drink

Compared meaning: to drink alcohol (verb).

比较义项：喝酒（动词）。

• drink 本词

  Neutral, everyday verb for consuming alcohol; does not imply any particular quantity, and fits both formal and informal contexts, e.g. official advice about alcohol.

  中性、最常用的动词，表示喝酒；不暗示喝酒的量，正式和非正式场合都可以用，例如官方的饮酒建议。

  The ad reminds people to drink responsibly during the holidays.

  这则广告提醒人们在假期期间要适量饮酒。

• booze

  Informal, slangy verb implying drinking a lot, often socially and repeatedly; carries a casual tone and sometimes a mild note of disapproval.

  非正式的俚语动词，暗示大量饮酒，常指社交性、反复的豪饮；语气随意，有时略带一点不以为然的意味。

  Every Friday night, the guys go out to booze until the bars close.

  每周五晚上，这帮人都会出去豪饮，直到酒吧打烊。

Drink and booze both mean to drink alcohol. Drink is the neutral, most common word and fits formal and informal situations. Booze is informal slang for drinking a lot, often sounding casual and slightly disapproving. It does not cover drink's other meaning, to swallow liquid.

drink 和 booze 都表示喝酒，但 drink 是中性、最常用的说法，不暗示喝酒的量，正式或非正式场合都能用；booze 是非正式俚语，强调大量、豪饮，语气随意，有时带一点贬义。这里不比较 drink 的其他义项（如泛指“喝，饮用”水或饮料）。

Compared meaning: something you drink (noun).

比较义项：饮料（名词）。

• drink 本词

  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

  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。