| 词汇 | beer |
| 词源 | beer. Beer possibly derives from the Latin biber, for “drink.” Roman soldiers most likely demanded biber in taverns wherev- er they went in Germany and the tavern owners assumed that this meant the ale in which they specialized. Gradually, the German word for ale became biber and then Bier, which came into English as beer. |
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