Tra từ coach - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

coach [coach coaches coached coaching] noun, verb BrE [kəʊtʃ] NAmE [koʊtʃ]
noun

1. countable a person who trains a person or team in sport
•a basketball/football/tennis, etc. coach
•Italy's national coach
2. countable (BrE)a person who gives private lessons to sb, often to prepare them for an exam
•a maths coach
3. countable = ↑life coach
4. countable (BrE)a comfortable bus for carrying passengers over long distances
• They went to Italy on a coach tour.
• Travel is by coach overnight to Berlin.
•a coach station (= where coaches start and end their journey)
•a coach party (= a group of people travelling together on a coach)
5. countable (BrE) = ↑carriage
•a railway coach
6. countable a large closed vehicle with four wheels, pulled by horses, used in the past for carrying passengers
see also ↑stagecoach
7. uncountable (NAmE)the cheapest seats in a plane
•to fly coach
•coach fares/passengers/seats
see drive a coach and horses through sth at ↑drive _v.

Word Origin:
n. senses 3 to 7 mid 16th cent. French coche Hungarian kocsi (szekér) ‘(wagon) from Kocs ’ n. senses 1 to 3 and v. early 18th cent. ↑coach

Thesaurus:
coach noun
1. C
•Who's the team coach?
trainer • • instructor • • teacher •
a/an qualified/experienced coach/trainer/instructor/teacher
work as a coach/trainer/instructor/teacher
2. C
•They went from London to Berlin by coach.
bus •
by bus/coach
on a bus/coach
get on/off a bus/coach
Bus or coach? In British English a bus that carries passengers over a long distance is called a coach.
3. C (BrE)
•The train only had two coaches.
compartment • |BrE carriage • |AmE car •
a railway coach/carriage/compartment
a railroad car
a first-class/second-class, etc. coach/carriage/compartment
a passenger coach/carriage/compartment/car
Coach, carriage or compartment? Coach is the word used in official language by train companies; carriage is used more in everyday speech
•Your seats are in Coach D.
• I had to go to the end of the carriage to find a seat.
A compartment is a separate section of a carriage.

Example Bank:
•They are planning to tour the United States by coach.
•This is the old coach road.
•a gateway wide enough for a coach and four to drive through
•a top basketball coach
•Coach Bob Shapiro
•Our seats are in Coach D.
•See you tomorrow, Coach.
•The Giants coach had this to say last night:…
•The national athletics coach was interviewed after the event.
•They travelled by coach from London to Berlin.
•They went to Italy on a coach tour.
•When the train finally came into the platform it only had two coaches.
•Who's the team coach?
•a football/basketball/tennis coach

verb
1. to train sb to play a sport, to do a job better, or to improve a skill
•~ sb (in/for sth) Her father coached her for the Olympics.
•~ sb (to do sth) She has coached hundreds of young singers.
•~ sth He coaches basketball and soccer.
2. ~ sb (in/for sth) (especially BrE)to give a student extra teaching in a particular subject especially so that they will pass an exam
3. ~ sb (in/on sth) | ~ sb (to do sth) to give sb special instructions for what they should do or say in a particular situation
•They believed the witnesses had been coached on what to say.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
n. senses 3 to 7 mid 16th cent. French coche Hungarian kocsi (szekér) ‘(wagon) from Kocs ’ n. senses 1 to 3 and v. early 18th cent. ↑coach