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Definition of busman in English: busmannounPlural busmen ˈbʌsmənˈbəsmən A driver of a bus. 公共汽车司机 Example sentencesExamples - The 29 cyclists joined Keighley & District Travel's three busmen, who are cycling from John O'Groats to Land's End, on the five-mile challenge to race the train between Keighley and Oxenhope stations on Sunday.
- Wage increases to local bus workers, accepted by a conference of busmen yesterday, will cost the company £43,700 per year, said its general manger.
- Private busmen and co-drivers try to intimidate you, especially if a woman is behind the wheel.
- The first results came from London Transport busmen and showed ‘an extraordinary difference between the drivers and the conductors on double decker buses.’
- Frustrated, our busman got off I - 10 and double-clutched down onto surface streets before making a right on Highway 61.
- A museum spokesman said: ‘There are still a few old busmen around who remember her, and even a very select bunch driving buses today who passed their test on her over 30 years ago.’
- Three busmen, who are cycling from John O’ Groats to Land's End, have launched an interactive map on the eve of their marathon effort.
- On the bus strike, Mr Walsh said it was wrong that people should have to work excessive hours to get a living wage, and the hours of a lot of dockers and busmen were really excessive.
- Thousands of commuters were hit by a ‘no warning’ lightning strike by 6,000 Greater Manchester busmen.
- The concert raised several hundred pounds for the festival's adopted charity, the planned Cycling for Life ride by three Keighley busmen.
- One day strikes by busmen and public service workers gave the crisis-hit North-west its worst dose of Monday blues for years today.
- Mrs Parnham printed new copies due to the continued public interest in the picture, and sees the busmen's appeal as an appropriate beneficiary.
- Bradford busmen have voted to strike in support of the one-day stoppage by council and Health Service manual workers.
- I sprang out of the seat, hit the red button and thanked the busman.
- Mark McGorran must have a busman as part of his heritage.
- Sikh busmen in Wolverhampton have won the right to wear turbans on duty after a long-running campaign.
- In New York City 3,500 busmen struck, leaving 1,300 busses stalled, inconveniencing almost a million New Yorkers.
- Back in 1982 four musical busmen formed a folk band called Cheapside and were riding high.
PhrasesA holiday or form of recreation that involves doing the same thing that one does at work. 照常工作的休假日 a fire crew's Christmas outing turned into a busman's holiday when their coach caught fire Example sentencesExamples - As a Transit Information Center representative who gives out route info over the phone, he's doing his version of a busman's holiday.
- ‘There's nothing on that list that is a beach read, or even a busman's holiday,’ Peter Osnos, of the PublicAffairs publishing house, told the Los Angeles Times.
- I've had eight years with the under-21s and regard it as a busman's holiday.
- But the moment his superiors in Greater Manchester Police heard about it, the Stockport officer's self-funded trip to America turned into a busman's holiday.
- Indeed, it would be hard to think of a more clubbable bunch than the society of nations, with their endless get-togethers and busman's holidays.
- Having recently completed the music for the new Harry Potter film, Cocker takes a busman's holiday to play a few of his favourite records.
- It is a working summer holiday, a busman's holiday - you come over, get muddy and call it a holiday.
- Harold, of Breightmet, Bolton, said: ‘It certainly was a busman's holiday.’
- By planning to cook and paint (another talent) his way across the country, with radio interviews and promotions en route, the trip will be something of a busman's holiday.
- Going out for a meal would be a bit of a busman's holiday.
Definition of busman in US English: busmannounˈbəsmənˈbəsmən A driver of a bus. 公共汽车司机 Example sentencesExamples - I sprang out of the seat, hit the red button and thanked the busman.
- One day strikes by busmen and public service workers gave the crisis-hit North-west its worst dose of Monday blues for years today.
- Mark McGorran must have a busman as part of his heritage.
- Private busmen and co-drivers try to intimidate you, especially if a woman is behind the wheel.
- In New York City 3,500 busmen struck, leaving 1,300 busses stalled, inconveniencing almost a million New Yorkers.
- The first results came from London Transport busmen and showed ‘an extraordinary difference between the drivers and the conductors on double decker buses.’
- The 29 cyclists joined Keighley & District Travel's three busmen, who are cycling from John O'Groats to Land's End, on the five-mile challenge to race the train between Keighley and Oxenhope stations on Sunday.
- Mrs Parnham printed new copies due to the continued public interest in the picture, and sees the busmen's appeal as an appropriate beneficiary.
- Frustrated, our busman got off I - 10 and double-clutched down onto surface streets before making a right on Highway 61.
- Wage increases to local bus workers, accepted by a conference of busmen yesterday, will cost the company £43,700 per year, said its general manger.
- Back in 1982 four musical busmen formed a folk band called Cheapside and were riding high.
- Thousands of commuters were hit by a ‘no warning’ lightning strike by 6,000 Greater Manchester busmen.
- Three busmen, who are cycling from John O’ Groats to Land's End, have launched an interactive map on the eve of their marathon effort.
- The concert raised several hundred pounds for the festival's adopted charity, the planned Cycling for Life ride by three Keighley busmen.
- On the bus strike, Mr Walsh said it was wrong that people should have to work excessive hours to get a living wage, and the hours of a lot of dockers and busmen were really excessive.
- Bradford busmen have voted to strike in support of the one-day stoppage by council and Health Service manual workers.
- Sikh busmen in Wolverhampton have won the right to wear turbans on duty after a long-running campaign.
- A museum spokesman said: ‘There are still a few old busmen around who remember her, and even a very select bunch driving buses today who passed their test on her over 30 years ago.’
PhrasesA vacation or form of recreation that involves doing the same thing that one does at work. 照常工作的休假日 a fire crew's Christmas outing turned into a busman's holiday when their coach caught fire Example sentencesExamples - Harold, of Breightmet, Bolton, said: ‘It certainly was a busman's holiday.’
- Having recently completed the music for the new Harry Potter film, Cocker takes a busman's holiday to play a few of his favourite records.
- By planning to cook and paint (another talent) his way across the country, with radio interviews and promotions en route, the trip will be something of a busman's holiday.
- But the moment his superiors in Greater Manchester Police heard about it, the Stockport officer's self-funded trip to America turned into a busman's holiday.
- Going out for a meal would be a bit of a busman's holiday.
- I've had eight years with the under-21s and regard it as a busman's holiday.
- Indeed, it would be hard to think of a more clubbable bunch than the society of nations, with their endless get-togethers and busman's holidays.
- ‘There's nothing on that list that is a beach read, or even a busman's holiday,’ Peter Osnos, of the PublicAffairs publishing house, told the Los Angeles Times.
- It is a working summer holiday, a busman's holiday - you come over, get muddy and call it a holiday.
- As a Transit Information Center representative who gives out route info over the phone, he's doing his version of a busman's holiday.
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