autobus

n. 公共汽车

发音

UK /ˈɔːtə(ʊ)bʌs/
其它 /ˈɑtoʊˌbʌs/
US /ˈɔtoʊˌbʌs/
US /ˈɔɾə-/

词形变化

autobuses 复数 autobuses autobusses autobusses 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A motorbus, as opposed to earlier horse-drawn buses.

    过时 交通
  2. 2.

    A large group of cyclists who have fallen behind the peloton (“main group of riders”) in a race.

    （自行车比赛）（自行车比赛）落后的集团

    引申义

词汇关系

名词

同义词 8

bus coach omnibus charabanc double-decker jitney motorbus motorcoach

上位词 1

public transport

下位词 3

minibus school bus trolley bus

部分词 2

window roof

整体词 1

fleet

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder.? Proto-Indo-European *sóder.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder. Ancient Greek αὖ (aû) Ancient Greek τόν (tón)? Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-)lbor. French auto- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin mōbilislbor. French mobile French automobilebor. English automobileclip. English auto- Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-der. Proto-Italic *opnis Latin omnis Latin omnibuslbor. French omnibusbor. English omnibusclip. English bus English autobus From auto- (prefix meaning ‘self’, in the sense of being self-propelled) + bus. Sense 2 (“large group of cyclists who have fallen behind the peloton”) is borrowed from French autobus.

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