tea

英 [tiː] 美[ti]

英英释义考试真题实用场景例句

n. 茶叶；茶树；茶点
vt. 给…沏茶
vi. 喝茶；进茶点
n. (Tea)人名；(柬)迪

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中文词源

tea 茶叶，茶水，茶点

来自马来语 teh,据说是来自厦门闽南语 t'e,原先拼做 chaa,最终来自汉语茶。

词态变化

复数: teas;

英文词源

tea: tea: [17] English acquired tea via Dutch thee and Malay teh from te, the word for ‘tea’ in the Amoy dialect of Chinese, from southeast China (the Mandarin Chinese version of the word is chá, from which English got cha [17]). It was originally pronounced /tay/ as well as /tee/, but it was the latter which eventually won out.
=> cha
tea (n.): 1650s, tay, also in early spellings thea, tey, tee and at first pronounced so as to rhyme with obey; the modern pronunciation predominates from mid-18c. But earlier in English as chaa (1590s), also cha, tcha, chia, cia. The two forms of the word reflect two paths of transmission: chaa is from Portuguese cha, attested in Portuguese from 1550s, via Macao, from Mandarin (Chinese) ch'a (cf chai). The later form, which became Modern English tea, is via Dutch, from Malay teh and directly from Chinese (Amoy dialect) t'e, which corresponds to Mandarin ch'a.

The distribution of the different forms of the word in Europe reflects the spread of use of the beverage. The modern English form, along with French thé, Spanish te, German Tee, etc., derive via Dutch thee from the Amoy form, reflecting the role of the Dutch as the chief importers of the leaves (through the Dutch East India Company, from 1610). Meanwhile, Russian chai, Persian cha, Greek tsai, Arabic shay, and Turkish çay all came overland from the Mandarin form.

First known in Paris 1635, the practice of drinking tea was first introduced to England 1644. Meaning "afternoon meal at which tea is served" is from 1738. Slang meaning "marijuana" (which sometimes was brewed in hot water) is attested from 1935, felt as obsolete by late 1960s. Tea ball is from 1895.

双语例句

1. I'll make the tea and you pop off for a while.: 我来备茶，你去歇一会儿吧。

2. America imports about 190 million pounds of tea a year.: 美国每年进口大约1.9亿磅茶叶。

3. At tea-time, Victoria sang duets with her Consort, Prince Albert.: 喝下午茶的时候，维多利亚与其夫君艾伯特亲王表演了二重唱。

4. While he was gone she had tea with the Colonel.: 他不在时她跟上校一起喝了茶。

5. I don't rant and rave or throw tea cups.: 我不会大喊大叫或摔茶杯。

英英释意

1. a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water;: "iced tea is a cooling drink"

2. a light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes;: "an Englishman would interrupt a war to have his afternoon tea"

3. dried leaves of the tea shrub; used to make tea;: "the store shelves held many different kinds of tea"; "they threw the tea into Boston harbor"

4. a reception or party at which tea is served;: "we met at the Dean's tea for newcomers"

5. a tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India; source of tea leaves;: "tea has fragrant white flowers"

考试真题

When the tea is boiled, the drink has a purple color.

They say it is healthier than green tea and could be sold for a price that is three to four times higher than the price of green tea.

The rows of tea bushes are straight.

Mr.Kibara and hundreds of other farmers have been removing some of their tea bushes and planting a new kind of tea developed by the Tea Research Foundation of Kenya.

Medical researchers have studied the health benefits of the new tea.

Kenya are gathering the tea leaves.

He says there are not enough buyers willing to pay more for the purple tea.

He says the market for the tea is unstable and he is often forced to sell his purple tea for the same price as green tea leaves.

He says he must grow different kinds of tea if he is to survive.

He has been growing tea in the Kerugoya area for 40 years.

But Mr.Kibara says he has not received a higher price for his purple tea crop.

Agricultural workers in green tea fields near Mt.

I can't seem to reach the tea at the back of the cupboard.

Use a ladder to help her reach the tea

Place the tea on a lower shelf next time.

