busts

英 [bʌsts]

美 [bʌsts]

n.  (石或金属的)半身像; (尤指衣服或尺寸)女子的胸部，胸围; (警方的)突击搜捕，突击搜查
v.  打破; 摔碎; 突击搜查(或搜捕); (使)降级，降低军阶
bust的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

The form bust is used as the present tense of the verb, and can also be used as the past tense and past participle. bust的过去式和过去分词可与原形相同。


• VERB 打碎；破坏
  If youbustsomething, you break it or damage it so badly that it cannot be used.
  1. They will have to bust the door to get him out.
     他们将不得不撞破门把他弄出来。
• VERB 逮捕；拘留
  If someoneis busted, the police arrest them.
  1. They were busted for possession of cannabis.
     他们因藏有大麻被逮捕。
• VERB （警察）搜查
  If policebusta place, they go to it in order to arrest people who are doing something illegal.
  1. ...police success in busting UK-based drug factories.
     警察对英国的毒品加工厂成功实施的突击搜查
  2. Bustis also a noun.
     
  3. Six tons of cocaine were seized last week in Panama's biggest drug bust.
     上周在巴拿马规模最大的毒品搜查行动中查获了6吨可卡因。
• ADJ 破产的；倒闭的
  A company or fund that isbusthas no money left and has been forced to close down.
  1. It is taxpayers who will pay most of the bill for bailing out bust banks.
     是纳税人将支付大部分的账单以解救面临倒闭的银行。
• PHRASE 破产；倒闭
  If a companygoes bust, it loses so much money that it is forced to close down.
  1. ...a Swiss company which went bust last May.
     一家去年5月倒闭的瑞士公司
• N-COUNT 半身像；胸像
  Abustis a statue of the head and shoulders of a person.
  1. ...a bronze bust of the Queen.
     女王的半身铜像
• N-COUNT （女人的）胸部
  You can usebustto refer to a woman's breasts, especially when you are describing their size.
  1. Good posture also helps your bust look bigger.
     优美的姿势也能让你的胸部看起来更丰满。
• tobust a gut→ see:gut

双语例句

• You are at risk from booms and busts in the property market.
  你一定会在房地产市场的投资市场盛衰周期中冒险。
• I'm not usually a fan of busts, but this one is actually pretty cool.
  我不能算是半身像的追捧者，但这一个真得非常酷。
• It is also a warning that recovering from housing and credit busts is hard.
  这也是一个警告信号，即自房屋和信贷危机中复原是一个艰难的过程。
• Busts and monuments remind us of William Shakespeare, Walter Scott and many others.
  铜像和纪念碑使我们想起了威廉·莎士比亚、特·克特以及其他许多人。
• This special report will argue that the effects of property booms and busts can be made less damaging, but that the asset itself is inherently unsafe.
  本期特别报道将论证，房地产繁荣与泡沫破灭的影响可以变得危害较小，但这种资产本身却具有与生俱来的危险性。
• Booms start off slowly but busts can be sudden and devastating.
  繁荣的开始总是很缓慢，但崩盘的发生可能是骤然而毁灭性的。
• Fickle deposits in banks ancient enablers of calamitous booms and busts in credit deserve even wider attention.
  变幻无常的银行存款自古以来就是灾难性信贷繁荣与萧条的罪魁祸首应受到更广泛的关注。
• Dey bags swells up and busts.
  那奶袋快胀破了。
• But their rise and busts came for the same reasons.
  但这两个国家经济兴衰的原因都一样。
• Or as ITO says, the endeavour that is "not so much interdisciplinary, but Anti-disciplinary", since it busts traditional definitions of research and entrepreneurship.
  或者正如伊藤穰一所说，这一努力“与其说是跨学科的，不如说是反学科的”，因为它打破了研究与创业的传统定义。