📖 Определения и значения для слова tea
📒 the dried leaves (called tea leaves) of the tea bush
- a packet of tea
- I spooned the tea into the pot.
- a blend of different teas (= types of tea)
📒 a hot drink made by pouring boiling water onto tea leaves. It may be drunk with milk or lemon and/or sugar added.
- a cup of tea
- A pot of tea for two, please.
- iced tea
📒 a cup of tea
- Two teas, please.
📒 a hot drink made by pouring boiling water onto the leaves of other plants
- camomile/mint/herbal tea
📒 the name used by some people in the UK for the cooked meal eaten in the evening, especially when it is eaten early in the evening
- You can have your tea as soon as you come home from school.
📒 a light meal eaten in the afternoon or early evening, usually with sandwiches and/or biscuits and cakes and with tea to drink
- Would you like to come to tea on Sunday?
- I cleared away the tea things.
- I make sure my kids have a hot school dinner, not just a packed lunch.
📒 not what somebody likes or is interested in
- An evening at the opera isn't everyone's cup of tea.
- He's nice enough but not really my cup of tea.
📒 not even for a great reward
- I wouldn't do your job. Not for all the tea in China!
📒 to tell somebody something that should be kept secret or private
- We don't want to spill the beans yet.
- She made the mistake of spilling the tea on her sister's love life.