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  • Conjugation : past  coursed ; ing  coursing
  • Derivatives : adj  courseless
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

course [kɔːs]
  1. 1. noun [c] (educational) 课程
  2. 2. noun [of injections] [ antibiotics] 疗程
  3. 3. noun [of life] [ events] [ time etc] (direction) 进程
  4. 4. noun [of ship] [ aircraft] 航向
  5. 5. noun [of river] 流向
  6. 6. noun [c] (also: course of action) 做法
  7. 7. noun [of meal] first/next/last course 第一/下一/最后一道菜
  8. 8. noun [c] (for golf,horse-racing) 场
  9. 9. noun (for cycling) 道
  10. 10. vi. [liter] to course down/through sth 在某物上/中迅速流动
    of course
    自然
  11. 11. vi. (certainly) 当然
    That is of course true.
    自然是真的。
    Of course you should accept.
    当然应该接受
    of course!
    没问题
    of course not!
    当然不行
    in the course of the next few days
    今后几天期间
    to be on course for...
    在迈向…的正确方向上
    to run {or} take its course
    听其自然发展
    a course of action
    做法
    a course of treatment
    一个疗程
    a course of lectures
    系列讲座

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

course [kɔːrs] [kəʊrs]
  1. 1. n.[c] [Pedagogics] 课程教程
    We provide courses in the field of physics, astrophysics and mathematics.
    我们提供物理天体物理数学领域课程
    He took a course in basket weaving.
    选修篮子编制课。
  2. 2. n.[c] 连续的事件一系列行动
    The most straightforward approach is to take the narrow course of satisfying the client.
    直接的方法采取使客户满意路线
    The government took a firm course.
    政府采取坚定的路线
  3. 3. n.[c] 方向走向流向
    Enviromental changes have affected the original course of the river.
    环境变化已经影响了这条河最初的航向
    The river takes a southern course.
    大河向南流。
  4. 4. n.[c] 做法方针行动模式
    They may listen to others, but decide on their own course of action.
    他们可能别人建议但是根据自己的行动方针决定
    Once a nation is embarked on a course of action it becomes extremely difficult for any retraction to take place.
    国家的大政方针一旦确定就很难再有回旋余地
    If you persist in that course you will surely fail.
    如果坚持那个方法,你肯定失败的
  5. 5. n.[c/u] 路线路径航路
    Torrential rain has been sweeping away everything in its course.
    暴雨毁掉了其前进方向上的一切
  6. 6. n.[c] 同级生
    Our course are mostly first year students.
    我们大部分是一年级学生
  7. 7. n.[c] 一道菜
    There you will be served with a buffet breakfast and a three course evening meal.
    那儿提供给你一份自助早餐和有三道主菜晚餐
    She prepared a three course meal.
    她做了三个菜。
  8. 8. n.[c] [Architecture] 一层一排
    In this system a course of bricks is laid across the wall.
    这个系统里,铺设一层横过墙的砖。
  9. 9. n.[c] [Sports] 场地比赛场地
    There is undoubtedly a demand for more golf courses.
    毋庸置疑地,对高尔夫场地有更多需求
    The course had only nine holes.
    那个场地只有9个球洞
    The course was less than a mile.
    那条跑道不足英里
  10. 10. n.[c] [Medicine] 疗程
  11. 11. n.[c] 进程过程
  12. 12. n.[c] [Golf] 球场
  13. 13. n.[c] [Plural] 月经月经期
  14. 14. n.[c] 追猎,猎狩
  15. 15. n.[c] [Textile] 线圈横列针
  16. 16. adverb 当然,不出所料地
    Of course he will feel terrible guilt about all of this.
    当然会对所有这些感到非常内疚
  17. 17. vt. 穿过越过
    She entirely lacked the courage to approach it.
    完全没有勇气越过它。
  18. 18. vi. 流淌流动
    She fell silent, tears coursing down her cheeks.
    沉默下来眼泪流过了脸颊
  19. 19. verb 猎犬捕猎
    He watched his hounds coursing deer across the land.
    他看着他的猎犬四处追赶梅花鹿
    He often courses hares.
    经常追猎野兔

Collins English-English Dictionary

course [kɔːs]
  1. 1. n a continuous progression from one point to the next in time or space; onward movement
    the course of his life
  2. 2. n a route or direction followed
    they kept on a southerly course
  3. 3. n the path or channel along which something moves
    the course of a river
  4. 4. n (in combination)
    a watercourse
  5. 5. n an area or stretch of land or water on which a sport is played or a race is run
    a golf course
  6. 6. n a period of time; duration
    in the course of the next hour
  7. 7. n the usual order of and time required for a sequence of events; regular procedure
    the illness ran its course
  8. 8. n a mode of conduct or action
    if you follow that course, you will certainly fail
  9. 9. n a connected series of events, actions, etc
  10. 10. n a prescribed number of lessons, lectures, etc, in an educational curriculum
  11. 11. n the material covered in such a curriculum
  12. 12. n a prescribed regimen to be followed for a specific period of time
    a course of treatment
  13. 13. n a part of a meal served at one time
    the fish course
  14. 14. n a continuous, usually horizontal, layer of building material, such as a row of bricks, tiles, etc
  15. 15. n [nautical] any of the sails on the lowest yards of a square-rigged ship
  16. 16. n [knitting] the horizontal rows of stitches - Compare wale
  17. 17. n (in medieval Europe) a charge by knights in a tournament
  18. 18. n a hunt by hounds relying on sight rather than scent
  19. 19. n a match in which two greyhounds compete in chasing a hare
  20. 20. n the part or function assigned to an individual bell in a set of changes
  21. 21. n [Archaic] a running race
  22. 22. vi. [intr] to run, race, or flow, esp swiftly and without interruption
  23. 23. vi. to cause (hounds) to hunt by sight rather than scent or (of hounds) to hunt (a quarry) thus
  24. 24. vt. [tr] to run through or over; traverse
  25. 25. vi. [intr] to take a direction; proceed on a course
  26. 26. vi. See also courses
  27. 27. vi. [Etymology] C13: from Old French cours, from Latin cursus a running, from currere to run

Examples

our wisest course
我们最明智的做法
The main course was roast beef.
主菜是烤牛肉。
the freshman English course
一年级英语课程
to initiate a new course of studies
开始新课程
a Mickey Mouse college course
简易的学院课程
to suggest a course of study
提议开个研究班

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