tea S1 W2 / ti / 名词

1 drink/leaves

a) [可数和不可数名词] a hot brown drink made by pouring boiling water onto the dried leaves from a particular Asian bush, or a cup of this drink :

Would you like a cup of tea or coffee?

Do you take milk and sugar in your tea?

I’d like two teas and a piece of chocolate cake, please.

b) [不可数名词] dried, finely cut leaves that are used to make tea

c) [不可数名词] bushes whose leaves are used to make tea :

tea plantations

2 mint/camomile etc tea a hot drink made by pouring boiling water onto leaves or flowers, sometimes used as a medicine

3 meal [可数和不可数名词] British English

a) a small meal of cake or biscuit s eaten in the afternoon with a cup of tea :

We serve lunch and afternoon tea .

We stopped for a cream tea on the way home (= tea and cream cakes ) .

b) used in some parts of Britain to mean a large meal that is eaten early in the evening → high tea

4 tea and sympathy British English kindness and attention that you give someone when they are upset

→ not be your cup of tea at cup 1

COLLOCATIONS

短语

a cup/mug of tea Would you like a cup of tea?

a pot of tea Shall I make a pot of tea?

形容词

hot The tea was too hot to drink.

sweet I poured Helen a mug of sweet tea and waited for her to answer.

strong You’ve made the tea too strong.

weak You have your tea weak, don’t you Chris?

black (= without milk ) I ordered black tea and toast.

white (= with milk ) Two white teas and a coffee, please.

milky (= with a lot of milk ) I don’t like my tea so milky.

动词

drink tea Susan sank into her chair and drank her tea.

pour tea She poured the tea and handed a cup to Cara.

THESAURUS

types of meal

breakfast a meal that you eat in the morning

brunch a meal that you eat in the late morning, instead of breakfast or lunch

lunch a meal that you eat in the middle of the day

tea British English a meal that you eat in the afternoon or evening

dinner the main meal of the day, which most people eat in the evening

supper a small meal that you eat in the evening, in British English; the main meal that you eat in the evening, in American English

picnic a meal that you eat outdoors, consisting of food that you cooked or prepared earlier

barbecue a meal that you cook outdoors over hot coals or wood and eat outdoors

snack a small amount of food that is eaten between main meals or instead of a meal

side dish food eaten with the main course, such as vegetables : I’ll have the salad as a side dish.

course one of the separate parts of a meal, such as the starter or the dessert : a three-course meal