Bevvy is a very casual British word for a drink, and nearly always an alcoholic one — usually beer. 'Fancy a bevvy?' means 'Want to go for a drink?' You will hear it most in the north of England, in Liverpool and Manchester especially, and in Ireland, though it has spread around Britain and Australia through television and football culture.

Bevvy is a very casual British word for a drinkbevvy是非常口語的英式說法，指一杯飲料 and nearly always an alcoholic one — usually beer而且幾乎都是指酒——通常是啤酒。 'Fancy a bevvy?' means 'Want to go for a drink?'Fancy a bevvy?意思是要不要去喝一杯 You will hear it most in the north of England, in Liverpool and Manchester especially, and in Ireland最常聽到是在英格蘭北部，尤其利物浦和曼徹斯特，還有愛爾蘭 though it has spread around Britain and Australia through television and football culture不過透過電視和足球文化也傳到英國各地和澳洲。

It is friendly, cheerful, working-class in flavour, and completely out of place in writing or in any formal setting: nobody puts 'bevvy' on a menu. It is usually countable — 'a few bevvies last night', 'we had a couple of bevvies'. The plural 'bevvies' is probably more common than the singular.

It is friendly, cheerful, working-class in flavour它的語感親切、輕快、帶點勞工階層的味道 and completely out of place in writing or in any formal setting而且完全不適合出現在寫作或任何正式場合 nobody puts 'bevvy' on a menu沒有人會把bevvy寫在菜單上。 It is usually countable它通常是可數名詞 'a few bevvies last night', 'we had a couple of bevvies'像a few bevvies last night、we had a couple of bevvies這樣說。 The plural 'bevvies' is probably more common than the singular複數bevvies大概比單數更常用。

Two smaller points. First, the spelling wanders: bevvy and bevy both appear, and some people write bevvie. Because 'bevy' is also a completely different word meaning a group (see the next entry), careful writers use the double-v spelling for the drink.

Two smaller points還有兩個小地方。 First, the spelling wanders第一，拼法不固定 bevvy and bevy both appearbevvy和bevy兩種都看得到 and some people write bevvie也有人寫bevvie。 Because 'bevy' is also a completely different word meaning a group因為bevy剛好是另一個完全不同的字，意思是一群 (see the next entry)詳見下一條 careful writers use the double-v spelling for the drink謹慎的寫作者講酒的時候會用雙v的bevvy。

Second, there is a verb 'to bevvy' meaning to drink, and the adjective 'bevvied' (or 'bevvied up') meaning drunk — 'he was proper bevvied' — but the noun is what you will actually meet. This is a word to recognise when you hear it in a British film or from a British friend, not one to reach for in an exam.

Second, there is a verb 'to bevvy' meaning to drink第二，也有動詞to bevvy，意思是喝酒 and the adjective 'bevvied' (or 'bevvied up') meaning drunk還有形容詞bevvied（或bevvied up），意思是喝醉了 'he was proper bevvied'像he was proper bevvied這樣說 but the noun is what you will actually meet但你實際上會遇到的是名詞。 This is a word to recognise when you hear it in a British film or from a British friend這是一個你在英國電影裡或英國朋友口中聽到時要認得出來的字 not one to reach for in an exam不是考試時該拿出來用的字。