buster
n. 庞然大物, 非凡的人, 闹饮, 驯马人, 小家伙, 小鬼, 炸弹, 巨型炸弹
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Someone who or something that bursts, breaks, or destroys a specified thing.
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Forming compounds denoting a team, weapon, or device specialized in the destruction of the first element.
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Someone who or something that 'breaks', tames, or overpowers a specified person or thing.
A broncobuster.
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Someone who or something that 'breaks', tames, or overpowers a specified person or thing.
Forming compounds denoting an agent or agency tasked with reducing or eliminating the first element.
非正式 俚语 政治 法律Men nicknamed him the ‘Booze Buster’, and cartoonists loved to picture him, revolver in hand,... fighting the demon rum.
The professional fraud-busters [of the art world].
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Someone or something remarkable, especially for being loud, large, etc.
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Someone or something remarkable, especially for being loud, large, etc.
A form of address, particularly of men: guy, dude, fella, mack, buddy, loser. (Originally as 'old buster'.)
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A loaf of bread.
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A drinking spree, a binge.
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A gale, a strong wind; (especially Australia) a southerly buster.
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A heavy fall; (also performing arts) a staged fall, a pratfall.
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A molting crab.
美国In that state he is called a ‘Buster’, bursting his shell.
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A cheat's die whose sides bear only certain combinations of spots, so that undesirable values can never be rolled.
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Originally a dialectal variant of burster; later influenced by bust + -er. The combining form of the term has appeared from the early 20th century but been especially prolific during three periods: in the 1930s, owing to the success of the radio series Gang Busters; in the 1940s, owing to its appearance as military slang; and in the 1980s, owing to the success of the movie Ghostbusters.
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