释义
bust BrE /bʌst / NAmE /bʌst / verb present simple - I / you / we / they bust BrE /bʌst / NAmE /bʌst / present simple - he / she / it busts BrE /bʌsts / NAmE /bʌsts / past simple bust BrE /bʌst / NAmE /bʌst / past participle bust BrE /bʌst / NAmE /bʌst / past simple busted BrE /ˈbʌstɪd / NAmE /ˈbʌstɪd / past participle busted BrE /ˈbʌstɪd / NAmE /ˈbʌstɪd / -ing form busting BrE /ˈbʌstɪŋ / NAmE /ˈbʌstɪŋ / (informal ~ sth to break sth ◆ I bust my camera . ◆ The lights are busted . ◆ Come out , or I'll bust the door down ! ~ sb /sth (for sth )of the police 警方 to suddenly enter a place and search it or arrest sb ◆ He's been busted for drugs . ~ sb (especially NAmE to make sb lower in military rank as a punishment SYN demote ● bust a ˈgut (doing sth /to do sth )(informal to make a great effort to do sth ● … or ˈbust (informal used to say that you will try very hard to get somewhere or achieve sth ◆ For him it's the Olympics or bust . ● ˌbust ˈup (informal (of a couple , friends , partners , etc . 夫妻、朋友、合伙人等 to have an argument and separate SYN break up (with sb) ◆ They bust up after five years of marriage . ➡ related noun bust-up ● ˌbust sth↔ˈup (informal to make sth end by disturbing or ruining it SYN break sth up ◆ It was his drinking that bust up his marriage . bust BrE /bʌst / NAmE /bʌst / noun a stone or metal model of a person's head , shoulders and chest (used especially when talking about clothes or measurements ) a woman's breasts or the measurement around the breasts and back ◆ What is your bust measurement , Madam ? a period of economic difficulty in which people and businesses struggle to survive ◆ a boom and bust cycle (informal an unexpected visit made by the police in order to arrest people for doing sth illegal ◆ a drug bust (NAmE a thing that is not good ◆ As a show it was a bust . bust BrE /bʌst / NAmE /bʌst / adjective [ not usually before noun ] (informal (BrE broken ◆ My watch is bust . of a person or business 个人或企业 failed because of a lack of money SYN bankrupt ◆ We're bust ! ◆ We lost our money when the travel company went bust .
