vi.

1. 爆炸；破裂
   The balloon burst.

   氣球爆炸了。

2. 衝，闖
   Her door was thrust open, and Mrs. Page burst in.

   她的門被猛地推開，蓓姬太太衝了進來。

3. 突然出現；突然發生，爆發
4. （用進行式）塞滿，幾乎要脹破[（+with）]
   I am bursting with pride.

   我自豪極了。

vt.

1. 使爆炸；使破裂
   After ten days of rain the river burst its banks.

   下了十天雨後河堤決口了。

2. 突然打開；衝出；炸出
3. 使脹破

n.[C]

1. 爆炸；破裂
2. 缺口，裂口
3. 爆發，突發[（+of）]
   A burst of hand-clapping followed the ending of the song.

   歌聲結束之後響起了一陣掌聲。

4. 【俚】鬧飲

v.

1. break or cause to break suddenly and violently apart.
2. be very full:
   the wardrobe was bursting with clothes.
   ▸ (be bursting with) feel (an irrepressible emotion or impulse).
3. move or be opened suddenly and forcibly.
   ▸suddenly begin doing or producing something:

   an aircraft crashed and burst into flames.
4. separate (stationery) into single sheets.

n.

1. an instance or the result of bursting.
2. a sudden brief outbreak of something violent or noisy.
3. a period of continuous effort.