cup Význam & definícia

Význam cup v slovenčine

• 0 a small, round container, often with a handle, used for drinking tea, coffee, etc.:

  • a cup and saucer

  • a plastic/paper cup

  • a coffee cup/teacup

• 1 a specially designed cup, usually with two handles and often made of silver, given as a prize in a sports competition or in a game or match in which the winner receives such a cup:

  • Sheila won this cup in the school squash championship.

  • The Davis Cup is an important championship.

• 2 a bowl-shaped container:

  • an egg cup

  • "What size bra do you wear?" "I wear a C cup."

• 3 a mixture of several types of drink, often including one that is alcoholic, often drunk at parties and usually served from a bowl:

  • a strawberry/cider cup

• 4 to hold your hands in the shape of a cup, often around something:

  • She gently cupped the small injured bird in her hands.

• 5 abbreviation for carcinoma of uncertain primary origin: the situation when cancer is found in one or more places in the body but the place where it started is unknown

• 6 a small, round container, usually with a handle, used esp. for hot drinks such as coffee and tea:

  • Would you like a cup of coffee?

  • a cup of flour

• 7 to press your hands together to form a ball-like shape with an opening at the top between your thumbs, or to hold something gently with a hand or between both hands:

  • He cupped his hands and dipped them in the water to get a drink.

  • She cupped her baby's face in her hands and kissed him.