| 单词 | bust |
| 释义 | bust (once / 469 pages) 1n 2vn 3v 4adj 5n 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! 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." WORD FAMILYbust: busted, bustedly, buster, busting, bustly, busts, busty+/buster: busters USAGE EXAMPLESDemand for urban properties jumped after the housing bust as young, high-earning professionals eschewed homeownership and flocked to big cities. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) The site is one of many languishing after the real estate bust. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Weirdly enough, it never occurred to me that smashing busts of Thatcher might be considered a little dig. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1n a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person Hyper sculpture a three-dimensional work of plastic art 2n the chest of a woman 2Syn|Hyper female chest chest, pectus, thorax the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates 1v break open or apart suddenly and forcefully Syn|Hypo|Hyper burst shatter break into many pieces break, come apart, fall apart, separate, split up become separated into pieces or fragments 2v separate or cause to separate abruptly Syn|Hypo|Hyper rupture, snap, tear lacerate cut or tear irregularly pull, rend, rip, rivetear or be torn violently rip up, shred, tear uptear into shreds teasetear into pieces disunite, divide, part, separate force, take, or pull apart 3v go to pieces Syn|Hypo|Hyper break, fall apart, wear, wear out break ruin completely fray, frazzle wear away by rubbing crumble, decay, dilapidate fall into decay or ruin 4v ruin completely He busted my radio! Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper break break, fall apart, wear, wear out go to pieces bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken break down cause to fall or collapse destroy, ruin destroy completely; damage irreparably 5n a complete failure 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper fizzle, flop bomb, dud, turkey an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual failure an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose v search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on 4Syn|Hyper raid assail, attack launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with adj lacking funds 5Syn broke, skint, stone-broke, stony-broke poor having little money or few possessions n an occasion for excessive eating or drinking they went on a bust that lasted three days Syn|Hypo|Hyper binge, bout, tear piss-up vulgar expression for a bout of heavy drinking revel, revelry unrestrained merrymaking |
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