take the bus:乘公共汽车/坐公交车(指选择公交作为出行方式)。也可泛指“搭乘公交线路前往某地”。
/teɪk ðə bʌs/
I take the bus to school every day.
我每天坐公交车去上学。
Because the subway was closed for maintenance, we took the bus across town, which took much longer than usual.
因为地铁因维修关闭了,我们坐公交车穿过城里,结果比平时花了更久的时间。
take 原意有“拿、带走”,在交通语境中引申为“搭乘(交通工具)”;bus 是 omnibus(拉丁语,意为“给所有人的”)的缩略形式,19世纪在英语中逐渐固定为“公共汽车”。合起来 take the bus 就是“搭乘公共汽车”。