单词 | coping |
释义 | copingn.1ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun] > battle or a battle > onslaught of battle > shock of onslaught smallOE acoupinga1375 copinga1375 coup1523 cope1525 shock1565 encountery1566 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 3602 So kenli þei a-cuntred at þe coupyng to-gadere, þat þe kniȝt spere in speldes alto-schiuered. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cxliiv Cocborne was throwen at ye seconde copynge to grounde horse & man. ?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 54 The Brittons used Chariots in there fightes, which..at the first copinge did greatlie greeve and astonishe the armie of their enemies. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Choc,..a violent incounter, or coping of armed, and angrie souldiors. 2. Contending in opposition or rivalry. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [noun] rivality1528 strife1530 envy1541 emulation1552 contention1576 pinglinga1578 countermatch1581 paragon1590 competency1594 corrivality1598 rivalry1598 concurrence1603 contestation1603 competitiona1608 rivalling1607 concurrency1609 strift1612 corrivalry1614 rivalty1631 contest1648 corrivalty1649 coping1678 co-rivalry1835 rivalism1850 1678 Hist. Indulgence in G. Hickes Spirit of Popery (1680) 74 Never to be out-done..in a copeing with the Mediator, and a downright denial of Him to be King. Draft additions March 2009 The action or process of overcoming a problem or difficulty. In later use also: the action or process of managing or enduring a stressful situation, condition, etc.; an instance of this. ΚΠ 1834 London Lit. Gaz. 5 Apr. 236/1 Examples of his successful coping with his arduous task. 1925 Jrnl. Philos. 22 468 Instinctive reactions to environment are in some sense less ‘immediate’, less right-off-the-bat than ‘intelligent’, ‘thoughtful’, ‘conscious’ copings with situations. 1981 Social Forces 60 260 The primary interviews, six months after the fire, focused on initial reactions and early coping. 1995 C. Hollin Contemp. Psychol. 269 He currently carries out research into stress and coping in health professionals. Draft additions March 2009 1. General attributive. Originally Psychology. Designating an activity or mental process, usually unconscious, that enables a person to function in or manage stressful conditions or situations, as coping ability, coping technique, etc. ΚΠ 1941 Monogr. Soc. Res. Child Devel. 6 247 To get at partial indices of the child's self-conception—through qualitative and grossly quantitative estimates of the ‘coping’ techniques displayed by him. 1958 Marriage & Family Living 20 87/2 Data indicate several problems normally attendant upon growth processes..which are solved by the continually cumulating nature of coping resources. 1976 Times 2 Oct. 2/4 Professor Mills says that there is no direct relationship between intelligence and coping ability. 1993 Self Dec. 86/3 She also suggests drawing up a behavioral family tree, what therapists call a ‘genogram’, to trace the patterns of emotions, communications and coping methods through the generations. 2008 K. Woo in B. C. Wallace Toward Equity in Health xviii. 334 He..drank water whenever he felt the urge to smoke as a coping skill. 2. coping mechanism n. ΚΠ 1941 A. H. Maslow & B. Mittelmann Princ. Abnormal Psychol. x. 167 If we had attempted to make a complete list of coping mechanisms we should eventually have come to realize that all behavior, normal or abnormal, copes in one way or another with situational or character difficulties. 2001 Advocate 3 July 57/1 She doesn't have the coping mechanism that most of us have... She became so protective of herself that she became proactive, on the offense. coping strategy n. ΚΠ 1954 G. S. Klein in M. R. Jones Nebraska Symp. Motivation 227 The coping strategy that is invoked to meet the requirements and claims of reality. 1991 Men's Health Mag. Sept.–Oct. 48/1 Withdrawal—retreating into silence—is a common male coping strategy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). copingn.2 Bargaining. Now only in reference to horse-coping = horse-dealing: cf. coper n.1 ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > bargaining > [noun] koffry1488 hucking1551 coping1595 haggling1632 hucksterage1641 huckstering1647 huckstery1662 bargaining1669 higgling1700 chaffering1794 badgering1800 dickering1802 tig-tagging1825 haggle1829 chaffer1851 bargain-driving1902 wheeling and dealing1969 society > trade and finance > specific types of trade > [noun] > trade in horses horse tradec1760 horse-jockeying1783 horse-trading1826 horse-chanting1841 horse-coping1841 coping1864 1595 ‘J. Dando’ & ‘H. Runt’ Maroccus Extaticus 11 I knowe a man that..solde but three yardes of satten unto a gentleman, and forswore himself at least three times in the coping. 1613 F. Robartes Revenue of Gospel 104 Alasse, alasse, segging is no good coping. 1864 London Rev. 18 June 643 Amongst the mysteries of horse-flesh is the noble science of coping, and its practitioners the horse-copers. These individuals practise fraud as a trade. 1876 World 5 18 Skilled in the thousand-and-one devices of coping. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). copingn.3 Falconry. The cutting of a hawk's beak or talons. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > [noun] > hawking procedures casting1388 to come to reclaima1398 rebukingc1400 plumage?a1450 enseamingc1575 imping1575 mewing1575 weathering1575 manning1580 lure1614 carry1618 coping1855 seeling1859 1855–83 Salvin & Brodrick Falconry in Brit. Isles Gloss. 