bus

Bedeutung

Noun

1. A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads; by extension, the driver of said vehicle
2. An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components.
3. Part of a MIRV missile, having on-board motors used to deliver the warhead to a target.
4. (slang) An ambulance.
5. (slang) An aeroplane.
6. A network topology with each computer connected to a single server. The security on a bus is terrible because every device connected sees every message, and a single point of failure will occur if the bus breaks.

Verb

1. To transport via a motor bus.
2. To transport students to school, often to a more distant school for the purposes of achieving racial integration.
3. To travel by bus.
4. To clear meal remains from.
5. To work at clearing the remains of meals from tables or counters; to work as a busboy.

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/bʌs/

Etymologie

Clipping of omnibus. Formerly often spelt 'bus. The electrical sense is derived from figurative application of the automotive sense.

Sätze

Try to make eye contact with a stranger on the bus , and hold it for five seconds , without speaking .

Versuchen Sie, Augenkontakt mit einem Fremden im Bus aufzunehmen, und halten Sie ihn fünf Sekunden lang, ohne zu sprechen.