| 釋義 |
coach1 /kautj; kotf/ n 1 four-wheeled carriage pulled by four or more horses, used to carry passengers and mail before railways were built ('stage ■ ~ and，mail- ~ for public use; 'swe- ~ used by a head of state on ceremonial occasions). 由四匹 (或四匹以上) 馬拉的四輪馬車 (在鐵路筑成以前用以載客和郵件，stage-coach 及 mail-coach 供一般人用; state-coach 供國家元首在典禮時(shí)用) 。 drive s ~ and horses through (sth), defeat the intention of (a regulation, etc) by finding serious faults in its wording. 挑剔其文字上的嚴(yán)重錯(cuò)誤以打擊 (某一法規(guī)等) 的意圖。 2 (US 美 = car) railway carriage, often divided into compartments. 鐵路客車廂 (常金分為若干小間) 。 3 fmotor-~) long-distance, singledecked motor-bus: 長途單層客運(yùn)汽車： travel by ~; 乗長途汽車旅行; a ~-tour of Europe; 乘長途汽車旅行歐洲; leave by ~ for Edinburgh. 乘長途汽車往愛丁堡。 ' ~- builder n craftsman who builds the bodywork of motor vehicles. 打造汽車車身的工匠。 a state-coach |