coach

coach¹
noun

(chiefly Brit.)a single-decker bus, especially one that is comfortably equipped and used for longer journeys
(主英)单层公共汽车（尤指长途公共汽车）
[as modifier]a coach trip.
坐长途汽车的旅程。
a railway carriage
铁路客车
■[as modifier](N. Amer.)denoting economy class seating in an aircraft or train
(北美)（飞机、火车上）经济舱的，二等舱的
the cheapest coach-class fare.
最便宜的经济舱票价。
a horse-drawn carriage, especially a closed one
（尤指封闭的）马车

verb

[no obj., with adverbial of direction]travel by coach
乘火车（或汽车、马车）旅行
fly or coach to the shores of the Mediterranean.
乘飞机或火车去地中海海滨。

adverb

(N. Amer.)in economy class accommodation in an aircraft or train
(北美)乘（飞机、火车的）经济舱地

常用词组
drive a coach and horses through

(Brit.)cause (something) to be useless or ineffective
(英)使无用；使无效
he's driving a coach and horses through our environmental legislation.
他要使我们的环境立法无效。

语源

mid 16th cent. (in sense 3): from French coche, from Hungarian kocsi (szekér) ('wagon) from Kocs', a town in Hungary

coach²
noun

an instructor or trainer in sport
（体育项目的）指导，教练
■a tutor who gives private or specialized teaching
私人教师，专业教师
■(亦作 life coach)a person who gives professional guidance on how to attain one's social, work-related, or personal goals
生活导师（提供有关如何实现社会、工作及个人目标方面的专业指导的人）
(Austral.)a docile cow or bullock used as a decoy to attract wild cattle
(澳)用来引诱野牛的驯顺的母牛（或小公牛）

verb

[with obj.]train or instruct (a team or player)
培训；指导（队伍，队员）
he moved on to coach the England team.
他又去指导英格兰队。
■give (someone) extra or private teaching
额外辅导（某人）；私下教授（某人）
she was coached for stardom by her mother.
私下里母亲教授她表演。
■teach (a subject or sport) as a coach
作为教练教授（学科，体育），指导
he teaches history and coaches rugby.
他教历史，还指导橄榄球。
■give (someone) professional advice on how to attain their goals
给…如何实现目标的专业指导
■prompt or urge (someone) with instructions
训导
she was being coached by the off-camera voice of her mother.
镜头外母亲的声音指导着她。

语源

early 18th cent. (as a verb): figuratively from coach. Sense 2 dates from the late 19th cent

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