Omnibus
['ɒmnɪbəs] or ['ɑmnɪbəs]
解釋/意思:
(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' .
切丽錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
校對:罗伯特
解釋/意思:
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
娱乐性解釋/意思：
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.
黛博拉校對
娱乐性解釋/意思：
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/造句/用法:
- 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·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- The man in the grey suit got into an omnibus, going westward. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- The present omnibus traffic in London alone amounts to nearly ￡20,000 per week. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- The sound of wheels roused her from these musings, and leaning behind her shutters she saw the omnibus take up its freight. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- There was an omnibus passing--going into the country; the conductor thought he was wishing for a place, and stopped near the pavement. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Once there, she composed herself, hailed a passing omnibus, and rolled away to town, looking very merry and mysterious. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- I assert it positively--when he took his seat in the omnibus, he blushed! 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- What you may mean, George Sampson, by your omnibus-driving expressions, I cannot pretend to imagine. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- When no interests but my own are involved, I am humbly content to get from place to place by the omnibus. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- My engagement was to go to church; and I'm afraid the omnibus has started without me. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Walking a mile in an hour--you must own that the omnibus would be quicker! 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- And so he returned to the little market-place, and remounted the omnibus to return to Milton. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- The man in the grey suit stopped the omnibus, and got out in Oxford Street. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Bless me, child, you will have to charter an omnibus to carry them about. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- On their first introduction, omnibuses were considered absurdities, and were ridiculed as painted hearses. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
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