🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典 🎯
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典

檢索以下詞典:
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯!)
最近搜尋:
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 9832 COCA: 6688

bust

Word family
bust1 /bʌst/ ●●○ verb (past tensepst and past participlepp bust British EnglishBrE, busted especially American EnglishAmE) [transitiveT]  
1 break 弄破BREAK informal to break something 打烂,打碎,弄坏
 I bust my watch this morning.
今天早上我把手表摔坏了。
 Tony busted the door down.
托尼把门砸烂了。
2 police 警察
a) CATCHif the police bust someone, they charge them with a crime 〔以某罪名〕逮捕;起诉
 He was busted by US inspectors at the border.
他在边境被美国巡官拘捕。
bust somebody for something
 Davis got busted for drugs.
戴维斯因涉毒被起诉。
b) LOOK FOR informal if the police bust a place, they go into it to look for something illegal 突击搜查
 Federal agents busted several money-exchange businesses.
联邦探员突击搜查了几家货币汇兑店。
3 try hard 努力bust a gut  (also bust your butt/ass American EnglishAmE spoken) informalTRY TO DO OR GET something to try extremely hard to do something 拼足老命,竭尽全力
 I bust a gut trying to finish that work on time.
我拼着老命想按时完成那项工作。
Examples from the Corpus
4 money American EnglishAmE informal to use too much money, so that a business etc must stop operating 使破产
 The trip to Spain will probably bust our budget.
这次西班牙之行可能会超出我们的预算。
5 crime-busting/union-busting/budget-busting etc informal used with nouns to show that a situation is being ended or an activity is being stopped 打击犯罪的/破坏工会的/耗尽预算的等
 crime-busting laws
打击犯罪的法律
6 ... or bust! informalTRY TO DO OR GET something used to say that you will try very hard to go somewhere or do something 不可!
 Idaho or bust!
非去爱达荷州不可!
7. military 军事的PMDOWN especially American EnglishAmE to give someone a lower military rank as a punishment 贬降的军阶;使降职 SYN demote
8.bust out phrasal verbphr v informal ESCAPEto escape from a place, especially prison 逃跑;〔尤指〕越狱
9bust up phrasal verbphr v informal 
a) RELATIONSHIP British EnglishBrE if people bust up, they end their relationship or friendship 〔关系〕破裂,闹翻 SYN break up
 They bust up after six years of marriage.
他们结婚六年后离异了。
bust-up(1)
b) bust something ↔ upPREVENT to prevent an illegal activity or bad situation from continuing 阻止〔非法活动或恶劣形势继续下去〕 SYN break up
 A couple of teachers stepped in to bust up the fight.
有几个老师前去劝架。
c) bust something ↔ up American EnglishAmEDAMAGE to damage or break something 损坏,弄坏
 A bunch of bikers busted up the bar.
一群摩托车手把酒吧砸了。
d) American EnglishAmE to start laughing a lot 大笑起来 SYN crack up
 Elaine busted up laughing at the sight of him.
伊莱恩一见到他就笑个没完。
Examples from the Corpus
Examples from the Corpus
bust2 ●○○ noun [countableC]  
1 AVSa model of someone’s head, shoulders, and upper chest, usually made of stone or metal 〔通常用石头或金属制作的〕半身塑像
bust of
 a bust of Beethoven
贝多芬半身像
2. HBHDCa woman’s breasts, or the part of her clothes that covers her breasts 〔女子或其衣服的〕胸部
3 DCa measurement around a woman’s breast and back 〔女子的〕胸围
 a 36-inch bust
36英寸的胸围
4 informalLOOK FOR a situation in which the police go into a place in order to catch people doing something illegal 突击搜捕,突击搜查
 a drug bust
毒品突击搜查
boom to bust at boom1(1)
Examples from the Corpus
bust3 adjectiveadj [not before noun]  
1. go bust informalFAIL a business that goes bust cannot continue operating 生意失败,破产,倒闭
Examples from the Corpus
2 BROKEN British EnglishBrE informal broken 破的,坏的
Examples from the Corpus
From Longman Business Dictionary
bustbust1 /bʌst/ adjectiveadj informal
FINANCE go bust if a business goes bust, it cannot continue to operate because it does not have enough money to pay its debts
The company eventually went bust, leaving debts of £7 million.
bustbust2 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp bust)
Origin bust1
(1700-1800) burst
bust2
1. (1600-1700) French buste, from Italian busto, from Latin bustum place where a body is buried, statue put by such a place
2. (1900-2000) → BUST1
bust3
(1900-2000) From a past participle of → BUST1

👨🏻‍🏫 Mr. Ng 朗文詞典 📚 – longman.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文
Site Uptime