Tea

(noun.) a light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes; 'an Englishman would interrupt a war to have his afternoon tea'.

(noun.) 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'.

(noun.) a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water; 'iced tea is a cooling drink'.

(noun.) a reception or party at which tea is served; 'we met at the Dean's tea for newcomers'.

(noun.) 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'.

手打:特雷弗

• He had never been suspected of stealing a silver tea-pot; he had been maligned respecting a mustard-pot, but it turned out to be only a plated one. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• If as a set-off (excuse the legal phrase from a barrister-at-law) you would like to ask Tippins to tea, I pledge myself to make love to her. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• However, in passing a wholesale tea-house he saw a man tasting tea, so he went in and asked the 'taster' if he might have some of the tea. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The tea-things were set upon the table, and the kettle was boiling on the hob. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• So Laurie played and Jo listened, with her nose luxuriously buried in heliotrope and tea roses. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Yes; and now get it ready as quickly as you can, for the sooner we have tea over the sooner they will go--at least, I hope so. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Mr. Hale sipped his tea in abstracted silence; Margaret had the responses all to herself. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• They were interrupted by Miss Bennet, who came to fetch her mother's tea. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• He had walked up after tea more than once to pass an hour with her uncle. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• He had come in really tired, and after I had given him his tea, he threw himself into my chair with his customary presumption. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I've been locked up as much as a silver tea-kittle. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• The tea had a surprising effect in making him stupid; because it made him sober. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• We had half-an-hour, I think, for tea. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• I had now swallowed my tea. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• He is a corn merchant this year, and a wine merchant the next, and a sugar, tobacco, or tea merchant the year after. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Oh, there are so many superior teas and sugars now. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• He made little treats and teas for him, as if he came in with his homage from some outlying district where the tenantry were in a primitive state. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.

手打:莫林