cup

noun

/kʌp/

Idioms

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[countable] a small container that is like a bowl in shape, usually with a handle, used for drinking tea, coffee, etc.杯子
- He filled the cup with water.他把杯子装满了水。
- a coffee cup咖啡杯
- a cup and saucer一套杯碟
- a plastic/paper cup塑料／纸杯
see also Dixie Cup™, loving cup, sippy cup
- Customers don't like drinking out of plastic cups.顾客不喜欢用塑料杯喝饮料。
- She raised her cup to her lips.她把杯子举到唇边。
- She was so thirsty that she drained her cup.她口渴得厉害，把那一杯全喝了下去。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- empty
- full
- half-empty
- …
verb + cup
- fill
- refill
- drain
- …
cup + verb
- contain something
cup + noun
- holder
phrases
- a cup and saucer
[countable] the contents of a cup一杯（的量）
- She drank the whole cup.她把那一杯全喝下去了。
- cup of something Would you like a cup of tea?你想喝杯茶吗？
- Enrique stirred his fourth cup of coffee of the day.恩里克在搅动他这一天中的第四杯咖啡。
- I drink about ten cups of coffee a day.我每天大约喝 10 杯咖啡。
- I like a good strong cup of tea first thing in the morning.我喜欢早晨起来先喝一杯浓茶。
- I'm making tea. Can I pour you a cup?我在沏茶。给你倒一杯好吗？
- My coffee was cold, so I ordered a fresh cup.我的咖啡凉了，所以要了一杯新的。
- You sit down and I'll make you a nice cup of tea.坐下，我给你沏杯香茶。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- strong
- fresh
- hot
- …
verb + cup
- offer somebody
- make (somebody)
- pour (somebody)
- …
preposition
- cup of
phrases
- a nice cup of tea
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[countable] a gold or silver cup on a stem, often with two handles, that is given as a prize in a competition奖杯；优胜杯
- She's won several cups for skating.她已多次荣获滑冰比赛的奖杯。
- He lifted the cup (= won) for the fifth time this year.他今年第五次举起了奖杯。
- The cup will be presented to the winning team by the president himself.总统将亲自把奖杯颁给获胜队。
- Who won the cup?谁赢得了奖杯？
Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsa2
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- challenge
- knockout
- American
- …
verb + cup
- win
- lose
- present (somebody with)
- …
cup + noun
- competition
- clash
- match
- …
phrases
- the first, etc. round of the cup
[singular]
(usually Cup)
a sports competition in which a cup is given as a prize杯赛
- the World Cup世界杯赛
- The team finished runners-up in the league and cup. 该队在联赛和杯赛中获得亚军。
- They lost to Portugal in the World Cup quarter finals.在世界杯四分之一决赛中，他们输给了葡萄牙。
- Will Liverpool secure a place in next year's UEFA Cup?利物浦会在明年的联盟杯中获得一席之地吗？
- They were the surprise winners of last year's America's Cup.他们是去年美洲杯的意外赢家。
- Sunderland beat Port Vale at the beginning of their cup run (= a series of winning games in a competition to win a cup).桑德兰在杯赛开始时击败了港口谷队。
- the Ryder Cup competition莱德杯高尔夫球对抗赛
- They were the first Turkish team to win a major cup competition.他们是在重大杯赛中获胜的第一支土耳其球队。
- The team are ready for next week's World Cup clash with Italy.该队已经做好了下周在世界杯赛中与意大利队交锋的准备。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- challenge
- knockout
- American
- …
verb + cup
- win
- lose
- present (somebody with)
- …
cup + noun
- competition
- clash
- match
- …
phrases
- the first, etc. round of the cup
[countable] a unit for measuring quantity used in cooking mainly in the US; a metal or plastic container used to measure this quantity杯（美国用作烹饪的计量单位）；量杯（金属或塑料量器）
- two cups of flour and half a cup of butter两杯面粉加上半杯黄油
see also measuring cup
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- empty
- full
- half-empty
- …
verb + cup
- fill
- refill
- drain
- …
cup + verb
- contain something
cup + noun
- holder
phrases
- a cup and saucer
[countable] a thing that has the shape of a cup杯状物
- an egg cup蛋杯
[countable] one of the two parts of a bra that cover the breasts（胸罩的）罩杯
- a C cup罩杯尺寸为 C 的胸罩
[countable, uncountable] a drink made from wine mixed with, for example, fruit juice（由葡萄酒与果汁等调制的）混合饮料 see also fruit cup
[countable] (in golf 高尔夫球) the hole on the green, or the metal container inside it, that you must get the ball into球洞
[countable] (North American English) a piece of plastic that a man wears over his sex organs to protect them while he is playing a sport（体育运动时保护男子生殖器的）护裆；裆部护具 compare box (10)

词源Old English: from popular Latin cuppa, probably from Latin cupa ‘tub’.

Idioms

in your cups

(old-fashioned) having drunk too much alcohol喝醉
- He gets very maudlin when he's in his cups.他酒醉就顾影自怜。

not somebody’s cup of tea

(informal) not what somebody likes or is interested in非某人所好；不合某人心意
- An evening at the opera isn't everyone's cup of tea.并不是所有人都喜欢晚上去听歌剧。
- He's nice enough but not really my cup of tea.他这人挺不错，但不是我特喜欢的那种人。

there’s many a slip ’twixt cup and lip

(saying) nothing is completely certain until it really happens because things can easily go wrong到嘴的鸭子也会飞走（指没有十拿九稳的事）Topics Doubt, guessing and certaintyc2