单词 | coach-load |
释义 | > as lemmascoach-load coach-load n. †the amount of something which will fill a horse-drawn coach (obsolete); (also) the greatest number of passengers a coach can hold; a (large) number of coach passengers.Recorded earliest in figurative use.Now chiefly with reference to motor coaches. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [noun] > one who rides in a vehicle > the people in a coach coachc1840 coach-load1857 1677 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer ii. 22 To shew yet more his passion for quality, he makes Love to that fulsom Coach-load of Honour, my Lady Goodly. 1730 H. Fielding Temple Beau v. xvii. 67 Here's a whole Coach-load coming up Stairs. I heard them enquire for these Chambers. 1857 C. Dickens Little Dorrit ii. xix. 482 Their coach-load of luxuries. 1954 Ann. Reg. 1953 256 The..authorities had to turn back many coach-loads of Italians. 2021 Independent (Nexis) 20 May It's hard to overstate how pleased the hotel was to see a coach-load of British tourists pull up outside. < as lemmas |
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