tumbler

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tum·bler /ˈtʌmblə $ -ər/ noun [countable]  1. DFUa glass with a flat bottom and no handle 〔无柄平底的〕玻璃杯 →5 see picture at 见图 glass12. (also tumblerful /-fʊl/ British English)AMOUNT the amount of liquid that this type of glass can contain 一平底玻璃杯的容量3. old-fashionedAP someone who performs special movements such as doing somersaults (=a jump in which you turn over completely in the air) 杂技演员 SYN acrobat

Examples from the Corpus

tumbler• The Gold Cadillac margarita is actually served in a tumbler over ice cubes with no salt anywhere to be seen.• The packet contained two smaller packets - one blue, one white, which were mixed together in a tumbler of water.• In both hands he held steady a glass tumbler drained to the ice.• The wine glasses, tumblers, pipes and so on were articles which each painter handled regularly in the course of day-to-day life.• I stand three feet from the glassware and count the tumblers lined up on a towel.Origin tumbler 1. (1300-1400) tumble; 2. because it was originally made with a round or pointed bottom

tum·bler nounChineseSyllable  

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tumbler
tum‧bler /ˈtʌmblə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
1. a glass with a flat bottom and no handle
2. (also tumblerful /-fʊl/ British English) the amount of liquid that this type of glass can contain
3. old-fashioned someone who performs special movements such as doing somersaults (=a jump in which you turn over completely in the air)
   SYN  acrobat

tum·blerBrE /ˈtʌmblə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtʌmblər/ 🔊 noun

a glass for drinking out of, with a flat bottom, straight sides and no handle or stem （无柄无脚、平底直壁的）玻璃杯 (also tum·bler·ful BrE /ˈtʌmbləfʊl/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈtʌmblərfʊl/ 🔊) the amount held by a tumbler 一平底玻璃杯（的量）(old-fashioned) an acrobat who performs somersaults (= a jump in which you turn over completely in the air) 翻筋斗杂技演员