English Dictionary

omnibus

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɒmnɪbəs/

名詞

古風

(dated) A vehicle set up to carry many people (now usually called a bus). / An anthology of previously released material linked together by theme or author, especially in book form.

日本語の意味

（古い用法）多数の人々を運ぶための乗合車（現代では通常「バス」と呼ばれる） / テーマや作者によってまとめられた既発表の作品を集めたアンソロジー（特に書籍などで用いられる）

We climbed aboard the old omnibus at dawn, hoping it would take us all the way to the seaside.

私たちは夜明けに古いバスに乗り込み、海辺まで連れて行ってくれることを願った。

意味（1）

(dated) A vehicle set up to carry many people (now usually called a bus).

In front of the latter [coach-houses for railway carriages] is a handsome building, intended as offices for the clerks of the Company, coach-offices, and apartments for the reception and accommodation of passengers, who will be conveyed thither in omnibusses from Liverpool, and taking their respective places in the travelling carriages, will be let off down the inclined plane of the little Tunnel, to be hooked to the locomotives in the area, on the other side of the hill.

意味（2）

An anthology of previously released material linked together by theme or author, especially in book form.

Orb published an omnibus by Hal Clement, Heavy Planet, containing his novels Mission of Gravity and Star Light, plus other related material, and an omnibus of three of James White's Sector General novels, Alien Emergencies, as well as a reissue of A[lfred] E[lton] [v]an Vogt's The World of Null-A.

意味（3）

A broadcast programme consisting of all of the episodes of a serial that have been shown in the previous week.

The omnibus edition of The Archers is broadcast every Sunday morning at 11.00.

意味（4）

(philately) A stamp issue, usually commemorative, that appears simultaneously in several countries as a joint issue.

[M]any of the African nations issuing the World Cup stamps have pandered to international collectors, with some stamps not even sold in the country of issue. These ‘omnibus’ stamps featured topics and individuals with no links to the issuing country. African stamps displaying Disney themes, Princess Diana, Michael Jackson and Sylvester Stallone all belong to this category.

omnibuses （ plural ）

omnibusses （ plural ）

omnibi （ plural ）