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The Kop is a stand — a big bank of seats — at Anfield, the home ground of Liverpool Football Club in England. The people there are usually the loudest home fans. Papers and supporters say “the Kop” as if it were a place with a soul, not just concrete.
The Kop isthe Kop 是a stand一個看台a big bank of seats一大片座位區at Anfield在 Anfieldthe home ground of Liverpool Football Club in England英格蘭利物浦足球俱樂部的主場The people there那裡的人are usually the loudest home fans通常是最大聲的主場球迷Papers and supporters say媒體和球迷說"the Kop"「the Kop」as if it were a place with a soul講得好像它是一個有靈魂的地方not just concrete而不只是水泥而已
The name comes from Spion Kop, a hill in South Africa where a hard battle was fought; more than one British football stand was named after that hill because a packed crowd looks like a steep slope.
The name comes from這個名字來自Spion Kop, a hill in South AfricaSpion Kop，是南非的一座小山where a hard battle was fought那裡曾發生一場激烈的戰役more than one British football stand不只一個英國足球場的看台was named after that hill是以那座山命名的because是因為a packed crowd looks like a steep slope擠滿人的看台看起來就像一片陡坡
Other clubs have a Kop too, but if someone just says the Kop in a football chat, they usually mean Liverpool’s.
Other clubs have a Kop too其他球隊也有自己的 Kopbut if someone just says但如果有人只說the Kopthe Kopin a football chat在聊足球時they usually mean通常指的是Liverpool's利物浦的那個
Though actually, for many years it was a standing terrace, packed tight. Now there are seats, but the name and the noise stayed.
Though actually不過其實for many years有很多年it was a standing terrace它是一個站著看的階梯看台packed tight擠得很緊Now there are seats現在已經有座位了but the name and the noise stayed但名字和那股喧鬧聲留了下來
It is a fans’ proper name: capital K.
It is a fans' proper name這是球迷心中的專有名詞capital KK 要大寫
組成From Afrikaans kop “hill,” via Spion Kop, the battle hill. Dutch kop is related. The football stand is named after the shape of a crowd on a slope, not after a person called Kop.
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Kopnoun/kɒp/
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A terrace at a football ground, originally for standing spectators, though all-seater stadia have been mandatory for larger UK clubs since 1994.
kopnoun詞源 1
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A hill or mountain.
- […] a zigzag line of Lee-Enfield flashes, and a charge which took the kop at a cost of ten casualties. The victors held the key to the Ladysmith lock.
- Within three hours, we took the kop. The dead and wounded were everywhere. The Boers had taken the kop, collected their prisoners and had suffered very few casualties. However, they did not have the strength to hold the prisoners […]
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。