cup

noun · verbA1

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noun
Plural noun:
cups
  1. 1.

    A concave vessel for drinking, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle.

    Pour the tea into the cup.

  2. 2.

    The contents of said vessel.

    I drank two cups of water but still felt thirsty.

    Đồng nghĩa: cupful

  3. 3.

    A customary unit of measure

  4. 4.

    A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup.

    The World Cup is awarded to the winner of a quadrennial football tournament.

  5. 5.

    A contest for which a cup is awarded.

    The World Cup is the world's most widely watched sporting event.

  6. 6.

    (soccer) The main knockout tournament in a country, organised alongside the league.

  7. 7.

    (golf) A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole.

    The ball just misses the cup.

  8. 8.

    A container in which dice are held and shaken before being thrown.

  9. 9.

    (in compounds)(in combination) Any of various sweetened alcoholic drinks.

    cider cup

    gin cup

    claret cup

  10. 10.

    (Canada, US)A rigid concave protective covering for the male genitalia.

    Players of contact sports are advised to wear a cup.

    Đồng nghĩa: box

  11. 11.

    One of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast.

    The cups are made of a particularly uncomfortable material.

  12. 12.

    (mathematics) The symbol ∪ denoting union and similar operations.

Động từ

verb
V_es/s
cups
V_ing/Gerund
cupping
V_ed/pp
cupped
  1. 1.

    (transitive)To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands.

    Cup your hands and I'll pour some rice into them.

  2. 2.

    (transitive)To hold something in cupped hands.

    He cupped the ball carefully in his hands.

  3. 3.

    (transitive)To pour (a liquid, drink, etc.) into a cup.

    We are cupping some new brands of coffee today.

  4. 4.

    (obsolete, transitive)To supply with cups of wine.

  5. 5.

    (archaic, transitive)(transitive, surgery, archaic) To apply a cup or cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping.

  6. 6.

    (transitive)(transitive, engineering) To make concave or in the form of a cup.

    to cup the end of a screw

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Đồng nghĩa

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Nguồn gốc từ

Middle English cuppe, coppe, from the merger of Old English cuppe (cup) and Old English copp (cup, vessel).

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