bust
verb/bʌst/
/bʌst/
(informal)Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| 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/ |
- 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！
- I bust my camera.
- bust somebody/something (for something) (of the police) 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。
- He's been busted for drugs.
- bust somebody (especially North American English) to make somebody lower in military rank as a punishment
（使）降级，降低军阶
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
- (North American English, informal) to criticize somebody
批评，责备（某人） - Your blog is great but I have to bust your chops a little over this post.
你的博客很棒，但我不得不在这篇文章中对你进行一些破坏。
- Your blog is great but I have to bust your chops a little over this post.
bust a gut (doing something/to do something) (informal)
(also North American English, informal bust your butt/chops/hump, North American English, offensive, slang bust your ass)
- 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.
这是一个没有人会费尽心思去解决的问题。 - I busted my chops to get into law school.
我竭尽全力进入法学院。 - These guys were busting their butts on the field, trying to excel at athletics.
这些家伙在球场上竭尽全力，试图在体育运动中表现出色。
- It’s a problem which nobody is going to bust a gut trying to solve.
bust (out) some moves/a move
- (informal) to dance
跳舞 - 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跳舞的人。 - 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一家夜总会里大肆举动。
- I'm the sort of guy who loves to bust out some moves at a party.
… 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。
- For him it's the Olympics or bust.