英语词汇“bust”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

bust

释义

a woman's breasts

used in clothing sizes: the circumference of a woman's torso at breast height

a sculpture of the upper part of the human figure including the head, neck, and usu shoulders

[French buste via Italian from Latin bustum tomb, statue on a tomb]

verb trans informal

to break or smash (something) or make it inoperative

I bust my watch this morning

to burst or become inoperative through breakage or wear; to break down

chiefly NAmer

to arrest (somebody)

to raid (a place)

Police busted the flat below looking for heroin

NAmer to demote (somebody), esp to a lower military rank

verb intrans informal

to burst

We were laughing fit to bust

to stop working or become inoperative through breakage or wear; to break down

to lose a game or turn by exceeding a limit, e.g. the count of 21 in pontoon

[alteration of burst¹]

broken

bankrupt

The company has gone bust

a police raid or arrest

a period of economic collapse

NAmer a blow

a failure or bankruptcy

boom and bust

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