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pint

noun
🔊/paɪnt/
🔊/paɪnt/
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  1. (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。🔊🔊
    Topics Drinksc1, Maths and measurementc1
  2. (British English) a pint of beer (especially in a pub)一品脱啤酒（尤用于酒吧）
    • Do you want to go for a pint later?待会儿你想去喝杯啤酒吗？🔊🔊
    • a pint/half-pint glass品脱/半品脱玻璃
    Extra Examples
    • He 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。
    Topics Drinksc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + pint
    • consume
    • drink
    • have
    • …
    pint + noun
    • glass
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    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French pinte, of unknown origin.