Tra từ cup - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

cup [cup cups cupped cupping] noun, verb BrE [kʌp] NAmE [kʌp]
noun

1. countable a small container shaped like a bowl, usually with a handle, used for drinking tea, coffee, etc
•a teacup
•a coffee cup
•a cup and saucer
•a paper cup
2. countable the contents of a cup
• She drank the whole cup.
• Would you like a cup of tea?
3. countable a unit for measuring quantity used in cooking in the US; a metal or plastic container used to measure this quantity
•two cups of flour and half a cup of butter
4. countable a thing shaped like a cup
•an egg cup
5. countable a gold or silver cup on a ↑stem, often with two handles, that is given as a prize in a competition
• She's won several cups for skating.
• He lifted the cup for the fifth time this year (= it was the fifth time he had won).
6. singular (usually Cup)a sports competition in which a cup is given as a prize
•the World Cup
7. countable one of the two parts of a ↑bra that cover the breast
•a C cup
8. countable, uncountable a drink made from wine mixed with, for example, fruit juice
9. countable (NAmE) (in ↑golf)a hollow in the ground that you must get the ball into
10. countable (NAmE)a piece of plastic that a man wears over his sex organs to protect them while he is playing a sport
more at there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip at ↑slip _n.

Word Origin:
Old English: from popular Latin cuppa, probably from Latin cupa ‘tub’.

Example Bank:
•Customers don't like drinking out of plastic cups.
•Enrique stirred his fourth cup of coffee of the day.
•He lifted the cup for the sixth time this year.
•I drink about ten cups of coffee a day.
•I like a good strong cup of tea first thing in the morning.
•I'm making tea. Can I pour you a cup?
•My coffee was cold, so I ordered a fresh cup.
•She raised her cup to her lips.
•She was so thirsty that she drained her cup.
•The cup will be presented to the winning team by the president himself.
•The team are ready for next week's World Cup clash with Italy.
•They were the first Turkish team to win a major cup competition.
•Who won the cup?
•You sit down and I'll make you a nice cup of tea.
•the Ryder Cup competition
•She has won several cups for skating.
•Sunderland beat Port Vale at the beginning of their cup run = a series of winning games in a competition to win a cup.
•They lost to Portugal in the World Cup quarter finals.
•They were the surprise winners of last year's America's Cup.
•We were leading 1–0 in the cup final.
•Will Liverpool secure a place in next year's UEFA Cup?
Idioms: ↑in your cups ▪ ↑not somebody's cup of tea

verb (-pp-)
1. ~ your hand(s) (around/over sth) to make your hands into the shape of a bowl
•She held the bird gently in cupped hands.
2. ~ sth (in your hands) to hold sth, making your hands into a round shape
•He cupped her face in his hands and kissed her.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English: from popular Latin cuppa, probably from Latin cupa ‘tub’.