coach

英 [k??t?] 美[kot?]

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復數:?coaches;第三人稱單數:?coaches;過去式:?coached;過去分詞:?coached;現在分詞:?coaching;

coach 馬車，長途客車，導師

一種早期的馬車，因產于匈牙利Kocs 村而得名。后用于牛津大學俚語義，即把導師比作馬車，幫助學生通過考試。

coach: coach: [16] Coach is one of the few English words borrowed from Hungarian. It comes (via French coche and German kutsche) from Hungarian kocsi, an adjective meaning ‘of Kocs’ (Kocs is a village in north-east Hungary, between Budapest and Gy?r, where carriages, carts, etc were made). In Hungarian the original full form was kocsi szeker ‘cart from Kocs’. The modern sense ‘instructor, trainer’ originated in 19th-century university slang, the notion being that the student was conveyed through the exam by the tutor as if he were riding in a carriage.
coach (n.): 1550s, "large kind of carriage," from Middle French coche (16c.), from German kotsche, from Hungarian kocsi (szekér) "(carriage) of Kocs," village where it was first made. In Hungary, the thing and the name for it date from 15c., and forms are found in most European languages (Spanish and Portuguese coche, Italian cocchino, Dutch koets). Applied to railway cars 1866, American English. Sense of "economy or tourist class" is from 1949. Meaning "instructor/trainer" is c. 1830 Oxford University slang for a tutor who "carries" a student through an exam; athletic sense is 1861.
coach (v.): 1610s, "to convey in a coach," from coach (n.). Meaning "to prepare (someone) for an exam" is from 1849. Related: Coached; coaching.

1. We unwisely chose not to go on a coach excursion to Trondheim.: 我們作出了不明智的選擇，沒有乘旅游大巴去特隆赫姆。

2. Any coach worth his salt would do exactly as I did.: 任何稱職的教練都會采取和我一模一樣的行動。

3. Between plays the coach was talking to the offense in the huddle.: 中場時，這位教練對圍攏一圈的進攻隊員進行戰術指導。

4. New York needed little prompting from their coach Bill Parcells.: 紐約隊不太需要他們的教練比爾·帕索斯的鼓動。

5. Tony Woodcock has joined German amateur team SC Brueck as coach.: 托尼·伍德科克加盟德國業余隊SC布呂克隊擔任教練。