bust
verb
noun
adj
bʌst verb
1
BREAK
弄破
to break something [非正式] 打烂，打碎，弄坏 informal
I bust my watch this morning.
今天早上我把手表摔坏了。
Tony busted the door down.
托尼把门砸烂了。
2
POLICE
警察
a. if the police bust someone, they charge them with a crime b. if the police bust a place, they go into it to look for something illegal [非正式] 突击搜查 informal
He was busted by U.S. inspectors at the border.
他受到美国边防官的指控。
bust sb for sth
Davis got busted for drugs .
戴维斯因毒品问题被起诉。
Federal agents busted several money-exchange businesses.
联邦探员突击搜查了几家货币汇兑店。
3
TRY HARD
努力
also 又作 to try extremely hard to do something 拼足老命，竭尽全力 informal AmE spoken
I bust a gut trying to finish that work on time.
我拼足老命想按时完成那工作。
4
MONEY
钱
to use too much money, so that a business etc must stop operating [美，非正式] 使破产 AmE informal
The trip to Spain will probably bust our budget.
这次西班牙之行可能会超出我们的预算。
5
crime-busting/union-busting/budget-busting etc
used with nouns to show that a situation is being ended or an activity is being stopped [非正式] 打击犯罪的/破坏工会的/耗尽预算的等 informal
crime-busting laws
打击犯罪的法律
6
… or bust!
used to say that you will try very hard to go somewhere or do something [非正式] 非…不可！ informal
Idaho or bust!
非去爱达荷不可！
7
MILITARY
军事的
to give someone a lower military rank as a punishment [尤美] 贬降…的军阶; 使降职; especially AmE
8 to escape from a place, especially prison 逃跑;〔尤指〕越狱
9 if people bust up, they end their relationship or friendship [英] 〔关系〕破裂，闹翻; BrE
They bust up after six years of marriage.
他们结婚六年后分手了。
10
bust sth ↔ up
to prevent an illegal activity or bad situation from continuing 阻止〔非法活动或坏事继续下去〕;
A couple of teachers stepped in to bust up the fight.
有几个老师介入劝架。
11
bust sth ↔ up
to damage or break something [美] 损坏，弄坏 AmE
A bunch of bikers busted up the bar.
一群摩托车手把酒吧砸了。
12 to start laughing a lot [美] 大笑起来; AmE
Elaine busted up laughing at the sight of him.
伊莱恩一见到他就笑个没完。
noun
13 a model of someone’s head, shoulders, and upper chest, usually made of stone or metal 〔用石头或金属制造的〕半身塑像
[+ of ]
a bust of Beethoven
贝多芬的半身塑像
14 a woman’s breasts, or the part of her clothes that covers her breasts 〔妇女或其衣服的〕胸部
15 a measurement around a woman’s breast and back 〔女子的〕胸围
a 36-inch bust 36
英寸的胸围
16 a situation in which the police go into a place in order to catch people doing something illegal [非正式] 突击搜捕，突击搜查 informal
a drug bust
毒品大搜查
adj
17
go bust
a business that goes bust cannot continue operating [非正式] 生意失败，破产，倒闭 informal
18 broken [英，非正式] 破的，坏的 BrE informal
The television’s bust again.
电视机又坏了。