公交车用英语表示为bus，其英式读音为[bʌs]，美式读音为[bʌs]。bus可作名词和及物动词两种词性，基本含义除了“公交车”之外，还有“总线”、“用公共汽车运送”、“用校车送”、“清理桌子”等意思。
bus的基本含义及用法介绍
1、作为名词，译为公共汽车;巴士;(计算机系统的)总线。
例句：Shall we walk or go by bus ?
我们步行呢，还是坐公共汽车？
He missed his last bus home...
他错过了回家的末班车。
I couldn't help it if the bus was late.
公共汽车晚点了，我没办法。
You couldn't have left it on the bus, could you?
你不可能把它落在公共汽车上了吧？
It is possible to get there by bus.
可以乘公共汽车到那里。
There will be five buses, first come first served.
会有5辆巴士，先到先上。
Sightseeing is best done either by tour bus or by bicycles
最好是乘坐旅游巴士或骑自行车观光。
The bus is said to have overturned and fallen into a ravine.
据说巴士发生翻车，跌进了峡谷。
But it also set off the Montgomery bus boycott ．
但这也引发了蒙哥马利巴士抵制运动。
How often does a bus set off once a time?
每隔多长时间巴士发一次车？
2、作为及物动词，译为用公共汽车运送;用校车送(学生往外区就读，使不同种族的学生一起受教育);(在餐厅里)收(盘子)，清理(桌子)。
例句：We were bussed from the airport to our hotel.
公共汽车把我们从飞机场送到旅馆。
On May Day hundreds of thousands used to be bussed in to parade through East Berlin...
过去在五一劳动节这天，数十万人常常乘坐大巴到东柏林游行。
Many schools were in danger of closing because the children were bused out to other neighborhoods.
很多学校面临倒闭的危险，因为学生被校车送到其他社区就读了。
