- (especially British English) (North American English usually hard cider)[uncountable, countable]
an alcoholic drink made from the juice of apples 蘋果酒 dry/sweet cider 幹/甜蘋果酒 cider apples 釀造果酒的蘋果 a cider press (= for squeezing the juice from apples) 蘋果榨汁器 I’ll have a glass of dry cider, please. 請給我來一杯幹蘋果酒。 The cider was very strong and went straight to our heads. 這蘋果酒很烈,一喝就上頭了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dry
- sweet
- apple
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- litre/liter
- pint
- bottle
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- have
- drink
- sip
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- apples
- vinegar
- (also apple cider)[uncountable, countable] (both North American English)
a drink made from the juice of apples that does not contain alcohol 蘋果汁 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- dry
- sweet
- apple
- …
- litre/liter
- pint
- bottle
- …
- have
- drink
- sip
- …
- apples
- vinegar
- [countable]
a glass of cider 一杯蘋果酒(或蘋果汁) compare perry
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French sidre, via ecclesiastical Latin from ecclesiastical Greek sikera, from Hebrew šēk̲ār ‘strong drink’.