teacup

noun

1. 茶杯
   a cup in which tea is served

1. 茶杯
   A teacup is a cup that you use for drinking tea.
2. PHRASE 茶杯里的风暴;小题大做;大惊小怪
   If you describe a situation as a storm in a teacup, you think that a lot of fuss is being made about something that is not important.
   1. Both are trying to present the disagreement as a storm in a teacup.
      双方都想拿这个小分歧做大文章。

in AM, use 美国英语用 a tempest in a teapot

1. Both are trying to present the disagreement as a storm in a teacup.
   双方都想拿这个小分歧做大文章。
2. The rim of the teacup is chipped.
   茶碗缺了个口儿。
3. Don't smash the teacup.
   别把茶杯揍了。
4. I knocked the teacup over.
   我把茶杯碰翻了。
5. Zipper was cleverly incorporated into the side of the teacup.
   这款茶杯的一边绝妙的镶嵌了拉链！
6. The couple next door are always quarrelling but it is usually a storm in a teacup.
   隔壁的夫妇经常吵架，但多数是小题大做。
7. Scholars emphasized the white foam that formed when boiled water was added to the teacup.
   士大夫们注重把开水加入茶杯中要形成白色的泡沫。
8. 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。
9. Mary: Can you make the teacup, John?
   玛丽：你会做茶杯吗，约翰？
10. I have broke a teacup.
    我打碎了一个茶杯。
11. The preacher preached to the teacher's teacup.
    传教士对着老师白勺茶杯说教。
12. "said the director," we fill up a bathtub, and we offer a teaspoon, a teacup, and a bucket to the patient and ask him to empty the bathtub.
    说导演，“我们填补了一个浴缸，和我们提供了一个小勺，一个茶杯，和病人的水桶，并请他空浴缸”。
13. Why we have to put a mountain into a teacup?
    为什么我们要将一座山置一只茶杯里？
14. Mrs. Wilkins, I'm awfully sorry. I've broken a teacup.
    威尔金斯太太，很对不起，我打碎了一个茶杯。
15. Their arguments were like a storm in a teacup.
    他们的争论是小题大做。
16. The old man drained his teacup in one gulp and rubbed his bald head.
    老头子一口吞了一杯茶，摸了摸秃脑袋。
17. Crooks her little finger when she holds a teacup;
    她端茶杯时弯着小指头；
18. There was a round hole on the armrest of every person's chair for placing a teacup.
    每个观众的坐椅扶手上都有一个圆孔，是专用来放茶杯的。
19. His anger was unreasonable, a storm in a teacup.
    他发怒毫无道理，只是小题大做。
20. Give me a teaspoon and a teacup.
    给我一个茶匙和茶杯。
21. She has seen empty glass and teacup, and has known that has been three men inside the room.
    她看到了空玻璃杯和茶杯，知道房间里来过三个人。
22. A normal person would choose the bucket as it is larger than the spoon or the teacup.
    一个正常人会选择水桶，因为水桶比茶匙，茶杯的体积大。
23. He insisted that this action is a storm in a teacup.
    他坚持认为这个行为有点小题大做。
24. He came in with a teacup in one hand and a piece of bread-and-butter in the other.
    他进来时，一手拿着一只茶杯，一手拿着一片奶油面包。
25. I'll kill you with my teacup.
    我将用我喝茶的杯子杀死你们。
26. Made a dive to catch the falling teacup.
    扑过去想抓住落下的茶杯。
27. That couple often quarrel, but it is a storm in a teacup.
    那对夫妇经常吵架，没什么大惊小怪的。
28. You have a teacup with a cover on it.
    你有那种有盖子的茶杯。
29. A dainty teacup; an exquisite cameo; fine china and crystal.
    雅致的茶杯；精致的浮雕宝石；精致的瓷器和水晶。
30. A few years ago I wrote a booklet called The Teacup Is Full.
    几年前，我写了一本《茶满了》的小册子，有好几位朋友问我，为什么茶满了不好？

n.

a storm in a teacup

• 大惊小怪，小题大作，茶杯里的风暴（小事引起的大风波）
  a lot of anger or worry about sth that is not important

noun

1. a cup from which tea is drunk

2. as much as a teacup will hold

   Synonym:    teacupful