pint

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Related topics: Measurement, Drink

pint /paɪnt/ noun [countableC]

1 (written abbreviation pt)TM a unit for measuring an amount of liquid, especially beer or milk. In Britain a pint is equal to 0.568 litres, and in the US it is equal to 0.473 litres 品脱〔液量单位，尤用于啤酒或牛奶。在英国一品脱合0.568升，而在美国一品脱合0.473升〕

pint of

Add two pints of water to the mixture.

在混合物中加入两品脱的水。

half a pint of milk

半品脱牛奶

a pint glass (=a glass which will hold a pint of liquid)

一品脱容量的玻璃杯

2 British EnglishBrEDFD a pint of beer, especially one that you drink in a bar 〔尤指在酒吧喝的〕一品脱啤酒 → half

He’s gone down the pub for a quick pint.

他去小酒馆匆匆喝上一品脱啤酒。

Examples from the Corpus

pint• He said he had drunk eight to 10 pints of lager and some vodka and tonic, the court was told.• Born with a kidney defect, he needs up to 5 pints of liquid every day to stay fit and healthy.• And after some jokes, and a pint of beer, we stood up as we remembered.• He threw in a bucket of groundbait, a pint of maggots, and fished all night without a bite.• a pint of milk• Cut the bottom off a four pint plastic milk container to make a free food scoop.• It would appear that the rocker cover is becoming pressurised and oil consumption is approximately one pint per 150-200 miles.• He's more used to the communion wine than pulling pints.• Tony, 47, who once admitted to drinking up to twelve pints a night, just can't resist a good time.

Origin pint

(1300-1400) Old French pinte, from Medieval Latin pincta, from Latin, past participle of pingere “to paint”; probably because a mark was painted on a bottle to show how much it contained

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