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 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++bust1 /bʌst/ ●●○ verb (past tense and past participle bust British English, busted especially American English) [transitive]  1  break 弄破BREAK informal to break something 打烂，打碎，弄坏 I bust my watch this morning. 今天早上我把手表摔坏了。 Tony busted the door down. 托尼把门砸烂了。2  police 警察 a) CATCHif the police bust someone, they charge them with a crime 〔以某罪名〕逮捕；起诉 He was busted by US inspectors at the border. 他在边境被美国巡官拘捕。bust somebody for something Davis got busted for drugs. 戴维斯因涉毒被起诉。 b) LOOK FOR informal if the police bust a place, they go into it to look for something illegal 突击搜查 Federal agents busted several money-exchange businesses. 联邦探员突击搜查了几家货币汇兑店。3  try hard 努力bust a gut  (also bust your butt/ass American English spoken) informalTRY TO DO OR GET something to try extremely hard to do something 拼足老命，竭尽全力 I bust a gut trying to finish that work on time. 我拼着老命想按时完成那项工作。4  money 钱 American English informal to use too much money, so that a business etc must stop operating 使破产 The trip to Spain will probably bust our budget. 这次西班牙之行可能会超出我们的预算。5  crime-busting/union-busting/budget-busting etc informal used with nouns to show that a situation is being ended or an activity is being stopped 打击犯罪的/破坏工会的/耗尽预算的等 crime-busting laws 打击犯罪的法律6  ... or bust! informalTRY TO DO OR GET something used to say that you will try very hard to go somewhere or do something 非…不可！ Idaho or bust! 非去爱达荷州不可！7. military 军事的PMDOWN especially American English to give someone a lower military rank as a punishment 贬降…的军阶；使降职 SYN demote8.bust out phrasal verb informal ESCAPEto escape from a place, especially prison 逃跑；〔尤指〕越狱9 bust up phrasal verb informal a) RELATIONSHIP British English if people bust up, they end their relationship or friendship 〔关系〕破裂，闹翻 SYN break up They bust up after six years of marriage. 他们结婚六年后离异了。 → bust-up(1)b) bust something ↔ upPREVENT to prevent an illegal activity or bad situation from continuing 阻止〔非法活动或恶劣形势继续下去〕 SYN break up A couple of teachers stepped in to bust up the fight. 有几个老师前去劝架。c) bust something ↔ up American EnglishDAMAGE to damage or break something 损坏，弄坏 A bunch of bikers busted up the bar. 一群摩托车手把酒吧砸了。d) American English to start laughing a lot 大笑起来 SYN crack up Elaine busted up laughing at the sight of him. 伊莱恩一见到他就笑个没完。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

bust• By 1974 the boom had bust.• The toy is made of a balloon in a cloth sack that can be hit without busting.• They stamp out graffiti, quash drug deals, bust carjacking rings, rescue drug overdose victims, even prevent suicides.• The police had to bust down the door.• Jones was busted down to the rank of private.• She fell and busted her knee.• Karl fell off his skateboard and busted his arm.• The ball hit him in the face and bust his glasses.• Every time you hear about a rave being busted, it's always E that the ravers were taking.• So the bizzies come round here and bust me for possession.• His suitcase busted open, and everything went all over the floor in the hotel lobby.• Dallas busted the game open when Irvin slipped past cornerback Terrell Buckley, who is still waiting for help from his safeties.• He busted the side window with a bat.• Dean got really drunk and started busting up the bar.• The window busted when the ball hit it.

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bust2 ●○○ noun [countable]  1  AVSa model of someone’s head, shoulders, and upper chest, usually made of stone or metal 〔通常用石头或金属制作的〕半身塑像bust of a bust of Beethoven 贝多芬半身像2. HBHDCa woman’s breasts, or the part of her clothes that covers her breasts 〔女子或其衣服的〕胸部3  DCa measurement around a woman’s breast and back 〔女子的〕胸围 a 36-inch bust 36英寸的胸围4  informalLOOK FOR a situation in which the police go into a place in order to catch people doing something illegal 突击搜捕，突击搜查 a drug bust 毒品突击搜查 → boom to bust at boom1(1)

