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

• As Morison remarks, the story is pure moonshine.
  正如莫里森所说，这个故事纯属妄想。
• Two entrepreneurs are taking advantage of new micro-distillery laws in South Carolina to make and sell traditional moonshine whiskey legally for the first time in the southern state.
  在南卡罗来纳州新私酿法的支持下，两位企业家首次合法制作出售月光威士忌。
• Jump across the enchanted stones, collect the Moonshine diamonds and come back safely within the allotted time in each level.
  你将化身为探险家印第安纳跳过魔法石，穿越重重危险的原始地带，收集月光钻石并在指定时间内安全地返回。
• 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。
• Illegal moonshine is still being made there, Campbell said.
  据Campbell说当地依然还有非法的私酿月光酒存在。
• 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。
• 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。
• Many mountaineers in the south still make moonshine.
  现在南方的许多山民仍在私酿威士忌。
• The sky looks ever so deep when you lay down on your back in the moonshine; I never knowed it before.
  在月光下，躺着望天，才发现天这么幽深，这是我从前所不知道的。
• Moonshine shall shine in atthe casement.
  月光要从这个窗扉里照进来。