| 单词 | cop |
| 释义 | cop cop1 /kop/, v.t., copped, copping. Informal. 1. to catch; nab. 2. to steal; filch. 3. to buy (narcotics). 4. cop a plea, a. to plead guilty or confess in return for receiving a lighter sentence. b. to plead guilty to a lesser charge as a means of bargaining one's way out of standing trial for a more serious charge; plea-bargain. 5. cop out, a. to avoid one's responsibility, the fulfillment of a promise, etc.; renege; back out (often fol. by on or of): He never copped out on a friend in need. You agreed to go, and you can't cop out now. b. cop a plea. [1695-1705; cf. cap (obs.) to arrest, Scots cap to seize << dial. OF caper to take, ult. < L capere] cop2 /kop/, n. Informal. 1. a police officer. 2. a person who seeks to regulate a specified behavior, activity, practice, etc.: character cops. [1855-60; clipping of COPPER2] cop3 /kop/, n. 1. a conical mass of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a spindle. 2. Brit. Dial. crest; tip. [bef. 1000; ME, OE cop tip, top (in ME also head), prob. c. D kop, G Kopf head; see CUP] |
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