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bust 1 AHD[bŭst] D.J.[bʌst]K.K.[bʌst]n.（名词）- A sculpture representing a person's head, shoulders, and upper chest.半身像：刻画一个人的头部、肩膀和胸部的雕像
- A woman's bosom.女人的胸部
- The human chest.人的胸部
- French buste 法语 buste
- from Italian busto 源自 意大利语 busto
- possibly from Latin bustum [sepulchral monument] 可能源自 拉丁语 bustum [墓碑]
bust 2 AHD[bŭst] D.J.[bʌst]K.K.[bʌst]v.（动词）bust.ed, bust.ing, busts v.tr.（及物动词）- Slang 【俚语】
- To smash or break, especially forcefully:使破裂，击破：用力击碎或打碎："Mr. Luger worked it with a rake, busting up the big clods, making a flat brown table"(Garrison Keillor)“鲁格尔先生用耙把大的土块敲碎，铺成平坦的褐色土层”(加里森·谢勒)
- To render inoperable or unusable:破坏，使失败：使不能运作或不能使用：busted the vending machine by putting in foreign coins.投入外币弄坏了自动贩卖机
- To cause to come to an end; break up:使终结；粉碎：an attempt to bust the union.终止联盟的企图
- To break or tame (a horse).驯服：截住或驯服（马）
- To cause to become bankrupt or short of money:使破产：使破产或资金短缺："Too often, the promise of a high-tech design leads to a weapon that busts the budget"(Business Week)“一项高技术设计方案的承诺常是导致预算短缺的元凶”(商务周刊)
- Slang To reduce in rank.See Synonyms at demote 【俚语】 降低级别 参见 demote
- To hit; punch.殴打：打击；以拳重击
- Slang 【俚语】
- To place under arrest.逮捕
- To make a raid on.袭击
v.intr.（不及物动词）- Slang 【俚语】
- To undergo breakage; become broken.爆破，破裂：进行毁损；变成被破坏的
- To burst; break:破裂；毁坏："Several companies have threatened to bust out of their high-wage contracts by the dubious technique of declaring bankruptcy"(Washington Post)“几家公司威胁要通过宣告破产的可疑手段来破坏他们的高额合同”(华盛顿邮报)
- To become bankrupt or short of money.破产：变得破产或缺钱
- Games To lose at blackjack by exceeding a score of 21.【游戏】 输了，爆引：因分数超过21分而在二十一点游戏中失败
n.（名词）- A failure; a flop:失败；彻底失败："The home-style bean curd is a bust, oily and rubbery"(Mark and Gail Barnett)“自制豆腐彻底失败，油滑而呈胶状”(马克及盖尔·巴尼特)
- A state of bankruptcy.破产：破产的状况
- A time or period of widespread financial depression:萧条时期：大范围的经济不景气的时间或阶段："Bankers consider the region's diversified economy to be good protection against a possible real estate bust"(American Banker)“银行家们认为地区经济的多样性将是防止可能的房地产萧条时期到来的良好保障”(美国银行家)
- A punch; a blow.打击；拳击
- A spree:狂欢：a fraternity beer bust.社友啤酒狂欢
- Slang 【俚语】
- An arrest.逮捕
- A raid.袭击
- Variant of burst burst的变体
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