bust¹/bʌst; bʌst/ v [T] bust or busted, bust or busted, busting informal 【非正式】 1 to break something 打破，打碎，弄坏: Someone bust his door down while he was away. 他不在时有人把他的门砸烂了。 2 if the police bust someone, they catch them for a crime 〔警察〕拘捕〔某人〕: He got busted for possession of drugs. 他因藏有毒品而被逮捕。