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  • noun
    plural cups
    [count] a small round container that often has a handle and that is used for drinking liquids (such as tea and coffee)
    a coffee cup
    a paper/plastic cup
    the liquid that is contained in a cup
    How many cups (of water/coffee/tea) did you drink?
    Would you like another cup of tea?
    US :a unit of measurement that is used when you are cooking
    A cup is used to measure both dry and liquid ingredients. It is equal to half a pint or 237 milliliters.
    two cups of flour
    four cups of milk - see also measuring cup
    a large gold or silver cup that is given as a prize for winning a competition or game
    The winner will take home the cup. - used in the names of some sports competitions in which a cup is the prize
    His goal is to win the America's Cup.
    Our team won the Stanley Cup.
    something that is shaped like a cup
    a custard cup - see also eggcup, suction cup
    chiefly US :a food that is served in a cup or small bowl
    a fruit cup [=a mixture of chopped fruits that is served usually as a dessert]
    US :a hard piece of plastic that men and boys wear to protect and support their sexual organs while playing a sport
    a protective cup - called also (Brit) box
    either one of the parts of a bra that cover the breasts - used especially to describe the size of a bra
    a bra with C cups
    She wears a B cup.
    US golf :the metal or plastic case that is placed in the hole on a putting green also; :the hole itself
    The shot landed within inches of the cup.
    in the cup of your hand
    If you hold something in the cup of your hand, you hold it in your palm with your hand curved like a cup.
    He held the seeds in the cup of his hand. [=he cupped the seeds in his hand]
    not your cup of tea
    If something is not your cup of tea, you do not like it very much or you are not very good at it.
    I'm afraid that skiing just isn't my cup of tea.
    She admits that stamp collecting isn't everyone's cup of tea.
    verb
    cups; cupped; cupping
    [+ obj] to curve (your hand) into the shape of a cup
    He cupped his hands around his mouth and shouted at us.
    I had to cup my hand to my ear in order to hear him.
    to put your hand in a curved shape around (something)
    He cupped his mouth with his hands and shouted at us.
    I sat with my chin cupped in my hand.

    * Các từ tương tự:
    cupboard, cupcake, cupful, cupid, cupidity, cupola, cuppa