kop
/kɒp/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〉（旧时站着观看的）阶梯形足球场看台; （尤指利物浦足球俱乐部的）足球场的看台。
- ORIGIN: from Spioen Kop, site of a Boer War battle in which troops from Lancashire led the assault (Liverpool then being part of Lancashire).
2
- S. African informal the head〈南非, 非正式〉头：
he's got cuts in his kop.
他头上有伤口。
2.1
- S. African (especially in place names) a hill or peak〈南非〉（尤用于地名）山; 峰。
2.2
- mass noun intelligence智力：
this puzzle takes a bit of kop.
这个难题需要花费一点脑筋。
词源
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).