n.[C]

1. 胸像，半身像
   On his desk there stood a bust of his favorite poet.

   他的寫字臺上放著他最喜愛的詩人的半身像。

2. 【婉】（女性的）胸部
3. （女性的）胸圍

vt.【口】

1. 使爆裂，使斷裂；打破；弄壞
   He busted his watch yesterday.

   他昨天把表弄壞了。

2. 使破產；使失敗
3. 使降級
4. 開除
5. 逮捕；搜查
   He was busted for possession of marijuana.

   他因懷有大麻而被捕。

6. 【美】用拳猛擊，打擊
   His face was busted open and bleeding.

   他的臉被打得皮開血流。

7. 【美】馴服（野馬等）

vi.【口】

1. 爆裂；打破；壞掉
   The balloon busted.

   氣球爆破了。

2. 破產，失敗[（+up）]
   The firm busted up.

   公司倒閉了。

3. 被降級

n.[C]【口】

1. 失敗
2. 破產
3. 【美】毆打
   He gave me a bust in the chin.

   他用拳頭狠擊我的下巴。

4. 逮捕；搜查
5. 歡鬧；痛飲
   Bill treated us to a brandy bust.

   比爾請我們大喝白蘭地。

a.【口】

1. 破了產的；垮了的（go bust）
   The business went bust.

   企業破產了。

2. 損壞了的

n.

1. a woman's breasts.
2. a sculpture of a person's head, shoulders, and chest.

v.

1. break, split, or burst.
   ▸ (bust up) (of a group or couple) separate.
2. chiefly N. Amer. strike violently.
3. chiefly N. Amer. raid or search (premises).
   ▸arrest.
4. chiefly US demote (a soldier).

n.

1. a period of economic difficulty or depression.
2. a police raid.
3. a worthless thing.
4. chiefly N. Amer. a violent blow.

adj.

1. damaged or broken.
2. bankrupt:
   firms will go bust.