单词 | bus |
释义 | bus (bŭs) n. pl. bus·esor bus·ses 1. A long motor vehicle for carrying passengers, usually along a fixed route. 2. Informal A large or ungainly automobile. 3. A four-wheeled cart for carrying dishes in a restaurant. 4. Electricity A bus bar. 5. Computers A parallel circuit that connects the major components of a computer, allowing the transfer of electric impulses from one connected component to any other. v. bused, bus·ing, bus·esor bussed , bus·sing , bus·ses v. tr. 1. To transport in a bus. 2. To transport (schoolchildren) by bus to schools outside their neighborhoods, especially as a means of achieving racial integration. 3. a. To carry or clear (dishes) in a restaurant. b. To clear dishes from (a table). v. intr. Idiom: 1. To travel in a bus. 2. To work as a busboy. throw (someone) under the bus To sacrifice or betray (another) for one's own gain or in order to save oneself: “That is no reason ... for a principled President to throw a large section of the country's labor force under the bus” (Steve Coll). [Short for OMNIBUS. V., intr., sense 2, back-formation from BUSBOY.] |
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