- cop something to receive or suffer something unpleasant遭受;忍受
- He copped all the hassle after the accident.他在事故發生後各種的麻煩都受了。
- cop something to notice something注意到
- Cop a load of this! (= Listen to this)聽聽這一大套!
Word Originearly 18th cent. (as a verb): perhaps from obsolete cap ‘arrest’, from Old French caper ‘seize’, from Latin capere. The noun is from copper ‘police officer’.
Idioms - (British English, informal) to take hold of something抓住,握住(某物)
cop it (British English, slang)
- to be punished被罰;受罰
- Will you cop it from your dad if you're late?如果你遲到了,你會向你爸爸借嗎?
- to be killed被殺
- He almost copped it in a horrific accident.他差點在那場可怕的事故中送了命。
- (North American English, informal) to admit in court to being guilty of a small crime in the hope of receiving less severe punishment for a more serious crime避重就輕地認罪(以求輕判)
- The Feds said if I didn't cop a plea I would get 15 years.聯邦調查局說如果我不認罪,我會被判15年。
compare plea bargaining