/bʌs ||; bʌs/noun [C] (plural buses) a big public vehicle which takes passengers along a fixed route and stops regularly to let people get on and off 公共汽车；巴士: Where do you usually get on/off the bus? 你平时在哪里上／下公共汽车？We'll have to hurry up if we want to catch the 9 o'clock bus. 我们要快点呀，要不就赶不上9点钟的巴士。We'd better run or we'll miss the bus. 我们最好跑步，要不然就赶不上这趟巴士了。 The bus driver may also take the money (your fare) and give you your ticket, or there may be a conductor who collects the fares. You can get on or off at a bus stop and the place where most bus routes start is the bus station. Note that we travel on the bus or by bus ‘How do you get to work?’ ‘On the bus.’ 公共汽车司机(bus driver)可能兼顾收车费(fare)及发车票(ticket)的工作，不然就由售票员(conductor)负责收费。乘客可以在各公共汽车站(bus-stop)上下车，大部份公共汽车路线的起点称为公共汽车总站(bus station)。搭乘公共汽车用 on the bus，也可以说 by bus：‘How do you get to work?’‘On the bus.’“你怎么样上班？”“乘公共汽车。”