coach 1 S3 W2 / kəʊtʃ $ koʊtʃ / 名词
1 sport [可数名词] someone who trains a person or team in a sport :
a tennis coach
the Norwegian national coach
2 help for exam [可数名词] especially British English someone who gives private lessons to someone in a particular subject, especially so that they can pass an examination
3 bus [可数名词] British English a bus with comfortable seats used for long journeys 同义词 bus American English
by coach
We went to Paris by coach.
on a coach
She’s going to Grimsby on a coach.
a coach trip to Scotland
The restaurant was full of coach parties (= groups of people travelling together on a coach ) .
4 train [可数名词] British English one of the parts of the train in which the passengers sit 同义词 car American English
5 horses [可数名词] a large carriage pulled by horses and used in the past for carrying passengers
6 in plane/train [不可数名词] American English the cheapest type of seats on a plane or train :
We flew coach out to Atlanta.
COLLOCATIONS
types of coach
a football/basketball/tennis etc coach Jody became the women’s basketball coach.
the head coach (= the coach in charge of a team ) Jim is head coach of the Dallas Mavericks.
an assistant coach He took a job as an assistant coach at the college.
a national coach (= for a team that represents a whole country ) Davies was the national coach up to the 1995 World Cup.
the team coach He’s the youth team coach.
a top coach (= a very good one ) He’s one of America’s top coaches.
a professional coach (= one whose job is teaching a sport ) The tennis club has a professional coach.
COLLOCATIONS
types of coach
an express coach (= travelling quickly without stopping much ) Express coach services run throughout the day.
a passenger coach The company had thirty-five new passenger coaches.
a tourist coach A huge number of tourist coaches visit the site.
an air-conditioned coach Travel is by air-conditioned coach.
动词
go/travel by coach We spent three days travelling by coach across France.
get on/get off a coach A group of tourists were getting on the coach.
board a coach formal (= get on one ) When everyone was there, we boarded the coach for the journey home.
coach + NOUN
a coach trip The two-night coach trip to Paris will cost £149.
a coach tour How about going on a coach tour around Europe this year?
a coach excursion (= a relatively short coach journey to visit a place ) There are coach excursions to the great classical site at Ephesus.
a coach party (= a group of people who travel by coach ) We’re organizing a coach party to the theatre.
a coach driver He worked as a part-time coach driver.
a coach station You will go from Victoria Coach Station to Amsterdam.
a coach service Our express coach service goes to the South of France and Costa Brava.
coach travel The advantage of coach travel is that it’s relatively cheap.