autobus

名词 n.
/ˈɔːtə(ʊ)bʌs/    /ˈɔtoʊˌbʌs/|[ˈɔɾə-]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A motorbus, as opposed to earlier horse-drawn buses. dated
  2. A large group of cyclists who have fallen behind the peloton (“main group of riders”) in a race. broadly

词形变化

autobuses plural autobusses plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder.?
Proto-Indo-European *sóder.?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewder.
Ancient Greek αὖ (aû)
Ancient Greek τόν (tón)?
Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós)
Ancient Greek αὐτο- (auto-)lbor.
French auto-
Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *moweō
Latin moveō
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin mōbilislbor.
French mobile
French automobilebor.
English automobileclip.
English auto-
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-der.
Proto-Italic *opnis
Latin omnis
Latin omnibuslbor.
French omnibusbor.
English omnibusclip.
English bus
English autobus
From auto- (prefix meaning ‘self’, in the sense of being self-propelled) + bus. Sense 2 (“large group of cyclists who have fallen behind the peloton”) is borrowed from French autobus.
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