| 单词 | omnibus |
| 释义 | omnibus (once / 1453 pages) nadj An omnibus is another word for a bus, as in a large vehicle carrying lots of passengers. Other names are autobus and coach. This word has bus in it, and that's the main meaning of omnibus. As a book, an omnibus is collection of articles either all on the same subject or written by a single author. An omnibus of Joyce Carol Oates would fill more shelves than all of Shakespeare’s plays. A third meaning is something that covers a lot of different subjects at once, like an omnibus bill that has legislation about gun control, transportation, and parking meters. WORD FAMILYomnibus: omnibuses USAGE EXAMPLESConsider, for instance, “The Library,” included in the omnibus “Impossible Stories I.” Washington Post(Dec 13, 2016) Both could complicate agreement on FDA changes and NIH funding, essentially making the bill into an omnibus health-care measure. Washington Post(Nov 22, 2016) As if to mark the sea change that had occurred, Converse self-recorded an omnibus tape of all her guitar songs to date. The New Yorker(Nov 21, 2016) 1n a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport Syn|Hypo|Hyper autobus, bus, charabanc, coach, double-decker, jitney, motorbus, motorcoach, passenger vehicle minibus a light bus (4 to 10 passengers) school busa bus used to transport children to or from school trackless trolley, trolley coach, trolleybusa passenger bus with an electric motor that draws power from overhead wires public transport conveyance for passengers or mail or freight 2n an anthology of articles on a related subject or an anthology of the works of a single author Hyper anthology a collection of selected literary passages 3adj providing for many things at once an omnibus law Syn comprehensive including all or everything |
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