mass noun
1
- a hot drink made by infusing the dried, crushed leaves of the tea plant in boiling water, and usually adding a small amount of milk（常加少量奶的）热茶。
1.1
- the dried leaves used to make such a drink茶叶。
1.2
- usu. with modifier a similar drink made from the infused leaves, fruits, or flowers of other plants…（花, 果）茶：
herbal tea
药草茶
count noun fruit teas.果茶。
1.3
- W. Indian any hot drink, for example, coffee or cocoa〈西印度〉（咖啡、可可等）热饮。
2
- （亦作tea plant）the evergreen shrub or small tree which produces these leaves, native to South and East Asia and grown as a major cash crop茶树。
2.1
- Camellia sinensis, family Theaceae.拉丁名Camellia sinensis,山茶科。
3
- chiefly Brit. a light afternoon meal consisting typically of tea to drink, sandwiches, and cakes〈主英〉（带有茶点的）下午茶。
3.1
- Brit. a cooked evening meal〈英〉傍晚茶。参见HIGH TEA.
3.2
- W. Indian breakfast, typically consisting of a hot drink and bread〈西印度〉（尤指带有热饮、面包的）早点。
(teaed 或 tea'd)no obj., with adverbial
1- archaic drink tea or take afternoon tea〈古〉喝茶; 吃下午茶：
I teaed with Professor Herron.
我与赫伦教授一道喝茶。
1.1
- with obj. give tea to (someone)供茶给…：
I breakfast, tea, and sup my lodgers.
我为房客提供早餐、午茶和晚餐。
短语
not for all the tea in China
- informal there is nothing at all that could induce one to do something〈非正式〉无论如何都不。
tea and sympathy
- informal kind and attentive behaviour towards someone who is upset or in trouble〈非正式〉安慰与同情。
词源
mid 17th cent.: probably via Malay from Chinese (Min dialect) te; related to Mandarin chá. Compare with CHAR3.