coping

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The top layer of a brick wall, especially one that slopes in order to throw off water. countable,uncountable
    — Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed, comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with (by way of local color) on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust […]
  2. The process of managing taxing circumstances, expending effort to solve personal and interpersonal problems, and seeking to master, minimize, reduce or tolerate stress or conflict. countable,uncountable
  3. The process of clipping the beak or talons of a bird. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of cope form-of,gerund,participle,present

词形变化

copings plural

词汇关系

词源

词源 1
From cope + -ing. The sense referring to a brick wall is cope (sense 2), used in the sense "dress in a cope," "to cover."
词源 2
From cope + -ing. The sense referring to a brick wall is cope (sense 2), used in the sense "dress in a cope," "to cover."
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