beak·er
noun/ˈbiːkə(r)/
/ˈbiːkər/
- (British English) a cup, usually made of plastic and often without a handle, used for drinking from
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(常指无柄的)塑料杯 - She drank from a plastic beaker.
她用一只大塑料杯喝水。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- glass
- plastic
- fill
- refill
- drain
- …
- contain something
- She drank from a plastic beaker.
- (British English) the amount contained in a beaker
一杯(的量) - a beaker of coffee
一杯咖啡
- a beaker of coffee
- a glass cup with straight sides and a lip, used in chemistry, for example for measuring liquids
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烧杯 - a glass beaker containing copper sulphate solution
盛有硫酸铜溶液的玻璃烧杯
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- glass
- plastic
- fill
- refill
- drain
- …
- contain something
- a glass beaker containing copper sulphate solution
Word OriginMiddle English (‘large drinking container’): from Old Norse bikarr, perhaps based on Greek bikos ‘drinking bowl’.