coach
n
1 bus (usu with a single deck) for carrying passengers over long distances 長途公共汽車(通常指單層的)
travel by overnight coach to Scotland 乘坐夜間長途汽車去蘇格蘭
[attrib 作定語]
a coach station 長途汽車站
a coach tour of Italy 乘長途汽車游覽意大利.
2 = carriage 2.
3 large four-wheeled carriage pulled by horses and used (esp formerly) for carrying passengers 四輪大馬車(尤指舊時載客的)
a `stage-coach 公共馬車.
4 (idm 習語) drive a coach and horses through sth => drive1.
coach n
1 person who trains sportsmen, esp for contests (運動員的)教練
a tennis, football, swimming, etc coach 網球、 足球、 游泳等的教練.
2 teacher who gives private lessons to prepare students for examinations (私人的)輔導教師. coach, v
(a) [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb (for/in sth) teach or train sb, esp for an examination or a sporting contest 輔導或訓練某人(尤指為參加考試或比賽)
coach a swimmer for the Olympics 訓練準備參加奧林匹克運動會的游泳運動員
coach sb in maths 輔導某人數學
She has talent but she will need coaching. 她有天分, 但需要指導.
(b) [I] work or act as a coach 輔導或訓練的工作或活動
She'll be coaching all summer. 她整個夏天將要作輔導工作. =>Usage at teach 用法見teach.