minibus 小巴 — 中文意思、英文定義、例句

1.名詞B1

釋義

小巴

可載十到十二人的小型車輛

a motor vehicle with enough room for roughly ten to twelve people, designed for short group trips such as airport transfers or school outings

例句

The school hired a minibus to take the children to the museum.

學校僱了一輛小巴載孩子們去博物館。

collocation: hire/rent a minibus

A minibus arrived at the hotel entrance to collect the tour group.

一輛小巴抵達飯店門口來接旅遊團。

同義詞

minivan
a smaller vehicle, typically seating seven or eight people, more like a van with windows
shuttle bus
a bus (often a minibus) that travels back and forth on a short fixed route
small bus
a more general, informal term for any bus shorter than a standard city bus

反義詞

coach
a large bus designed for long-distance travel, seating thirty or more people

文法句型

by + minibus

a + number-seat + minibus

用法筆記

People often describe a minibus by its seating capacity with a hyphenated number prefix, for example, 'a fifteen-seat minibus.' The plural form 'minibuses' is standard.

常見錯誤

❌The hotel has a small minibus that seats twenty people.

✅The hotel has a minibus that seats twelve people.

💡Minibuses typically seat ten to twelve passengers; a vehicle seating twenty is usually called a midibus or a small coach.

minibus

minibus — 名詞

1. a motor vehicle with enough room for roughly ten to twelve people, designed for

文法句型

用法筆記

常見錯誤