stirrup cup
短语n. 上马酒（古代骑者在上马远行时喝的告别酒）
词形变化
stirrup cups
复数
stirrup cups
释义与例句
n.
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1.
A parting drink taken after mounting one's horse.
历史1819, Walter Scott, The Bride of Lammermoor, Tales of My Landlord, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, Volume 2, Chapter 4, pp. 85-86, […] after the Lord Keeper, the Master, and the domestics, had drunk doch-an-dorroch, or the stirrup-cup, in the liquors adapted to their various ranks, the cavalcade resumed its progress.
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2.
A drink taken before leaving or parting company with someone.
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3.
A cup from which such a drink is taken.