English Dictionary

cope

IPA（発音記号）

/kəʊp/

動詞

方言 廃用 比喩的用法

(obsolete, dialect) To tie or sew up the mouth of a ferret used for hunting rabbits. / (obsolete, figuratively) To silence or prevent from speaking.

日本語の意味

（古語・方言）猟に用いるフェレットの口を縛る、または縫い閉じること。 / （古語・比喩的）発言を封じる、黙らせること。

Before each rabbit hunt, the gamekeeper would cope the ferret by sewing its mouth shut.

ウサギ狩りのたびに、番人はフェレットの口を縫い閉じていた。

意味（1）

(obsolete, dialect) To tie or sew up the mouth of a ferret used for hunting rabbits.

His nimble ferrets must now become pioners for their master who coupes them, lest they should grow too fat to endure labour.

意味（2）

(obsolete, figuratively) To silence or prevent from speaking.

Well sir? how triflingly soeuer you trauers the matter, these my Philosophicall proceedings (for any thing hitherto heard) might fullie suffice to put your fantasticall fooleries to a perpetuall non-sute: were you not like to the rauenous Ferret, which rendeth in peeces whatsoeuer poore Rabbet doth come in her reach. And therefore it shall not be amisse to cope vp your lips a little, by taking foorthwith so strict a course as you shall neuer be able to contradict with all your skill: which may in this sort be verie fitly effected.

copes （ present singular third-person ）

coping （ participle present ）

coped （ participle past ）

coped （ past ）