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单词 bust
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bustnoun [ C ]

uk/bʌst/us/bʌst/

bust noun [ C ] (BREASTS)

a woman's breasts, or the measurement around a woman's breasts and back:

I couldn't find any blouses in my bust size.

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The breast

  • -breasted
  • areola
  • boob
  • bosom
  • breast
  • busty
  • buxom
  • cleavage
  • flat-chested
  • hooter
  • knocker
  • mammary gland
  • man breasts
  • moobs
  • nipple
  • stacked
  • sternum
  • tit
  • titty

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Measuring & weighing

bust noun [ C ] (HEAD)

a model of the head and shoulders of a person:

There was a bust of Mahler on his desk.

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Sculpture

  • bas-relief
  • bronze
  • carve
  • carving
  • cherub
  • cupid
  • hew
  • installation
  • maquette
  • mould
  • plaster cast
  • plinth
  • relief
  • sculpture
  • sculptured
  • sphinx
  • statuary
  • statue
  • statuette

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bust noun [ C ] (ARREST)

slang an occasion when police arrest people who are thought to have broken the law:

In their latest drugs bust police entered a warehouse where cocaine dealers were meeting.

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Arresting & charging

  • apprehend
  • apprehension
  • arrest
  • assist
  • attachment
  • charge
  • charge sheet
  • handcuffs
  • hold
  • house arrest
  • knock
  • lag
  • Miranda
  • pull
  • pull sb in
  • run
  • run sb in
  • take sb in
  • the knock at/on the door idiom
  • tighten

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bustverb [ T ]

uk/bʌst/us/bʌst/busted or UK also bust, busted or UK also bust

bust verb [ T ] (BREAK)

informal to break something:

Oh no! I bust his MP3 player.

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Tearing and breaking into pieces

  • apart
  • asunder
  • bobble
  • break (sth) off
  • breakage
  • catch
  • fall apart
  • flake
  • fragment
  • fragmented
  • frayed
  • in ribbons idiom
  • knacker
  • pull sth apart
  • rent
  • rip
  • shear
  • split
  • tear sth up
  • torn

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bust verb [ T ] (ARREST)

US slang When the police bust a person, they arrest them, or when they bust a building or a place, they arrest people in it who they believe are breaking the law:

The police busted him because they think he's involved with a terrorist group.

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Arresting & charging

  • apprehend
  • apprehension
  • arrest
  • assist
  • attachment
  • charge
  • charge sheet
  • handcuffs
  • hold
  • house arrest
  • knock
  • lag
  • Miranda
  • pull
  • pull sb in
  • run
  • run sb in
  • take sb in
  • the knock at/on the door idiom
  • tighten

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Idiom(s)

bust a gut
bust out/up laughing

Phrasal verb(s)

bust up
bust sth up

bustadjective

uk/bʌst/us/bʌst/

bust adjective (BROKEN)

UK informal US busted broken:

I think my watch is bust.

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Tearing and breaking into pieces

  • apart
  • asunder
  • bobble
  • break (sth) off
  • breakage
  • catch
  • fall apart
  • flake
  • fragment
  • fragmented
  • frayed
  • in ribbons idiom
  • knacker
  • pull sth apart
  • rent
  • rip
  • shear
  • split
  • tear sth up
  • torn

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bust adjective (BUSINESS)

go bust

If a company goes bust, it is forced to close because it is financially unsuccessful:

More than 20 companies in the district went bust during the last three months.

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Success & failure in business

  • administration
  • axe
  • bankrupt
  • bankruptcy
  • branch
  • branch out
  • collapse
  • establish
  • fold
  • foreclose
  • growing pains
  • joint venture
  • liquidator
  • locate
  • moribund
  • official receiver
  • organic growth
  • receivership
  • shut (sth) down
  • spin

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