| 单词 | water bus |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater bus water bus n. a boat (originally a steamboat, later more usually a motor boat) carrying paying passengers as part of a scheduled service. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel for transporting people or goods > passenger vessel > [noun] > water-bus water omnibus1838 water bus1883 vaporetto1926 motoscafo1936 1883 ‘Mars’ Epic Miserable State Island of Grenada 29 In numbers greater they will flock Where now they hesitate, or mock, And seek the passage boat a heap, or water 'bus, all in for cheap. 1922 R. O. Ewan Mr. & Mrs. Europe ix. 58 As far as I can see the ‘water-buses’ [of Venice] obviate the necessity of swimming home from work, if you're not rich enough to afford a gondola of your own. 1940 Economist 21 Sept. 368/2 The waterbus service, which London Transport has been running..between Westminster and Woolwich and Greenwich, has won a popularity... It is an emergency experiment that may survive both air-raids and the war itself. 1999 Independent 16 July ii. 2/1 Brisbane has a fleet of fast catamaran water buses serving about 15 stops. < as lemmas |
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