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bust

verb
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(informal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they bust
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he / she / it busts
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past simple bust
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past participle bust
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past simple busted
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past participle busted
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-ing form busting
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Idioms Phrasal Verbs
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  1. 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！🔊🔊
  2. 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
  3. 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
    4. Word Originverb 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
  1. (North American English, informal) to criticize somebody打破；摔碎
    • Your blog is great but I have to bust your chops a little over this post.您的博客很棒，但在这篇文章上，我不得不给您一些破篇。
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)
  1. (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.这是一个没人愿意解决的直截了当的问题。
    • I busted my chops to get into law school.我砍掉了印章，进了法学院。
    • These guys were busting their butts on the field, trying to excel at athletics.这些家伙在球场上砸屁股，试图在田径运动中脱颖而出。
    Topics Successc2
bust (out) some moves/a move
  1. (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打破某些举动的人。
    • The actress was seen busting a move with her friends in a London nightclub.看到这位女演员在伦敦一家夜总会与她的朋友一起搬家。
… or bust
  1. (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
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  1. 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.首相揭露了前总统的半身像。
    Topics Artc2
  2. (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.这件衣服胸围太大了。
    • exercises to tone the bust练习消除胸围
    Extra Examples
    • Her bust reduced from 40 to 34 inches as a result of her diet.她的饮食使她的胸围从40英寸减少到34英寸。
    • The dress is made to fit up to a 40-inch bust.这件衣服适合40英寸的胸围。
    Topics Bodyc2
  3. 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?房地产市场是繁荣还是萧条？
    • Both the boom and its inevitable bust have been enormously disruptive.繁荣及其不可避免的萧条都造成了极大的破坏。
    Topics Moneyc2
  4. (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
  5. (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。🔊🔊
    6. Word Originnoun 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
  1. a situation in which a period of rapid economic growth is followed by one of sudden decline
    • High house prices encourage boom and bust and leave the economy vulnerable.高房价会助长繁荣与萧条，并使经济脆弱。
    • 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，家庭面临减薪和失业的局面。

bust

adjective
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  1. (British English) broken破碎；毁坏
    • My watch is bust.我的表坏了。🔊🔊
  2. (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
    3. Word Originadjective mid 18th cent. (originally US, as a noun in the sense ‘an act of bursting or splitting’): variant of burst.