作为动词，表示弄坏的意思,destroy
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
bust (noun)1.
a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast
2.
the upper part of the human torso between neck and waist , especially the breasts of a woman
transitive verb
1.
a) to break or smash especially with force , also to make inoperative - busted my watch
b) to bring an end to - break up helped bust trusts Newsweek often used with up better not try to bust up his happy marriage Forbes
c) to ruin financially
d) - exhaust wear out used in phrases like bust one's butt to describe making a strenuous effort
e) to give a hard time to - often used in phrases like bust one's chops
2.
- tame bronco busting
3.
- demote
4.
slang
a) - arrest busted for carrying guns Saul Gottlieb
b) - raid busted the apartment
5.
intransitive verb
- hit slug
1.
to go broke
2.
a) - burst laughing fit to bust
b) - break down
3.
a) to lose at cards by exceeding a limit (as the count of 21 in blackjack)
b) to fail to complete a straight or flush in poker
1.
a) - spree
b) a hearty drinking session - a beer bust
2.
a) a complete failure - flop
b) a business depression
3.
- punch sock
4.
slang
a) a police raid
b) - arrest
- bankrupt broke go bust
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
bust (noun)1.
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument
SYNONYMS:
bang, bash, bat, beat, belt, biff, bop, box, buffet, bust, chop, clap, clip, clout, crack, cuff, dab, douse, fillip, hack, haymaker, hit, hook, knock, larrup, lash, lick, pelt, pick, plump, poke, pound, punch, rap, slam, slap, slug, smack, smash, sock, spank, stinger, stripe, stroke, swat, swipe, switch, thud, thump, thwack, wallop, welt, whack, wham, whop ( whap)RELATED WORDS:
counter, counterblow, counterpunch, counterstroke; body blow, hand, kick, knee, left, one-two, rabbit punch, right, right-hander, roundhouse, shiver, sidewinder, sucker punch, swing, uppercut; cruncher, kayo, knockdown, knockout, KO; bastinado ( bastinade), battering, beating, bludgeoning, clobbering, cudgeling ( cudgelling), drubbing, hammering, lambasting, licking, pasting, pounding, pummeling ( pummelling), thrashing; flogging, walloping, whip, whipping2.
something that has failed
SYNONYMS:
bomb, bummer, bust, catastrophe, clinker, clunker, debacle ( débâcle), disaster, dud, fiasco, fizzle, flop, frost, lemon, loser, miss, shipwreck, turkey, washoutRELATED WORDS:
also-ran, disappointment, dog, has-been, near miss; botch, hash, mess, muddle, shambles; nonevent; nonstarterNEAR ANTONYMS:
corker, crackerjack ( crackajack), dandy, jim-dandy, phenomenonslangdischarge
bust (noun)the act of taking or holding under one's control by authority of law
SYNONYMS:
apprehension, arrestment, bust, collar, pinchRELATED WORDS:
raid; house arrest; capture, entrapment, seizure; captivity, confinement, detention, enchainment, hold, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration, restraint; rearrest; remandNEAR ANTONYMS:
emancipation, liberation, release4.
a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking
SYNONYMS:
bender, binge, bust, carousal, drunk, jamboree, spree, toot, wassailRELATED WORDS:
blowout, kegger ( keg party); bacchanalia, orgy, revel, revelry; bibbery, bibulousness, drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety, intoxication, jag, tipsiness1.
to bring to a lower grade or rank
SYNONYMS:
break, bust, degrade, disrate, downgrade, reduceRELATED WORDS:
can, cashier, dismiss, downsize, fire, lay off, sack; abase, debase, demean, humble, humiliate, lowerNEAR ANTONYMS:
hire2.
to cause to lose one's fortune and become unable to pay one's debts
SYNONYMS:
bankrupt, break, bustRELATED WORDS:
beggar, impoverish, pauperize; reduce, straiten; clean (out), wipe outNEAR ANTONYMS:
enrich, richen3.
to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly
SYNONYMS:
break up, bust, distintegrate, dismember, disrupt, fracture, fragment, riveRELATED WORDS:
atomize, crush, grind, powder, pulverize, reduce; blast, blow up, burst, detonate, explode; crack, pop, shatter, shiver, smash; chip, sliver, splinter, split; implode; destroy, ruin, wreckNEAR ANTONYMS:
doctor, fix, heal, mend, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, renovate, repair4.
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
SYNONYMS:
bang, bash, bat, belt, biff, bludgeon, bob, bonk, bop, box, bust, clap, clip, clobber, clock, clout, crack, hammer, knock, nail, paste, pound, punch, rap, slam, slap, slog, slug, smack, smite, sock, strike, swat, swipe, tag, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, whale, zapRELATED WORDS:
batter, beat, buffet, bung, chop, cuff, drub, lace, lambaste ( lambast), lick, mangle, maul, pelt, pepper, pommel, pummel, rough; scuff; bunt, flick, stroke, tap; bump, butt, jab, jostle, kick, knee, poke, prod, push, shove, stamp; bowl (down over), cream, deck, dump [], fell, floor, knock down, level; rabbit-punch, sucker punch; cane, club, cudgel, flail, flog, lash, sap, slash, sledge, sledgehammer, spear, stab, switch, thrash, whip; bean, brain, conk, skullslangdischarge
bust (verb)to take or keep under one's control by authority of law
SYNONYMS:
apprehend, bust, collar, nab, nail, nick, pick up, pinch, pull in, restrain, run in, seizeRELATED WORDS:
bag, capture, catch, get, grab, grapple, hook, land, snap (up), snare, snatch, trap; commit, confine, detain, hold, immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail, jug, lock (up); bind, enchain, fetter, handcuff, manacle, shackle, trammel; rearrest; remandNEAR ANTONYMS:
emancipate, free, liberate, loose, loosen, release, spring; unbind, unchain6.
to use up all the physical energy of
SYNONYMS:
break, burn out, bust, do in, do up, drain, fag, fatigue, frazzle, harass, kill, knock out, outwear, tire, tucker (out), wash out, wear, wear out, wearyRELATED WORDS:
debilitate, enervate, enfeeble, sap, waste, weakenNEAR ANTONYMS:
activate, energize, invigorate, rejuvenate, strengthen, vitalize; relax, rest, unwind