burst 1 W3 / bɜst $ bɜrst / 动词 ( past tense and past participle burst )

1 break open [不及物和及物动词] if something bursts, or if you burst it, it breaks open or apart suddenly and violently so that its contents come out :

The pipes had burst and the house was under two feet of water.

2 be bursting with something to have a lot of something or be filled with something :

John was bursting with ideas and good humour.

The shops are bursting with food.

be bursting with pride/energy/excitement etc

Your mum’s bursting with pride for you.

3 move suddenly [ intransitive always + 副词 / 介词 ] to move somewhere suddenly or quickly, especially into or out of a place

burst into/through/in etc

Jo burst into the room.

4 burst open to open suddenly :

The door burst open and Tom ran into the room.

5 be bursting to do something informal to want to do something very much :

Zach was bursting to tell them something.

6 be bursting

a) British English informal to need to go to the toilet very soon

b) ( also be bursting at the seams ) to be so full that nothing else can fit inside

7 burst sb’s bubble informal to make someone suddenly realize that something is not as good as they thought it was :

Steve was so happy I couldn’t bear to burst his bubble.

8 burst its banks if a river bursts its banks, water from it goes onto the land

→ full (up) to bursting at full 1 ( 1 ) , → burst the bubble at bubble 1 ( 6 ) , → the bubble bursts at bubble 1 ( 5 )

burst in on/upon somebody/something 短语动词

to interrupt someone or something by entering a room, in a way that embarrasses you or other people :

I’m sorry to burst in on you like this.

burst into something 短语动词

1 to suddenly begin to make a sound, especially to start singing, crying, or laughing :

Claire looked as if she were about to burst into tears .

Suddenly, the group burst into laughter .

Lydia burst into song .

2 burst into flames/flame to suddenly start to burn very strongly :

Their car crashed and burst into flames.

burst onto/upon/on something 短语动词

to suddenly appear and become very successful :

The band burst onto the music scene in 1997.

burst out 短语动词

1 burst out laughing/crying/singing etc to suddenly start to laugh, cry etc :

Everyone burst out laughing.

2 to suddenly say something in a forceful way :

‘I don’t believe it!’ she burst out angrily.

→ outburst ( 1 )