burstとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /bɝst/
  • (英国発音) IPA^(key): /bɜːst/
  • 韻: -ɜː(r)st

動詞

burst (third-person singular simple present bursts, present participle bursting, simple past burst or (古風な用法) brast or (一般的ではない用法) bursted, past participle burst or (まれに) bursten or (一般的ではない用法) bursted)

1. (intransitive) To break from internal pressure.

   I blew the balloon up too much, and it burst.

2. (transitive) To cause to break from internal pressure.

   I burst the balloon when I blew it up too much.

3. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to break by any means.
   • c. 1590–1592, William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act INDUCTION, scene i]:

     You will not pay for the glasses you have burst?

   • (Can we date this quote by Fairfax かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     He burst his lance against the sand below.

4. (transitive) To separate (printer paper) at perforation lines.

   I printed the report on form-feed paper, then burst the sheets.

5. (intransitive) To enter or exit hurriedly and unexpectedly.
   • 1913, Mariano Azuela, The Underdogs, translated by E. MunguÍa, Jr.

     Like hungry dogs who have sniffed their meat, the mob bursts in, trampling down the women who sought to bar the entrance with their bodies.

6. (intransitive) To erupt; to change state suddenly as if bursting.

   The flowers burst into bloom on the first day of spring.

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess‎^[1]:

     ‘ […] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. […] ’.

7. (transitive) To produce as an effect of bursting.

   to burst a hole through the wall

   • 1856, Eleanor Marx-Aveling (translator), Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter X

     He entered Maromme shouting for the people of the inn, burst open the door with a thrust of his shoulder, made for a sack of oats, emptied a bottle of sweet cider into the manger, and again mounted his nag, whose feet struck fire as it dashed along.

8. (transitive) To interrupt suddenly in a violent or explosive manner; to shatter.
   • 2001, Jeanette Windle, Cave of the Inca Re, page 115:

     The sharp report of a gun burst the silence, and a moment later the gate swung open.

引用

• For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:burst.

等位語

• split, crack

派生語

関連する語

• bust

名詞

burst (複数形 bursts)

1. An act or instance of bursting.

   The bursts of the bombs could be heard miles away.

2. A sudden, often intense, expression, manifestation or display.

   Synonym: spurt

   • 1860/1861, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

     "It's my wedding-day," cried Biddy, in a burst of happiness, "and I am married to Joe!"

   • 1961, Kurt Vonnegut, Harrison Bergeron, page 1:

     It was tragic, all right, but George and Hazel couldn't think about it very hard. Hazel had a perfectly average intelligence, which meant she couldn't think about anything except in short bursts.

3. A series of shots fired from an automatic firearm.
4. (archaic) A drinking spree.

派生語

アナグラム

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