cowp

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A filthy and disgusting place. Northern-Ireland,Scotland,slang
    — Ladies, please bring a supply of bog roll - Studio One is within the five star (!) Hilton hotel, but the bar itself is a cowp and you never know what to expect in the lavvies...
  2. A reversal of fortune; an unexpected misfortune. dialectal
    — However, here's our young friend here never heard it, and it will be a treat to her, especially if what they say of young ladies in general be true, that the mischances and misadventures and cowps of us old bachelors are just marrow to their bones.
动词 v.
  1. To fall or tip over.
    — He first manoeuvres them awhile, and then gets in a rage, Because he canna gar them fire nor han' to han' engage ; He grasps the warlike captain's ship, an' driving 't owre the tide, He scatters a' the foemen's ships an' cowps them on their side.

词形变化

cowps plural cowps present,singular,third-person cowping participle,present cowped participle,past cowped past
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