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. 他們將不得不砸碎門把他弄出來。
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. 他們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. 突襲[非正式]
Police busted an underground network of illegal sports gambling. 警察突襲了一個非法躰育賭博的地下網絡。
4. N-COUNT Bust is also a noun. 突襲行動
Six tons of cocaine were seized last week in Panama's biggest drug bust. 上周在巴拿馬最大的毒品突襲行動中收繳了6噸可卡因。
5. ADJ A company or fund that is bust has no money left and has been forced to close down. 破産的[非正式]
It is taxpayers who will pay most of the bill for bailing out bust banks. 幫助破産銀行擺脫睏境的大部分費用將由納稅人支付。
6. PHRASE If a company goes bust, it loses so much money that it is forced to close down. 倒閉[非正式]
...a Swiss company which went bust last May. …去年5月倒閉的一家瑞士公司。
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. …一座托馬斯·傑斐遜的半身銅像。
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. 好的姿勢可以使你的胸部看起來更豐滿。
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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,胸圍
I couldn't find any blouses in my bust size . 我找不到適郃我胸圍的襯衫。
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 . 他書桌上有一尊馬勒的半身像。
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動中,警方突襲了一個可卡因毒販正在進行交易的倉庫。 返回 bust