عبارت انگلیسی
cup
معنی و توضیح
The word “cup,” in this podcast, means a unit for measuring liquids or volume, equal to 0.5 pint or 237 milliliters: “Some people say it’s important to drink at least eight cups of water each day.” A “cup” can also be a small, round container that is open at the top, used for drinking: “Would you like a cup of tea after dinner?” Or, “The host asked the guests to write their names on the plastic cups.” The phrase “not (one’s) cup of tea” is used to refer to something that one does not enjoy or like: “Golf is not my cup of tea.” Finally, the “cup of one’s hand” refers to the space created in one’s palm when one holds the hand upward and curls the fingers: “The little girl gently held the frog in the cup of her hand.”
پادکست مرتبط
اپیزود مرتبط با این کلمه: «Measuring Mass and Volume». دو دقیقه اول را همینجا گوش کن و متن همگام را دنبال کن. برای ادامه کامل، از دکمه پایین استفاده کن.
Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 1,245 – Measuring Mass and Volume.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 1,245. I’m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.
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This episode is a dialogue – a short dialogue – between Andre and Dana about measuring mass and volume. Sounds exciting. Let’s get started.
Andre: Three gallons of water.
Dana: Check.
Andre: A quart of lemon juice.
Dana: Got it.
Andre: A tablespoon of bleach.
Dana: Bleach?
Andre: Bleach. A pint of vinegar.
Dana:
پیشنمایش ۲ دقیقهای تمام شد. برای ادامه، وارد صفحه کامل پادکست شو.