Word · Frequency #1399
busses
公共汽车；巴士
busses is the plural of bus.
a large motor vehicle carrying passengers along a fixed route
- 1.
A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.
一种用于沿道路运输大量人员的机动车辆。
- 2.
a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
一种载有许多乘客的交通工具,用于公共运输
- 3.
An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components.
总线
- 4.
the topology of a network whose components are connected by a busbar
网络拓扑结构,组件通过母线连接
- 5.
Part of a MIRV missile, having on-board motors used to deliver the warhead to a target.
分导式多弹头导弹的母舱
- 6.
an electrical conductor that makes a common connection between several circuits
一种电导体,连接多个电路的公共连接点
- 7.
A network topology with each computer connected to a single cable.
总线拓扑
总线；母线；总线拓扑；弹头母舱；一种用于沿道路运输大量人员的机动车辆。；一种载有许多乘客的交通工具,用于公共运输
In use
I take the bus to school every day.
The students are standing in line waiting for the bus.
The bus is crowded with people.
he always rode the bus to work
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。
by bus
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。
get on/off a/the bus
表示上、下公共汽车的动作。
Connections
Collocations
- catch a bus
- 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。
- take a bus
- 乘公共汽车
- She usually takes a bus to school.她通常乘公共汽车上学。
- bus stop
- 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。
- school bus
- 校车
- The children board the school bus every morning.孩子们每天早上上校车。
- bus driver
- 公共汽车司机
- The bus driver announced the next stop.公共汽车司机报下一站。
- wait for a bus
- 等公共汽车
Learner notes
Memory Tip
bus 音似中文'巴士'，想象一辆红色双层巴士。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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