tumbler

tumble,翻滚，-er,表物。引申诸相关词义。

tumbler (n.)

mid-14c., "acrobat," agent noun from tumble (v.). Compare Old English tumbere "tumbler, dancer." A fem. form was tumblester (early 15c.), tumbester (late 14c.) "female acrobatic dancer." Meaning "drinking glass" is recorded from 1660s, originally a glass with a rounded or pointed bottom which would cause it to "tumble;" thus it could not be set down until it was empty. As a part of a lock mechanism, from 1670s.

1. Add a few drops to half a tumbler of water.

在半玻璃杯水里面加上几滴。

2. He took a tumbler from a cupboard.

他从碗橱里拿出一只平底玻璃杯。

3. The tumbler is not half full.

这杯子里酒还不到一半.

4. He drank from a tumbler.

他用平底玻璃杯喝.

5. He drank a tumbler of brandy.

他喝了一杯白兰地.