English Dictionary

cup

/kʌp/

noun

A concave vessel for drinking from, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle. / The contents of said vessel.

I filled the cup with hot coffee.

意味（1）

A concave vessel for drinking from, usually made of opaque material (as opposed to a glass) and with a handle.

In Starbucks’s case, the firm has in effect turned the process of making an expensive cup of coffee into intellectual property.

意味（2）

The contents of said vessel.

I drank two cups of water but still felt thirsty.

意味（3）

(US) A US unit of liquid measure equal to 8 fluid ounces (¹⁄₁₆ of a US gallon; 236.5882365 mL) or 240 mL.

意味（4）

(Canada) A Canadian unit of measure equal to 8 imperial ounces (¹⁄₂₀ imperial gallon; 227.3 mL) or 250 mL.

意味（5）

(UK, dated) A British unit of measure equal to ¹⁄₂ imperial pint (10 imperial ounces; 284 mL) or 300 mL.

意味（6）

A trophy in the shape of an oversized cup.

Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner. […] When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose.

意味（7）

A contest for which a cup is awarded.

The World Cup is the world's most widely watched sporting event.

意味（8）

(soccer) The main knockout tournament in a country, organised alongside the league.

Until it was disbanded in 1999, the European Cup-Winners Cup was contested annually by the winners of Europe's national cups.

意味（9）

(golf) A cup-shaped object placed in the target hole.

The ball just misses the cup.

意味（10）

(in combination) Any of various sweetened alcoholic drinks.

cider cup

意味（11）

(US, Canada) A rigid concave protective covering for the male genitalia.

Players of contact sports are advised to wear a cup.

意味（12）

One of the two parts of a brassiere which each cover a breast.

意味（13）

Prefixed with a letter, used as a measurement of bra or breast size.

For cleavage to show up in these photos, a girl has to have C-cup breasts — at least that's what they told me once.

意味（14）

(mathematics) The symbol ∪ denoting union and similar operations.

Coordinate term: cap

意味（15）

(tarot) A suit of the minor arcana in tarot, or one of the cards from the suit.

意味（16）

(ultimate frisbee) A defensive style characterized by a three player near defense cupping the thrower; or those three players.

意味（17）

A flexible concave membrane used to temporarily attach a handle or hook to a flat surface by means of suction.

意味（18）

Anything shaped like a cup.

the cup of an acorn

意味（19）

(medicine, historical) A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping.

意味（20）

(figuratively) That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion of blessings and afflictions.

O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me.