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词汇 bus
释义 bus
noun[ C ]
uk /bʌs/ us /bʌs/pluralbuses or US alsobusses

busnoun[C] (VEHICLE)


A1
a large vehicle in which people are driven from one place to another: 大客车;公共汽车,巴士
take the bus You should take the bus (= travel by bus) if you want to see the sights.
Did you take the train or go by bus?
See also
minibus
omnibus(TRANSPORT)old use
trolleybusUK
 
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Please excuse me for arriving late - the bus was delayed.我来晚了,请原谅——公共汽车晚点了。
If we sit near the front of the bus, we'll have a better view.如果我们坐在公交车的前部,视野就会好一些。
Hurry, now, or you'll miss the bus!快点,否则你就赶不上公共汽车了!
He left me stranded in town with no car and no money for a bus.他把我丢在城里,既没车也没钱坐公交车。
The buses run less frequently on Sundays.周日公交车发车间隔时间较长。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Buses, trams & coaches
bus captain
bus conductor
charabanc
coach
combi
deck
double-decker
horse car
HOV
jitney
limousine
minibus
omnibus
school bus
shuttle
single-decker
streetcar
take the bus
tramway
trolleybus

busnoun[C] (COMPUTER)


a set of wires in a computer along which information can be sent to and from other parts of the computer(计算机中的)总线,其不同输出线路向计算机各部件传送数据
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Computer hardware
3-D printer
active matrix
alt-
associative memory
backlight
Bluetooth
chip
console
flat screen
joypad
microcomputer
multi-client
multitasker
netbook
non-mobile
number pad
terminal
trackball
underscore
VDT

Idiom


throw someone under the bus
bus
verb[ T ]
uk /bʌs/ us /bʌs/-ss- or US usually-s-

busverb[T] (TRANSPORT)


to take people somewhere by bus: 用大客车运送
Demonstrators were bussed in from all parts of the state to attend the protest rally.示威者乘车从全国各地来参加抗议集会。
US
to take children by bus to school in another area every day用校车接送
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Buses, trams & coaches
bus captain
bus conductor
charabanc
coach
combi
deck
double-decker
horse car
HOV
jitney
limousine
minibus
omnibus
school bus
shuttle
single-decker
streetcar
take the bus
tramway
trolleybus

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


Transferring and transporting objects

busverb[T] (IN RESTAURANT)


US
to remove dirty plates, glasses, etc. from tables after they have been used by customers in a restaurant, etc.:
bus tablesHe bussed tables at his grandfather's restaurant from the age of 13.
You have to order at the counter, take your order to a table and bus your own tray.
Related word
busboy
My first ever job was bussing tables for $3.35 an hour at a Chinese restaurant.
Patrons sometimes help out by bussing their own tables.
I saw a lot of tables waiting to be bussed.
He bussed his tray with most of the food still untouched.
We enjoyed ourselves even while washing dishes or bussing dirty napkins.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Providing & serving meals
bowl of something
cakeage
cater
catering
dish
dish something out
gourmet
ladle
place
plate
plate something up
replate
rustle
rustle something up
serve
table
wait
wait at table(s)idiom
wait on someone/something
whip something up

bus | American Dictionary


bus
noun[ C ]
us/bʌs/

busnoun[C] (VEHICLE)


a large motor vehicle with seats for many people:
The tour bus was the easiest way to see the area.
bus
verb[ T ]
us/bʌs/

busverb[T] (TAKE IN VEHICLE)


to take people to a place in a bus:
The governor bused supporters to the capital for his inauguration.

busverb[T] (SERVE)


to move dishes to and from tables in a restaurant as a job:
I started out busing tables.

Examples of bus


bus
From the 1930s to the 1950s the incidence of walking to work declined rapidly, but the use of buses and bicycles increased substantially.
In trains and buses the young people are never willing to offer their elders seats.
There is a bus service, but the train's much better really.
However, what differs is the size of the bus operated, not the amount of work demanded. 11.
Since then the buses have become too many and the chance of making money has decreased.
Furthermore, companies face higher standards regarding the vintage of buses.
It is a pre-existing bus with a well-defined payload capacity.
Having comfortable buses with a drop-step, making it easier to get on and off, and a regular and reliable service were also important.
The interview took place in two locations : the airport express bus station (n=422) and the express train platform (n=398).
Even with discounted bus fares for retired people, some respondents said they could not afford the expensive fares for short distances.
Can get simple information about travel, use public transport: buses, trains, and taxis, and give directions, and buy tickets.
Those commuters who chose not to use buses had similar reasons to those who disliked trams.
For the project, a city bus was transformed into a fully equipped digital lab and made available to groups of children.
Embedded in the amorphous masses of the project was a bus station with services and worker accommodation.
All participants successfully located the entrance to the bus station.
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Collocations withbus


bus

These are words often used in combination with bus.

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articulated bus
There are wide gangways between cars, giving a feel similar to an articulated bus.
From
Wikipedia

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bus crash
Some reps would knock on doors after a buscrash and recruit claimants by getting them to sign forms and filling in the details later.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
bus depot
The rail network is to the west of the town and the busdepot is sited at the north-east of the town.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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