beer
beer
noun
beer and skittles
noun
- [mass noun]an alcoholic drink made from yeast-fermented malt flavoured with hops[count noun]
啤酒。 比较 ale
a pint of beer.
一品脱啤酒。
he ordered a beer.
他要了一杯啤酒。
■(N. Amer.)such a drink brewed by bottom fermentation
(北美)（底层发酵的）窖藏啤酒
■used in names of certain other fermented drinks, e.g. ginger beer
…啤酒（用于某些其他发酵饮料名称中，如ginger beer）
beer and skittles
- [often with negative](Brit.)amusement or enjoyment
(英)玩乐，享受
life isn't all beer and skittles.
生活并非只是玩乐和享受。
- Old English bēor, of West Germanic origin, based on monastic Latin biber 'a drink', from Latin bibere 'to drink'; related to Dutch bier and German Bier
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