tea是什么意思_tea怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

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"

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

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"

中英词源

tea 茶叶，茶水，茶点www.WeNtiYI.cOM

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。

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.
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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.

词态变化

复数 teas;

权威造句

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。

近反义词

drink 喝

infusion 注入

tisane 煎药

brew 酿造

decoction 煎煮

tea leaf 茶叶

teatime 下午茶时间

afternoon tea 下午茶

Camellia sinensis 茶

相似短语

beef tea 牛肉汁,牛肉茶

black tea 红茶，黑茶

cup of tea 所喜爱的人或事,得心应手的事

tea clotch n. 小台布

tea cozy n. 茶壶套

pink tea n.午后茶会,正式的社交活动

infusion of tea 泡茶

magnolia tea 木兰花茶

midspring tea 二春茶

Lavender Tea 薰衣草茶

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