| 单词 | burst |
| 释义 | verb | noun burstburst1 /bɚst/ ●●○ verb (past tense and past participle burst) 1BREAK OPEN [intransitive, transitive] if something bursts, or if you burst it, it breaks open or apart suddenly and violently because of pressure on it so that the substance it contains comes out: The kids were trying to burst the balloons by sitting on them. A bag of flour had burst open in the cupboard. After days of heavy rain, the dam finally burst.► see thesaurus at break12MOVE SUDDENLY [intransitive always + adv./prep.] to move somewhere suddenly or quickly, especially into or out of a place: burst through/into/in etc. Four men burst into the store and tied up the clerks. The door burst open (=suddenly opened) and the kids piled into the house.3be bursting with something informal to be filled with something, or have a lot of something: The window boxes were bursting with flowers. a story bursting with ideasbe bursting with pride/confidence/energy etc. Her parents watched, bursting with pride, as she walked on stage. → see also be bursting at the seams at seam (4)4burst its banks if a river bursts its banks, water comes over the top of the river banks and goes onto the land around it5burst the/somebody’s bubble to make someone suddenly realize that something is not as good as he or she believed or hoped: I hate to burst your bubble, but you look really dumb in that hat.6burst a blood vessel spoken to become extremely angry7be bursting to do something informal to want to do something very much[Origin: Old English berstan] → see also outburst (1)burst in on/upon somebody/something phrasal verb to enter a room suddenly and interrupt something, in a way that embarrasses you or other people: I burst in on them, thinking that the room was empty.burst into something phrasal verb1to suddenly begin to make a sound, especially to start singing, crying, or laughing: The audience burst into wild applause. As he worked he would often burst into song. Ken’s sister suddenly burst into tears while we were eating.2burst into flames to suddenly start to burn: The aircraft burst into flames.burst out phrasal verb1burst out laughing/crying etc. to suddenly start to laugh, cry, etc.: Rubin burst out laughing as he read the letter.2 to suddenly say something in a forceful way: “I don’t believe you!” she burst out angrily. verb | noun burstburst2 ●●○ noun [countable] 1a short sudden increase in effort or activity: I try to work in short bursts.burst of The industry has seen a burst of activity recently.a burst of speed/energy a burst of speed at the finish line2a burst of something a)a short sudden and usually loud sound: a burst of machine-gun fire b)a sudden strong feeling or emotion: a burst of anger3the act of something bursting or the place where it has burst: a burst in the pipe |
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