ale

名词 n.
/eɪl/    /eɪl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A beer made without hops. countable,dated,uncountable
  2. A beer produced by so-called warm fermentation and not pressurized. countable,uncountable
  3. A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk. countable,uncountable

词形变化

ales plural eale alternative,obsolete

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut-der.
Proto-Germanic *alu
Proto-West Germanic *alu
Old English ealu
Middle English ale
English ale
From Middle English ale, from Old English ealu, ealo, from Proto-West Germanic *alu, from Proto-Germanic *alu (compare Dutch aal, Icelandic and Swedish öl (“beer”), Danish, Faroese, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk øl (“beer”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut- (“beer”), or *h₂elu- (“bitter”). Compare Russian ол (ol), Lithuanian alùs, Armenian օղի (ōġi); compare also Latin alum (“comfrey”), alūta (“tawed leather”), Ancient Greek ἀλύδοιμος (alúdoimos, “bitter”).
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