He opened the fridge and got out a can of ice-cold beer.
draught beerBritish EnglishBrE, draft beerAmerican EnglishAmE (=taken from a large container, not served in a bottle)
He only ever drinks draught beer.
bottled beer (=served in a bottle)
We sell a wide selection of draught and bottled beers.
strong beer (=with a lot of alcohol)
He had drunk two pints of strong beer before attempting to drive.
light beer especially American EnglishAmE (=lower in alcohol or calories than normal beer)
He claims light beer has no flavor.
low-alcohol beer (=lower in alcohol than normal beer)
Have you tried low-alcohol beer?
alcohol-free beer (=with no alcohol in it)
I'll bring some alcohol-free beer.
stale beer (=old beer which has an unpleasant smell)
The hotel smelt of cigarette smoke and stale beer.
beer + NOUN
a beer bottle/can (=a bottle/can for beer)
Empty beer cans littered the ground.
a beer barrel/keg (=a large container for beer)
They rolled empty beer barrels along the street.
a beer mat (=a mat for putting a glass of beer on)
There were beer mats and an ashtray on the table.
a beer glass
He raised his beer glass and said 'Cheers!'
a beer mug (=large glass with a handle)
The barmaid brought over four foaming beer mugs.
a beer drinker
I'm not really a beer drinker.
a beer festival (=special event where people can taste different types of beer)
phrases
a pint of beer
Two pints of beer, please.
a bottle/can of beer (=containing beer)
The fridge was full of cans of beer.
a barrel of beer (=a large container containing beer)
He bought a barrel of beer for the party.
nTHESAURUS
beer a generalword for an alcoholic drink made from malt and hops
a bottle of beer
Let’s go and have a beer in the pub.
lager a light-coloured beer, which often has a lot of bubbles in it
A pint of lager, please.
ale a type of beer which is usually sold in a bottle or a can
Beers and fine ales were brewed here for over a hundred years.
Newcastle Brown Ale
draught beerBritish EnglishBrE, draft beerAmerican EnglishAmE beer that is served from a large container rather than a bottle, especially good quality beer
The pub serves a range of draught beers.
real aleBritish EnglishBrE beer that has been made in the, traditional way, not in a large factory
The pub has real ale and live music most nights.
bitterBritish EnglishBrE a type of darkstrong beer that is popular in Britain
draught beer• Extensive range of house wines and champagne, whiskies and draught beers.• An extensive selection of whiskies and draught beers, real ale.• Nice range of wines, whiskies and draught beer.• They had orderedhalves of the localdraught beer which they weren't in a hurry to finish.• The rationalization processinvolvedconcentrating the production of standarddraught beers at the Watson brewery at St Helens.• I think our problem is that we're too closely identified with beer, and traditional draught beer at that.• Good wine list, over 30 whiskies, draught beersincluding Guinness.
ADJECTIVE | ... OF BEER | VERB + BEER | BEER + VERB | BEER + NOUNADJECTIVE➤good, great, quality好啤酒;上等啤酒➤cheap廉價啤酒▸➤strong濃啤酒▸➤alcohol-free, light, low-alcohol, no-alcohol, non-alcoholic無醇啤酒;淡啤酒;低酒精啤酒▸➤cold, ice-cold冷啤;冰啤▸➤warm溫啤酒▸➤black, blonde, dark黑啤酒;淺色啤酒;深色啤酒➤wheat小麥啤酒➤craft, specialty (both NAmE) 微釀啤酒;特製啤酒➤domestic, imported, local國產/進口/當地啤酒▸➤bottled, cask, draught/draft, keg瓶裝/桶裝/散裝/小桶啤酒▸➤flat (= that the gas has gone out of)跑了氣的啤酒▸➤stale陳啤酒◇The bar smelled of stale beer.這家酒吧有一股走了味的啤酒氣味兒。➤home-brewed家釀的啤酒➤ginger, root (NAmE) 薑汁啤酒;根汁汽水... OF BEER➤pint (BrE) 一品脫啤酒◇I ordered half a pint of beer with my sandwich.我點了半品脫啤酒來配三明治。➤barrel, bottle, can, keg, pitcher (NAmE) 一大桶/一瓶/一罐/一小桶/一大杯啤酒▸➤cup, glass, mug, tankard一杯/一玻璃杯/一馬克杯/一大杯啤酒▸➤case, crate, six-pack一箱啤酒;半打裝啤酒VERB + BEER➤drink喝啤酒◇Do you drink beer?你喝啤酒嗎?➤have喝啤酒◇Will you have a beer?你要喝啤酒嗎?➤get, grab (especially NAmE) 弄到/抓起啤酒▸➤down喝下啤酒◇He downed his beer in one go.他把啤酒一飲而盡。➤chug, gulp, gulp at, guzzle, sip, sip at, swig咕嘟咕嘟地喝啤酒;大口喝啤酒;啜飲啤酒;痛飲啤酒▸➤take a gulp of, take a sip of, take a swig of喝一大口啤酒;抿一小口啤酒▸➤draw, pour (sb)吸啤酒;給(某人)斟啤酒◇This beer should be drawn slowly.這啤酒應該慢慢地吸着喝。◇He poured us all a beer.他給我們每人倒了一杯啤酒。➤spill灑啤酒▸➤buy (sb), order(給某人)買啤酒;點啤酒◇I saw him at the bar ordering a beer.我看見他在酒吧要一杯啤酒喝。➤sell, serve賣啤酒;供應啤酒▸➤go for, go out for去喝啤酒◇I'm going (out) for a beer with Carl tonight.今晚我要和卡爾喝啤酒去。➤brew釀啤酒▸➤chill冰鎮啤酒BEER + VERB➤chill啤酒冷卻◇I have some beers chilling in the cooler.我在冷藏箱裏冰鎮着一些啤酒。➤go flat啤酒走氣▸➤flow (figurative) 啤酒大量供應◇The beer flowed freely after the game.比賽後人們痛飲啤酒。➤spill啤酒灑出◇He slammed his glass down and the beer spilled over the sides.他砰的一聲放下玻璃杯,啤酒灑了出來。BEER + NOUN➤drinker, lover喝啤酒的人;愛喝啤酒的人▸➤maker啤酒製造商▸➤barrel, bottle, can, crate, glass, keg, mug, stein, tankard大啤酒桶;啤酒瓶;啤酒罐;啤酒箱;玻璃啤酒杯;小啤酒桶;啤酒杯;陶質啤酒杯;大金屬啤酒杯▸➤coaster, mat (BrE) 啤酒杯墊➤cooler (especially NAmE) 啤酒冷卻桶▸➤festival啤酒節▸➤consumption, production, sales啤酒消費/生產/銷售➤ad (informal) , advertisement, commercial啤酒廣告▸➤cellar, garden啤酒窖;(設在花園或院子裏的)露天啤酒店◇Children are welcome in the beer garden.露天啤酒店歡迎孩子們。➤belly, gut (bothinformal) 啤酒肚◇He's only twenty but he already has a beer belly.他才 20 歲,但已經有啤酒肚了。➤money少量的錢◇Singing in bars keeps him in beer money (= earns him a little money).在酒吧唱歌讓他能掙點兒小錢。