The form burst is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle. burst的过去式和过去分词与原形相同。

1. (使)爆裂；(使)胀破；(使)炸开

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.

burst的解释

e.g.The driver lost control when a tyre burst...

一个车胎爆了，司机失去了控制。

e.g.It is not a good idea to burst a blister.

把水泡挑破不是个好主意。

2. (使)破裂

If a dam bursts, or if something bursts it, it breaks apart because the force of the river is too great.

e.g.A dam burst and flooded their villages.

堤坝决口，淹没了他们的村庄。

3. (河流)决堤

If a river bursts its banks, the water rises and goes on to the land.

e.g.Monsoons caused the river to burst its banks.

季风雨使河堤决口。

4. (门、盖子等)猛然打开

When a door or lid bursts open, it opens very suddenly and violently because someone pushes it or there is great pressure behind it.

e.g.The door burst open and an angry young nurse appeared.

门突然被推开，一名怒气冲冲的年轻护士出现在门口。

5. 突然闯进(或跑出)

To burst into or out of a place means to enter or leave it suddenly with a lot of energy or force.

e.g.Gunmen burst into his home and opened fire...

持枪歹徒突然闯进他家里开枪射击。

e.g.Rachel burst out as the door was flung open again.

当门被再次猛地推开时，雷切尔冲了出去。

6. 突然出现

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.

e.g.He burst onto the fashion scene in the early 1980s.

20世纪80年代初他突然在时尚界活跃起来。

7. 充满；满怀

If you say that someone is about to burst with pride, anger, or another emotion, you are emphasizing the intensity of the emotion they are feeling.

e.g.He almost burst with pride when his son John began to excel at football...

当儿子约翰在足球方面表现优秀时，他心中充满了自豪。

e.g.He thought his heart would burst with grief.

他觉得自己悲痛欲绝。

8. 爆炸

When a firework or bomb bursts in the air, it explodes.

e.g.Hundreds of fireworks burst simultaneously in midair...

成百上千朵烟花在半空中同时绽放。

e.g.Every now and then you hear some bombs bursting.

你会时不时地听到一些爆炸声。

9. 短暂的突然发作;一阵

A burst of something is a sudden short period of it.

e.g....a burst of machine-gun fire...

一阵炮火

e.g.It is easier to cope with short bursts of activity than with prolonged exercise...

和长时间的锻炼相比，短期内加强活动更容易应付。