Examples from the Corpus

bust• Hopefully, some of the more level-headed members of the council can prevail and make the Boom Town fiasco a bust.• There was a bust of Miguel de Unamuno at the bottom of the staircase, and it seemed to have been defaced.• High-tech stocks have always been highly volatile, partly because of their past booms and busts.• On the tables are busts of Lincoln.• a drug bust• a 30-inch bustdrug bust• All the charges stem from Conoline's refusal to cooperate with an investigation into a botched Dec. 7 drug bust.• She tells me that Jamie has been caught in a drugs bust at the Cross Keys pub.• Nobody had ever survived a drugs bust in Hollywood.• Naturally, the drug bust was a bust, as dealers heard about it on the radio and disappeared.bust3 adjective [not before noun]  1. go bust informalFAIL a business that goes bust cannot continue operating 生意失败，破产，倒闭2  BROKEN British English informal broken 破的，坏的 The television’s bust again. 电视机又坏了。

Examples from the Corpus

bust• So, next question: Is Ratners going bust?• I can't carry all the shopping home in this bag - it's bust.• There's no point in trying to mend it, it's completely bust.• You can't record anything - the VCR's busted.• And it's particularly daft when the firm itself has gone bust.• The door's bust again. Can you get it fixed?• a busted air-conditioner• Our television's bust, and so's the radio.• In the yard, Miguel found a writing table with a busted leg.• The bank also found that young people were less likely to go bust than older people.• Programme S.TODAY, 21.10.93SNA A director of a bust timeshare firm has admitted breaching strict consumer protection laws.From Longman Business Dictionarybustbust1 /bʌst/ adjective informal FINANCE go bust if a business goes bust, it cannot continue to operate because it does not have enough money to pay its debtsThe company eventually went bust, leaving debts of £7 million.bustbust2 verb (past tense and past participle bust) → bust something → up→ See Verb tableOrigin bust1 (1700-1800) burst bust2 1. (1600-1700) French buste, from Italian busto, from Latin bustum “place where a body is buried, statue put by such a place”2. (1900-2000) → BUST1 bust3 (1900-2000) From a past participle of → BUST1

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bust¹ /bʌst/ verb (past tense and past participle bust British English, busted especially American English) [transitive]1.  BREAK informal to break something:
    I bust my watch this morning.
    Tony busted the door down.
2.  POLICE
  a. if the police bust someone, they charge them with a crime:
    He was busted by US inspectors at the border.
    bust somebody for something
    Davis got busted for drugs.
  b. informal if the police bust a place, they go into it to look for something illegal:
    Federal agents busted several money-exchange businesses.
3.  TRY HARD bust a gut (also bust your butt/ass American English spoken) informal to try extremely hard to do something:
    I bust a gut trying to finish that work on time.
4.  MONEY American English informal to use too much money, so that a business etc must stop operating:
    The trip to Spain will probably bust our budget.
5. crime-busting/union-busting/budget-busting etc informal used with nouns to show that a situation is being ended or an activity is being stopped:
    crime-busting laws
6. ... or bust! informal used to say that you will try very hard to go somewhere or do something:
    Idaho or bust!
7.  MILITARY especially American English to give someone a lower military rank as a punishment
   SYN  demote
     
bust out phrasal verb informal
  to escape from a place, especially prison
bust up phrasal verb informal
  1. British English if people bust up, they end their relationship or friendship
   SYN  break up:
    They bust up after six years of marriage. ⇨ bust-up(1)
  2. bust something ↔ up to prevent an illegal activity or bad situation from continuing
   SYN  break up:
    A couple of teachers stepped in to bust up the fight.
  3. bust something ↔ up American English to damage or break something:
    A bunch of bikers busted up the bar.
  4. American English to start laughing a lot
   SYN  crack up:
    Elaine busted up laughing at the sight of him.

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bust² noun [countable]1. a model of someone’s head, shoulders, and upper chest, usually made of stone or metal
    bust of
    a bust of Beethoven
2. a woman’s breasts, or the part of her clothes that covers her breasts
3. a measurement around a woman’s breast and back:
    a 36-inch bust
4. informal a situation in which the police go into a place in order to catch people doing something illegal:
    a drug bust
⇨ boom to bust at boom¹(1)

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bust³ adjective [not before noun]1. go bust informal a business that goes bust cannot continue operating
2. British English informal broken:
    The television’s bust again.