cup
Từ điển Collocation
cup noun
1 container
ADJ. empty | full | half-empty, half-full | broken, chipped, cracked | china, paper, plastic | coffee, tea
QUANT. set
VERB + CUP fill, refill | drain, empty She was so thirsty that she drained her cup. | lift, pick up, raise She raised her cup to her lips. | place, put down, replace, set down | drink from/out of Customers didn't like drinking out of plastic cups.
CUP + VERB contain sth
PHRASES a cup and saucer
2 drink
ADJ. strong I like a good strong cup of tea first thing in the morning. | fresh My coffee was cold, so I ordered a fresh cup.
VERB + CUP offer sb | make (sb) | pour (sb) I'm making tea. Can I pour you a cup? | help yourself to | stir Enrique stirred his fourth cup of coffee of the day. | drink, sip I drink about ten cups of coffee a day.
PREP. ~ of
PHRASES a nice cup of tea You sit down and I'll make you a nice cup of tea.
3 in sport
ADJ. challenge | knockout | European, World, etc.
VERB + CUP win Who won the cup? | lose | present (sb with) The cup will be presented to the winning team by the president himself. | lift He lifted the cup for the sixth time this year (= it was the sixth time he had won).
CUP + NOUN competition They were the first Turkish team to win a major cup competition. | clash, match The team are ready for next week's World Cup clash with Italy. | final, quarter-final, semi-finals | win, winner
PHRASES the first, etc. round of the cup
Từ điển WordNet
n.
- a United States liquid unit equal to 8 fluid ounces
- the quantity a cup will hold; cupful
he drank a cup of coffee
he borrowed a cup of sugar
- a small open container usually used for drinking; usually has a handle
he put the cup back in the saucer
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; loving cup
the school kept the cups is a special glass case
- any cup-shaped concavity
bees filled the waxen cups with honey
he wore a jock strap with a metal cup
the cup of her bra
- the hole (or metal container in the hole) on a golf green
he swore as the ball rimmed the cup and rolled away
put the flag back in the cup
- a punch served in a pitcher instead of a punch bowl
- cup-shaped plant organ
v.
- form into the shape of a cup
She cupped her hands
- put into a cup
cup the milk
- treat by applying evacuated cups to the patient's skin; transfuse
Bloomberg Financial Glossary
The ISO 4217 currency code for Cuban Peso.
Investopedia Financial Terms
CUP
In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Cuban Peso.
Investopedia Says:
The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion.
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English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
cups|cupped|cupping
syn.: cupful loving cup transfuse