op
n
(sl 俚) policeman (男)警察.
cop v (-pp-) (sl 俚)
1 [Tn] receive (sth); suffer 獲得(某事物); 遭受
He copped a nasty whack on the head. 他頭上受一重擊.
The heavy rain missed the north of the country altogether, and the south copped the lot. 該國南部大雨滂沱而北部卻滴雨未落.
2
(a) [Tn, Tng]
discover (sb) in the act of doing sth wrong; catch 發現(某人)在干壞事; 抓住
If I cop you cheating again you'll be in trouble. 我要再發現你騙人, 決不輕饒.
(b) [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb (for sth) arrest sb 逮捕某人
He was copped for speeding. 他因超速行車被捕.
3 (idm 習語) cop hold of sth take hold of sth; grasp sth 握住某物; 抓住某物
Here, cop hold of the screwdriver while I try the hammer. 喂, 握住這把改錐, 我用 頭試試. `cop it be punished 受罰
When he finds out who broke his radio, you'll really cop it! 要是他知道了是誰把他的收音機弄壞了, 準夠你受的!
4 (phr v) cop `out (of sth) (derog 貶) fail to do what one ought to do, esp through fear 退避, ?quot;? 逃避(尤指因恐懼)
He was boasting about how brave he was at the start, but copped out (of it) at the finish. 他起初夸耀自己勇敢, 到頭來卻打了退堂鼓. cop, n (idm 習語) a fair cop => fair1. not much `cop (sl 俚) not very good 不太好
He's not much cop as a boxer. 他是個蹩腳的拳擊手.