cup 1 S1 W1 / kʌp / 名词

1 for drinking [可数名词] a small round container, usually with a handle, that you use to drink tea, coffee etc → saucer :

Mathew picked up the cup and sipped his coffee.

She put her cup and saucer down on the table.

tea/coffee cup

Helen took the coffee cups into the kitchen.

paper/plastic/china etc cup

They drank cheap wine from plastic cups.

2 drink [可数名词] the liquid contained inside a cup

cup of

Let’s go and have a cup of coffee.

Will you stay for a cup of tea?

Would you like another cup?

3 amount of liquid/food [可数名词]

a) a unit used in the US for measuring food or liquid in cooking, equal to eight fluid ounce s or 237 millilitre s :

Mix the butter with one cup of powdered sugar until light and fluffy.

b) ( also cupful / kʌpfʊl / ) the amount of liquid or food that a cup can hold :

Breakfast consisted of half a cup of milk and a dry biscuit.

4 sport competition

a) [可数名词] a specially shaped silver container, often with two handles, that is given as a prize in a competition, especially a sports competition :

The president of the club came to present the cup to the winners.

b) [单数形式] a sports competition in which a cup is given as a prize :

They’ve won the European Cup twice.

Germany’s World Cup team

5 round thing [可数名词] something round and hollow that is shaped like a cup :

The flowers’ white petals contrast handsomely with their lemon-yellow cups.

acorn cups

cup of

She held it in the cup of her hand.

6 golf [可数名词] American English a hole in the ground that you have to try to hit the ball into in the game of golf

7 clothing [可数名词]

a) the part of a bra that covers a woman’s breast

b) American English a jockstrap

8 alcohol [可数和不可数名词] British English a mixed alcoholic drink :

He’s gone to get me some fruit cup .

9 not be your cup of tea spoken to not be the type of thing that you like :

Jazz just isn’t my cup of tea – I prefer classical music.

10 in your cups British English old-fashioned drunk, or when drunk :

By the time Anthony arrived, Richard was already deep in his cups .

→ eggcup

COLLOCATIONS

ADJECTIVES/NOUN + cup

full The cup was full of hot tea.

empty A girl was clearing away the empty cups.

a paper/plastic/china cup (= one made of paper etc ) All they had to drink was warm beer in plastic cups.

a coffee cup He picked up the coffee cups and took them into the kitchen.

a tea cup ( also teacup ) Mum put a tea cup and saucer on the table.

动词

fill a cup Angie filled the cup and handed it to him.

drain/empty a cup (= drink all the coffee, tea etc in it ) He lifted his cup of coffee and drained it.

短语

a cup and saucer Do you prefer a mug or a cup and saucer?

a set of cups a set of beautiful blue coffee cups