The form bust is used as the present tense of the verb, and can also be used as the past tense and past participle. bust的过去式和过去分词可与原形相同。
- VERB 打碎;破坏
If you bust something, you break it or damage it so badly that it cannot be used.
- They will have to bust the door to get him out.
他们将不得不撞破门把他弄出来。
- VERB 逮捕;拘留
If someone is busted, the police arrest them.
- They were busted for possession of cannabis.
他们因藏有大麻被逮捕。
- VERB (警察)搜查
If police bust a place, they go to it in order to arrest people who are doing something illegal.
- ...police success in busting UK-based drug factories.
警察对英国的毒品加工厂成功实施的突击搜查 - Bust is also a noun.
- Six tons of cocaine were seized last week in Panama's biggest drug bust.
上周在巴拿马规模最大的毒品搜查行动中查获了6吨可卡因。
- ADJ 破产的;倒闭的
A company or fund that is bust has no money left and has been forced to close down.
- It is taxpayers who will pay most of the bill for bailing out bust banks.
是纳税人将支付大部分的账单以解救面临倒闭的银行。
- PHRASE 破产;倒闭
If a company goes bust, it loses so much money that it is forced to close down.
- ...a Swiss company which went bust last May.
一家去年5月倒闭的瑞士公司
- N-COUNT 半身像;胸像
A bust is a statue of the head and shoulders of a person.
- ...a bronze bust of the Queen.
女王的半身铜像
- N-COUNT (女人的)胸部
You can use bust to refer to a woman's breasts, especially when you are describing their size.
- Good posture also helps your bust look bigger.
优美的姿势也能让你的胸部看起来更丰满。
- to bust a gut → see: gut