burst

1. V-T/V-I If something bursts or if you burst it, it suddenly breaks open or splits open and the air or other substance inside it comes out. 使爆裂; 爆裂

The driver lost control when a tire burst. 一只輪胎爆裂時司機(jī)失去了控制。

It is not a good idea to burst a blister. 把水皰弄破不是個好主意。

2. V-T/V-I If a dam bursts, or if something bursts it, it breaks apart because the force of the river is too great. 使?jié)Q; 潰決

A dam burst and flooded their villages. 一個大壩決堤，淹沒了他們的村子。

3. V-T If a river bursts its banks, the water rises and goes on to the land. 決 (堤)

Monsoons caused the river to burst its banks. 雨季使這條河決堤。

4. V-I When a door or lid bursts open, it opens very suddenly and violently because someone pushes it or there is great pressure behind it. (門、蓋子等) 猛然打開

The door burst open and an angry young nurse appeared. 門突然開了，一個生氣的年輕護(hù)士出現(xiàn)了。

5. V-I To burst into or out of a place means to enter or leave it suddenly with a lot of energy or force. 闖

Gunmen burst into his home and opened fire. 持槍歹徒闖入他家，開了槍。

6. V-I If you say that something bursts onto the scene, you mean that it suddenly starts or becomes active, usually after developing quietly for some time. 突然活躍起來[journalism]

He burst onto the fashion scene in the early 1980s. 20世紀(jì)80年代初他突然在時尚界活躍起來。

7. N-COUNT A burst of something is a sudden short period of it. (突然的) 一陣

...a burst of machine-gun fire. …一陣機(jī)槍射擊。