coach
noun
verb
kəʊtʃ noun
1
SPORT
体育运动
someone who trains a person or team in a sport 教练 C
a tennis coach
网球教练
the Norwegian national coach
挪威国家队教练
2
HELP FOR EXAM
帮助考试
someone who gives private lessons to someone in a particular subject, especially so that they can pass an examination [尤英] 私人教师,家庭教师 C | especially BrE
3
BUS
公共汽车
a bus with comfortable seats used for long journeys [英] 〔内有舒适坐椅的〕长途公共汽车; C | BrE AmE
by coach
We went to Paris by coach.
我们坐长途汽车去巴黎。
on a coach
She’s going to Grimsby on a coach.
她打算乘公共汽车去格里姆斯比。
a coach trip to Scotland
到苏格兰的长途公共汽车之行
The restaurant was full of coach parties (=groups of people travelling together on a coach) .
这家饭店里尽是一批批乘长途公共汽车旅行的人。
4
TRAIN
火车
one of the parts of the train in which the passengers sit [英] 旅客车厢; C | BrE AmE
5
HORSES
马
a large carriage pulled by horses and used in the past for carrying passengers 公共马车,四轮大马车 C
6
IN PLANE/TRAIN
在飞机/火车上
the cheapest type of seats on a plane or train [美] 普通旅客车厢;〔飞机的〕经济舱 U | AmE
We flew coach out to Atlanta.
我们坐经济舱飞往亚特兰大。
verb
7 to teach a person or team the skills they need for a sport 〔在体育方面〕当…的教练,训练,培训,指导;
Nigel coaches a cricket team in his spare time.
奈杰尔业余时间担任一个板球队的教练。
8 to give someone private lessons in a particular subject, especially so that they can pass an important test [尤英] 为…补习,辅导; especially BrE
coach sb in/for sth
The child was coached for stardom by her mother.
这个孩子由母亲培养她当明星。
9 to help someone prepare what they should say or do in a particular situation – used to show disapproval 指导〔某人在某情况下应该如何说或做; 含贬义〕;
coach sb in/on sth
The girl must have been carefully coached in what to say in court.
这女孩肯定被仔细教过在法庭上该说什么话。