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take a/the bus
表示乘坐公共汽车这一交通方式。
I usually take the bus to work.
我通常乘公共汽车上班。
公共汽车；巴士
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
公共汽车；巴士
a large motor vehicle carrying passengers along a fixed route
I usually take the bus to work.
我通常乘公共汽车上班。
一种用于沿道路运输大量人员的机动车辆。
A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.
一种载有许多乘客的交通工具,用于公共运输
a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
总线
An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components.
网络拓扑结构,组件通过母线连接
the topology of a network whose components are connected by a busbar
I take the bus to school every day.
我每天乘公共汽车去上学。
AI contextual example
The students are standing in line waiting for the bus.
学生们排着队等公共汽车。
AI contextual example
The bus is crowded with people.
公共汽车上挤满了人。
AI contextual example
he always rode the bus to work
他总是乘公交车去上班
WordNet
表示乘坐公共汽车这一交通方式。
I usually take the bus to work.
我通常乘公共汽车上班。
用于表示交通方式的介词短语。
She goes to school by bus.
她乘公共汽车上学。
表示上、下公共汽车的动作。
He got off the bus at the next stop.
他在下一站下了公共汽车。
计算机术语，指传输数据的线路。
The data bus transfers information between components.
数据总线在组件之间传输信息。
Not this
I take bus to school.
Use this
I take the bus to school.
当动词take后接具体的交通工具时，通常需要定冠词the。汉语中没有冠词，学习者容易遗漏。
Not this
There are many bus on the road.
Use this
There are many buses on the road.
bus是可数名词，复数形式为buses。汉语中名词复数没有词形变化，学习者常忽略加-es。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
赶公共汽车
I need to catch a bus to get to work on time.
我需要赶公共汽车才能准时上班。
乘公共汽车
She usually takes a bus to school.
她通常乘公共汽车上学。
公共汽车站
We waited at the bus stop for ten minutes.
我们在公共汽车站等了十分钟。
校车
The children board the school bus every morning.
孩子们每天早上上校车。
公共汽车司机
The bus driver announced the next stop.
公共汽车司机报下一站。
等公共汽车
They were waiting for a bus when it started to rain.
他们正在等公共汽车时开始下雨了。
错失良机
I missed the bus by not applying early.
我没有及早申请，错失了良机。
出卖某人
He threw his colleague under the bus to save himself.
他为了自保而出卖了同事。
突击测验，神枪手。公交车上有个炸弹。
The famous line from the movie Speed reminds us that even a bus can become a setting for high-stakes action.
电影《生死时速》中的这句著名台词提醒我们，即使是公交车也能成为高风险动作片的场景。
公交车的轮子转呀转。
As a child, I loved singing 'The wheels on the bus' during long car rides.
小时候，我特别喜欢在长途乘车时唱《公交车的轮子》。
Use bus naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
bus 音似中文'巴士'，想象一辆红色双层巴士。
通常用于日常交流，指代公共交通工具，比较正式或非正式场合均可使用。
These four words share the same '-us' spelling and the /ʌs/ sound (or similar /ɐs/), making them useful for comparing the ending of 'bus'. Note: the vowel in 'bus' is often transcribed as /ʌ/ or /ɐ/, which may differ slightly from the /ʌ/ in these words depending on the dialect, but the ending is a strong rhyme pattern.
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.