tumbler

• n. 不倒翁（玩具）；雜技演員；翻筋鬥者；一杯的容量；滾筒；平底玻璃杯

tumble,翻滾，-er,表物。引申諸相關詞義。

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.

在半玻璃杯水裏麵加上幾滴。

來自柯林斯例句

2. He took a tumbler from a cupboard.

他從碗櫥裏拿出一隻平底玻璃杯。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The tumbler is not half full.

這杯子裏酒還不到一半.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. He drank from a tumbler.

他用平底玻璃杯喝.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. He drank a tumbler of brandy.

他喝了一杯白蘭地.

來自辭典例句