单词 | coupe |
释义 | coupe1[ koop ] / kup / SEE SYNONYMS FOR coupe ON THESAURUS.COM nounAlso coupé. a closed, two-door car shorter than a sedan of the same model. coupé (defs. 1-3). Origin of coupe1First recorded in 1880–85; see origin at coupé Words nearby coupecoup de poing, coup d'essai, coup d'état, coup de théâtre, coup d'oeil, coupe, Couperin, Couperus, coupette, coup injury of brain, Coupland Definition for coupe (2 of 3)coupe2 [ koop ] / kup / nounice cream or sherbet mixed or topped with fruit, liqueur, whipped cream, etc. a glass container for serving such a dessert, usually having a stem and a wide, deep bowl. any rimless plate. Origin of coupe21375–1425 for earlier senses “wicker basket, tub, cask”; 1890–95 for current senses; Middle English <Anglo-French co(u)pe,Old French coupe<Late Latin cuppa,Latin cūpa cask, tub, barrel; cf. cup Definition for coupe (3 of 3)coupé [ koo-pey or, for 1, 5, koop ] / kuˈpeɪ or, for 1, 5, kup / nouna short, four-wheeled, closed carriage, usually with a single seat for two passengers and an outside seat for the driver. the end compartment in a European diligence or railroad car. Ballet. an intermediary step to transfer the weight from one foot to the other. (in Continental heraldry) party per fess. coupe1 (def. 1). Also coupe (for defs. 1-3). Origin of coupé1825–35; <French coupé (in defs. 1, 2 short for carrosse coupé “cut-off or shortened coach”), past participle of couper “to cut off,” verbal derivative of coupcoup1; cf. cope1 WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH coupécoup, coupe, coupéDictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for coupeBritish Dictionary definitions for coupe (1 of 2)coupe / (kuːp) / nouna dessert of fruit and ice cream, usually served in a glass goblet a dish or stemmed glass bowl designed for this dessert Word Origin for coupeC19: from French: goblet, cup British Dictionary definitions for coupe (2 of 2)coupé / (ˈkuːpeɪ) / nounAlso called: fixed-head coupé a four-seater car with a fixed roof, a sloping back, and usually two doorsCompare drophead coupé a four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with two seats inside and one outside for the driver an end compartment in a European railway carriage with seats on one side only Word Origin for coupéC19: from French, short for carosse coupé, literally: cut-off carriage, from couper to cut, from coup blow, stroke Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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