Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary полностью

1 N‑VAR Tea is a drink made by adding hot water to tea leaves or tea bags. Many people add milk to the drink and some add sugar. □  …a cup of tea. □  Would you like some tea? □  Four or five men were drinking tea from flasks. ● N‑COUNT A cup of tea can be referred to as a tea . □  Would anybody like a tea or coffee?

2 N‑VAR The chopped dried leaves of the plant that tea is made from is referred to as tea . □  …a packet of tea.

3 N‑VAR Tea is a meal some people eat in the late afternoon. It consists of food such as sandwiches and cakes, with tea to drink. [BRIT ] □  I'm doing the sandwiches for tea.

4 → see also afternoon tea , high tea

5 N‑VAR Some people refer to the main meal that they eat in the early part of the evening as tea . [BRIT ] □  At five o'clock he comes back for his tea.

6 PHRASE If you say that someone or something is not your cup of tea , you mean that they are not the kind of person or thing that you like. □  Politics was not his cup of tea.

tea bag (tea bags ) also teabag N‑COUNT Tea bags are small paper bags with tea leaves in them. You put them into hot water to make tea.

tea break (tea breaks ) N‑COUNT If you have a tea break , you stop working and have a cup of tea or coffee. [mainly BRIT ] in AM, use coffee break

tea cad|dy (tea caddies ) N‑COUNT A tea caddy is a small tin in which you keep tea. [mainly BRIT ]

tea|cake /tiː ke I k/ (teacakes ) N‑COUNT Teacakes are round flat bread cakes. They usually contain raisins and are often toasted and eaten with butter. [BRIT ]

teach ◆◆◇ /tiː tʃ/ (teaches , teaching , taught )

1 VERB If you teach someone something, you give them instructions so that they know about it or how to do it. □ [V n n] The trainers have a programme to teach them vocational skills. □ [V n wh] George had taught him how to ride a horse. □ [V n to-inf] She taught Julie to read. □ [V n + to ] The computer has simplified the difficult task of teaching reading to the deaf.

2 VERB To teach someone something means to make them think, feel, or act in a new or different way. □ [V n n] Their daughter's death had taught him humility. □ [V n that] He taught his followers that they could all be members of the kingdom of God. □ [V n to-inf] Teach them to voice their feelings. [Also V n + about ]

3 VERB If you teach or teach a subject, you help students to learn about it by explaining it or showing them how to do it, usually as a job at a school, college, or university. □ [V n] Ingrid is currently teaching Mathematics at Shimla Public School. □ [V n + to ] She taught English to Japanese business people. □ [V ] She has taught for 34 years. □ [V n n] She taught children French. □ [V -ed] …this twelve month taught course.

4 → see also teaching

5to teach someone a lesson → see lesson

teach|er ◆◆◇ /tiː tʃə ^r / (teachers )

1 N‑COUNT A teacher is a person who teaches, usually as a job at a school or similar institution. □  …her chemistry teacher.

2 → see also supply teacher SYNONYMS teacher NOUN 1

instructor:…tuition from an approved driving instructor.

coach:What you need is a drama coach.

tutor:He is course tutor in archaeology at the University of Southampton.

educator:She is an educator.

tea chest (tea chests ) N‑COUNT A tea chest is a large wooden box in which tea is packed when it is exported. People also use tea chests for putting things in when they move from one house to another. [BRIT ]

tea ch-in (teach-ins ) N‑COUNT A teach-in is a meeting, usually between students and teachers, with discussions on important and interesting topics. Teach-ins are not usually part of a formal academic course.

teach|ing ◆◇◇ /tiː tʃ I ŋ/ (teachings )