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- a volume containing several novels or other items previously published separately选集, 汇编:
an omnibus of her first trilogy.
她第一个三部曲的选集。
1.1
- chiefly Brit. a single edition of two or more consecutive programmes, especially soap operas, previously broadcast separately〈主英〉(先前已单独播出过的多个连续节目, 尤指肥皂剧的)汇集。
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- dated a bus〈旧〉公共汽车。
- comprising several items综合的:
omnibus editions of novels.
小说的合集版。
词源
early 19th cent.: via French from Latin, literally 'for all', dative plural of omnis.