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单词 coupé
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Brit. /ˈkuːpeɪ/, /kuːˈpeɪ/, U.S. /kuˈpeɪ/
Etymology: French; specific application of coupé (past participle) cut: in sense 1 Littré has also carosse coupé cut carriage.
1.
a. A short four-wheeled close carriage with an inside seat for two, and outside seat for the driver.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > types of carriage > covered > other covered carriages
caravan?1672
Berlin1694
kittereen1792
coupé1834
clarence1843
station wagon1876
1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales II. 182 There we met with his ‘Coupé’ and the fair Ravennese en route.
1880 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Roy & Viola I. 13 I will send the coupé for you at a quarter to one.
1892 Times 16 Feb. The Coupé company wish to return..a rug..left in one of their carriages.
b. A closed two-door motor car, usually with two seats (see also quot. 1967). Also attributive. In U.S. frequently spelt coupe and pronounced /kuːp/.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [noun] > with sloping back
coupé1908
fastback1939
1908 A. Bennett Buried Alive ix. 207 This agreeable Jew in the hall, and the coupé at the kerb.
1912 Motor 23 July 1104/2 The ordinary coupé or doctor's car.
1915 Scotsman 3 Apr. 12/1 Wanted, 2-Seat Car, with Coupé Body preferred.
1924 Morris Owner Sept. 653 The coupé is the ideal car for..the business man who has to motor in all weathers.
1926 Spectator 3 July 11/2 Father has his limousine. Mother has her coupé. Brother has his playboy.
1927 in Amer. Speech (1967) 42 307 The coupe roadster for two passengers with rumble seat.
1934 E. Bowen Cat Jumps 89 Marianne's coupé had been run up on to the rough grass..with its lights out. Its air was lurking and crookish.
1936 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. (ed. 4) vii. 347 I have..heard..coop for coupé.
1967 Consumer's Car Glossary (ed. 2) 26 Coupé, car in which the roof slopes down sharply behind the front seat, leaving little or no head room in the back, or car with no back seat. In a drophead coupé the roof can be folded back behind the seats.
c. coupé cabriolet: a type of motor car with a head adapted to fold down entirely. coupé de ville: a type of motor car in which the passenger seats are covered but with the driver's compartment open or adapted to fold down.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [noun] > car with hood over rear part
landaulette1901
town car1906
coupé de ville1930
1930 Motor Body Building May 105 Coupé cabriolet.
1939 E. Ambler Mask of Dimitrios viii. 149 The chauffeur..ushered Latimer ceremoniously into a huge chocolate-coloured coupé de ville, and drove off.
1969 J. Leasor They don't make them like that any More vi. 169 A special type of body, very popular on Rolls chassis in the late twenties and early thirties. The passengers sat under cover in the rear..while the..chauffeur and footman, sat..up front... English coach-builders called this style coupé de ville.
2.
a. The front or after compartment of a continental diligence.
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1834 J. Barrow Excurs. N. Europe ii. 82 The coupé in front accommodates one who sits next to the conducteur..In the rear in another coupé.
1834 J. Barrow Excurs. N. Europe ii. 83 A seat in the after coupé of a Russian diligence.
b. An end compartment in a railway carriage, seated on one side only.
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society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > railway wagon or carriage > carriage designed to carry passengers > compartment > types of
coupé1853
state room1853
ladies' compartment1861
coupé lit1882
1853 Ann. Reg. 132 Two ladies, who were seated in a coupé.
1859 All Year Round 19 Nov. 78 I have written a column of close ‘copy’ in a coupé.
c. coupé lit n. Obsolete a coupé (sense 2b) in which the seats can be extended to form a couch or bed.
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society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > railway wagon or carriage > carriage designed to carry passengers > compartment > types of
coupé1853
state room1853
ladies' compartment1861
coupé lit1882
1882 H. de Windt On Equator 10 A sound sleep in a comfortable coupé lit.
1896 Daily News 28 Oct. 3/7 A coupé-lits-toilette and first-class carriage will run through to Vintimille by the 2.13 p.m. train from Boulogne.
1898 Daily News 18 Oct. 2/2 A coupe-lit compartment at the Nord Station.
3. Fencing. A movement of the sword equivalent to a disengage, but effected by drawing the sword along and over the point of the adversary's.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun] > actions
buttc1330
overheadc1400
stopc1450
quarter-strokea1456
rabbeta1500
rakea1500
traverse1547
flourish1552
quarter-blow1555
veny1578
alarm1579
venue1591
cut1593
time1594
caricado1595
fincture1595
imbroccata1595
mandritta1595
punta riversa1595
remove1595
stramazon1595
traversa1595
imbrocado1597
passado1597
counter-time1598
foinery1598
canvasado1601
montant1601
punto1601
stock1602
embrocadoc1604
pass1604
stuck1604
stramazo1606
home thrust1622
longee1625
falsify?1635
false1637
traversion1637
canvassa1641
parade1652
flanconade1664
parry1673
fore-stroke1674
allonge1675
contretemps1684
counter1684
disengaging1684
feint1684
passing1687
under-counter1687
stringere1688
stringering1688
tempo1688
volte1688
overlapping1692
repost1692
volt-coupe1692
volting1692
disarm?1700
stamp1705
passade1706
riposte1707
swoop1711
retreat1734
lunge1748
beat1753
disengage1771
disengagement1771
opposition1771
time thrust1771
timing1771
whip1771
shifting1793
one-two1809
one-two-three1809
salute1809
estramazone1820
remise1823
engage1833
engaging1833
risposta1838
lunging1847
moulinet1861
reprise1861
stop-thrust1861
engagement1881
coupé1889
scrape1889
time attack1889
traverse1892
cut-over1897
tac-au-tac riposte1907
flèche1928
replacement1933
punta dritta1961
1889 W. H. Pollock et al. Fencing (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 49 The coupé is the opposite of the disengage, the blade being passed over the adversary's blade instead of under.
1889 W. H. Pollock et al. Fencing (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) 62 Simulate disengagement into tierce and make a coupé.
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coupéadj.

/kuːˈpeɪ/
Forms: Also 1500s coupye, 1600s coupée.
Etymology: < French coupé, past participle of couper to cut.
Heraldry.
= couped adj. 2.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [adjective] > cut off evenly
recoupedc1460
truncated1486
trunkeda1550
coupé1572
hawmed1572
humetty1572
humetted1586
humet1661
couped1678
raccourcy1728
raguled1728
1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie iii. f. 16 An Arme Coupye, Partie per Pale, Or and Ermine.
1634 H. Peacham Gentlemans Exercise (new ed.) 158 The heads..of beasts Coupée or erazed, that is cut or pluckt off.
1761 Brit. Mag. 2 362 The bust of a king..coupé at the breast proper.
1830 T. Robson Brit. Herald III. Gloss. Couped or Coupey.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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