新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

bust

英  [bʌst]
    

[ADJ, NOUN, VERB]

    ADJ. 形容词
  • 1破产的

    A company or fund that is bust has no money left and has been forced to close down.

    双语例句

    例:

    It is taxpayers who will pay most of the bill for bailing out bust banks.

    是纳税人支付大部分的费用以帮助破产银行摆脱困境。

    NOUN. 名词
  • busts

    1[C 可数名词] 突袭行动

    A bust is a police raid or arrest.

    双语例句

    例:

    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查获了6吨可卡因。

    2[C 可数名词] 半身像

    A bust is a statue of the head and shoulders of a person.

    双语例句

    例:

    a bronze bust of Thomas Jefferson.

    一座托马斯·杰斐逊的半身铜像。

    3[C 可数名词] (女性的)胸部

    You can use bust to refer to a woman's breasts, especially when you are describing their size.

    双语例句

    例:

    Good posture helps your bust look bigger.

    好的姿势可以使你的胸部看起来更丰满。

    PHRASE. 习语
  • go bust

    1倒闭

    If a company goes bust, it loses so much money that it is forced to close down.

    双语例句

    例:

    a Swiss company which went bust last May.

    去年5月倒闭的一家瑞士公司。

    VERB. 动词
  • busts , busting , bust , busted

    1[T 及物动词] 打碎

    If you bust something, you break it or damage it so badly that it cannot be used.

    双语例句

    例:

    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[T 及物动词] 逮捕

    If someone is busted, the police arrest them.

    双语例句

    例:

    They were busted for possession of cannabis.

    他们因藏有大麻而被逮捕。

    3[T 及物动词] 突袭

    If police bust a place, they go to it in order to arrest people who are doing something illegal.

    双语例句

    例:

    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。

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