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顶部,顶盖,墙的顶部

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cope \Cope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Coped} (k[=o]pt); p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Coping}.] [OE. copen, coupen, to buy, bargain, prob. from
   D. koopen to buy, orig., to bargain. See {Cheap}.]
   1. To exchange or barter. [Obs.] --Spenser.

   2. To encounter; to meet; to have to do with.

            Horatio, thou art e'en as just a man As e'er my
            conversation coped withal.            --Shak.

   3. To enter into or maintain a hostile contest; to struggle;
      to combat; especially, to strive or contend on equal terms
      or with success; to match; to equal; -- usually followed
      by with.

            Host coped with host, dire was the din of war.
                                                  --Philips.

            Their generals have not been able to cope with the
            troops of Athens.                     --Addison.

Coping \Cop"ing\, n. [See {Cope}, n.] (Arch.)
   The highest or covering course of masonry in a wall, often
   with sloping edges to carry off water; -- sometimes called
   {capping}. --Gwill.

资料来源 : WordNet®

coping
     n : brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall [syn: {header},
          {cope}]