cider

noun
🔊/ˈsaɪdə(r)/
🔊/ˈsaɪdər/
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  1. (especially British English)
    (North American English usually hard cider)
    [uncountable, countable] an alcoholic drink made from the juice of apples苹果酒
    • dry/sweet cider干/甜苹果酒
    • cider apples酿造果酒的苹果
    • a cider press (= for squeezing the juice from apples)苹果榨汁器
    • I’ll have a glass of dry cider, please.请给我来一杯干苹果酒。
    • The cider was very strong and went straight to our heads.这苹果酒很烈,一喝就上头了。
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • dry
    • sweet
    • apple
    … of cider
    • litre/​liter
    • pint
    • bottle
    verb + cider
    • have
    • drink
    • sip
    cider + noun
    • apples
    • vinegar
    See full entry
  2. (also apple cider)
    [uncountable, countable] (both North American English) a drink made from the juice of apples that does not contain alcohol苹果汁
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • dry
    • sweet
    • apple
    … of cider
    • litre/​liter
    • pint
    • bottle
    verb + cider
    • have
    • drink
    • sip
    cider + noun
    • apples
    • vinegar
    See full entry
  3. [countable] a glass of cider一杯苹果酒(或苹果汁)
  4. compare perry
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French sidre, via ecclesiastical Latin from ecclesiastical Greek sikera, from Hebrew šēk̲ār ‘strong drink’.