核心畫面

You can picture coffee first as the hot, dark, slightly bitter drink in a cup — the thing you actually drink in the morning. Everything else about the word hangs off that one familiar drink.

可以想成杯子裡那杯熱熱的、深褐色、帶點苦味的飲料——早上喝的那一杯。這個詞其他的用法,都是從「這杯飲料」延伸出去的:更多收起可以想成杯子裡那杯熱熱的、深褐色、帶點苦味的飲料——早上喝的那一杯。這個詞其他的用法,都是從「這杯飲料」延伸出去的:泡它的原料、點它的份量、還有它的顏色。

原始詞典資料13 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Coffeename

  • 1

    A surname.

coffeenoun/ˈkɒfi/

  • 1

    A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.

    • He and his friends used to order coffee whenever they went out.
    • The Turks have a drink called coffa (for they use no wine), so named of a berry as black as soot, and as bitter[…], which they sip still of, and sup as warm as they can suffer[…].
  • 2

    A serving of this beverage.

    • As I sip a coffee at Brasserie Balzar, two well-known intellectuals, one publisher and a Sorbonne professor were discussing Sarkozy's future: "He won't finish his mandate" says one.
  • 3

    The seeds of the plant used to make coffee, called ‘beans’ due to their shape.

  • 4

    The powder made by roasting and grinding the seeds.

  • 5

    A tropical plant of the genus Coffea.

  • 6

    A pale brown color, like that of milky coffee.

  • 7

    The end of a meal, when coffee is served.

    • He did not stay for coffee.

coffeeadj/ˈkɒfi/

  • 1

    Of a pale brown colour, like that of milk coffee.

  • 2

    Of a table: a small, low table suitable for people in lounge seating to put coffee cups on.

coffeeverb/ˈkɒfi/

  • 1

    To drink coffee.

    • I rushed into my cabin, coffeed, wined, and went to bed sobbing.
    • In the afternoon with Hilda and suite in three Einspänner to just beyond Pontresina; we got out and crossed the bridge over the Bernina to Sans Souci Café, where we coffee'''’d.
  • 2

    To give coffee to.

    • The association of veteran firemen, which has a membership of 200, kept open house for New Year callers, and all comers were bountifully sandwiched and coffeed.
    • Here at Camp Wheeler we “coffeed” and “sandwiched” the drafted men when they came from Camp Gordon several weeks ago, and the men from Camp Pike more recently.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。