(pl. buses; <美> 亦作busses)
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- a large motor vehicle carrying passengers by road, typically one serving the public on a fixed route and for a fare公共汽车：
as modifier a bus service.公交服务业。
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- informal, dated a motor car, aircraft, or other vehicle, regarded with familiarity or affection〈非正式, 旧〉熟悉（或喜欢）的交通工具。
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- Computing a distinct set of conductors carrying data and control signals within a computer system, to which pieces of equipment may be connected in parallel【计算机】总线。
(buses或busses, bused或bussed, busing或bussing)
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- with obj. and adverbial of direction（常作be bussed）transport in a communal road vehicle（用公用车）运送：
staff were bussed in and out of the factory.
人员有厂车运送。
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- N. Amer. transport (a child of one race) to a school where another race is predominant, in an attempt to promote racial integration〈北美〉用公共汽车载送; 用校车载送（尤指为促进种族融合而载送学校中少数种族的学生）。
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- no obj., with adverbial of direction travel by road in a public vehicle乘公共汽车：
the priest bussed in from a neighbouring parish.
牧师从附近教区乘公共汽车来。
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- with obj. chiefly N. Amer. remove (dirty plates and dishes) from a table in a restaurant or cafeteria〈主北美〉（从餐馆桌上）撤掉（脏盘碟）。
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- remove dirty plates and dishes from (a table)从（桌）上撤走脏盘碟。
词源
early 19th cent.: shortening of OMNIBUS.