单词 | busted |
释义 | bustedadj.1ΚΠ a1817 W. Muir Poems (1818) 275 The busted columns rise, And sculptur'd marbles groan, with ‘Here he lies’. c1830 Ld. Tennyson in R. H. Shepherd Tennysoniana (1879) 52 Your bridges and your busted libraries. 2. With prefixed adjective: having a bust (bust n.2 3a) of a specified type. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > breast or breasts (of woman) > [adjective] > having breasted1571 mammeated1656 mammillary1792 busted1838 mammate1857 mammilliferous1857 mammiferous1869 mammulose1889 1838 A. Walker Intermarriage vi. iii. 336 French women who have a bad vital system, are at once meagre, bad breeders, flat busted, moustached, hoarse-voiced, bad complexioned. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 30 Her full-busted figure-head Stared o'er the ripple feathering from her bows. 1901 Smart Set Feb. 108/1 A showily dressed girl, large busted and narrow hipped. 1960 Guardian 20 Dec. 7/1 This is the winter of the teen-age doll. They're slightly busted this year. 2003 D. Hecht City of Masks (2004) xx. 196 She had a chunky, big-busted build. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). bustedadj.2 colloquial and slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). 1. That has been busted (in various senses); bankrupt, financially ruined; burst, broken, damaged. Also with up. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > [adjective] > going bankrupt > bankrupt decoct1529 bankrupt1565 bankruptlike1625 cracked1632 bursten1638 bankrupted1649 crazy1700 crazed1732 busted1836 quisby1853 sold-out1859 bung1948 bust1964 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders of bones > [adjective] > fractures brokena1400 bursted1527 comminuted1790 camerated1801 greenstick1850 impacted1850 spiral1897 busted1929 1836 Spirit of Times 9 July 164/1 Their pocket change being used up.., most of the boys were ‘busted’. 1860 Harper's Mag. July 278/2 Having lost all he had..on a ‘busted’ bank at a game of poker. 1880 A. A. Hayes New Colorado vi. 80 It was a regular amalgamation of busted people. 1909 ‘O. Henry’ Roads of Destiny xiii. 212 A busted-up coloured colony. 1929 E. L. McKenna Hardware xxiv. 277 The leg's busted. 1947 Pop. Sci. Monthly Aug. 146/2 What I want to know..is how you fixed a busted fuel pump. 1991 Atlantic June 48/2 We have only begun to understand the long-term effects of having so many busted-up families. 2008 T. Gallagher Falcon Fever i. 19 She had a busted lip and a bruise on her face. 2. Poker. Designating an incomplete flush or straight. Also figurative, esp. in busted flush n. a person who or thing which has become worthless or useless, despite once having great potential. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > poker > [adjective] > incomplete run or flush busted1882 1882 Daily Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 1 Sept. 1/5 When a man holds a ‘busted’ flush, he wins if the hand is not called. 1903 M. Douglas He Would be Actor iv. 30 If you can go round makin' everybody think you hold a full house when all you've got..is a busted straight.., you're IT. 1912 Scribner's Mag. Dec. 679/1 Kept a busted straight flush and it came right—simply had to back it. 1956 ‘N. Shute’ Beyond Black Stump 205 There's no goddam oil here. This is a dry hole, a busted flush. 1982 D. M. Hayano Poker Faces (1983) 61 He was winning on everything—pairs, busted hands, all kinds of shit. 2008 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 15 June 32/3 The joker in the pack that will one day leave the BBC a busted flush. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1a1817adj.21836 |
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