n.[C]

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

   他的写字台上放着他最喜爱的诗人的半身像。

2. 【婉】（女性的）胸部
3. （女性的）胸围

vt.【口】

1. 使爆裂，使断裂；打破；弄坏
   He busted his watch yesterday.

   他昨天把表弄坏了。

2. 使破产；使失败
3. 使降级
4. 开除
5. 逮捕；搜查
   He was busted for possession of marijuana.

   他因怀有大麻而被捕。

6. 【美】用拳猛击，打击
   His face was busted open and bleeding.

   他的脸被打得皮开血流。

7. 【美】驯服（野马等）

vi.【口】

1. 爆裂；打破；坏掉
   The balloon busted.

   气球爆破了。

2. 破产，失败[（+up）]
   The firm busted up.

   公司倒闭了。

3. 被降级

n.【口】[C]

1. 失败
2. 破产
3. 【美】殴打
   He gave me a bust in the chin.

   他用拳头狠击我的下巴。

4. 逮捕；搜查
5. 欢闹；痛饮
   Bill treated us to a brandy bust.

   比尔请我们大喝白兰地。

a.【口】

1. 破了产的；垮了的（go bust）
   The business went bust.

   企业破产了。

2. 损坏了的

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.