bus

英 [bʌs] 美[bʌs]

CET4TEM4考研CET6中频词基本词汇

复数: buses;第三人称单数: busses; buses;过去式: bussed;过去分词: bused;现在分词: bussing;

1. 音译“巴士”。大巴、中巴、小巴。

bus 公共汽车

截取自拉丁词omnibus, 为前缀omni- 的属格复数。原指一种四轮公共马车。

bus: bus: [19] Bus is, of course, short for omnibus. The first person on record as using it was the British writer Harriet Martineau, who spelled it buss: ‘if the station offers me a place in the buss’, Weal and woe in Garveloch 1832. Omnibus itself was borrowed from French, where it was first applied in 1828 to a voiture omnibus, literally ‘carriage for everyone’ (omnibus is the dative plural of Latin omnis ‘all’).
bus (n.): 1832, abbreviation of omnibus (q.v.). The modern English noun is nothing but a Latin dative plural ending. To miss the bus, in the figurative sense of "lose an opportunity," is from 1901, Australian English (OED has a figurative miss the omnibus from 1886). Busman's holiday "leisure time spent doing what one does for a living" (1893) is probably a reference to London bus drivers riding the buses on their days off.
bus (v.): 1838, "to travel by omnibus," from bus (n.). Transitive meaning "transport students to integrate schools" is from 1961, American English. Meaning "clear tables in a restaurant" is first attested 1913, probably from the four-wheeled cart used to carry dishes. Related: Bused; busing.

1. The bus is said to have over-turned and fallen into a ravine.: 据说巴士发生翻车，跌进了峡谷。

5. For a local bus timetable, contact Dyfed County Council.: 若要当地公共汽车时刻表，请与达费德郡政务委员会联系。