trainer

/treinə/

Thân thiện

A flight instructor uses a trainer to practice takeoff procedures.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A person who instructs or coaches others: A "trainer" is someone whose job is to teach skills or improve performance, typically in sports, fitness, or specific professional fields.
   • A person who prepares animals for tasks or performance: A "trainer" is someone who teaches animals, such as dogs, horses, or dolphins, to obey commands or perform specific behaviors.
   • A ground-based flight simulator: A "trainer" is a machine that replicates the conditions of piloting an aircraft, used for instruction and practice without leaving the ground.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Person instructing people):
  • The football team hired a new fitness trainer.
  • She works as a corporate trainer, teaching communication skills.
• Noun (Person instructing animals):
  • The dolphin trainer signaled for the animal to jump.
  • We took our puppy to an obedience trainer.
• Noun (Simulator machine):
  • The student pilot spent hours in the flight trainer before her first real flight.

Advanced Usage

• "To be in trainer": This phrase is not standard. The correct phrasing for someone receiving instruction is "to be in training."
• Corporate Trainer: A specialist who educates employees within a business environment.
  • The corporate trainer developed a new onboarding program.

Variants and Related Words

• Train (verb): To teach a person or animal a particular skill or type of behavior through practice and instruction.
  • He will train the new employees.
• Training (noun): The action of teaching a person or animal a particular skill or type of behavior.
  • She is undergoing intensive training.
• Trainee (noun): A person undergoing training for a particular job or profession.
  • The new trainees start next week.

Synonyms

• Instructor: A person who teaches something.
• Coach: A person who trains athletes or performers.
• Handler: A person who trains or controls an animal, especially a dog.

Related Phrases

• Personal trainer: A fitness professional who offers one-on-one exercise instruction and motivation.
  • He sees his personal trainer three times a week.
• Athletic trainer: A healthcare professional who specializes in preventing, diagnosing, and treating muscle and bone injuries and illnesses.
  • The athletic trainer taped the player's ankle.

Related Idioms

• "To train one's sights on something": To focus one's attention or ambitions on a particular goal. (Note: This idiom uses the verb "train," not the noun "trainer").
  • The company is training its sights on the Asian market.

Học thuật

Noun

1. simulator consisting of a machine on the ground that simulates the conditions of flying a plane
2. one who trains other persons or animals

Từ đồng nghĩa

• flight simulator