cop

noun

/kɒp/

/kɑːp/

(informal)Idioms

a police officer警察
- Somebody call the cops!去个人报警啊！
- children playing cops and robbers在玩警察抓小偷的孩子们
- a TV cop show电视警察节目
- Lots of children play cops and robbers.许多孩子扮演警察和强盗。
- Penn stars as a rookie cop out to prove himself.佩恩出演一个菜鸟警察来证明自己。
- The film is based on the true story of a New York cop.本片以一名纽约警察的真实故事为蓝本。
- The star was stopped by traffic cops on Friday night.周五晚上，这位明星被交通警察拦住了。
Topics Law and justicec1
Collocations Dictionary
Cop is used before these nouns:
car
killer
show
…
词源early 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

it’s a fair cop

(British English, informal, humorous) used by somebody who is caught doing something wrong, to say that they admit that they are wrong（当场被抓获时说）这是罪有应得，抓得有理

not much cop

(British English, slang) not very good不太好；不怎么样
- He's not much cop as a singer.他的歌唱得不怎么样。

cop

verb

/kɒp/

/kɑːp/

(informal)

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they cop	/kɒp/ /kɑːp/
he / she / it cops	/kɒps/ /kɑːps/
past simple copped	/kɒpt/ /kɑːpt/
past participle copped	/kɒpt/ /kɑːpt/
-ing form copping	/ˈkɒpɪŋ/ /ˈkɑːpɪŋ/

Idioms Phrasal Verbs

cop something to receive or suffer something unpleasant遭受；忍受
- He copped all the hassle after the accident.他在事故发生后各种的麻烦都受了。
cop something to notice something注意到
- Cop a load of this! (= Listen to this)听听这一大套！

词源early 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

cop hold of something

(British English, informal) to take hold of something抓住，握住（某物）

cop it (British English, slang)

to be punished被罚；受罚
- Will you cop it from your dad if you're late?如果你迟到了，你会向你爸爸借吗？
to be killed被杀
- He almost copped it in a horrific accident.他差点在那场可怕的事故中送了命。

cop a plea

(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避重就轻地认罪（以求轻判）
- The Feds said if I didn't cop a plea I would get 15 years.联邦调查局说如果我不认罪，我会被判15年。
compare plea bargaining