单词 | go-cup |
释义 | > as lemmasgo-cup go-cup n. originally and chiefly North American (a) a disposable plastic or paper cup of the type provided by a cafe or restaurant for a takeaway drink; (originally spec., esp. in the southern United States) such a cup used to take an alcoholic drink away from the premises of a bar or restaurant; cf. to go at Phrases 3i; (b) a reusable cup of a type suitable for transporting a drink. ΚΠ 1980 Alton (Illinois) Tel. 1 Feb. b3/2 The liquor commissioner said the lounge owners must cease and desist from providing go cups for alcoholic beverages. 1989 J. Kaplan Pearl's Progress x. 135 ‘How about coffee?’ Go-cups in hand, they sat in wrought-iron chairs. 1994 C. Meyer Fast, Funny & 40 110 Get up Saturday morning, put coffee in a go-cup and drive across town. 1997 N.Y. Times 7 Sept. 18/2 Despite the Starbucks coffee he gulps from a ‘go cup’,..he hurries through life always two steps behind himself. 2002 H. Smith Queen Bee of Mimosa Branch vii. 109 I got a go-cup from the cabinet, popped a plastic tray of ice into it, then filled it with artificially sweetened tea. 2006 Time Out N.Y. 20 July 20/1 In some parts of our country—most famously, New Orleans, home of the go-cup—you can take your drink with you when you leave a bar. < as lemmas |
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