coach的词源

英文词源

coach

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.

中文词源

coach：马车，长途客车，导师

一种早期的马车，因产于匈牙利Kocs 村而得名。后用于牛津大学俚语义，即把导师比作马 车，帮助学生通过考试。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：coach 词源，coach 含义。

coach（教练，四轮马车）：匈牙利小镇的四轮交通马车

英语单词coach一词诞生于15世纪的匈牙利，来自匈牙利语kocsi，指的是最早出现于匈牙利小镇Kocs的四轮交通马车，到现在还保持该词义，不过随着交通工具的发达，后来又衍生了“长途公交车”、“旅客经济舱”等含义。不过现在该词最常用的含义却是“教练”之意。这显然是一种比喻用法，比喻教练就像马车一样，可以帮助学生快速成长，到达目的地。

美国著名的奢侈品品牌Coach（蔻驰）的品牌图标就是一辆四轮马车。

coach： [kəʊtʃ] n.教练，四轮马车，长途公交车，旅客经济舱v.训练，指导