バスに乗る
解説 Definition
busing は bus（バスで運ぶ、バスで行く）の動名詞で、バスで移動することやバス輸送を指します。文脈によっては、通学などのために人をバスで運ぶ制度や行為を表します。
Busing is the act or system of transporting people by bus, especially students traveling to school or groups being moved between designated locations. It is also the gerund or present participle of bus when the verb means to travel or carry someone by bus.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
busing は原形 bus に -ing を付けた動名詞・現在分詞で、短い母音の後でも s を重ねず、米国式では busing と綴ります。発音末尾は /ɪŋ/ です。arrange busing「バス輸送を手配する」、busing students「生徒をバスで運ぶ」のように、移動手段や制度として覚えます。
Begin with the verb bus and add -ing. In standard American spelling, the result is busing, with one s; bussing also exists, especially in British usage, but can be confused with the -ing form of buss, “kiss.” Pronounce the ending /ɪŋ/. Learn the word in practical patterns such as arrange busing for students, provide busing from the station, and busing visitors to a venue. As a noun, it often describes an organized transport service or policy, not merely one person casually riding a bus.
例文
Busing to the campus takes about forty minutes.
キャンパスまでバスで行くには約40分かかります。
The school arranged busing for students from distant neighborhoods.
学校は遠い地域の生徒のためにバス輸送を手配しました。
Because parking was limited, busing visitors from the station was the simplest plan.
駐車場が限られていたため、駅から来場者をバスで運ぶのが最も簡単な計画でした。
busing の類義語・関連語
busing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
busing は bus に -ing が付いた語で、bus は omnibus の短縮形、さらにラテン語 omnibus「すべての人のために」にさかのぼります。『みんなを運ぶ乗り物』という発想が元なので、omnibus や omnivore にも同じ omnis の語根が見えます。
Busing is formed from the verb bus plus -ing. Bus originated in the nineteenth century as a shortened form of omnibus, the name for a public passenger vehicle. Omnibus is Latin for “for all,” an inflected form of omnis, “all,” reflecting transport available to the public. The verb bus developed from the vehicle noun, and busing then came to denote traveling or transporting people by bus, including organized school transport.
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