pint
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++pint /paɪnt/ ●●○ noun [countable] 1 (written abbreviation pt)TM a unit for measuring an amount of liquid, especially beer or milk. In Britain a pint is equal to 0.568 litres, and in the US it is equal to 0.473 litres 品脱〔液量单位，尤用于啤酒或牛奶。在英国一品脱合0.568升，而在美国一品脱合0.473升〕pint of Add two pints of water to the mixture. 在混合物中加入两品脱的水。 half a pint of milk 半品脱牛奶 a pint glass (=a glass which will hold a pint of liquid) 一品脱容量的玻璃杯2 British EnglishDFD a pint of beer, especially one that you drink in a bar 〔尤指在酒吧喝的〕一品脱啤酒 → half He’s gone down the pub for a quick pint. 他去小酒馆匆匆喝上一品脱啤酒。
Examples from the Corpus
pint• He said he had drunk eight to 10 pints of lager and some vodka and tonic, the court was told.• Born with a kidney defect, he needs up to 5 pints of liquid every day to stay fit and healthy.• And after some jokes, and a pint of beer, we stood up as we remembered.• He threw in a bucket of groundbait, a pint of maggots, and fished all night without a bite.• a pint of milk• Cut the bottom off a four pint plastic milk container to make a free food scoop.• It would appear that the rocker cover is becoming pressurised and oil consumption is approximately one pint per 150-200 miles.• He's more used to the communion wine than pulling pints.• Tony, 47, who once admitted to drinking up to twelve pints a night, just can't resist a good time.Origin pint (1300-1400) Old French pinte, from Medieval Latin pincta, from Latin, past participle of pingere “to paint”; probably because a mark was painted on a bottle to show how much it containedpint nounChinese
measuring Corpus for an amount a unit
pint
pint S2 /paɪnt/
noun [countable]
pint of
Add two pints of water to the mixture.
half a pint of milk
a pint glass (=a glass which will hold a pint of liquid)
2. British English a pint of beer, especially one that you drink in a bar ⇨ half:
He’s gone down the pub for a quick pint.
pint S2 /paɪnt/
noun [countable] Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: pinte, from Medieval Latin pincta, from Latin, past participle of pingere 'to paint'; probably because a mark was painted on a bottle to show how much it contained
1. (written abbreviation pt) a unit for measuring an amount of liquid, especially beer or milk. In Britain a pint is equal to 0.568 litres, and in the US it is equal to 0.473 litresLanguage: Old French
Origin: pinte, from Medieval Latin pincta, from Latin, past participle of pingere 'to paint'; probably because a mark was painted on a bottle to show how much it contained
pint of
2. British English a pint of beer, especially one that you drink in a bar ⇨ half: