English Dictionary

cup

/kʌp/

verb

(transitive) To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands. / (transitive) To hold something in cupped hands. / (transitive) To pour (a liquid, drink, etc.) into a cup.

She cups her hands to drink water from the stream.

意味（1）

(transitive) To form into the shape of a cup, particularly of the hands.

Cup your hands and I'll pour some rice into them.

意味（2）

(transitive) To hold something in cupped hands.

He cupped the ball carefully in his hands.

意味（3）

(transitive) To pour (a liquid, drink, etc.) into a cup.

We are cupping some new brands of coffee today.

意味（4）

(transitive, obsolete) To supply with cups of wine.

Cup us, till the world go round.

意味（5）

(transitive, surgery, archaic) To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping.

意味（6）

(transitive, engineering) To make concave or in the form of a cup.

to cup the end of a screw