A dram is a small drink of strong alcohol, especially whisky, and the word feels most at home in Scotland. Someone offers you a dram the way other people offer a drop or a small glass. Outside Scotland it can sound friendly and a little old-fashioned; in Scotland it is ordinary.

A dram is所謂dram，是指 a small drink of strong alcohol, especially whisky,一小杯烈酒，尤其是威士忌， and the word feels most at home in Scotland.而這個字在蘇格蘭用起來最自然。 Someone offers you a dram有人請你喝一杯dram， the way other people offer a drop or a small glass.就像別人請你喝「一小口」或「一小杯」一樣。 Outside Scotland it can sound friendly and a little old-fashioned;在蘇格蘭以外，這個字聽起來親切，又帶點老派； in Scotland it is ordinary.在蘇格蘭則很平常。

It is not a modern bar measure with a fixed legal size — it means a small amount.

It is not a modern bar measure with a fixed legal size它不是現代酒吧裡有固定法定容量的計量單位， — it means a small amount.——它指的就是「一點點」的量。

Though actually the older meaning is a small unit of weight, still used in some pharmacy and gunpowder talk, and the drink meaning grew from that idea of “just a little”. The word came from Greek drachmē, a handful and a unit of weight (and a coin), through Latin and French.

Though actually the older meaning is a small unit of weight,不過其實，比較舊的意思是一個很小的重量單位， still used in some pharmacy and gunpowder talk,在藥學和火藥的說法裡至今還會用到， and the drink meaning grew from that idea of “just a little”.而「喝一小口」的意思，就是從這個「一點點」的概念演變出來的。 The word came from Greek drachmē,這個字源自希臘文drachmē， a handful and a unit of weight (and a coin),意思是一把、一個重量單位（也是一種錢幣）， through Latin and French.經過拉丁文和法文傳入英文。

It is not drama, and it is not computer DRAM, which is a different thing written in capital letters.

It is not drama,它跟drama（戲劇）不一樣， and it is not computer DRAM,也跟電腦的DRAM不一樣， which is a different thing written in capital letters.那是完全不同的東西，而且是全大寫寫法。