busingn.

Brit.

/ˈbʌsɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈbəsɪŋ/

Forms: see bus v.² and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bus v.², -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < bus v.² + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier omnibussing n. at omnibus v. Derivatives.

a. Travelling or transportation by bus.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > travel by bus

bussing1583

busing1879

1879 London Society Sept. 270/2 You can return to the heart of the town in the same economical way, waiting for the omnibus..on one of the seats in the Avenue... After dinner, with the cash economised by carrying out my system of 'bussing or tramwaying long distances, you can indulge in a cab-drive along the Boulevards.

1889 Punch 2 Mar. 107/1 ‘Bus’-ing on the cheap.

1920 Electric Railway Jrnl. 24 Apr. 850/1 The Pacific Electric Railway, operating in a state which has had a tremendous development in long-distance busing, has given thought to the motor bus as an auxiliary for..its..railways.

1965 ‘A. Burgess’ Re Joyce (1968) 269 ‘Where the bus stops, there shop I’..and vague visions of shopping and bussing are swallowed up in the little joy of the parody.

2009 Pittsburgh Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 23 Apr. s4 It aimed to promote modes of transportation that are environmentally friendly.., such as..carpooling, busing, biking and walking.

b. U.S. Transportation of pupils or students of one racial or ethnic group to a school where a different group is predominant, in order to promote racial integration. Now historical.Typically with reference to the transportation of black students to schools where the students are predominantly white, especially as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court case Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1971), in which the Supreme Court held that busing could be used as a method of desegregating schools.

ΚΠ

1960 Crisis Oct. 531/1 If by an elaborate process of busing and pupil assignment it were possible to evenly distribute the Negro and Puerto Rican children throughout the city, [etc.].

1964 Time 19 June 16/1 New demands for enactment of further legislation in this field, such as laws requiring open housing and the bussing of children.

1973 Time 25 June 18/3 He supports busing and the redistricting of the Richmond school system to achieve racial balance.

1995 M. Lind Next Amer. Nation iv. 165 Although court-ordered busing continues, the enterprise has backfired, by provoking whites to leave urban areas for ‘white-flight’ suburbs.

2004 Daily Tel. 19 Jan. 12/5 The 1970s was the high-point of busing, the controversial court-ordered policy that transported students into white neighbourhoods from black areas.

2. Originally Military. The action of a body of troops, etc., boarding a bus or truck in a fast and orderly manner. Cf. embus v., debus v. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > [noun] > transporting > boarding or alighting from transport

bussing1583

busing1923

debusing1962

1923 R. Kipling Irish Guards in Great War I. 108 They were instructed in march-discipline..as well as in bussing and debussing against time into motor-buses.

2004 R. S. D. Dogra Nation Keepers vii. 77 [Police personnel]..are put to..demonstrations..in ambush, counter ambush, bussing, debussing and training for other routine law and order duties.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	busing
释义	busingn. Brit. /ˈbʌsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbəsɪŋ/ Forms: see bus v.² and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bus v.², -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < bus v.² + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier omnibussing n. at omnibus v. Derivatives. 1. a. Travelling or transportation by bus. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > travel by bus bussing1583 busing1879 1879 London Society Sept. 270/2 You can return to the heart of the town in the same economical way, waiting for the omnibus..on one of the seats in the Avenue... After dinner, with the cash economised by carrying out my system of 'bussing or tramwaying long distances, you can indulge in a cab-drive along the Boulevards. 1889 Punch 2 Mar. 107/1 ‘Bus’-ing on the cheap. 1920 Electric Railway Jrnl. 24 Apr. 850/1 The Pacific Electric Railway, operating in a state which has had a tremendous development in long-distance busing, has given thought to the motor bus as an auxiliary for..its..railways. 1965 ‘A. Burgess’ Re Joyce (1968) 269 ‘Where the bus stops, there shop I’..and vague visions of shopping and bussing are swallowed up in the little joy of the parody. 2009 Pittsburgh Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 23 Apr. s4 It aimed to promote modes of transportation that are environmentally friendly.., such as..carpooling, busing, biking and walking. b. U.S. Transportation of pupils or students of one racial or ethnic group to a school where a different group is predominant, in order to promote racial integration. Now historical.Typically with reference to the transportation of black students to schools where the students are predominantly white, especially as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court case Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education (1971), in which the Supreme Court held that busing could be used as a method of desegregating schools. ΚΠ 1960 Crisis Oct. 531/1 If by an elaborate process of busing and pupil assignment it were possible to evenly distribute the Negro and Puerto Rican children throughout the city, [etc.]. 1964 Time 19 June 16/1 New demands for enactment of further legislation in this field, such as laws requiring open housing and the bussing of children. 1973 Time 25 June 18/3 He supports busing and the redistricting of the Richmond school system to achieve racial balance. 1995 M. Lind Next Amer. Nation iv. 165 Although court-ordered busing continues, the enterprise has backfired, by provoking whites to leave urban areas for ‘white-flight’ suburbs. 2004 Daily Tel. 19 Jan. 12/5 The 1970s was the high-point of busing, the controversial court-ordered policy that transported students into white neighbourhoods from black areas. 2. Originally Military. The action of a body of troops, etc., boarding a bus or truck in a fast and orderly manner. Cf. embus v., debus v. rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > [noun] > transporting > boarding or alighting from transport bussing1583 busing1923 debusing1962 1923 R. Kipling Irish Guards in Great War I. 108 They were instructed in march-discipline..as well as in bussing and debussing against time into motor-buses. 2004 R. S. D. Dogra Nation Keepers vii. 77 [Police personnel]..are put to..demonstrations..in ambush, counter ambush, bussing, debussing and training for other routine law and order duties. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1879
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