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chalice 多指仪式用的大酒杯；日常喝水常用 cup 或 glass。
The host offered each guest a chalice of mulled wine.
主人为每位客人端上一杯热葡萄酒。
圣餐杯；酒杯
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圣餐杯；酒杯
a bowl-shaped drinking vessel, especially the cup used at Communion
The host offered each guest a chalice of mulled wine.
主人为每位客人端上一杯热葡萄酒。
大酒杯,常有柄和底座,尤用于正式场合和宗教仪式。
A large drinking cup, often having a stem and base and used especially for formal occasions and religious ceremonies.
一种水冷式烟斗,用于吸食大麻。
A kind of water-cooled pipe for smoking cannabis.
The king raised his golden chalice and drank to the health of his guests.
国王举起他的金色酒杯，向客人们的健康敬酒。
Every Sunday, the priest uses a silver chalice for the communion wine.
每个星期天，牧师都用一只银质圣餐杯来盛圣餐酒。
The museum label says this chalice was carved from a single piece of jade.
博物馆的标签说明这只酒杯是用一整块玉雕刻而成的。
chalice 多指仪式用的大酒杯；日常喝水常用 cup 或 glass。
The host offered each guest a chalice of mulled wine.
主人为每位客人端上一杯热葡萄酒。
drink from a chalice 表示用圣杯饮用，from 引出所用的容器。
The bishop drank from the golden chalice.
主教用金色的圣餐杯喝了酒。
Not this
He drank wine from chalice.
Use this
He drank wine from a chalice.
chalice 是可数名词，单数形式前需要限定词（如 a/the），不能单独使用；表示“用圣餐杯喝”需用 from a chalice。
Not this
There are three chalice on the table.
Use this
There are three chalices on the table.
chalice 的复数形式是 chalices；汉语名词没有复数变化，学习者容易漏掉词尾 -s。
Not this
Could you bring me a chalice of coffee?
Use this
Could you bring me a cup of coffee?
chalice 特指圣餐杯或仪式用高脚杯，不用于日常饮品；日常用 cup 才对，属于词汇搭配误用。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
烫手山芋；看似诱人却会带来麻烦的事物
The new manager was given a poisoned chalice when she took over the failing company.
新经理接手这家陷入困境的公司时，接到了一个烫手山芋。
银质圣餐杯；银质酒杯
The priest filled the silver chalice with wine for the communion service.
牧师为圣餐仪式将银质圣餐杯斟满了酒。
圣杯（特指耶稣最后晚餐所用之杯）
According to legend, the holy chalice was brought to Britain by Joseph of Arimathea.
据传说，圣杯由亚利马太的约瑟带到了不列颠。
用大酒杯饮酒；用圣餐杯饮用
At the royal banquet, everyone drank from golden chalices.
在皇家宴会上，每个人都用金质酒杯饮酒。
金杯毒酒；看似诱人实则有害的东西
Taking over the family business proved to be a poisoned chalice.
接管家族企业最终证明是个金杯毒酒。
宫殿里的圣杯盛着真正的美酒。
Simpsons fans quote "The chalice from the palace has the brew that is true" as the Stonecutters' secret password.
《辛普森一家》的粉丝把“宫殿里的圣杯盛着真正的美酒”当作石匠会的暗号来引用。
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音似“茶里丝”：想象圣餐杯里盛着茶，权当酒杯，记住 chalice 是杯状饮器。
语域：formal 常见场景：religious ceremony、literary or poetic writing、historical narrative 该词较正式，通常用于宗教仪式（指圣餐杯）或文学、诗歌等书面语境；日常口语中较少使用，常说 cup。
palace、malice、Alice 与 chalice 押韵：重读元音和后面的 /lɪs/ 相同。注意拼写陷阱：chalice、malice、Alice 中的 -ice 读 /ɪs/，而 lice、slice 中的 -ice 读 /aɪs/；另外 chalet 虽以 chal 开头，但读 /ʃæˈleɪ/，不是 /ˈtʃælɪs/。
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