ale /ˈe(ə)l/
  淡色啤酒
  Ale n.
  1. An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.
  Note: ☞ The word ale, in England and the United States, usually designates a heavier kind of fermented liquor, and the word beer a lighter kind. The word beer is also in common use as the generic name for all malt liquors.
  2. A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk.   “At wakes and ales.” --B. Jonson.“On ember eves and holy ales.” --Shak.
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  ale
       n : a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in
           some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of
           more than 4% alcohol by volume