cops

/kɒp/ (bre, ipa) · [kˈɑps] /kɑːp/ (ame, ipa) · [kˈɑps] /ˈkäp How to pronounce cop (audio)/ (ame, mw)

cops — noun

1. police officers, especially in informal everyday speech.

1.名詞C1
釋義

police officers, especially in informal everyday speech.

例句

After the alarm rang, the cops searched the dark office floor.

search after an alarm at work

Two traffic cops waved Meera's bus through the flooded tunnel exit.

traffic cops directing vehicles

同義詞
  • police officers

    neutral full expression in ordinary speech and writing

  • the police

    refers to the force or officers as a group

  • officers

    works only when the police context is already clear

文法句型

the cops

call the cops

traffic cops

用法筆記

Usually refers to police officers as a group in everyday talk. In formal writing or official speech, police officers is safer than cops.

常見錯誤

❌One cops stopped my brother outside the bank.
✅One cop stopped my brother outside the bank.
💡Use the singular form cop after one.