kop

kop
noun
  1. (一般作 the Kop)(Brit.)a high bank of terracing at certain soccer grounds where spectators formerly stood, notably at Liverpool Football Club
    (英)(尤指利物浦足球俱乐部的)足球场的看台
  2. (S. African informal)the head
    (南非,非正式)头
    he's got cuts in his kop.
    他头被割伤了。
    ■(S. African)(especially in place names) a hill or peak
    (南非)(尤用于地名)山;峰
    ■[mass noun]intelligence
    智力
    this puzzle takes a bit of kop.
    这个难题需要花费一点脑筋。
语源
  1. sense 2 from Afrikaans, from Dutch, literally head' Sense 1 comes from the name of Spioen Kop, site of a Boer War battle in which troops from Lancashire led the assault (Liverpool then being part of Lancashire)
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