tumbler
英 [ˈtʌm.blər]
美 [-blɚ]
- n. 不倒翁(玩具);杂技演员;翻筋斗者;一杯的容量;滚筒;平底玻璃杯
tumbler 不倒翁,平底玻璃杯tumble,翻滚,-er,表物。引申诸相关词义。
- tumbler (n.)
- mid-14c., "acrobat," agent noun from tumble (v.). Compare Old English tumbere "tumbler, dancer." A fem. form was tumblester (early 15c.), tumbester (late 14c.) "female acrobatic dancer." Meaning "drinking glass" is recorded from 1660s, originally a glass with a rounded or pointed bottom which would cause it to "tumble;" thus it could not be set down until it was empty. As a part of a lock mechanism, from 1670s.
- 1. Add a few drops to half a tumbler of water.
- 在半玻璃杯水里面加上几滴。
- 2. He took a tumbler from a cupboard.
- 他从碗橱里拿出一只平底玻璃杯。
- 3. The tumbler is not half full.
- 这杯子里酒还不到一半.
- 4. He drank from a tumbler.
- 他用平底玻璃杯喝.
- 5. He drank a tumbler of brandy.
- 他喝了一杯白兰地.