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单词 cope
释义

cope

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verb (1)

ˈkōp How to pronounce cope (audio)
coped; coping

intransitive verb

1
a
: to deal with and attempt to overcome problems and difficulties
often used with with
learning to cope with the demands of her schedule
b
: to maintain a contest or combat usually on even terms or with success
used with with
2
archaic : meet, encounter
3
obsolete : strike, fight

transitive verb

1
obsolete : to meet in combat
2
obsolete : to come in contact with
3
obsolete : match

cope

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noun

1
: a long enveloping ecclesiastical vestment
The priest wore a cope for the benediction.
2
a
: something resembling a cope (as by concealing or covering)
… the dark sky's starry cope P. B. Shelley
b
: coping

cope

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verb (2)

coped; coping

transitive verb

: to cover or furnish with a cope

cope

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verb (3)

coped; coping

transitive verb

1
: to shape (a structural member) to fit a coping or conform to the shape of another member
2
: notch

Synonyms

Verb (1)

  • do
  • fare
  • get along
  • get by
  • get on
  • make out
  • manage
  • shift

Noun

  • blanket
  • cloak
  • cover
  • cover-up
  • covering
  • coverture
  • curtain
  • hood
  • mantle
  • mask
  • pall
  • penumbra
  • robe
  • shroud
  • veil
  • wraps
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Example Sentences

Noun committed their nefarious deeds under the dark cope of night

Word History

Etymology

Verb (1)

Middle English copen, coupen, from Anglo-French couper to strike, cut, from cop, colp blow, from Late Latin colpus, alteration of Latin colaphus, from Greek kolaphos buffet

Noun and Verb (2)

Middle English, from Old English -cāp, from Late Latin cappa head covering

Verb (3)

probably from French couper to cut

First Known Use

Verb (1)

14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 3

Noun

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb (2)

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Verb (3)

circa 1901, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

cope

verb

ˈkōp How to pronounce cope (audio)
coped; coping
: to deal with and try to find solutions for problems

Medical Definition

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intransitive verb

ˈkōp How to pronounce cope (audio)
coped; coping
: to deal with and attempt to overcome problems and difficulties
usually used with with
helping children cope with grief

COPE

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abbreviation

chronic obstructive pulmonary emphysema

cope 1 of 2

noun

as in veil
something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth committed their nefarious deeds under the dark cope of night

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • veil
  • shroud
  • wraps
  • cloak
  • covering
  • mask
  • blanket
  • cover
  • pall
  • hood
  • mantle
  • shield
  • coverture
  • curtain
  • robe
  • cover-up
  • blind
  • disguise
  • penumbra
  • face
  • screen
  • fig leaf
  • camouflage
  • facade
  • varnish
  • Trojan horse
  • Potemkin village
  • veneer
  • façade
  • concealer
  • gloss

cope

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verb

as in to manage
to meet one's day-to-day needs a young man learning to cope on his own at college

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • manage
  • do
  • survive
  • afford
  • fare
  • shift
  • get by
  • get along
  • make shift
  • get on
  • make out
  • make do
  • make ends meet
  • fend for oneself
  • contrive
  • scrounge
  • carry on
  • eke out
  • last
  • squeeze
  • wring
  • wrest
  • scrape (by or through)
  • swing
  • scrape (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • fail
  • fall short
  • collapse
  • decline
  • flounder
  • slump
  • wane
  • fizzle
  • give up
  • peter (out)
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