tea
noun
tiː noun
1
DRINK/LEAVES
饮料/叶子
a. a hot brown drink made by pouring boiling water onto the dried leaves from a particular Asian bush, or a cup of this drink b. dried, finely cut leaves that are used to make tea c. bushes whose leaves are used to make tea 〔植物〕茶 C,U U U
Would you like a cup of tea or coffee?
你想来一杯茶还是咖啡?
Do you take milk and sugar in your tea?
你的茶里面要放牛奶和糖吗?
I’d like two teas and a piece of chocolate cake, please.
我想要两杯茶,一块巧克力蛋糕。
tea plantations
茶叶种植园
2
mint/camomile etc tea
a hot drink made by pouring boiling water onto leaves or flowers, sometimes used as a medicine 薄荷茶/甘菊茶等〔用某些叶子或花泡的饮料,有时作药用〕
3
MEAL
饭餐
a. a small meal of cake or BISCUITS eaten in the afternoon with a cup of tea b. used in some parts of Britain to mean a large meal that is eaten early in the evening 〔英国某些地方傍晚时分吃的〕晚点 C,U | BrE
We serve lunch and afternoon tea .
我们提供午餐和下午茶。
We stopped for a cream tea on the way home (=tea and cream cakes) .
回家的路上我们停下来吃了奶油茶点。
4
tea and sympathy
kindness and attention that you give someone when they are upset [英] 〔对不幸者的〕安慰和同情 BrE