The flashcard defines 'cup' as a noun with multiple meanings: a drinking vessel, the quantity it holds, a trophy, or a competition. It also functions as a verb, meaning to shape something like a cup or hold gently. Idiomatic uses include being drunk ('in your cups') and something not being preferred ('not your cup of tea').
Cup is a noun referring to a small container for drinking, the amount a cup holds, a trophy or award, or a competition prize. It can also be a verb meaning to shape hands like a cup or to hold something gently. Additionally, 'in your cups' means drunk, and 'not your cup of tea' means not something one likes.
[N-COUNT 可数名词]杯子 A cup is a small round container that you drink from. Cups usually have handles and are made from china or plastic.
[usu N of n]
...cups and saucers.
杯碟
A cup of something is the amount of something contained in a cup.一杯(的量)
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。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]杯状物 Things, or parts of things, that are small, round, and hollow in shape can be referred to as cups .
[oft N of n]
...the brass cups of the small chandelier.
枝形小吊灯的黄铜灯托儿
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]奖杯；优胜杯 A cup is a large metal cup with two handles that is given to the winner of a game or competition.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]…杯(用于设奖杯的体育比赛名称中)Cup is used in the names of some sports competitions in which the prize is a cup.
[usu the n N]
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。
...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
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[VERB 动词]使(手)窝成杯状 If you cup your hands, you make them into a curved shape like a cup.
[V n prep]
[V n]
[V-ed]
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。
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。
She held it in her cupped hands for us to see.
她双手捧着它给我们看。
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[VERB 动词]手成盘状托起(或拿着) If you cup something in your hands, you make your hands into a curved dish-like shape and support it or hold it gently.
[V n prep]
[V n]
He cupped her chin in the palm of his hand...
他用手心托着她的下巴。
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。
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[PHRASE 短语]喝醉了；在喝醉时 If someone is in their cups, they are drunk.
[usu v-link PHR]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
[OLD-FASHIONED 过时]
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。
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not your cup of tea→see:
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cup★/kʌp; NAmEkʌp/
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cupcupscuppedcuppingnoun★ _cupsandglasses_diningroom_comp.jpg _cup.jpg 1★[countable ]a small container shaped like a bowl, usually with a handle, used for drinking tea, coffee, etc. 杯子◆a teacup茶杯◆a coffee cup咖啡杯◆a cup and saucer一套杯碟◆a paper cup纸杯2★[countable ]the contents of a cup 一杯（的量）◆She drank the whole cup.她把那一杯全喝下去了。◆Would you like a cup of tea?你想喝杯茶吗？3★[countable ]a unit for measuring quantity used in cooking in the US; a metal or plastic container used to measure this quantity 杯（美国用作烹饪的计量单位）；量杯（金属或塑料量器）◆two cups of flour and half a cup of butter两杯面粉加上半杯黄油4★[countable ]a thing shaped like a cup 杯状物◆an egg cup蛋杯5★[countable ]a gold or silver cup on a stem,often with two handles, that is given as a prize in a competition 奖杯；优胜杯◆She's won several cups for skating.她已多次荣获滑冰比赛的奖杯。◆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。6★[singular ](usuallyCup )a sports competition in which a cup is given as a prize 优胜杯赛◆the World Cup世界杯赛7[countable ]one of the two parts of a brathat cover the breast （胸罩的）罩杯◆a C cup罩杯尺寸为 C 的胸罩8[countable , uncountable ]a drink made from wine mixed with, for example, fruit juice （由葡萄酒与果汁等调制的）混合饮料9[countable ]( NAmE) (in golf高尔夫球)a hollow in the ground that you must get the ball into 球洞10[countable ]( NAmE) a piece of plastic that a man wears over his sex organs to protect them while he is playing a sport （体育运动时保护男子生殖器的）护杯；下身保护罩IDIOMSin your ˈcups( old-fashioned) having drunk too much alcohol 喝醉◆He gets very maudlin when he's in his cups.他酒醉就顾影自怜。not sb's cup of ˈtea( informal) not what sb likes or is interested in 非某人所好；不合某人心意◆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。☞more at
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n.verb(-pp-)1~ your hand(s) (around/over sth)to make your hands into the shape of a bowl 使（手）窝成杯状◆She held the bird gently in cupped hands.她双手轻轻地捧着那只小鸟。2~ sth (in your hands)to hold sth, making your hands into a round shape 使（双手）成圆状托起◆He cupped her face in his hands and kissed her.他用双手捧着她的脸吻她。cup/kʌp; NAmEkʌp/
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1cup (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.2drink [countable] the liquid contained inside a cupcup of Let’s go and have a cup of coffee. Will you stay for a cup of tea? Would you like another cup?3amount of liquid/food [countable]a)a unit used in the US for measuring food or liquid in cooking, equal to eightfluid ounces or 237millilitres: Mix the butter with one cup of powdered sugar until light and fluffy.b) (also cupful /ˈkʌpfʊl/) the amount of liquid or food that a cup can hold: Breakfast consisted of half a cup of milk and a dry biscuit.4sport competitiona)[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 team5round thing [countable] something round and hollow that is shaped like a cup: The flowers’ white petals contrast handsomely with their lemon-yellow cups. acorn cupscup of She held it in the cup of her hand.6golf [countable] American English a hole in the ground that you have to try to hit the ball into in the game of golf7clothing [countable]a)the part of a bra that covers a woman’s breastb)American English a jockstrap8alcohol [countable, uncountable] British English a mixed alcoholic drink: He’s gone to get me some fruit cup.9not 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.10in your cups British English old-fashioned drunk, or when drunk: By the time Anthony arrived, Richard was already deep in his cups. →
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COLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + cupfull· The cup was full of hot tea.empty· A girl was clearing away the empty cups.a paper/plastic/china cup (=one made of paper etc)· All they had to drink was warm beer in plastic cups.a coffee cup· He picked up the coffee cups and took them into the kitchen.a tea cup (also teacup)· Mum put a tea cup and saucer on the table.verbsfill a cup· Angie filled the cup and handed it to him.drain/empty a cup (=drink all the coffee, tea etc in it)· He lifted his cup of coffee and drained it.phrasesa cup and saucer· Do you prefer a mug or a cup and saucer?a set of cups· a set of beautiful blue coffee cups
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cupcup2 verb (past tense and past participle cupped, present participle cupping) [transitive]
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1to hold something in your hands, so that your hands form part of a circle around it: He cupped her face in his hands and kissed her. Luke was sitting at his desk, one hand cupping his chin.2cup your hand(s) to make a shape like a cup with your hand or hands: He struck a match and cupped his hand around the flame.