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a beer
表示一份或一种啤酒时，beer是可数名词。
He ordered a beer.
他点了一杯啤酒。
啤酒
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
啤酒
An alcoholic drink made from grain, usually malted barley, and flavored with hops.
He ordered a beer.
他点了一杯啤酒。
一种由淀粉材料发酵而成的酒精饮料,通常是大麦麦芽；常加入啤酒花或其他物质(如香料)以增加苦味。
An alcoholic drink fermented from starch material, commonly barley malt; often with hops or some other substance (like gruit) to impart a bitter flavor.
用谷物(或混合谷物)发酵并加啤酒花调味的酒精饮料的总称；啤酒
a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops
由各种植物的根和其他部分发酵而成的提取物。
A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc.
通过浸泡植物材料在水或其他液体中制成的溶液。
A solution produced by steeping plant materials in water or another fluid.
I would like a cold beer with my pizza.
我想来一杯冰啤酒配比萨。
This beer is brewed from barley and hops.
这种啤酒是用大麦和啤酒花酿造的。
He tried several local beers at the festival.
他在节日上品尝了几种当地啤酒。
表示一份或一种啤酒时，beer是可数名词。
He ordered a beer.
他点了一杯啤酒。
表示泛指啤酒，不可数。
She doesn't drink beer.
她不喝啤酒。
作为不可数名词，主语用单数动词。
Beer is a popular alcoholic beverage.
啤酒是一种受欢迎的酒精饮料。
Not this
I would like two beer, please.
Use this
I would like two beers, please.
当beer表示“两杯/瓶啤酒”时，作为可数名词需要加复数-s。中文的“两啤酒”没有复数概念，容易遗漏。
Not this
Beer are served cold.
Use this
Beer is served cold.
beer作为不可数名词时，谓语动词用单数is。中文不区分单复数，可能导致主谓一致错误。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
喝啤酒
He likes to drink beer after work.
他喜欢下班后喝啤酒。
啤酒瓶
Please recycle the beer bottles.
请回收啤酒瓶。
冰镇啤酒
I prefer an ice-cold beer on a hot day.
热天我喜欢喝冰镇啤酒。
精酿啤酒
Craft beer has become very popular.
精酿啤酒变得非常流行。
啤酒爱好者
My brother is a beer lover.
我哥哥是个啤酒爱好者。
啤酒肚
He worries about developing a beer belly.
他担心长出啤酒肚。
无关紧要的小事；微不足道的人
Don't worry about that mistake; it's small beer compared to the overall success.
别担心那个错误，和整体的成功比起来，那只是小事一桩。
借酒消愁；自怜自哀
After losing his job, he spent the weekend crying into his beer.
失业后，他整个周末都在借酒消愁。
啤酒是上帝爱我们并希望我们快乐的证明。
Many people quote this saying when enjoying a beer with friends.
许多人在与朋友享受啤酒时会引用这句名言。
啤酒，所有生活问题的起因和解决办法。
This humorous line from The Simpsons reflects beer's dual role in popular culture.
这句来自《辛普森一家》的幽默台词反映了啤酒在流行文化中的双重角色。
Use beer naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
beer 音似'必儿'，联想聚会必备饮品啤酒。
通常用于日常或非正式场合，但在特定语境下也可用于正式场合，如品酒会。
表示液体或这类饮料的总称时不可数；表示一杯/一瓶或不同种类时可数，复数形式为 beers。
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