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n.  杯子; 一杯(的量); 杯(美国用作烹饪的计量单位); 量杯(金属或塑料量器)
v.  使(手)窝成杯状; 使(双手)成圆状托起

复数：cups　现在分词：cupping　第三人称单数：cups　过去式：cupped　过去分词：cupped　

中考高考IELTSCET4考研

Oxford 3000 / Collins.5 / BNC.749 / COCA.780

习惯用语

n.

in your cups
• 喝醉
  having drunk too much alcohol
• He gets very maudlin when he's in his cups.
  他酒醉就顾影自怜。
not sb's cup of tea
• 非某人所好；不合某人心意
  not what sb likes or is interested in
• An evening at the opera isn't everyone's cup of tea.
  并不是所有人都喜欢晚上去听歌剧。
• He's nice enough but not really my cup of tea.
  他这人挺不错，但不是我特喜欢的那种人。
there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip
• 到嘴的鸭子也会飞走（指没有十拿九稳的事）
  nothing is completely certain until it really happens because things can easily go wrong

牛津词典

noun

• 杯子
  a small container shaped like a bowl, usually with a handle, used for drinking tea, coffee, etc.
  1. a teacup
     茶杯
  2. a coffee cup
     咖啡杯
  3. a cup and saucer
     一套杯碟
  4. a paper cup
     纸杯
• 一杯（的量）
  the contents of a cup
  1. She drank the whole cup.
     她把那一杯全喝下去了。
  2. Would you like a cup of tea?
     你想喝杯茶吗？
• 杯（美国用作烹饪的计量单位）；量杯（金属或塑料量器）
  a unit for measuring quantity used in cooking in the US; a metal or plastic container used to measure this quantity
  1. two cups of flour and half a cup of butter
     两杯面粉加上半杯黄油
• 杯状物
  a thing shaped like a cup
  1. an egg cup
     蛋杯
• 奖杯；优胜杯
  a gold or silver cup on a stem , often with two handles, that is given as a prize in a competition
  1. She's won several cups for skating.
     她已多次荣获滑冰比赛的奖杯。
  2. He lifted the cup for the fifth time this year (= it was the fifth time he had won) .
     他今年第五次举起了获胜奖杯。
• 优胜杯赛
  a sports competition in which a cup is given as a prize
  1. the World Cup
     世界杯赛
• （胸罩的）罩杯
  one of the two parts of a bra that cover the breast
  1. a C cup
     罩杯尺寸为C的胸罩
• （由葡萄酒与果汁等调制的）混合饮料
  a drink made from wine mixed with, for example, fruit juice
• 球洞
  a hollow in the ground that you must get the ball into
• （体育运动时保护男子生殖器的）护杯；下身保护罩
  a piece of plastic that a man wears over his sex organs to protect them while he is playing a sport

verb

• 使（手）窝成杯状
  to make your hands into the shape of a bowl
  1. She held the bird gently in cupped hands.
     她双手轻轻地捧着那只小鸟。
• 使（双手）成圆状托起
  to hold sth, making your hands into a round shape
  1. He cupped her face in his hands and kissed her.
     他用双手捧着她的脸吻她。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 杯子
  Acupis a small round container that you drink from. Cups usually have handles and are made from china or plastic.
  1. ...cups and saucers.
     杯碟
  2. Acup ofsomething is the amount of something contained in a cup.
     一杯(的量)
  3. Mix about four cups of white flour with a pinch of salt.
     将约4杯白面粉与一撮盐混合。
• N-COUNT 杯状物
  Things, or parts of things, that are small, round, and hollow in shape can be referred to ascups.
  1. ...the brass cups of the small chandelier.
     枝形小吊灯的黄铜灯托儿
• 奖杯;优胜杯
  Acupis a large metal cup with two handles that is given to the winner of a game or competition.
• N-COUNT …杯(用于设奖杯的体育比赛名称中)
  Cupis used in the names of some sports competitions in which the prize is a cup.
  1. Sri Lanka's cricket team will play India in the final of the Asia Cup.
     斯里兰卡板球队将在亚洲杯的决赛中对阵印度队。
  2. ...after his fateful injury in the 1991 FA Cup final.
     他在1991年足总杯决赛中受重伤之后
• VERB 使(手)窝成杯状
  If youcupyourhands, you make them into a curved shape like a cup.
  1. He cupped his hands around his mouth and called out for Diane...
     他双手拢在嘴边，大声呼喊黛安娜。
  2. David knelt, cupped his hands and splashed river water on to his face...
     戴维跪下身，用手捧起河水往脸上撩。
  3. She held it in her cupped hands for us to see.
     她双手捧着它给我们看。
• VERB 手成盘状托起(或拿着)
  If youcupsomething in your hands, you make your hands into a curved dish-like shape and support it or hold it gently.
  1. He cupped her chin in the palm of his hand...
     他用手心托着她的下巴。
  2. He cradled the baby in his arms, his hands cupping her tiny skull.
     他轻轻地抱着婴儿，双手托着她的小脑袋。
• PHRASE 喝醉了;在喝醉时
  If someone isintheircups, they are drunk.
  1. He talked too freely when, as was too often the case, he was in his cups.
     他经常喝醉，而且一喝醉就口无遮拦。
• notyourcup of tea→ see:tea

英英释义

noun

• a small open container usually used for drinking
  1. he put the cup back in the saucer
  2. the handle of the cup was missing
• a large metal vessel with two handles that is awarded as a trophy to the winner of a competition
  1. the school kept the cups is a special glass case
  Synonym:loving cup
• the hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green
  1. he swore as the ball rimmed the cup and rolled away
  2. put the flag back in the cup
• a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl
• cup-shaped plant organ
• a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces
• the quantity a cup will hold
  1. he drank a cup of coffee
  2. he borrowed a cup of sugar
  Synonym:cupful
• any cup-shaped concavity
  1. bees filled the waxen cups with honey
  2. he wore a jock strap with a metal cup
  3. the cup of her bra

verb

• treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin
  Synonym:transfuse
• put into a cup
  1. cup the milk
• form into the shape of a cup
  1. She cupped her hands

双语例句

• Sri Lanka's cricket team will play India in the final of the Asia Cup.
  斯里兰卡板球队将在亚洲杯的决赛中对阵印度队。
• I drank a cup of tea that tasted of diesel
  我喝了杯有股柴油味的茶。
• In a warm-up game for the World Cup, Uruguay have beaten England.
  在世界杯热身赛中，乌拉圭队打败了英格兰队。
• Poland know they have a chance of qualifying for the World Cup Finals.
  波兰队知道他们有机会获得参加世界杯决赛的资格。
• The win completed a treble for them – they already claimed a league and cup double this year.
  此役获胜成就了他们的三冠王——此前他们已经拿下了今年的联赛和杯赛双料冠军。
• Mix the sugar and the water in a cup.
  把糖和水倒在杯子里搅拌一下。
• The cup is smashed [ broken].
  杯子砸了。
• I watched every game of the World Cup and Craig was the pick of the bunch.
  我观看了世界杯的每场比赛，克雷格是表现最出色的。
• He had been to see a Semi-Final of the FA Cup
  他看过一场足总杯半决赛。
• He talked too freely when, as was too often the case, he was in his cups.
  他经常喝醉，而且一喝醉就口无遮拦。