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Monday, September 12, 2011

DAILY UPDATED VOCABULARY WITH PICTURES. CUP.



  • cup
  • 1

    for drinking

     [countable] 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

     [countable] 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

     [countable]
  • a) a unit used in the US for measuring food or liquid in cooking, equal to eightfluid ounces or 237 millilitres:
  • Mix the butter with 1 cup of powdered sugar until light and fluffy.
  • b) also cupful 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) [countable] 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) [singular] 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

     [countable] 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

     [countable] American English a hole in the ground that you have to try to hit the ball into in the game of golf
  • 7

    clothing

     [countable]
  • a) the part of a bra that covers a woman's breast
  • b) American English a jockstrap
  • 8

    alcohol

     [uncountable and countable] 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
  • Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 
  • Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

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