teach
verb [ I or T ] uk/tiːtʃ/ us/tiːtʃ/ taught | taught
A1 教;教授;传授
to give someone knowledge or to train someone; to instruct
She taught English to foreign students. 她给外国学生讲授英语。
[ + to infinitive ] Who taught you to cook? 谁教你做饭的？
teach schoolUS 在学校教书
to be a teacher in a school
We moved to a small town where my mother taught school and my father worked in real estate. 我们搬去了一个小镇，妈妈在学校教书，爸爸在一家地产公司工作。
- More examples
- This course qualifies you to teach in any secondary school.
- We need to ensure that handwriting is properly taught in our primary schools.
- My father taught me how to drive.
- Tom teaches sculpture at the local art school.
- He found it very hard teaching a class full of indifferent teenagers.
Idioms
teach someone a lessonidiom C2 教训（某人）;使吸取教训
A person or experience that teaches you a lesson improves your future behaviour by making you experience the bad effects of your actions.
Having my car stolen really taught me a lesson - I'll never leave it unlocked again. 我的车被盗的确给了我一个教训——我再也不会不锁车了。
She decided to teach the boy a lesson. 她决定教训那个男孩一顿。
that'll teach someoneidiom 这下（某人）该知道（做某事的）后果了，这下（某人）该知道（不应做某事了）
used to say that a person should avoid doing something bad in the future thanks to the experience of the effects of their actions
So Roger spent the night in a freezing garage, did he? That'll teach him to (= show him that he should not) go out without his house keys! 这么说罗杰在冷冰冰的车库里过了一夜是吗？这下他该知道出去不带房门钥匙的后果了吧！