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This flashcard explains the multiple meanings and uses of the word "bust", including its use as a verb meaning "to break", "damage", "arrest", or "raid", as an adjective meaning "bankrupt" or "failed", and as a noun referring to a "statue" or a "woman's chest". It provides example sentences for different contexts and detailed grammatical explanations.

该闪卡解释了单词“bust”的多种含义和用法,包括作为动词,表示“打碎”、“破坏”、“逮捕”或“搜查”,以及作为形容词,表示“破产的”或“倒闭的”,还可以用作名词,指“半身像”或“胸部”。它提供了不同语境下的例句和详细的词性说明。

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/bʌ̱st/
The form bust is used as the present tense of the verb, and can also be used as the past tense and past participle. bust的过去式和过去分词可与原形相同。
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[VERB 动词]打碎;破坏 If you bust something, you break it or damage it so badly that it cannot be used.
  [V n]
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • They will have to bust the door to get him out.

    他们将不得不撞破门把他弄出来。

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[VERB 动词]逮捕;拘留 If someone is busted, the police arrest them.
  [be V-ed]
  [usu passive]
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • They were busted for possession of cannabis.

    他们因藏有大麻被逮捕。

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[VERB 动词](警察)搜查 If police bust a place, they go to it in order to arrest people who are doing something illegal.
  [V n]
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • ...police success in busting UK-based drug factories.

    警察对英国的毒品加工厂成功实施的突击搜查

  • Bust is also a noun.
    • Six tons of cocaine were seized last week in Panama's biggest drug bust.

      上周在巴拿马规模最大的毒品搜查行动中查获了6吨可卡因。

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[ADJ 形容词]破产的;倒闭的 A company or fund that is bust has no money left and has been forced to close down.
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  [BUSINESS 商]
  • It is taxpayers who will pay most of the bill for bailing out bust banks.

    是纳税人将支付大部分的账单以解救面临倒闭的银行。

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[PHRASE 短语]破产;倒闭 If a company goes bust, it loses so much money that it is forced to close down.
  [V inflects]
  [INFORMAL. BUSINESS 非正式,商]
  • ...a Swiss company which went bust last May.

    一家去年5月倒闭的瑞士公司

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]半身像;胸像 A bust is a statue of the head and shoulders of a person.
  [oft N of n]
  • ...a bronze bust of the Queen.

    女王的半身铜像

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](女人的)胸部 You can use bust to refer to a woman's breasts, especially when you are describing their size.
  • Good posture also helps your bust look bigger.

    优美的姿势也能让你的胸部看起来更丰满。

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    Oxford bust / bʌst ; NAmE bʌst /
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    bust busts busted busting
    verb ( bust , bust or bust·ed , bust·ed ) ( informal) 1 buststh to break sth 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 bustsb/sth (for sth) (of the police 警方 ) to suddenly enter a place and search it or arrest sb 突击搜查(或搜捕) ◆ He's been busted for drugs. 他因涉嫌毒品而遭到拘捕。 3 bustsb ( especially NAmE) to make sb lower in military rank as a punishment (使)降级,降低军阶 SYN
    demote
    IDIOMS bust a ˈgut (doing sth/to do sth) ( informal) to make a great effort to do sth 努力(做某事) … or ˈbust ( informal) used to say that you will try very hard to get somewhere or achieve sth (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。 PHRASAL VERBS ˌbust ˈup ( informal) (of a couple, friends, partners, etc. 夫妻、朋友、合伙人等 ) to have an argument and separate 吵翻;分手 SYN break up ◆ They bust up after five years of marriage. 他们结婚五年后离异了。 ☞related noun
    bust-up
    ˌbust sth↔ˈup ( informal) to make sth end by disturbing or ruining it 断送;毁灭 SYN break sth up ◆ It was his drinking that bust up his marriage. 是他的酗酒葬送了他的婚姻。
    noun 1 a stone or metal model of a person's head, shoulders and chest (石或金属的)半身像 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? 3 ( informal) an unexpected visit made by the police in order to arrest people for doing sth illegal (警方的)突击搜捕,突击搜查 ◆ a drug bust 突击搜查毒品 4 ( NAmE) 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。 adjective [not usually before noun ] ( informal) 1 ( BrE) 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 SYN
    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。
    bust / bʌst ; NAmE bʌst /
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    bust1 verb
    bust2 noun
    bust3 adjective
    bustbust1 /bʌst/ ●●○ verb (past tense and past participle bust British English, busted especially American English) [transitive]
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    1break informal to break something:  I bust my watch this morning. Tony busted the door down.2police a)if the police bust someone, they charge them with a crime:  He was busted by US inspectors at the border.bust somebody for something Davis got busted for drugs. b) informal if the police bust a place, they go into it to look for something illegal:  Federal agents busted several money-exchange businesses.3try hard bust a gut (also bust your butt/ass American English spoken) informal to try extremely hard to do something:  I bust a gut trying to finish that work on time.4money American English informal to use too much money, so that a business etc must stop operating:  The trip to Spain will probably bust our budget.5crime-busting/union-busting/budget-busting etc informal used with nouns to show that a situation is being ended or an activity is being stopped:  crime-busting laws6... or bust! informal used to say that you will try very hard to go somewhere or do something:  Idaho or bust!7military especially American English to give someone a lower military rank as a punishment SYN  demotebust out phrasal verb informal to escape from a place, especially prisonbust up phrasal verb informal1 British English if people bust up, they end their relationship or friendship SYN  break up:  They bust up after six years of marriage. →
    bust-up(1)
    2bust something ↔ up to prevent an illegal activity or bad situation from continuing SYN  break up:  A couple of teachers stepped in to bust up the fight.3bust something ↔ up American English to damage or break something:  A bunch of bikers busted up the bar.4American English to start laughing a lot SYN  crack up:  Elaine busted up laughing at the sight of him.
    bust1 verb
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    bust3 adjective
    bustbust2 ●○○ noun [countable]
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    1a model of someone’s head, shoulders, and upper chest, usually made of stone or metalbust of a bust of Beethoven2a woman’s breasts, or the part of her clothes that covers her breasts3a measurement around a woman’s breast and back:  a 36-inch bust4informal a situation in which the police go into a place in order to catch people doing something illegal:  a drug bust → boom to bust
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    1go bust informal a business that goes bust cannot continue operating2 British English informal broken:  The television’s bust again.
    WDF

    bust

    [bʌst]busted, busting, busts级别:buster, bustest

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    半身像(38%),胸部(17%),破产的(12%),搜查(10%),失败(10%),打碎(5%),降级(3%),搜捕(2%),终止(2%),打碎的(1%)
    n.破产;半身像;萧条;胸部
    adj.破产了的;毁坏了的
    vt.使破产;使爆裂;逮捕
    vi.破产;爆裂;降低级别
    n.(Bust)人名;(德)布斯特

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