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busload

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++bus·load /ˈbʌsləʊd $ -loʊd/ noun [countable] American English  an amount of people on a bus that is full 〔公共汽车的〕载客量
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busloadTo this latter end Mr Heseltine accompanied a busload of businessmen on a conducted tour of Liverpool.Hey, Willie, how about sending down a busload of Muni drivers who can read a road map?And yes, there really was a busload of transvestites living down the road.A busload of tourists came in behind us, maybe twenty Hawaiians in Hawaiian shirts, with cameras and funny hats.Another snag, which it appears was not anticipated, concerns viewing by busload.Mostly older people, who arrive by the busload from all over, including Ontario.Yesterday, busloads of lads were disgorged at the city square to make their feelings plain.
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busload
busload /ˈbʌsləʊd $ -loʊd/ noun [countable] American English
an amount of people on a bus that is full


bus·loadBrE /ˈbʌsləʊd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbʌsloʊd/ 🔊 noun (especially NAmE) a large group of people on a bus 公共汽车上一大车的人