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单词 tass
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tass

[ tas ]
/ tæs /

noun Chiefly Scot.

a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.
the contents of a cup or goblet; a small draught, as of liquor.
Also tassie.

Origin of tass

1475–85; earlier tasse<Middle French <Arabic ṭass, ṭassah basin <Persian tasht;see tazza

Words nearby tass

Tasmania, Tasmanian, Tasmanian devil, Tasmanian wolf, Tasman Sea, tass, tassel, tassel flower, tasset, tassie, Tasso

Definition for tass (2 of 2)

Tass

or TASS

[ tas, tahs ]
/ tæs, tɑs /

noun

a news-gathering agency of the former Soviet Union: merged with an alternative news service to form Itar-Tass (Russian Information Telegraph Agency).

Origin of Tass

<Russian, acronym from T(elegráfnoe) a(génstvo) S(ovétskogo) S(oyúza) Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union
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Example sentences from the Web for tass

  • Taslet, tas′let, n. a tass or piece of armour for the thigh—prob.

    Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various
  • All of our information comes from Tass, and you can imagine how inadequate that is.

    Combat|Dallas McCord Reynolds

British Dictionary definitions for tass (1 of 2)

tass

tassie (ˈtæsɪ)

/ (tæs) /

noun Scot and Northern English dialect

a cup, goblet, or glass
the contents of such a vessel

Word Origin for tass

C15: from Old French tasse cup, from Arabic tassah basin, from Persian tast

British Dictionary definitions for tass (2 of 2)

Tass
/ (tæs) /

noun

(formerly) the principal news agency of the Soviet Union: replaced in 1992 by Itar Tass

Word Origin for Tass

T (elegrafnoye) A (genstvo) S (ovetskovo) S (oyuza) Telegraphic Agency of the Soviet Union
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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