150. Derivatives coping-iron n. an instrument for doing this. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > falconry or hawking equipment > [noun] > paring instrument coping-iron1575 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 78 Coping yrons, to cope his hawkes beake if it be ouergrowen,..and to cope hir pownces and talons, if neede be. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 238/2 Coping-Irons are Instruments used in coping or paring of Hawks Beaks, Pounces, and Talons. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). copingn.4 Shipbuilding. ‘Turning the ends of iron lodging-knees, so that they may hook into the beams’ (A. Young Naut. Dict. 1846), so as to ease the strain on the necks of the bolts when the vessel rolls. ΚΠ 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. iii. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). copingn.5 1. Architecture. The uppermost course of masonry or brickwork in a wall, usually made of a sloping form to throw off rain. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > disposition of stones or bricks > [noun] > single layer on same level > types of grass tablea1472 coping1601 tableting1610 plinth1640 plinth course1693 stretching-course1700 bench1730 binding1730 earth table1822 lacing course1833 vertical bond1833 rowlock1864 cope1880 soldier course1948 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > other elements > [noun] > coping coping1601 factabling1819 factable1849 1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Bv Warham..The Iron barres vpon the bridge bestow'd: Warner the copings did reedifie. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Kings vii. 9 Euen from the foundation vnto the coping [1388 Wyclif cop of the wallis] . View more context for this quotation 1840 R. H. Barham Witches' Frolic in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 170 The Vicarage walls are lofty and thick, And the copings are stone, and the sides are brick. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 956 s.v. Coping thinner on one edge than on the other serves to throw off the water on one side of the wall, and is called feather-edged coping. Coping thicker in the middle than at the edges is called saddle-backed coping. 2. An overhanging ledge or shelf for protecting wall-fruit. Cf. cope v.1 4. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivation of fruit > [noun] > ledge protecting wall-fruit coping1881 1881 Garden Feb. 105 A broad Coping of glass, if possible 2 ft. wide and portable. Compounds coping-brick n. a brick used for a coping. coping saw n. Joinery a type of fretsaw with a swivel-blade, used for cutting curved patterns in wood. See also coping-stone n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > disposition of stones or bricks > [noun] > specific stone or brick hirne-stonec1000 parpen1252 coin1350 coin-stone1350 angler1365 parpal1369 corner-stonea1382 cunye1387 tuss1412 quoin1532 table stone1554 quoining1562 copestone1567 ground-stone1567 lock bandc1582 quinyie1588 perpender1611 whelmer1618 parpen stone1633 capstone1665 headera1684 through1683 quoin-stone1688 stretcher1693 closer1700 bed-stone1723 coping-brick1725 girder1726 footstone1728 heading brick1731 bossage1736 lewis-hole1740 shoulder1744 headstone1745 pawl1753 tail-bond1776 coping-stone1778 slocking-stone1778 throughband1794 through-stone1797 stretching-bond1805 core1823 keystone1823 tail-binder1828 stretching-stone1833 header brick1841 coign1843 pawl-stone1844 bay-stone1845 bonder1845 pillar-stone1854 bond-piece1862 stretcher-brick1867 toothing-stone1875 bond-stone1879 pierpoint1891 jumper1904 tush1905 padstone1944 society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > saw > [noun] > saws for cutting curves whip-saw1538 compass-saw1678 turning-saw1725 sweep-saw1846 turn-saw1875 coping saw1925 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Wall Fence-Walls built of great Bricks are coped with Coping Bricks. 1925 C. G. Wheeler Man. Woodworking 38 Coping saw. This is good for cutting small curves in fitting mouldings, and for any small, fine scroll work. 1956 H. Townsend in D. L. Linton Sheffield 299 Piercing saws,..coping saws, and back saws are associated with the manufacture of hacksaws. 1981 Handtools of Arts & Crafts 145 (caption) Coping saw. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † copingadj. Obsolete. Over-arching; of an arched or vaulted form; sloping laterally like the coping of a wall. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > curved surface > [adjective] > like vault or dome coping1601 oversiling1632 concamerated1666 vaulted1681 testudinated1727 domed1775 testudinal1823 testudinate1847 testudo-shaped1875 the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective] > inclined from level or sloping > downwards devexc1420 declining1553 declined1591 declivy1609 declive1635 prone1655 declivous1684 pronate1703 coping1750 downgrade1858 declinous1864 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 506 The coping and vauted roofe of the furnace. 1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 4 Another argument is the coping figure of the island. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1a1375n.21595n.31575n.41850n.51601adj.1601 |
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