Coach



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解释

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• n.长途公共汽车; 运动员的教练
• ［英］ n. 运动员的教练 ( person who trains sportsmen esp for contests)
• ［例］ a tennis coach

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Usage: often attributive
• Etymology: Middle English coche, from Middle French, from German Kutsche, from Hungarian kocsi (szekér), literally, wagon from Kocs, Hungary
• Date: 1556
• 1.
  • a. a large usually closed four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage having doors in the sides and an elevated seat in front for the driver
  • b. a railroad passenger car intended primarily for day travel
  • c. bus 1a
  • d. trailer 3b
  • e. a 2-door enclosed automobile
  • f. a class of passenger air transportation at a lower fare than first class
• 2. \［from the concept that the tutor conveys the student through examinations\］
  • a. a private tutor
  • b. one who instructs or trains n acting coach; especially one who instructs players in the fundamentals of a competitive sport and directs team strategy football coach

II. verb

• Date: 1630
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to go in a coach
  • 2. to instruct, direct, or prompt as a coach
• transitive verb
  • 1. to train intensively (as by instruction and demonstration) <coach pupils
  • 2. to act as coach of <coach tennis<coach a team
• ? coachable adjective
• ? coacher noun

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