/bɜ:st ||; bɝst/verb (
past tense past participle burst)
1 [I,T] to break open suddenly and violently, usually because there is too much pressure inside; to cause this to happen （使）爆裂；（使）爆破: The ball burst when I kicked it. 我踢球的时候球破了。You'll burst that tyre if you blow it up any more. 再往那个轮胎打气它准要爆裂。 (figurative 比喻) If I eat any more I'll burst! 再吃我肚子要撑破了。If it rains much more, the river will burst its banks. 雨再下个不停，河堤就要崩决了。
2 [I] burst into, out of, through, etc to move suddenly in a particular direction, often using force 冲进；冲出；冲过: She burst into the manager's office and demanded to speak to him. 她冲入经理室要求跟他说话。
be bursting (with sth) to be very full of sth 满得快裂开:
I packed so many clothes that my suitcase was bursting. 我的手提箱塞了这么多衣服，快要撑破了。She was bursting with pride when she won the race. 她赢了比赛觉得神气得不得了。 be bursting to do sth to want to do sth very much 渴望做某事:
I'm bursting to tell someone the news but it's a secret. 我真想把这个消息告诉别人，无奈这是个秘密。 burst (sth) open to open or make sth open suddenly or violently （使）猛然打开；用力打开:
Suddenly the doors burst open and five police officers rushed in. 门突然被打开，几名警察冲了进来。 burst in on sb/sth to interrupt sb/sth by arriving suddenly 突然出现打扰某人或打断某事:
The police burst in on the gang as they were counting the money. 匪徒们数钱的时候警方突然出现。 burst into sth to start doing sth suddenly 突然做起某事:
On hearing the news she burst into tears (= started crying). 她一听见这消息就哭了起来。The lorry hit a wall and burst into flames (= started burning). 卡车撞在墙上立即着火焚烧。 burst out 1 to start doing sth suddenly 突然做起某事: He looked so ridiculous that I burst out laughing. 看他傻里傻气的，我禁不住大笑起来。
2 to say sth suddenly and with strong feeling 突然激动地说: Finally she burst out, ‘I can't stand it any more!’ 她终于冲口喊了出来：“我实在忍无可忍！”