| 单词 | summer ale |
| 释义 | > as lemmassummer ale summer ale n. (a) ale brewed in, or for drinking in, the summer; †(b) a summer festival (cf. ale n. 2) (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > festivities associated with midsummer summer gamea1400 watch1445 summer ale1586 summering1606 midsummer alea1639 the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > ale or beer > ale > [noun] > ale brewed at specific season summer ale1586 March alea1600 1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. N7v The superfluities of sommer ale, that hathe wrought in his giddie braine. 1636 H. Burton Divine Trag. 21 The people..prepared for a solemne summer-ale. 1671 Divine Examples God's Severe Judgments (single sheet) They prepared for a Summer-ale upon the Sabbath day. 1744 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Mar. xiii. 122 Of the Advantages arising to Farmers from brewing a March strong Beer, and a Summer Ale, for their Harvest-Use. 1868 A. Hislop Prov. Scotl. (rev. ed.) 28 Formerly, brewers made ale only twice a year,—the summer ale in March, and the winter in October. 1994 Financial Times 20 Aug. 10/5 Like their summer ales, brewery executives have been in a lighter mood in recent months. 2004 New Yorker 23 Aug. 12/2 The ‘beverage director’ gives solid advice about which summer ale..would be bold enough to accompany a sirloin steak. < as lemmas |
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