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omnibus

noun
🔊/ˈɒmnɪbəs/
🔊/ˈɑːmnɪbəs/
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  1. (British English) a television or radio programme that combines several recent programmes in a series（广播、电视）综合节目
    • the 90-minute Sunday omnibus edition90 分钟节目的星期天综合版
    Topics TV, radio and newsc2
  2. a large book that contains a number of books, for example novels by the same author（若干种作品的）汇编，选集
  3. (old-fashioned) a bus公共汽车
    4. Word Originearly 19th cent.: via French from Latin, literally ‘for all’, dative plural of omnis.
see also Clapham omnibus

omnibus

adjective
🔊/ˈɒmnɪbəs/
🔊/ˈɑːmnɪbəs/
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  1. including many things or different types of thing综合性的；选编的
    • an omnibus law（含多项法令的）综合法令
    Word Originearly 19th cent.: via French from Latin, literally ‘for all’, dative plural of omnis.

Omnibus

🔊/ˈɒmnɪbəs/
🔊/ˈɑːmnɪbəs/
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  1. a British television programme about the arts. It was broadcast by the BBC from 1967 to 2003. Each programme was usually about one particular artist. （广播、电视）综合节目
  2. a US cultural television programme broadcast on CBS on Sunday afternoons from 1952 to 1961. It was presented by Alistair Cooke and offered a mixture of plays, music, talks with artistic people, and even comedy. 公共汽车