tea

Từ điển Collocation

tea noun

1 drink

ADJ. fresh There's some fresh (= just made) tea in the pot. | stewed (= very strong), strong | weak | cold, hot, lukewarm, scalding | milky | white (usually after tea) I'll have tea?white, no sugar, please. | black | sugary, sweet | (early) morning | decaffeinated | fragrant | China/Chinese, Indian, etc. | Earl Grey, green | fruit, herb/herbal | camomile, jasmine, lemon, mint, etc. | iced

QUANT. cup, flask, mug, pot

VERB + TEA drink I don't drink tea. | have | sip, swallow She sipped her hot tea slowly. | take a mouthful/sip of | brew, get (sb), make (sb), mash I'll make you some tea. | bring sb, dispense (often humorous), ply sb with (humorous), serve (sb), take sb I'll bring you a cup of tea in a few minutes. John rushed around dispensing tea and cakes to everyone. | pour (sb) (out) Pour me out a cup of tea please. | stir

TEA + VERB brew, mash You haven't let the tea brew long enough. | cool

TEA + NOUN pot (also teapot), urn | cosy | service, set a bone china tea service | tray, trolley A lady comes round the office with a tea trolley in the afternoon. | bar, garden, room, shop The hospital tea bar is run by volunteers. | boy (offensive when used of an older man), lady | drinker, drinking | break | party | ceremony

PREP. in your ~ Do you take sugar in your tea?

PHRASES tea and coffee, tea and biscuits/cake/cakes/sandwiches/scones, tea and sympathy He tried to alleviate their disappointment by inviting them in for tea and sympathy. | tea for two ‘Tea for two’, said Mary, ‘and a slice of your delicious chocolate cake.’ | tea or coffee Would you like tea or coffee? | tea-making facilities All rooms have tea-making facilities.

2 leaves for making tea

ADJ. loose (= tea that is not in bags)

QUANT. packet

VERB + TEA grow

TEA + VERB grow

TEA + NOUN leaf | bag | caddy | strainer | estate, plantation | chest He stores his books in a tea chest.

3 meal

ADJ. afternoon, cream, high | birthday, funeral

TEA + NOUN things I cleared away the tea things.
More information about MEAL

MEAL:

eat, have, take (formal)~ Have you had breakfast?

grab, snatch ~ I'm so busy I have to snatch meals when I can.

ask sb to ~ have/invite/take sb for/to ~ come/go for/to ~ He wouldn't have asked her to supper if he didn't like her, she reasoned.

These verbs are often used with around, out, over and round: We must have you over for dinner sometime. Let's go out for a meal.

be out to lunch He's out to lunch with a client.

stop for ~ We stopped for tea at the Ritz.

join sb for, stay for/to ~ You're sure you wont stay for tea?

sit down to, start ~ finish ~ We had just sat down to breakfast when the phone rang.

skip ~ I sometimes skip lunch if we're very busy.

cook (sb), fix (sb), get ready, make (sb), prepare ~ She hurried downstairs to fix herself some breakfast.

have ~ ready We'll have supper ready for you.

serve ~ Lunch is served from noon till 3.

keep warm, warm up ~ I'll be home late, so keep my dinner warm.

provide, provide sb (with) ~ Dinner is provided in the superb hotel restaurant.

~ be available A four course dinner is available by prior arrangement.

~ be ready ‘Breakfast's ready!’ shouted Christine.

~ time The family was always noisy at meal times.

at/during/over ~ Nobody spoke during supper.

for ~ What did you have for lunch?

~ of a breakfast of pancakes and maple syrup

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water

    iced tea is a cooling drink

  • a light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes; afternoon tea, teatime

    an Englishman would interrupt a war to have his afternoon tea

  • dried leaves of the tea shrub; used to make tea; tea leaf

    the store shelves held many different kinds of tea

    they threw the tea into Boston harbor

  • a reception or party at which tea is served

    we met at the Dean's tea for newcomers

  • a tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India; source of tea leaves; Camellia sinensis

    tea has fragrant white flowers

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English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

teas
syn.: Camellia sinensis afternoon tea tea leaf teatime