bus

英 [b?s] 美[b?s]

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復數:?buses;第三人稱單數:?busses;?buses;過去式:?bussed;過去分詞:?bused;現在分詞:?bussing;

1. 音譯“巴士”。大巴、中巴、小巴。

bus 公共汽車

截取自拉丁詞omnibus, 為前綴omni- 的屬格復數。原指一種四輪公共馬車。

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.: 據說巴士發生翻車，跌進了峽谷。

5. For a local bus timetable, contact Dyfed County Council.: 若要當地公共汽車時刻表，請與達費德郡政務委員會聯系。