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单词 teach
释义

teach

verb

ˈtēch How to pronounce teach (audio)
taught ˈtȯt How to pronounce teach (audio) ; teaching

transitive verb

1
a
: to cause to know something
taught them a trade
b
: to cause to know how
is teaching me to drive
c
: to accustom to some action or attitude
teach students to think for themselves
d
: to cause to know the disagreeable consequences of some action
I'll teach you to come home late
2
: to guide the studies of
3
: to impart the knowledge of
teach algebra
4
a
: to instruct by precept, example, or experience
b
: to make known and accepted
experience teaches us our limitations
5
: to conduct instruction regularly in
teach school

intransitive verb

: to provide instruction : act as a teacher

Synonyms

  • educate
  • indoctrinate
  • instruct
  • lesson
  • school
  • train
  • tutor
See all Synonyms & Antonyms

Example Sentences

He enjoys teaching his students about history. She taught English for many years at the high school. The church teaches compassion and forgiveness. Someone needs to teach her right and wrong. The experience taught us that money doesn't mean everything. Her injury will teach her not to be so careless with a knife. See More
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English techen to show, instruct, from Old English tǣcan; akin to Old English tācn sign — more at token entry 1

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

Kids Definition

teach

verb

ˈtēch How to pronounce teach (audio)
taught
ˈtȯt
; teaching
1
: to help in learning how to do something : show how
He taught me to swim.
2
: to guide the studies of
A substitute is teaching the class today.
3
: to give lessons in
She teaches math.
4
: to cause to know the unpleasant results of something
That will teach you to talk back.

Choose the Right Synonym for teach

teach, instruct, and train mean to cause to gain knowledge or skill. teach can be used of any method of passing on information or skill so that others may learn. She agreed to teach me how to play. instruct is used when the teaching is done in a formal or orderly manner. Teachers will instruct all students in the sciences. train is used for instruction with a particular purpose in mind. An engineer trained workers to operate the new machines.

teach

verb

as in to educate
to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field a master gardener taught us about the basics of organic gardening

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • educate
  • school
  • lesson
  • instruct
  • indoctrinate
  • tutor
  • train
  • coach
  • prepare
  • guide
  • preach
  • lecture
  • mentor
  • inform
  • instill
  • inculcate
  • drill
  • introduce
  • moralize
  • ground
  • prime
  • qualify
  • reteach
  • enlighten
  • lead
  • catechize
  • edify
  • familiarize
  • retrain
  • instil
  • show
  • homeschool
  • habilitate
  • initiate
  • direct
  • reeducate
  • fit
  • verse
  • brief
  • rear
  • implant
  • reschool
  • impart (to)

Synonym Chooser

Some common synonyms of teach are discipline, educate, instruct, school, and train. While all these words mean "to cause to acquire knowledge or skill," teach applies to any manner of imparting information or skill so that others may learn.

taught us a lot about our planet

The meanings of discipline and teach largely overlap; however, discipline implies training in habits of order and precision.

a disciplined mind

While the synonyms educate and teach are close in meaning, educate implies development of the mind.

more things than formal schooling serve to educate a person

The synonyms instruct and teach are sometimes interchangeable, but instruct suggests methodical or formal teaching.

instructs raw recruits in military drill

In some situations, the words school and teach are roughly equivalent. However, school implies training or disciplining especially in what is hard to master.

schooled the horse in five gaits

The words train and teach are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, train stresses instruction and drill with a specific end in view.

trained foreign pilots to operate the new aircraft
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