hard cider
hard cider — noun
1. a drink containing alcohol, made by letting pressed apple juice turn sour and bu
a drink containing alcohol, made by letting pressed apple juice turn sour and bubbly over time.
At the autumn fair, Noa poured cold hard cider into tall glasses for the guests.
uncountable: a drink poured by the glass
The orchard near town presses its own apples and sells hard cider every October.
collocation: presses apples / sells hard cider
Caleb ordered a glass of hard cider instead of beer with his roast pork.
Antonia let the apple juice ferment for three weeks before the hard cider was ready.
On cold evenings the old farmhouse smelled of woodsmoke and warm hard cider.
- sweet cider
the American term for the non-alcoholic pressed apple juice
用法筆記
Common in American English, where plain 'cider' usually means the non-alcoholic apple drink; the word 'hard' marks the alcoholic version. In British English the alcoholic drink is simply 'cider'.