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burst1 /bɜːst $ bɜːrst/ ●●○ W3 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp burst) 1 BREAK OPENbreak open 裂开 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]BREAK if something bursts, or if you burst it, it breaks open or apart suddenly and violently so that its contents come out (使)破裂;(使)爆裂;(使)胀破; (使)爆炸 The pipes had burst and the house was under two feet of water. 水管爆裂,房子被水淹了两英尺。
► see thesaurus at break, explode →4 See picture of 见图 EXPLOSION 2 be bursting with something FULLto have a lot of something or be filled with something 充满某物 John was bursting with ideas and good humour. 约翰主意多,脾气好。
The shops are bursting with food. 商店里摆满了各种食品。
be bursting with pride/energy/excitement etc Your mum’s bursting with pride for you. 你妈妈为你感到无比骄傲。
3 MOVE SUDDENLYmove suddenly 突然移动 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]FAST/QUICK to move somewhere suddenly or quickly, especially into or out of a place 冲,闯,突然出现burst into/through/in etc Jo burst into the room. 乔冲进房间。
4 burst open SUDDENLYto open suddenly 突然打开 The door burst open and Tom ran into the room. 门突然打开,汤姆跑进了房间。
5 be bursting to do something informalWANT to want to do something very much 迫不及待要做某事 Zach was bursting to tell them something. 扎克迫不及待地想要告诉他们什么事。
be bursting to do something• The vast reservoir of information he had acquired was bursting to be expressed.• She was bursting to relieve herself, but even though that was what was wanted of her, she couldn't.• They were bursting to tell her things she would never know. 6 be bursting a) British EnglishBrE informalHBH to need to go to the toilet very soon 〔大小便〕憋不住了 b) (also be bursting at the seams) to be so full that nothing else can fit inside 胀满,挤满,塞满 be bursting• The shells were bursting...• By the time I got into position, my lungs were bursting and I had to go up for air again.• As it is, the Shishu Bhawans seem to be bursting at their seams.• Sure enough, the enemy mortars were bursting in the fields on both sides of the road.• Once again she was bursting into tears over nothing at all.• She was bursting to relieve herself, but even though that was what was wanted of her, she couldn't.• His entire back was bursting with fluids at the end of that day.• Well Loaded are bursting with life and enough youth to get refused service at the bar. 7 burst somebody’s bubble to make someone suddenly realize that something is not as good as they thought it was 使某人幻想破灭 Steve was so happy I couldn’t bear to burst his bubble. 史蒂夫这么开心,我实在不忍心让他失望。
8. burst its banks if a river bursts its banks, water from it goes onto the land 〔河〕决堤burst its banks• Residents were evacuated from the town as the waters rose and the Ouse threatened to burst its banks.• The River Frome had burst its banks after torrential rain and the Rovers' ground was absolutely waterlogged.• The River Deben had burst its banks and people's homes were getting flooded.• Denied its usual egress, the river had burst its banks and was pouring down the fire-ravaged streets. → full (up) to bursting at full1(1), → burst/prick somebody's bubble at bubble1(7), → the bubble bursts at bubble1(6) 9 burst in on/upon somebody/something phrasal verbphr v INTERRUPTto interrupt someone or something by entering a room, in a way that embarrasses you or other people 突然闯入打扰 I’m sorry to burst in on you like this. 对不起,我这样闯进来打扰你。
10 burst into something phrasal verbphr v a) START DOING somethingto suddenly begin to make a sound, especially to start singing, crying, or laughing 突然…起来〔尤指唱歌、哭、笑等〕 Claire looked as if she were about to burst into tears. 克莱尔看上去好像就要哭出来了。
Suddenly, the group burst into laughter. 突然,这群人哄然大笑起来。
Lydia burst into song. 莉迪娅忽然唱起歌来。
b) burst into flames/flameBURN to suddenly start to burn very strongly 突然起火,猛烈燃烧起来 Their car crashed and burst into flames. 他们的汽车猛烈撞击后突然燃起大火。
burst into • But the smell was disagreeable and she was afraid that the white linen would burst into flame.• The airliner struck the ground some 50 metres short of the runway, turned over and burst into flames.• When he fired his grin, Sammler, himself nearly a corpse, burst into life.• There were noises to fear-something substantial ripped from the undercarriage and the thumping of a tire burst into shreds.• When I told Miranda, she burst into tears, so I said lets take some flowers.• Afterwards, she went straight to the ladies' room and burst into tears.• He took a deep breath, standing quietly by the door, and then surprised himself by bursting into tears.• The raider, carrying what appeared to be a firearm, burst into Victoria Wines in Woodrow Avenue, Marton, Middlesbrough. burst into song• He felt so happy he wanted to burst into song.• The orchestra played a few notes and the choir burst into song.• And indeed, from this lofty site Loch Arkaig itself is a vision to make you burst into song.• And with that he clasped both hands gently over his chest and burst into song.• When the choir commenced the first carol, even the most self-conscious among them burst into song.• She burst into songs between the stories.• From time to time somebody would burst into song or laughter, and some people continued to whisper on and off all through the night. 11 burst onto/upon/on something phrasal verbphr v to suddenly appear and become very successful 突然出现在…〔指突然成功〕 The band burst onto the music scene in 1997. 1997 年该乐队突然在乐坛上一炮而红。
burst onto the ... scene• No working-class party immediately burst on to the scene to dance on the floor of Parliament.
12 burst out phrasal verbphr v a) burst out laughing/crying/singing etcSTART DOING something to suddenly start to laugh, cry etc 突然大笑/大哭/大唱起来等 Everyone burst out laughing. 每个人都大笑起来。
b) SAY/STATEto suddenly say something in a forceful way 突然说出 ‘I don’t believe it!’ she burst out angrily. “我不信!”她愤然说道。
→ outburst(1)burst out laughing/crying/singing etc• At that point I burst out laughing.• Charles didn't respond and after a frozen pause, she collapsed into a chair and burst out crying.• He did it so cleverly that you would think it was the real thing - until he burst out laughing.• I said and burst out crying.• Julie, surprised, burst out laughing.• The whole group bursts out laughing.• The woman and children burst out laughing again, getting up from the table and crowding round me.• I came down the steps of the Ashbery that morning and burst out laughing at the heat. pipes ... burst• The plumber is ill, the doctor's pipes have burst, and so on. burst2 ●○○ noun [countableC] 1 BREAKthe act of something bursting or the place where it has burst 破裂,爆炸;喷出;裂口 a burst in the water pipe 水管上的裂口
2 a) INCREASE IN ACTIVITY, FEELINGS ETCa short sudden effort or increase in activity 突然用力;加速burst of The van gave a sudden burst of speed. 小货车突然加速。
b) SOUNDa short sudden and usually loud sound 突发的响声burst of sharp bursts of machine gun fire 一阵阵刺耳的机关枪扫射声
c) ANGRYa sudden strong feeling or emotion 情感的突然爆发burst of anger/enthusiasm/temper etc 怒火/热情/脾气等的爆发
Origin burst1 Old English berstan