ale

• n. 麦芽酒
• n. (Ale)人名；(塞、几、葡)阿莱；(伊朗)阿勒

来自PIE *alu, 苦的。词源同alum, 矾土。

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 volume

ale

ale: [OE] Old English ealu ‘ale’ goes back to a Germanic root *aluth-, which also produced Old Norse öl (Scandinavian languages still use alerelated words, whereas other Germanic languages now only use beer-related words; English is the only one to retain both). Going beyond Germanic in time takes us back to the word’s ultimate Indo-European source, a base meaning ‘bitter’ which is also represented in alum and aluminium. Ale and beer seem to have been virtually synonymous to the Anglo- Saxons; various distinctions in usage have developed over the centuries, such as that ale is made without hops, and is heavier (or some would say lighter) than beer, but most of the differences have depended on local usage.

The word bridal is intimately connected with ale. Nowadays used as an adjective, and therefore subconsciously associated with other adjectives ending in -al, in Old English it was a noun, literally ‘bride ale’, that is, a beer-drinking session to celebrate a marriage.

ale (n.)

Old English ealu "ale, beer," from Proto-Germanic *aluth- (cognates: Old Saxon alo, Old Norse öl), perhaps from PIE root meaning "bitter" (cognates: Latin alumen "alum"), or from PIE *alu-t "ale," from root *alu-, which has connotations of "sorcery, magic, possession, intoxication." The word was borrowed from Germanic into Lithuanian (alus) and Old Church Slavonic (olu).

In the fifteenth century, and until the seventeenth, ale stood for the unhopped fermented malt liquor which had long been the native drink of these islands. Beer was the hopped malt liquor introduced from the Low Countires in the fifteenth century and popular first of all in the towns. By the eighteenth century, however, all malt liquor was hopped and there had been a silent mutation in the meaning of the two terms. For a time the terms became synonymous, in fact, but local habits of nomenclature still continued to perpetuate what had been a real difference: 'beer' was the malt liquor which tended to be found in towns, 'ale' was the term in general use in the country districts. [Peter Mathias, "The Brewing Industry in England," Cambridge University Press, 1959]

Meaning "festival or merry-meeting at which much ale was drunk" was in Old English (see bridal).

brown/pale ale

深色 / 浅色麦芽啤酒

牛津词典

Two light ales please.

请来两杯淡麦芽啤酒。

牛津词典

...our selection of ales and spirits.

我们可供选择的麦芽酒和烈性酒

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Try Big Bowl's signature drink, fresh ginger ginger ale, a refreshing balance to the robust food.

还有“大碗”的招牌饮料, 姜汁生啤, 是饱餐之后的提神佳品.

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More gills of ale were bought than harsh words traded.

这些人都在痛快地喝酒,不再制造言语上的冲突.

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To make ( ale or beer ) from malt and hops by infusion, boiling, and fermentation.

酿酒通过浸制 、 煮沸和发酵等方式用麦芽和啤酒花酿制 ( 麦酒或啤酒 )

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Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.

宁可安安心心地吃蚕豆和咸肉,也不愿胆战心惊地享用糕饼和麦芽酒.

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After I left. I ate and drank some beer with Gillian and Ale.

我离开以后, 和G总 以及熊妾一起吃饭、喝了一些啤酒.

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Come birl the ale , please.

来给我倒杯啤酒!

《现代英汉综合大词典》

Shandy Gaff is made with equal parts of beer and ginger ale.

这款鸡尾酒的配方是等分的啤酒和干姜汁.

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The waiter brought me the ale in a black jack.

侍者用大酒杯盛着啤酒给我端了过来.

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He nods while he pours me a pint of brackish ale.

他一边点头一边给我倒了一杯啤酒.

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We quaffed a bumper of ale.

我们一口气喝干了一大杯爱尔啤酒.

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Ginger ale with lots of ice for me, thank you.

姜汁,多加些冰块, 谢谢.

辞典例句

He drank his ale and stood up ready to clap.

他喝了一口啤酒,坐直身子准备鼓掌.

英汉非文学 - 民俗

He liked the bitter taste of the ale.

他喜欢麦芽酒的苦味.

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I'd like some ginger ale, please.

我想喝点姜汁汽水.

口语例句

Their thoughts were only of ale.

他们想的只是物质享受,吃喝玩乐.

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I'm afraid of nothing. I drink Adam's ale.

我什么也不怕, 我喝亚当的麦酒.

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Feliks went to the bar and asked for a glass of ale and a cold sausage.

费利克斯直走到柜台,要了一杯啤酒,一盘凉香肠.

辞典例句

The boy drank up the ale before all the guests arrived.

在所有客人到达之前,那男孩把淡色啤酒喝完了.

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So with the exception of the fermentation process, beer and ale are basically the same thing!

除了发酵工序有区别之外, 啤酒和爱尔啤酒其实是一回事!

电影对白

I sometimes enjoy a pint of ale.

有时候我喝一品脱浓啤酒.

《简明英汉词典》

Numerical simulation of single charge explosion on seabed in shallow water was implemented with ALE algorithm.

采用ALE算法,对单个装药浅层水中沉底爆炸进行了数值模拟.

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An ALE officer a difficult time trying to start it and to keep it running.

一位机场执法人员花费了许多时间试图启动它,并让它保持运转.

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ALE personnel were well equipped with proper clothing and gas mask.

机场执法人员均配备有适当的著装和防毒面具.

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What kinds of ale would you like?

你要什么啤酒?

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A serving wench brought us our ale.

一个女仆给我们端来了麦芽酒.

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Their thoughts were only of cakes and ale.

他们想的只是生活享受,吃喝玩乐.

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The ale will fine.

啤酒会变清的.

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