bus
US: /ˈbəs/
UK: /bˈʌs/
UK: /bˈʌs/
English Vietnamese dictionary
bus /bʌs/
- danh từ
- xe buýt
- to go by bus: đi xe buýt
- (từ lóng) máy bay; ô tô; mô tô
- to miss the bus
- nhỡ xe buýt
- bỏ lỡ cơ hội
- thất bại trong công việc
- xe buýt
- nội động từ
- đi xe buýt
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
(plural buses, AmE also busses) a large road vehicle that carries passengers, especially one that travels along a fixed route and stops regularly to let people get on and off: Shall we walk or go by bus? + A regular bus service connects the train station with the town centre. + a bus company / driver + a school bus
Compare: COACH
See also -
+ verb (-s- or -ss-) [VN]
1 ~ sb (from / to ...) to transport sb by bus: We were bussed from the airport to our hotel.
2 (AmE) to transport young people by bus to another area so that students of different races can be educated together
3 (AmE) to take the dirty plates, etc. off the tables in a restaurant, as a job: He buses tables to help finance his tuition.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
regular
There are regular buses to the city centre.
| double-decker, open-topped | last
I missed the last bus and had to walk.
| airport, local, school, sightseeing, tourist
VERB + BUS
go by, go on, take, travel by, use | wait for
I waited 40 minutes for a bus.
| run for
I left work a bit late and had to run for my bus.
| catch, get | miss | board, get on/onto | get off | drive
BUS + VERB
go, run
Local buses run regularly to and from the nearest town.
| arrive, come | pull up, stop
The bus pulled up and we got on. The buses stop outside the post office.
| pick sb up
The double-decker bus stopped to pick up some more passengers.
| go from, leave (from)
Buses leave from here every hour or so.
| carry sb
a bus carrying 56 passengers
BUS + NOUN
times, timetable
Look up the bus times in the local timetable.
| route | lane | depot, shelter, station, stop | queue | journey
a short bus journey to work
| conductor, driver, passenger | fare | pass, ticket | company, service
PREP.
by ~
It's about 15 minutes away by bus.
| on a/the ~
people travelling on buses
| ~ for
Is this the bus for Oxford?
| ~ from, ~ to
We took the bus from Reading to Bristol.
Concise English dictionary
busses|buses|bused|bussed|busing|bussingbʌs
noun
+a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport
+the topology of a network whose components are connected by a busbar
+an electrical conductor that makes a common connection between several circuits
+a car that is old and unreliable
verb
+send or move around by bus
+ride in a bus
+remove used dishes from the table in restaurants
