英 /bʌs/,美 /bʌs/
公共汽车;巴士:指用于公共交通的大型载客车辆。例:a school bus(校车)。
总线;信息通路:计算机或电子领域中传输数据的线路。例:Nor can you always use bus interrupts(你也不可能总是用总线中断)。
用公共汽车运送:尤指集体运输。例:We were bussed from the airport to our hotel(公共汽车把我们从机场送到旅馆)。
乘公共汽车:例:They had to travel everywhere by bus(他们只得乘公共汽车出行)。
复数:buses
第三人称单数:buses / busses
过去式/过去分词:bused / bussed
现在分词:busing / bussing
by bus:乘公共汽车。例:Shall we walk or go by bus?(我们步行还是坐公共汽车?)
on the bus:在公交车上(强调交通工具内的空间)。例:It's polite to yield up your seat on the bus to an old lady(在公交车上给老太太让座是礼貌的)
bus stop:公共汽车站。例:The bus stop is few yards below the post office(公共汽车站在邮局向南几码处)
bus driver:公交车司机。例:a bus company/driver(公共汽车公司/司机)
He missed his last bus home(他错过了回家的末班车)。
The bus came around the bend(公共汽车从拐弯处驶来)。
Many schools were in danger of closing because the children were bused out to other neighborhoods(许多学校因学生被校车送往其他社区而面临关闭风险)。
I usually get the bus to work(我通常坐公交车上班)。
The report exonerates the bus driver from any responsibility(事故报告认定公交车司机无责任)。
介词搭配:表示“在公交车上”时,通常用 on the bus,因公交车内部空间较大可自由移动;“在车站”用 at the bus stop 。
翻译差异:大陆多译为“公共汽车”,粤语地区常用音译“巴士”。历史语境中,“bus”曾指“公共马车”,需结合上下文理解。
无论是日常出行还是技术领域,bus 都是高频词汇,掌握其多义性和搭配能提升表达准确性。你还知道哪些与“bus”相关的习语呢?