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ale 音标拼音: ['el] n. 淡色啤酒 淡色啤酒 ale n 1: a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is ( by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volumeAle \ Ale\ ([= a] l), n. [ AS. ealu, akin to Icel., Sw., and Dan. [" o] l, Lith. alus a kind of beer, OSlav. ol[ u^] beer. Cf. Ir. ol drink, drinking.] 1. An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops. [ 1913 Webster] Note: The word ale, in England and the United States, usually designates a heavier kind of fermented liquor, and the word beer a lighter kind. The word beer is also in common use as the generic name for all malt liquors. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk. " At wakes and ales." -- B. Jonson." On ember eves and holy ales." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
Beer \ Beer\, n. [ OE. beor, ber, AS. be[' o] r; akin to Fries. biar, Icel. bj? rr, OHG. bior, D. & G. bier, and possibly E. brew. [ root] 93, See { Brew}.] 1. A fermented liquor made from any malted grain, but commonly from barley malt, with hops or some other substance to impart a bitter flavor. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Beer has different names, as { small beer}, { ale}, { porter}, { brown stout}, { lager beer}, according to its strength, or other qualities. See { Ale}. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc. [ 1913 Webster] { Small beer}, weak beer; ( fig.) insignificant matters. " To suckle fools, and chronicle small beer." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] |
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