单词 | cup |
释义 | cup (kʌp ) Word forms: cups , cupping , cupped 1. countable noun A1 A cup is a small round container that you drink from. Cups usually have handles and are made from china or plastic. ...cups and saucers. A cup of something is the amount of something contained in a cup. Mix about four cups of white flour with a pinch of salt. [+ of] 2. countable noun Things, or parts of things, that are small, round, and hollow in shape can be referred to as cups. ...the brass cups of the small chandelier. [+ of] 3. countable noun B1 A cup is a large metal cup with two handles that is given to the winner of a game or competition. 4. countable noun Cup is used in the names of some sports competitions in which the prize is a cup. Sri Lanka's cricket team will play India in the final of the Asia Cup. ...after his fateful injury in the FA Cup final. 5. verb If you cup your hands, you make them into a curved shape like a cup. He cupped his hands around his mouth and called out for Diane. [VERB noun preposition] David knelt, cupped his hands and splashed river water on to his face. [VERB noun] She held it in her cupped hands for us to see. [VERB-ed] 6. verb If you cup something in your hands, you make your hands into a curved dish-like shape and support it or hold it gently. He cupped her chin in the palm of his hand. [VERB noun preposition] He cradled the baby in his arms, his hands cupping her tiny skull. [VERB noun] 7. be in one's cups phrase [usually verb-link PHRASE] If someone is in their cups, they are drunk. [informal, old-fashioned] He talked too freely when, as was too often the case, he was in his cups. 8. not your cup of tea phrase If you say that someone or something is not your cup of tea, you mean that they are not the kind of person or thing that you like. Politics was not his cup of tea. I know I'm not everyone's cup of tea. Image of cup © Soulart, Shutterstock Idioms: something is not your cup of tea said to mean that you are not very interested in something It's no secret that I've never been the greatest traveller. Sitting for hours on motorways is not my cup of tea. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers there is many a slip twixt cup and lip [literary] said to mean that a plan may easily go wrong before it is completed, and you can never be sure of what will happen Joe must be a hot favourite to win in Belfast, but there's many a slip twixt cup and lip. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: fill a cup Fill a cup with water and set aside. Times, Sunday Times Rehydrating after exercise used to be a case of queueing to fill a cup from a water fountain in a corner of your gym whenever you were thirsty. Times, Sunday Times Fill the cup with water. Times, Sunday Times Attentive waiters fill your cup with coffee or tea the second you sit down and clear your plates as soon as you've eaten your last mouthful. The Sun He would fill a cup with cereal and creep to his room. Times, Sunday Times Change into them the second you get home, with a good thick pair of socks and a hot cup of tea. Times, Sunday Times The prospect of a hot cup of tea anywhere with a radiator was just too tempting. Times, Sunday Times I'm off to grab a biscuit and a hot cup of tea. Times, Sunday Times There's always someone who misses the coaster and puts their hot cup of coffee or cold drink on your polished mahogany table, leaving an ugly heat ring or water mark. Times, Sunday Times I commend their dignity and their bravery, especially in this day and age where people whine for a lawyer if they burn their tongue on a hot cup of tea. The Sun Maureen O'Brien immediately snipped a bud off and put it into a plastic cup she'd found on the drainer. IN REAL LIFE She recalls her anger at being given a wooden peg that fitted into a plastic cup at the thigh. Times, Sunday Times (2010) It's a plastic cup holder with a suction pad. Times, Sunday Times (2017) His two-year-old granddaughter gambolled around him, trying to force a plastic cup into his hand for a tea party. Times, Sunday Times (2017) He tries to pour a cup, throws it everywhere, calls for the butler. Times, Sunday Times So sit back, pour a cup of coffee, and let us sit with you and warm your soul. Christianity Today I wake at 3am, stumble past the guys around the fire, and pour a cup of coffee. Times, Sunday Times Pour a cup of water and have a pastry brush ready. Times, Sunday Times Pour a cup of hot (not boiling) water into the mixture, stir and pour into a spray bottle. The Sun His first action on arriving had been to straighten the multicoloured chairs, then to sip a cup of herbal tea. Times, Sunday Times We want to boil a kettle on the floor, sit wrapped in our sleeping bags and sip a cup of tea, admiring the view of the ocean through our windows. Times, Sunday Times He'd sit in the dressing room until 2.30pm in a suit sipping a cup of tea. The Sun If you don't go much beyond sipping a cup of coffee in the main hall while admiring it, you've ticked a big box. Times, Sunday Times When you sit with them, sipping a cup of coffee, they describe their flocks as intransigent and selfish. Christianity Today Nobody spends big merely to win a cup, even the one with the big ears. Times, Sunday Times But even if there isn't any money we have to believe we can win a cup or maybe squeeze into fourth again. The Sun And then to win the cup game on penalties was a bit special. The Sun I thought they would go on to win the cup. The Sun Figuratively, it summed up the triumph, and their wonderful feat of becoming the first club to win the cup three times in succession. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 杯 Japanese: カップ |
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