| 单词 | omnibus |
| 释义 | Related topics: Television & radio, Newspapers, printing, publishing, Motor vehiclesom·ni·bus1 /ˈɒmnɪbəs, -bʌs $ ˈɑːm-/ noun [countable] 1 AMT British English a radio or television programme consisting of several programmes that have previously been broadcast separately 节目荟萃[集锦]，多集节目的一次播出〔由曾分别播出过的几个节目组成的广播或电视节目〕 the Saturday omnibus edition of ‘Brookside’ 《小溪边》的周六综合版2 TCNa book containing several stories, especially by one writer, that have already been printed separately 〔尤指某作家的〕选集，文集；汇编 Omnibus editions of novels tend to be too heavy to be read with comfort. 小说选集往往分量太重，读起来不方便。3. British English old-fashionedTTC a bus 公共汽车Examples from the Corpusomnibus• When she got off the train from Chertsey she didn't have enough money to take an omnibus.• Congress is acting on separate farm legislation after Clinton vetoed an omnibus budget bill that included language on agricultural policy.• Yet every hotel had its omnibus meet the trains and charged each guest twenty-five cents for a one-way trip.• What the lorry did for goods, the omnipresent omnibus soon did for passengers.• Drawn by three horses abreast Shillibeer's omnibus ran from Paddington to the Bank four times a day each way.• Elsewhere the private carriage and the omnibus dominated early suburban traffic.omnibus2 adjective [only before noun] American English an omnibus law contains several different laws collected together 〔法令〕综合性的 an omnibus civil rights bill 综合民权法案Origin omnibus1 (1800-1900) French “bus”, from Latin, “for all”, from omnis; → OMNI-om·ni·bus1 nounomnibus2 adjectiveChineseSyllable television programme or Corpus a consisting radio |
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