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the bursting of sth
bursting 作名词时常用 the bursting of ... 表示‘某物的破裂/爆裂’，尤其用于泡沫、管道、水坝等。
The bursting of the housing bubble triggered a global financial crisis.
房地产泡沫的破裂引发了全球金融危机。
爆裂；破裂
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爆裂；破裂
the act of bursting
The bursting of the housing bubble triggered a global financial crisis.
房地产泡沫的破裂引发了全球金融危机。
爆裂的行为
The act by which something bursts.
The bursting of the pipe flooded the basement.
管道的爆裂淹没了地下室。
We heard a loud bursting from the tire before the car swerved.
在汽车转向之前，我们听到了轮胎爆裂的巨响。
The bursting of the dam caused widespread flooding downstream.
大坝的决口给下游造成了广泛的洪水。
bursting 作名词时常用 the bursting of ... 表示‘某物的破裂/爆裂’，尤其用于泡沫、管道、水坝等。
The bursting of the housing bubble triggered a global financial crisis.
房地产泡沫的破裂引发了全球金融危机。
bursting 也可作可数名词，用 a/an 加形容词修饰，描写一次性事件。
A sudden bursting of the old water pipe alarmed the residents.
老水管的突然爆裂惊动了居民。
Not this
Bursting of the pipe was caused by high pressure.
Use this
The bursting of the pipe was caused by high pressure.
英语中，当一个动名词（如 bursting）后接 of 短语表示具体某一次动作或事件时，前面必须用定冠词 the。中文常省略冠词，但英语中“the + 动名词 + of + 名词”是固定结构，不能缺少 the。
Not this
There were two bursting in the wall.
Use this
There were two burstings in the wall.
bursting 作可数名词表示“爆裂（的事件）”时，其复数形式是 burstings。中文名词没有复数词尾变化，所以英语学习者容易漏掉 -s；在 two 等数量词后必须使用复数形式 burstings。
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爆裂点；极限
The warehouse was packed to bursting point.
仓库里挤得快要爆开了。
泡沫的破裂
The bursting of the housing bubble triggered a global financial crisis.
房地产泡沫的破裂引发了全球金融危机。
耐破强度；爆裂强度
The new packaging material has high bursting strength.
这种新包装材料的耐破强度很高。
管道爆裂法（更换地下管道的施工技术）
Pipe bursting is a trenchless method for replacing old sewers.
管道爆裂法是一种用于更换旧下水道的非开挖施工方法。
爆裂装药；爆炸装药
The bursting charge in the artillery shell was defective.
炮弹中的爆裂装药有缺陷。
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记 burst 像气球“啵”一声爆开，加 ing 指爆裂这个行为。
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、technical descriptions 作名词时多用于书面或正式语境，指“爆裂、破裂”的动作或过程；口语中更常用动词 burst 来表达类似含义。
Thirsting rhymes with bursting (both have stressed /ɜːr/ + /stɪŋ/). Busting, nesting, testing, and fasting share the -sting spelling but have different vowels (/ʌ/, /ɛ/, /ɛ/, /æ/), so they don't rhyme. Cursing is a near rhyme: it keeps /ɜːr/ but drops the /t/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.