If Excel isn't quite your cup of tea, don't worry.

You can see that we're here to stay, said Vladimir Cheberdak, 57, chief of the Bellingshausen Station, as he sipped tea under a portrait of Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, a high-ranking officer in the Imperial Russian Navy who explored the Antarctic coast in 1820.

Ning Xu, 53, the chief of the Chinese base, said over tea during a fierce blizzard ( ' , 暴风雪) in late November.

I had an old aunt who used to throw cups of tea at people when she was particularly irritated.

Why do the man say she would drop cups of tea at people occasionally

"We do weather monitoring here and other research."ning Xu, 53, the chief of the Chinese base, said over tea during a fierce blizzard (暴风雪) in late November.

In West Africa, people have long chewed kola nuts as stimulants, because they contain caffeine that also occurs naturally in tea, coffee, and chocolate.

Then there was the black tea and oolong tea diet, followed by the soybean diet and the tomato juice diet.

About thirty percent of the world's exports of tea makes its way to London.

After the meetings, you will have some time for afternoon tea.

And Britain is by far the largest importer of tea in the world.

Here, different types of tea are tasted by skilled tea tasters, before they're sold at each week's tea sale.

Most British people drink tea that way.

Now, in the second picture, you can see how tea is tasted in the tea trade center before it is sold.

Over a hundred kinds of tea are laid out in a line on long tables.

Tea is the British national drink.

Tea tastes much better with milk.

The tasters generally taste teas with milk, since that is how the majority of British people drink their tea.

The tasters move down the line with surprising speed, tasting from a spoon and deciding what is a fair price for each tea.

实用场景例句

a cup/mug/pot of tea: 一杯 / 一茶缸子 / 一壶茶

lemon/iced tea: 柠檬茶；冰茶

Would you like tea or coffee?: 你喝茶还是喝咖啡？

Do you take sugar in your tea?: 你的茶水里放糖吗？

Two teas, please.: 请来两杯茶。

chamomile/mint/herb, etc. tea: 春黄菊花茶、薄荷茶、药草茶等

You can have your tea as soon as you come home from school.: 你放学一回到家就可以吃晚点。

I wouldn't do your job. Not for all the tea in China!: 我才不做你的那份工作。有天大的好处也不干！

...a cup of tea...: 一杯茶

Would you like some tea?...: 要喝茶吗？

...a packet of tea...: 一包茶叶

America imports about 190 million pounds of tea a year...: 美国每年进口大约 1.9 亿磅茶叶。

I'm doing the sandwiches for tea...: 我在做下午茶吃的三明治。

I took her to tea at the Ritz.: 我带她去里茨饭店吃下午茶了。

At five o'clock he comes back for his tea.: 他 5 点钟回来吃晚餐。

Politics was not his cup of tea...: 他对政治不感兴趣。

I know I'm not everyone's cup of tea.: 我知道自己不是人见人爱。

I prefer tea to coffee.: 我喜欢茶而不喜欢咖啡.

The man is, as it were, a modern Holmes.: 这名男子可以说是现代的福尔摩斯.

We discuss the business over tea and cakes.: 我们边吃茶点边商洽业务吧.

I should like to have a good tea.: 我想吃一顿好茶点.

A waitress came in, carrying tea on a tray.: 一名女侍者走进来, 手端放着茶的托盘.

As there's no tea, we'll have to content ourselves with coffee.: 既然没有茶, 我们只好喝杯咖啡算了.

I finished the dregs of my tea.: 我把茶的残渣也喝光了.

Let your tea cool a little before you drink it.: 让茶凉点儿再喝.

Carelessly, I knocked my teacup over and the tea went all over the tablecloth.: 我不小心把茶杯打翻了,洒得桌布上一塌糊涂.

Let the tea stand a while to draw flavour.: 把沏好的茶再闷一会儿.

Can you make the tea, John?: 约翰,你能沏茶吗 ?

Let the tea brew and cool a little before you drink it.: 让茶泡一会,凉一下再喝.

There is a tea whisk on the table.: 桌子上有个搅茶器.

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