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 Györ, 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.
双语例句
1. We unwisely chose not to go on a coach excursion to Trondheim.
我们作出了不明智的选择，没有乘旅游大巴去特隆赫姆。
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2. Any coach worth his salt would do exactly as I did.
任何称职的教练都会采取和我一模一样的行动。
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3. Between plays the coach was talking to the offense in the huddle.
中场时，这位教练对围拢一圈的进攻队员进行战术指导。
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4. New York needed little prompting from their coach Bill Parcells.
纽约队不太需要他们的教练比尔·帕索斯的鼓动。
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5. Tony Woodcock has joined German amateur team SC Brueck as coach.