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bust

/buhst/US // bʌst //UK // (bʌst) //

半身像,半身,胸围,半身雕像

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a sculptured, painted, drawn, or engraved representation of the upper part of the human figure, especially a portrait sculpture showing only the head and shoulders of the subject.
    • : the chest or breast, especially a woman's bosom.

Phrases

  • bust a gut
  • bust one's ass
  • break (bust) one's ass
  • go broke (bust)

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • The dotcom bust, which followed Apple’s second-ever stock split in June 2000, wrecked investors’ returns.

  • Hormones could very well be making booms and busts worse than they need be.

  • I don’t want to be doomsday, but it is bleak right now, so we have to think about outdoor recreation as another economic specialization that’s vulnerable to boom-and-bust and think about long-term diversification.

  • In the past, a bust brought calls for economic diversification.

  • Although the 30-minute-rule to getting engagement has been busted, it definitely helps to know your best posting time and post consistently.

  • Nobody ever says they want to become a cop so they can bust people for urinating in public or drinking alcohol on their stoop.

  • Before this latest brush with the law, the rapper was facing pot-bust and unrelated gun charges.

  • Because Wright was a no-show in criminal court to face the loud music and pot bust he already had an outstanding warrant.

  • And every day, we bust our asses to continue “making it,” but we most certainly have not “made it.”

  • People believe that the financial sector has been allowed to return to its pre-bust excesses.

  • The back of her head will be quite in line with her charming little bust, and I for one shall walk round and laugh in her face.

  • Among these are "Medusa," a bronze bust; and a "Mater Dolorosa," in terra-cotta.

  • It was destroyed in the fire, but has been replaced, and few could tell the present bust is not the original one.

  • A neat little monument, with a marble bust, is erected to the memory of the founder.

  • The only sure thing about most of those schemes is the certainty of 'going bust' and losing every penny you have in the world.