count coupWiktionary 原文英/ˌkaʊnt ˈkuː/美/ˌkaʊnt ˈku/词源链古希腊语Ancient Greek约前 1500–前 300 年κόλᾰφος‘a buffet, a blow’↓ 派生法语Frenchcoup‘blow, hit, strike’↓ 派生英语Englishcount coup词源说明count + coup (“quick, brilliant, and highly successful act”) (from French coup (“blow, hit, strike”), ultimately from Ancient Greek κόλᾰφος (kólăphos, “a buffet, a blow”)).释义动词verb1intransitive, US, historicalTo win prestige in battle by performing an act of bravery in the face of the enemy (such as touching him and escaping unharmed), a ritual of the Plains Indians of North America.