cup tie
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˈcup tie noun [countable] DSa game between two teams in a competition in which only the winning team will play any more games 淘汰赛 Saturday’s FA Cup tie against Spurs 星期六对热刺队的英国足总杯淘汰赛
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cup tie• United lit the fuse for a quality cup tie by giving everything they had against the big boys from the premier league.• They lead the first division by one point from Gloucester, so it's going to be some cup tie.• Oxford's cup hopes are on ice, the cup tie with Sunderland at Manor was called off this afternoon.ˈcup tie nounChineseSyllable
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cup tie
ˈcup tie
noun [countable]
a game between two teams in a competition in which only the winning team will play any more games:
Saturday’s FA Cup tie against Spurs
ˈcup tie
noun [countable]a game between two teams in a competition in which only the winning team will play any more games: