bust
n
1 sculpture of a person's head, shoulders and chest 半身雕塑像(包括头、肩、胸).
2
(a) woman's breasts; bosom 女子的乳房; 胸部.
(b) measurement round a woman's chest and back (女子的)胸围
[attrib 作定语]
What is your bust size, madam? 小姐, 您胸围的尺寸是多少? bust v (pt, pp bust or busted) (infml 口)
1 [Tn] break (sth); smash 打破(某物); 打碎
I dropped my camera on the pavement and bust it. 我把照相机掉在人行道上摔坏了.
2 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth/sb (for sth) (of the police) raid (a house) or arrest sb (指警方)突击搜查(房屋)或拘捕某人
Mickey's been busted for drugs. 米基曾因毒品事而被捕.
3 [Tn] reduce (sb) to a lower military rank; demote 降低(某人)军阶; 使降级
He was busted (to corporal) for being absent without leave. 他因擅离职守而被降级(为下士).
4 (phr v) bust up (infml 口) (esp of a married couple) quarrel and separate (尤指夫妻间)争吵而离异
They bust up after five years of marriage. 他们婚後五年离异了. bust sth up cause sth to end; disrupt sth 使某事物终止; 破坏某事物
bust up a meeting 使会议终止
It was his drinking that busted up their marriage. 是他的酗酒行为破坏了他们的婚姻. bust, n raid or arrest by the police 警方的突击搜查或拘捕. bust, adj [pred 作表语]
(infml 口)
1 broken; not working 毁坏; 不能操作
My watch is bust. 我的表坏了.
2 bankrupt 破产; 倒闭.
3 (idm 习语) go `bust (of a person or a business) become bankrupt; fail financially (指人或企业)破产.
Yes, I've got the information for all the computers now.
是的,现在我已弄到了所有有关电脑的情况。
How do you know so much about it? Have you seen the film?
你怎么知道那么多情况?你已经看过这部电影了吗?
My dear friend, Mathilde. Let me tell you something. That necklace you borrowed from me wasn't a real diamond necklace. It wasn't valuable at all. The stones in the necklace were made of glass. It was worth five hundred francs at the most.