英语词汇“cop”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

copcop1 /kɑp/ ●●○ W3 noun informal

ETYMOLOGYcop¹

Origin: 1800-1900 copper police officer (19-21 centuries), from cop to arrest (19-20 centuries)

1[countable] a police officer: a motorcycle cop There are more criminals out there than cops to chase them.2the cops [plural] the police: He called the cops as soon as he heard the shots. [Origin: 1800–1900 copper police officer (19–21 centuries), from cop to arrest (19–20 centuries)]

noun | verb

copcop2 verb (copped, copping) [transitive] spoken

ETYMOLOGYcop²

Origin: 1700-1800 Perhaps from Dutch kapen to steal, from Frisian kapia to take away

VERB TABLE

cop

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	cop
	he, she, it	cops
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	copped
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have copped
	he, she, it	has copped
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had copped
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will cop
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have copped

Continuous Form
Present	I	am copping
	he, she, it	is copping
	you, we, they	are copping
Past	I, he, she, it	was copping
	you, we, they	were copping
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been copping
	he, she, it	has been copping
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been copping
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be copping
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been copping

1cop a plea to agree to say you are guilty of a crime in order to receive a less severe punishment: Duckett copped a plea to avoid going to jail.2to get or take something, often when it surprises people that you get it: She copped the grand prize this year with her new novel.3cop an attitude to behave in a way that is not nice, especially by showing that you think you are better or more intelligent than other people4cop a feel to touch someone in a sexual way when that person does not want you tocop out phrasal verb slang to not do something that you are supposed to do: I was going to tell him myself, but I copped out. → see also cop-outcop to something phrasal verb spoken to admit that you have done something, or that something is happening: He copped to feeling “scared and nervous.”