| 单词 | bust |
| 释义 | bust bust1 /bust/, n. 1. a sculptured, painted, drawn, or engraved representation of the upper part of the human figure, esp. a portrait sculpture showing only the head and shoulders of the subject. 2. the chest or breast, esp. a woman's bosom. [1685-95; < F buste < It busto, prob. < L bustum grave mound, tomb, lit., funeral pyre, ashes; presumably by assoc. with the busts erected over graves] bust2 /bust/, v.i. 1. Informal. a. to burst. b. to go bankrupt. c. to collapse from the strain of making a supreme effort: She was determined to make straight A's or bust. 2. Cards. a. Draw Poker. to fail to make a flush or straight by one card. b. Blackjack. to draw cards exceeding the count of 21. v.t. 3. Informal. a. to burst. b. to bankrupt; ruin financially. 4. to demote, esp. in military rank or grade: He was busted from sergeant to private three times. 5. to tame; break: to bust a bronco. 6. Slang. a. to place under arrest: The gang was busted and put away on narcotics charges. b. to subject to a police raid: The bar has been busted three times for selling drinks to minors. 7. Informal. a. to hit. b. to break; fracture: She fell and busted her arm. 8. bust ass, Slang (vulgar). to fight with the fists; strike or thrash another. 9. bust on, Slang. a. to attack physically; beat up. b. to criticize or reprimand harshly. c. to make fun of or laugh at; mock. d. to inform on. 10. bust one's ass, Slang (vulgar). to make an extreme effort; exert oneself. 11. bust up, Informal. a. to break up; separate: Sam and his wife busted up a year ago. b. to damage or destroy: Soldiers got in a fight and busted up the bar. n. 12. a failure. 13. Informal. a hit; sock; punch: He got a bust in the nose before he could put up his hands. 14. a sudden decline in the economic conditions of a country, marked by an extreme drop in stock-market prices, business activity, and employment; depression. 15. Slang. a. an arrest. b. a police raid. 16. Informal. a drinking spree; binge. 17. Cards. a. a very weak hand. b. Bridge. a hand lacking the potential to take a single trick. adj. 18. Informal. bankrupt; broke. [1755-65; var. of BURST, by loss of r before s, as in ASS2, BASS2, PASSEL, etc.] Usage. Historically BUST is derived from a dialect pronunciation of BURST and is related to it much as cuss is related to curse. BUST is both a noun and a verb and has a wide range of meanings for both uses. Many are slang or informal. A few, as "a decline in economic conditions, depression," are standard. |
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