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bus
1[ buhs ]
noun
- a large motor vehicle, having a long body, equipped with seats or benches for passengers, usually operating as part of a scheduled service; omnibus.
- (formerly) a similar horse-drawn vehicle.
- a passenger automobile or airplane used in a manner resembling that of a bus.
- any vehicle operated to transport children to school.
- a low, movable filing cabinet.
- Electricity. Also called bus顎 bar顎, a heavy conductor, often made of copper in the shape of a bar, used to collect, carry, and distribute powerful electric currents, as those produced by generators.
- Computers. a circuit that connects the CPU with other devices in a computer.
verb (used with object)
- to convey or transport by bus:
to bus the tourists to another hotel.
- to transport (pupils) to school by bus, especially as a means of achieving socioeconomic or racial diversity among students in a public school.
verb (used without object)
- to travel on or by means of a bus:
We bused to New York on a theater trip.
bus
2[ buhs ]
verb (used with or without object)
- to work or act as a busboy or busgirl:
She bused for her meals during her student days.
bus.
3abbreviation for
- business.
bus
/ 产蕦蝉 /
noun
- a large motor vehicle designed to carry passengers between stopping places along a regular route More formal nameomnibus Sometimes calledmotorbus
- short for trolleybus
- modifier of or relating to a bus or buses
a bus driver
a bus station
- informal.a car or aircraft, esp one that is old and shaky
- electronics computing short for busbar
- the part of a MIRV missile payload containing the re-entry vehicles and guidance and thrust devices
- astronautics a platform in a space vehicle used for various experiments and processes
- miss the busto miss an opportunity; be too late
verb
- to travel or transport by bus
- to transport (children) by bus from one area to a school in another in order to create racially integrated classes
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of bus1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of bus1
Idioms and Phrases
- throw (someone or something) under the bus, Informal. to abandon or sacrifice to an imminent negative outcome for expedience or profit, or to protect oneself and one's interests:
The accused was asked to testify against Tony, but he refused to save himself by throwing his pal under the bus.
Example Sentences
Recruits were directed to bus stations, from where they were transported to the ranch, he said.
Several important witness statements were never taken, including those of two people who had travelled on the bus that evening and a woman who had been one of the first people on the scene.
After he allegedly was spotted on security video taking the bag, Bustamante Leiva got on a bus and was seen later that evening at an Italian restaurant.
"If you cycle and you'd really rather not have your head crushed by the wheel of a bus you're described as militant or radical."
No bus or detour service will be provided.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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