve.没有人会竭尽全力去解决这个问题。
- I busted my chops to get into law school.我拼尽全力想进法学院。
- These guys were busting their butts on the field, trying to excel at athletics.这些人在赛场上拼尽全力，试图在体育方面出类拔萃。
Topics Successc2

bust (out) some moves/a move

(informal) to dance突击搜查（或搜捕）
- I'm the sort of guy who loves to bust out some moves at a party.我是那种喜欢在聚会上大出风头的人。
- The actress was seen busting a move with her friends in a London nightclub.有人看到这位女演员和她的朋友在伦敦的一家夜总会里寻衅滋事。

… or bust

(informal) used to say that you will try very hard to get somewhere or achieve something（表示将全力以赴）
- For him it's the Olympics or bust.他将竭尽全力参加奥运会。
Topics Successc2

bust

noun

/bʌst/

Idioms

a stone or metal model of a person’s head, shoulders and chest（石或金属的）半身像
- a marble bust of Napoleon拿破仑的大理石半身像
- The prime minister unveiled a bust of the former president.首相公布了前总统的半身像。
Topics Artc2
(used especially when talking about clothes or measurements) a woman’s breasts or the measurement around the breasts and back（尤指衣服或尺寸）女子的胸部，胸围
- What is your bust measurement, Madam?您的胸围是多少，太太？
- The dress was too big in the bust.这条裙子的胸围太大了。
- exercises to tone the bust增强胸围的练习
- Her bust reduced from 40 to 34 inches as a result of her diet.由于节食，她的胸围从40英寸减到34英寸。
- The dress is made to fit up to a 40-inch bust.这件衣服被做成适合40英寸的胸围。
Topics Bodyc2
a period of economic difficulty in which people and businesses struggle to survive经济萧条期；经济不景气
- Will it be boom or bust for the property market?房地产市场会繁荣还是萧条？
- Both the boom and its inevitable bust have been enormously disruptive.繁荣和不可避免的萧条都具有巨大的破坏性。
Topics Moneyc2
(informal) an unexpected visit made by the police in order to arrest people for doing something illegal（警方的）突击搜捕，突击搜查
- a drug bust突击搜查毒品
Topics Crime and punishmentc2, Law and justicec2
(North American English) a thing that is not good蹩脚的东西；没价值的事物
- As a show it was a bust.作为一场演出，那可不怎么样。

词源noun senses 1 to 2 mid 17th cent. (denoting the upper part or torso of a large sculpture): from French buste, from Italian busto, from Latin bustum ‘tomb, sepulchral monument’. noun sense 3 mid 18th cent. (originally US, as a noun in the sense ‘an act of bursting or splitting’): variant of burst.

Idioms

boom and bust

a situation in which a period of rapid economic growth is followed by one of sudden decline萧条：在经济快速增长时期之后突然下降的情况
- High house prices encourage boom and bust and leave the economy vulnerable.高房价助长了繁荣和萧条，让经济变得脆弱。
- Amid the inevitable boom and bust cycle, families are facing pay cuts and job losses.在不可避免的繁荣和萧条周期中，家庭面临着减薪和失业。

bust

adjective

/bʌst/

[not usually before noun] (informal)

(British English) broken破碎；毁坏
- My watch is bust.我的表坏了。
(of a person or business个人或企业) failed because of a lack of money破产 synonym bankrupt
- We're bust!我们破产了！
- We lost our money when the travel company went bust.旅行社破产，我们的钱都赔了进去。
Topics Businessc2

词源adjective mid 18th cent. (originally US, as a noun in the sense ‘an act of bursting or splitting’): variant of burst.

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