英语单词 | bust |
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英美音标 | 英 [bʌst] 美 [bʌst] |
中文释义 | n.半身像;胸部;搜查;失败 v.打碎;搜捕;降级;终止 adj.破产的;打碎的 |
英语例句 | (1) I worked up a lump of clay into a bust of my mother. (2) The police was engaged in a bust of the drug dealer. (3) The movie was a total bust. (4) I busted my leg playing basketball. (5) Thieves busted the lock and damaged the door. (6) He's been busted for drug trafficking. (7) He was busted for being absent without leave. (8) It was his drinking that busted up their marriage. (9) His company went bust. (10) My favorite cup is bust. |
中文例句 | (1) 我把一块粘土制作成我母亲的半身像。 (2) 警方正在搜捕那个毒贩子。 (3) 这部电影非常失败。 (4) 我打篮球的时候弄伤了腿。 (5) 小偷们打碎了门锁,破坏了屋门。 (6) 他因毒品买卖而被警方逮捕。 (7) 他因擅离职守而被降级. (8) 是他的酗酒行为破坏了他们的婚姻。 (9) 他的公司破产了。 (10) 我最心爱的杯子打碎了。 |
vocabulary简明 | If you bust something, you have broken it. A bust can also be a statue of someone from the shoulders up. Be careful to not bust a bust on your next field trip! |
vocabulary扩展 | Several meanings of bust are pretty discouraging. You might describe your business as bust if it's totally out of money, for example. Or you might threaten your younger sister, "If you bust my ceramic unicorn, you're in big trouble!" There's also the kind of bust that might sit on your piano, like a bust of Mozart or Bach — a statue of a person's head and upper shoulders. This is the oldest meaning of the word, from the Italian busto, "upper body." |
柯林斯解释 | 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。 1 [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]
2 [VERB 动词]逮捕;拘留 If someone is busted, the police arrest them. [ [usu passive] [INFORMAL 非正式]
3 [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]
4 [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]
5 [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]
6 [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
7 [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.
8 to bust a gut→see: gut ; |
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