| 单词 |
coaching |
| 释义 |
coaching, vbl. n.|ˈkəʊtʃɪŋ|
[f. coach v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb coach.
1. Travelling by coach; the running or driving of coaches. Chiefly attrib.
1862Smiles Engineers III. 172 Several coaching companies were..got up by innkeepers at Darlington. 1884J. Hatton in Harper's Mag. Feb. 346/2 The..inn of the old coaching days. 1885Manch. Exam. 15 May 5/7 Coaching now thrives..on some favourite routes in and out of London.
2. University colloq., etc. Special tuition for an examination, or training for an athletic contest (see coach n. 3, v. 3); special instruction.
1849Thackeray Pendennis (1871) 29 Such a flat as not to know what coaching meant. 1854Mrs. Gaskell North & S. xlvi, The very man to give Colthurst all the facts he wanted coaching in. 1889Daily News 29 Jan. 3/6 (Boat Race) The President superintended the coaching from horseback.
3. Commercial slang. (See quot.)
1866Travers' Circular 10 Feb. 107/2 Coaching..is the mischievous system of putting up to pretended auction goods for which the owner hopes to realize fancy prices by the employment of fictitious bidders. |
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