单词 | bus conductor |
释义 | > as lemmasbus conductor bus conductor n. chiefly British an official responsible for checking and issuing tickets, collecting fares, and general supervision on a bus; see conductor n. 7.In the United Kingdom since the late 1960s, buses operated solely by the driver, who also collects fares, have progressively superseded buses with two-person crews; the use of conductors ceased in London in 2005 and is now restricted to a small number of regional British operators. Bus conductors are still usual in South Asia. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > public transport employees > employees on a bus > conductor cad1833 bus conductor1838 busboy1867 bus ticket collector1894 1838 London Disp. 21 Oct. 876/2 The whole host of cabmen and buss-conductors would have produced their badges as a testimony against them. 1845 Sportsman's Mag. 14 June 187/2 Never give a bus-conductor sixpence without looking at it carefully. 1919 B. Pain Probl. Club x. 187 A more obliging set of men than the London bus-conductors couldn't be found. 1958 J. Krishnamurti in Coll. Wks. (1991) XI. 67/2 Watch as you talk to your servant, to your boss,..as you see the bus conductor, the bus driver. 2010 P. O'Grady Devil rides Out v. 83 Nowadays, if such an obsolete curio as a bus conductor could still be found, your request would probably be met with a stony silence. < as lemmas |
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