| 单词 | cup |
| 释义 | cup n. & v. --n 1. a small bowl-shaped container, usu. with a handle for drinking from. 2. a its contents (a cup of tea). b = CUPFUL. 3. a cup-shaped thing, esp. the calyx of a flower or the socket of a bone. 4. flavoured wine, cider, etc., usu. chilled. 5. an ornamental cup-shaped trophy as a prize for victory or prowess, esp. in a sports contest. 6. one's fate or fortune (a bitter cup). 7. either of the two cup-shaped parts of a brassi{egrave}re. 8. the chalice used or the wine taken at the Eucharist. 9. Golf the hole on a putting-green or the metal container in it. --vtr. (cupped, cupping) 1. form (esp. one's hands) into the shape of a cup. 2. take or hold as in a cup. 3. hist. bleed (a person) by using a glass in which a partial vacuum is formed by heating. Phrases and idioms cup-cake a small cake baked in a cup-shaped foil or paper container and often iced. Cup Final a final match in a competition for a cup. cup lichen a lichen, Cladonia pyxidata, with cup-shaped processes arising from the thallus. one's cup of tea colloq. what interests or suits one. cup-tie a match in a competition for a cup. in one's cups while drunk; drunk. Etymology: OE cuppe f. med.L cuppa cup, prob. differentiated from L cupa tub |
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