moonshine

英 [ˈmuːnʃaɪn]

美 [ˈmuːnʃaɪn]

n.  非法酿制并销售的威士忌(或其他烈酒); 私酿酒; 蠢话; 胡言乱语

BNC.42890 / COCA.26394

牛津词典

noun

• 非法酿制并销售的威士忌（或其他烈酒）；私酿酒
  whisky or other strong alcoholic drinks made and sold illegally
• 蠢话；胡言乱语
  silly talk

柯林斯词典

• (非法私酿的)威士忌酒
  Moonshineis whisky that is made illegally.
• N-UNCOUNT 空谈;空想;空话
  If you say that someone's thoughts, ideas, or comments aremoonshine, you think they are foolish and not based on reality.
  1. As Morison remarks, the story is pure moonshine.
     正如莫里森所说，这个故事纯属妄想。

英英释义

noun

• whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash
  Synonym:bootlegcorn liquor
• the light of the Moon
  1. moonlight is the smuggler's enemy
  2. the Moon was bright enough to read by
  Synonym:moonlightMoon

verb

• distill (alcohol) illegally

双语例句

• Some of the men would have a drink of homemade in the moonshine before striking up a tune on the fiddle.
  月光下，有的人还会来一杯自家酿的酒，然后便趁兴用小提琴拉上一曲。
• The room is painted white with moonshine.
  月光使房间洁白如洗。
• The lesson taught by the crash and the great depression was that the glorious dream of a self-regulating economy, free of government intervention and supervision, was moonshine.
  股市大崩溃与经济大萧条给予的教训是，免于政府干预与监督的自动调节经济的美好梦想是不切实际的空谈。
• Suspicion fell at first on unregulated moonshine, made on sugar-cane farms in the western lowlands and Andean valleys.
  一开始的调差是毫无根据可言的，主要锁定在西部洼地和安第斯山谷的甘蔗园。
• Many mountaineers in the south still make moonshine.
  现在南方的许多山民仍在私酿威士忌。
• As Morison remarks, the story is pure moonshine.
  正如莫里森所说，这个故事纯属妄想。
• Moonshine and lion are left to burythe dead.
  月亮和狮子留下来埋葬逝去的人。
• Words, everything is moonshine.
  话，一切都是空谈。
• His story is plain moonshine.
  他的故事是瞎编乱造的。
• Moonshine traditionally was the term used to describe illegally distilled corn whiskey often made covertly by the light of the moon.
  月光酒通常是用来表示那些非法酿制的玉米威士忌，因常常是在月光下偷偷酿制而得名。