1
- a woman's chest as measured around her breasts胸围：
a 36-inch bust.
胸围36英寸。
1.1
- a woman's breasts, especially considered in terms of their size乳房（尤指大小）：
if you have a big bust, you are seen as stupid.
假如你胸部大, 人们会认为你蠢。
2
- a sculpture of a person's head, shoulders, and chest半身雕像。
词源
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'.
informal <非正式>
(past and past participle busted或bust)with obj.
1
- break, split, or burst (something)打破; 炸破, 破开：
they bust the tunnel wide open
他们把隧道炸开
figurative 〈喻〉the film busts every office record.
这部电影打破了所有票房纪录。
1.1
- no obj. come apart or split open分开, 裂开：
laughing fit to bust.
差点笑破肚皮。
1.2
- cause to collapse; defeat utterly引起崩溃; 击溃：
he promised to bust the mafia.
他许诺要粉碎黑手党。
1.3
- no obj.
bust up
(of a group or married couple) separate, typically after a quarrel（小组成员, 夫妻）分离; 离婚; （婚姻或友谊）破裂（尤指因争吵）。
1.4
bust something up
cause (something) to break up使分裂：men hired to bust up union rallies.
雇来破坏工会集会的人。
1.5
- chiefly N. Amer. strike violently〈主北美〉猛烈打击：
they wanted to bust me on the mouth.
他们想打我的嘴巴。
1.6
- no obj.
bust out
break out; escape逃脱, 逃亡： she busted out of prison.
她越狱了。
1.7
- no obj.(in blackjack and similar card game) exceed the score of 21, so losing one's stake（玩21点及类似牌戏）超点输掉赌注, 涨裂。
2
- chiefly N. Amer. raid or search (premises where illegal activity is suspected)〈主北美〉袭击; 搜查：
my flat got busted.
我的房子被人搜过了。
2.1
- arrest逮捕：
two roadies were busted for drugs.
巡回乐队两名管理员被搜身查找毒品。
2.2
be/get busted
be caught in the act of doing something wrong被逮个正着：I sneaked up on them and told them they were busted.
我偷偷地走近他们, 告诉他们说他们被当场抓住了。
2.3
- chiefly US reduce (a soldier) to a lower rank; demote〈主美〉使（士兵）降级; 使降职：
he was busted to private.
他被降级为列兵。
1
- a period of economic difficulty or depression经济萧条（或不景气）时期：
the boom was followed by the present bust.
经济繁荣后是当前的萧条。
2
- informal a police raid〈非正式〉（警察的）搜捕, 袭击：
a drug bust.
搜查毒品。
3
- a worthless thing无价值的事物：
as a show it was a bust.
这是一场没有价值的表演。
4
- chiefly N. Amer. a violent blow〈主北美〉重击：
a bust on the snout.
冲着鼻子的一记重击。
词源
mid 18th cent （originally US as a noun in the sense 'an act of bursting or splitting'）： variant of BURST.