- cup
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 containerADJECTIVE▪ empty▪ full▪ half-empty, half-full▪ broken, chipped, cracked▪ china, porcelain▪ disposable, Dixie™ (= paper cup) (AmE), drinking (AmE), paper, plastic, polystyrene (BrE), Styrofoam™ (AmE)▪ tin▪ coffee, tea▪ egg▪ yogurt (AmE)▪ measuring (AmE)▪ sippy (= for babies) (AmE)VERB + CUP▪ fill, refill▪ drain, empty▪
She was so thirsty that she drained her cup.
▪ lift, pick up, raise▪She raised her cup to her lips.
▪ place, put down, replace, set down▪ drink from, drink out of▪Customers don't like drinking out of plastic cups.
CUP + VERB▪ contain sthCUP + NOUN▪ holderPHRASES▪ a cup and saucer2 drinkADJECTIVE▪ strong▪I like a good strong cup of tea first thing in the morning.
▪ fresh▪My coffee was cold, so I ordered a fresh cup.
▪ hot, steaming, warmVERB + CUP▪ offer sb▪ make (sb)▪ pour (sb)▪I'm making tea. Can I pour you a cup?
▪ buy, order▪ help yourself to▪ stir▪Enrique stirred his fourth cup of coffee of the day.
▪ drink, enjoy, have▪I drink about ten cups of coffee a day.
▪ sip▪ finishPREPOSITION▪ cup ofPHRASES▪ a nice cup of tea (BrE)▪You sit down and I'll make you a nice cup of tea.
3 in a competitionADJECTIVE▪ challenge▪ knockout▪ American, European, World, etc.▪ gold, silverVERB + CUP▪ win▪Who won the cup?
▪ lose▪ present (sb with)▪The cup will be presented to the winning team by the president.
▪ lift, raise▪He lifted the cup for the sixth time this year (= it was the sixth time he had won).
CUP + NOUN▪ competition▪They were the first Turkish team to win a major cup competition.
▪the Ryder Cup competition
▪ clash (BrE), match (esp. BrE)▪The team are ready for next week's World Cup clash with Italy.
▪ race▪ final, quarter-final, semi-final (all BrE)▪ victory, win▪ winner▪ holder▪ contender, hopefulPHRASES▪ the first, etc. round of the cup{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}verbCup is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑hand
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
