| 释义 |
cup /kʌp/ n. | vt. | vi. | phr.
I n.
1. 杯子
a cup and saucer 一副杯碟
2. (一)杯；一杯的容量(合半品脱)
I'd like a cup of tea. 我想喝一杯茶。
Add two cups of sifted flour to one cup of sugar and mix. 把两杯筛过的面粉加一杯糖后拌和。
3. 一杯饮料；杯盛的食物；〈口〉一杯咖啡
You can get a good cup at Susan's Café. 你能在苏珊咖啡馆喝到一杯上好咖啡。
a fruit cup 水果杯
4. 杯状物；萼
put one's chin in the cups of one's hands 用双手的手掌心托住下巴
the cup of a flower 花萼
5. 优胜杯，奖杯
a prize cup 奖杯
win a gold cup 获得金质奖杯
6. [C-] 优胜杯赛；锦标赛
7. [cups] (塔罗纸牌戏中)同花色组牌的一张
8. (以一种饮料为主的)混合饮料
a claret cup 红葡萄酒混合饮料
9. [cups] 饮酒
love one's cups 嗜杯中物
talk over one's cups 边饮酒边谈话
10. 【宗】圣餐杯；圣餐酒
11. 遭遇，遭际
When her child died her cup of sorrow seemed complete. 她孩子死了，这时她一生可以说是辛酸备尝了。
12. 【医】火罐；吸杯
13. 【高尔夫】球洞；金属洞壁
The golfer pushed the ball into the cup. 高尔夫球手把球击进洞。
14. [C-] 【天】巨爵(星)座
15. 罩杯(指乳罩中容纳乳房的杯状部分)
16. [cups] 〈美俚〉睡眠
II (cupped; cup·ping)
❶ vt.
1. 使(手等)窝成杯状
You must cup your hands while playing the piano. 弹钢琴时你必须拱着手掌。
He cupped a hand behind one ear to hear better. 他窝起一只手掌挡在耳后以便听得更清楚些。
cup one's fingers around one's eyes 把手指屈拢成杯状围着双眼
2. 用杯盛，用杯舀；把…放入杯(或杯状物)内
cup water from a vat 用杯子从水缸舀水
He cupped his chin in his hand. 他窝起手掌托住下巴。
3. 【医】为…拔火罐；为…施行吸杯治疗
❷ vi.
1. 窝成杯状
2. 拔火罐；施行吸杯治疗
[< OE cuppe < LL cuppa cup < L cūpa cask,tub] phr. a cup of coffee 〈口〉一杯咖啡工夫，短短一会儿； (职业球员等的)短期租约 between cup and lip (事情)在将成未成之际 cup of tea 〈口〉1. 喜爱的东西；投合脾性的事情；合意的人 Travelling is just his cup of tea. 旅行正是他所喜爱的。He's not her cup of tea. 他不合她的心意。2. (特定的)东西；事情； [用在修饰性形容词之后] 有某种特点的人 That's another cup of tea. 那是另一回事了。He's a very unpleasant cup of tea. 他是一个很讨厌的家伙。dash the cup from sb.'s lips 〈书〉使某人不能获得 (或享有)想要的东西；使某人的希望 (或意图)不能实现 His enemies tried to dash the cup of victory from his lips. 他的敌人试图使他不能获胜。drain the cup of 〈书〉备尝 drink the cup of sorrow (或 bitterness) 〈喻〉饮一杯苦酒，忍受重荷；承担不幸 in one's cups 〈口〉正在饮酒的；醉倒的 |