- (abbreviation pt)
a unit for measuring liquids and some dry goods, equal to 0.568 of a litre in the UK and some other countries, and 0.473 of a litre in the US. There are 8 pints in a gallon 品脱(容量单位,为 ¹⁄₈ 加仑,在英国等国家约合 0.568 升,在美国约合 0.473 升) a pint of beer/milk 一品脱啤酒/牛奶 We'd better get a couple of extra pints (= of milk) tomorrow. 明天我们最好再多买几品脱牛奶。 Add half a pint of cream. 加上半品脱奶油。
- (British English)
a pint of beer (especially in a pub) 一品脱啤酒(尤用于酒吧) Extra ExamplesTopics Drinksc1He stood me a pint in the pub after work. 下班后他请我在酒馆里喝了一品脱啤酒。 I got the barman to pull me another pint. 我让酒吧的服务员又给我倒了一品脱啤酒。 He could sink a pint faster than anyone else I knew. 在我认识的人中他喝下一品脱啤酒的速度最快。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + pint- consume
- drink
- have
- …
- glass
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French pinte, of unknown origin.