beverage

Compared meaning: something you drink (noun).

比较义项：饮料（名词）。

• drink

  The everyday, general word for something to drink; used constantly in casual speech and informal writing, with no formal tone at all.

  指可喝的东西时最日常、最通用的说法；在口语和非正式书面语中随处可见，不带任何正式色彩。

  Can I get you a drink while you wait for your table?

  你等位的时候要不要来杯饮料？

• beverage 本词

  A formal or commercial word for a drink, typically found on menus, in advertising, or business and nutrition contexts, rarely used in casual conversation.

  指饮料时较正式或商业化的说法，常见于菜单、广告以及商业或营养相关的语境，在日常口语中很少使用。

  The menu lists several hot and cold beverages under ten dollars.

  菜单上列出了几款十美元以下的冷热饮料。

Drink and beverage both mean something you can drink. Drink is the ordinary, everyday word, used constantly in casual speech. Beverage is formal or commercial, seen on menus, in advertising, or in business contexts, and rarely used casually. It excludes drink as a verb.

两个词都指可喝的液体，但beverage更正式、更书面，常出现在菜单、广告或商业语境中；drink是日常口语中最常用的说法。这里不比较drink作动词“喝”的用法。