bust
柯林斯词典
1. V-T If you bust something, you break it or damage it so badly that it cannot be used. 打碎[非正式]
They will have to bust the door to get him out. 他们将不得不砸碎门把他弄出来。
2. V-T If someone is busted, the police arrest them. 逮捕[非正式] [usu passive]
They were busted for possession of cannabis. 他们因持有大麻而被逮捕。
3. V-T If police bust a place, they go to it in order to arrest people who are doing something illegal. 突袭[非正式]
Police busted an underground network of illegal sports gambling. 警察突袭了一个非法体育赌博的地下网络。
4. N-COUNT Bust is also a noun. 突袭行动
Six tons of cocaine were seized last week in Panama's biggest drug bust. 上周在巴拿马最大的毒品突袭行动中收缴了6吨可卡因。
5. ADJ A company or fund that is bust has no money left and has been forced to close down. 破产的[非正式]
It is taxpayers who will pay most of the bill for bailing out bust banks. 帮助破产银行摆脱困境的大部分费用将由纳税人支付。
6. PHRASE If a company goes bust, it loses so much money that it is forced to close down. 倒闭[非正式]
...a Swiss company which went bust last May. …去年5月倒闭的一家瑞士公司。
7. N-COUNT A bust is a statue of the head and shoulders of a person. 半身像
...a bronze bust of Thomas Jefferson. …一座托马斯·杰斐逊的半身铜像。
8. N-COUNT You can use bust to refer to a woman's breasts, especially when you are describing their size. (女性的) 胸部
Good posture helps your bust look bigger. 好的姿势可以使你的胸部看起来更丰满。
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bust /bʌst/ (busting,busted,busts)
剑桥词典
bust noun [C] (BREASTS)
a woman's breasts , or the measurement around a woman's breasts and back
(女子的)胸部,胸围
I couldn't find any blouses in my bust size . 我找不到适合我胸围的衬衫。
bust noun [C] (HEAD)
a model of the head and shoulders of a person
半身像
There was a bust of Mahler on his desk . 他书桌上有一尊马勒的半身像。
bust noun [C] (ARREST)
slangan occasion when police arrest people who are thought to have broken the law
逮捕;搜捕
In their latest drugs bust police entered a warehouse where cocaine dealers were meeting . 在最近的毒品搜捕行动中,警方突袭了一个可卡因毒贩正在进行交易的仓库。 返回 bust