词组 | pot |
释义 | pot a pot of tea/a tea pot 【问】 托福试题中有这样一句话: We have a whole pot of tea. (TOEFL,87) 它的意思是否是“我们有一个完整的茶壶”? 【答】 首先应当记住,在a pot of tea,a cup of milk,a glass of water这样一些结构里,介词of之后的宾语是中心词,而a pot,a cup,a glass则是中心词的量词。所以a pot of tea是“一壶茶”,而不是“一个茶壶”。如果有形容词作定语的话(a hot cup of coffee),则定语是修饰中心词的(a cup of hot coffee)或者修饰整个短语的(a whole pot of tea),而不是修饰pot,cup,glass这些量词的(不是a hot cup,a whole pot)。所以,a whole pot of tea是指“满满的一壶茶水”或者“茶壶里的茶水装满了”(Our teapot's full. )。请看下面的实例: 1. Make a pot of tea. (ELD) 泡一壶茶吧。(不是制造一个茶壶) 2. eat a whole pot of jam(ALD) 吃一整罐的果酱 3. If you're making a pot of tea,I'd love a cup. (LDCE) 如果你泡一壶茶,我想要一杯。 4. I'll get you a glass of water. (Du Maurier) 我去给你弄一杯水。 如果涉及的是茶壶、咖啡杯、酒杯这些器皿本身则应采用另外的结构:a tea pot(teapot),a coffee cup,a wine glass。 请做下面的试题: 1. I dropped the_______and broke it. A. cup of coffee B. cup of the coffee C. cup for coffee D. coffee cup(Nelson,300B) 2. She broke a ____while she was washing up. A. glass wine B. wine glass C. glass for wine D. glass of wine(Nelson,250B) 赵振才 编著.英语常见问题解答大词典.哈尔滨:黑龙江人民出版社.1998.第908页. |
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