To kiss someone in a friendly, unromantic way — the quick kiss on the cheek you give an aunt, a child, or an old friend. It works as a verb ('He bussed her on the cheek') and as a noun for the kiss itself ('She gave the baby a buss').

To kiss someone in a friendly, unromantic way親暱地親一下某人，不帶感情色彩 — the quick kiss on the cheek you give an aunt, a child, or an old friend就像你親阿姨、小孩，或老朋友臉頰的那種快速一吻. It works as a verb它可以當動詞 ('He bussed her on the cheek')（「他buss了她的臉頰一下」） and as a noun for the kiss itself也可以當名詞指這個吻本身 ('She gave the baby a buss')（「她給了寶寶一個buss」）

You should know clearly what kind of word this is: it is old-fashioned and now quite rare. You will meet it in older books, in poems, or in a newspaper trying to sound playful, but almost never in ordinary speech today.

You should know clearly what kind of word this is你要先弄清楚這是什麼樣的字: it is old-fashioned and now quite rare它很老派，現在很少見了. You will meet it in older books, in poems你會在老書、詩裡遇到它, or in a newspaper trying to sound playful或是在想表現俏皮的報紙文章裡, but almost never in ordinary speech today但現在的日常口語裡幾乎不會用

If you used it in conversation, people would understand you and probably smile at how quaint it sounded. For real life, say 'kiss', 'peck', or 'kiss on the cheek'.

If you used it in conversation如果你在對話裡用它, people would understand you and probably smile at how quaint it sounded大家聽得懂，而且大概會因為它聽起來很古色古香而微笑. For real life要用在真實生活裡, say 'kiss', 'peck', or 'kiss on the cheek'就說kiss、peck，或kiss on the cheek

The sound of the word does part of the work — it imitates the small noise of a kiss. Old dictionaries link it to Latin basium and French baiser, and it may connect to those, but the shape of the English word is largely just the sound itself.

The sound of the word does part of the work這個字的發音本身就做了一部分的工作 — it imitates the small noise of a kiss它模仿了親一下的那種小小聲音. Old dictionaries link it to Latin basium and French baiser舊字典把它跟拉丁文basium和法文baiser連在一起, and it may connect to those它也許真的跟這些字有關, but the shape of the English word is largely just the sound itself但這個英文字的樣子主要就是那個聲音本身