Omnibus
['ɒmnɪbəs] or ['ɑmnɪbəs]
解释:
(noun.) an anthology of articles on a related subject or an anthology of the works of a single author.
(adj.) providing for many things at once; 'an omnibus law' .
切丽录入--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A long four-wheeled carriage, having seats for many people; especially, one with seats running lengthwise, used in conveying passengers short distances.
(n.) A sheet-iron cover for articles in a leer or annealing arch, to protect them from drafts.
校对:罗伯特
解释:
adj. including all: covering many different cases or objects as 'an omnibus clause.'—n. a large four-wheeled vehicle for passengers chiefly between two fixed points:—pl. Om′nibuses.
埃琳娜整理
娱乐性解释：
To dream that you are being drawn through the streets in an omnibus, foretells misunderstandings with friends, and unwise promises will be made by you. See Carriage.
黛博拉校对
娱乐性解释：
A test for Patience, still popular in England. From Grk. oneiros, dream, and baino, to go or move. A dream of motion.
阿玛莉亚整理
例句:
- With this idea in her head, she hailed an approaching omnibus with such a hasty gesture that the daisies flew out of the pot and were badly damaged. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- The man in the grey suit got into an omnibus, going westward. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- The present omnibus traffic in London alone amounts to nearly ￡20,000 per week. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
- The sound of wheels roused her from these musings, and leaning behind her shutters she saw the omnibus take up its freight. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- There was an omnibus passing--going into the country; the conductor thought he was wishing for a place, and stopped near the pavement. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- Once there, she composed herself, hailed a passing omnibus, and rolled away to town, looking very merry and mysterious. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- I assert it positively--when he took his seat in the omnibus, he blushed! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- What you may mean, George Sampson, by your omnibus-driving expressions, I cannot pretend to imagine. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- When no interests but my own are involved, I am humbly content to get from place to place by the omnibus. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- My engagement was to go to church; and I'm afraid the omnibus has started without me. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- Walking a mile in an hour--you must own that the omnibus would be quicker! 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- And so he returned to the little market-place, and remounted the omnibus to return to Milton. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- The man in the grey suit stopped the omnibus, and got out in Oxford Street. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- Bless me, child, you will have to charter an omnibus to carry them about. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- On their first introduction, omnibuses were considered absurdities, and were ridiculed as painted hearses. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
手打:列侬