Bust
[bʌst]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) an occasion for excessive eating or drinking; 'they went on a bust that lasted three days'.
(noun.) a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person.
整理:玛米--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A piece of sculpture representing the upper part of the human figure, including the head, shoulders, and breast.
(n.) The portion of the human figure included between the head and waist, whether in statuary or in the person; the chest or thorax; the upper part of the trunk of the body.
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解釋/意思:
n. a sculpture representing the head and breast of a person: the upper part of the human body a woman's bosom.—adj. Bust′ed breasted: adorned with busts.
n. and v. a vulgar form of Burst.—n. Bust′er something large: a frolic: (slang) a roisterer.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Bust me if I don't think he'd been a drinking! 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- It all seems to centre round that bust of Napoleon which I bought for this very room about four months ago. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- When I entered this room I found the window wide open, and I at once observed that the bust was gone from the mantelpiece. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- The resemblance is correct; the head is a copy from the excellent bust produced by the chisel of Houdon. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- At which juncture, he exclaimed, in a voice of dire exasperation: Bust me, if she ain't at it agin! 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- It was a bust of Napoleon, like the one which we had seen that morning, and it had been broken into similar fragments. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- But I didn't quite follow your explanation of the destruction of the busts. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Laurie sold his busts, made allumettes of his opera, and went back to Paris, hoping somebody would arrive before long. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- May I ask whether the two busts smashed in Dr. Barnicot's rooms were the exact duplicates of the one which was destroyed in Morse Hudson's shop? 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Other busts of a quite different man are also, with more probability, ascribed to him. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- You never can get those busts out of your head. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- But Beppo was condemned to a year's imprisonment, and in the meanwhile his six busts were scattered over London. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- A kind of a busting noise,' replied Mr. Giles, looking round him. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- It was, when _you_ heerd it, sir,' rejoined Mr. Giles; 'but, at this time, it had a busting sound. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Two busted 'eads yeste'day, an' three to-day. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- I wouldn't have that there busted B'lowbridger aware on it, or her people might make it tell agin' the damages I mean to get. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- It worked only a few minutes when it busted. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- She was a big-busted woman in black satin. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- After the money had been in about two weeks the bank busted. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Mas'r George, however, joined the offender in the laugh, and declared decidedly that Mose was a buster. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Lor, Pete, said Mose, triumphantly, han't we got a buster of a breakfast! 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
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