| 单词 | bust |
| 释义 | bust —bust /bʌst/ adjective [after verb] (US ALSO busted) informal (BROKEN) ► F0 broken: » I think my watch is bust.Thesaurus+: ↑Tearing and breaking into piecesadjective [after verb] (US ALSO busted) informal (BUSINESS) go bust► F0 If a company goes bust, it is forced to close because it is financially unsuccessful: » More than 20 companies in the district went bust during the last three months.Thesaurus+: ↑Starting, succeeding and failing in businessnoun [C] (BREASTS) ► F0 a woman's breasts, or the measurement around a woman's breasts and back: » I couldn't find anything in the shop in my bust size.Thesaurus+: ↑The breastThesaurus+: ↑Weighing and measuringnoun [C] (HEAD) ► F0 a model of the head and shoulders of a person: » There was a bust of Mahler on his desk.Thesaurus+: ↑Sculpturenoun [C] SLANG (ARREST) ► F0 an occasion when police arrest people who are thought to have broken the law: » In their latest drugs bust police entered a warehouse where cocaine dealers were meeting.Thesaurus+: ↑Arresting and chargingverb [T] (bust or US busted, bust or US busted) US INFORMAL (BREAK) ↑Verb Endings for bust ► F0 to break something: » Oh no! I've bust his MP3 player.Thesaurus+: ↑Tearing and breaking into piecesverb [T] (bust or US busted, bust or US busted) US SLANG (ARREST) ↑Verb Endings for bust ► F0 When the police bust a person, they arrest them, or when they bust a building or a place, they arrest people in it who they believe are breaking the law: » The police busted him because they think he's involved with a terrorist group.Thesaurus+: ↑Arresting and charging |
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