cop

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cop1 /kɒp $ kɑːp/ noun [countableC]

1 informalSCP a police officer 警察

the local cop

本地警察

a narcotics cop

缉毒警官

He pulled out his badge and said he was a cop.

他拿出警徽说自己是警察。

2 not be much cop BAD British EnglishBrE informal to not be very good 不大好，不怎么样

They say he’s not much cop as a coach.

他们说他当教练当得不怎么样。

3. it’s a fair cop ADMIT British EnglishBrE spoken used humorously when someone has discovered that you have done something wrong and you want to admit it 抓得好〔幽默用法，犯错被人发现时用于承认〕

Examples from the Corpus

it’s a fair cop• It's a fair cop - honest, officer!• And criminals are warned that from then, they won't even have time to tell police it's a fair cop.• Do you want me to say that it's a fair cop or something?

Examples from the Corpus

cop• I was a cop, once.• Holly Hunter is a San Francisco cop on the trail of a killer.• a motorcycle cop• It stars Erik Estrada, who first became famous as part of the gay motorcycle cop tandem on CHiPS.• If he's a skilled boardroom apparatchik, they say he's not much cop as a coach.• Nasty cop, nice cop: they were following procedure to the letter.• Retired railroad cop and not a bad fellow for a cop.• There are more criminals out there than cops to chase them.• She knew the cops wouldn't just fine her.• Somehow, the charm of seeing city streets swarm with uneducated, unemployable and unsupervised children is lost on the cops.

cop2 verb (copped, copping) [transitiveT] spoken informal

1 cop it spoken informal British EnglishBrE

a) to be punished or spoken to angrily because you have done something wrong 受罚；受责骂

You’ll cop it when Mum finds out!

如果妈妈知道了，你就要挨骂了！

b) to be killed 被杀死

Examples from the Corpus

cop it• The place is full of the aroma of Spot-Knee, the ram lamb who recently copped it after a blissful organic life.• It's me who cops it if the Sarge finds us.• The Ulsters have copped it up there.

2 British EnglishBrE to receive something, especially something that you do not want 遭受，蒙受

I copped all the blame for what happened.

这件事全都怪到我头上来了。

3 cop hold of something spoken informal British EnglishBrE used to tell someone to hold something 拿着[抓住，握住]某物

Cop hold of the other end, will you?

你拿着另一头，好不好？

4. cop an attitude spoken informal American EnglishAmE to behave in a way that is not nice, especially by showing that you think you are better or more intelligent than other people 摆架子，自高自大

5. cop a feel spoken informal American EnglishAmETOUCH to touch someone in a sexual way when they do not want you to 〔违背对方意愿地〕抚摸

6 cop a plea spoken informal American EnglishAmESCADMIT to agree to say you are guilty of a crime in order to receive a less severe punishment 认罪以求轻判，坦白交代

Dunn copped a plea to avoid going to jail.

邓恩坦白交代了，免得坐牢。

Examples from the Corpus

cop a plea• Thought I was copping a plea on ... diminished responsibility.• Duckett copped a plea to avoid going to jail.

7. cop a buzz spoken informal American EnglishAmE to feel the effects of taking illegal drugs or drinking alcohol 〔吸毒或饮酒后开始〕感到效应，觉得起作用

8 cop off phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE informal SYSEX/HAVE SEX WITHto meet someone and start a sexual relationship with them 〔异性之间〕开始发生性关系，勾搭上

with

The hero eventually cops off with the princess.

主人公终于和公主好上了。

9 cop out phrasal verbphr v informal NOT DO somethingto not do something that someone thinks you should do 逃避，回避〔责任〕

As far as I’m concerned, she’s copped out and joined the rat race.

在我看，她逃避了责任，去争名逐利。

→ cop-out

Examples from the Corpus

cop• I hope the others have been copped by the attendants.• As it was, I copped out just a little.• You know, even with the beard and glasses they still copped the face in Caracas.• Linda Vernon copped the grand prize this year with her new novel.• With its packages yet to hit the street, Clarify figures its technology will cop the leadership position.• Mr Coffee will cop to the situation by engaging only the five basic universal appliance functions that every school child will know.

Origin cop1