| 单词 | white lightning |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite lightning white lightning n. slang (originally U.S.) (a) inferior or illicitly distilled whisky; (b) a kind of LSD. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun] > hallucinogenic drug > LSD white lightning1907 lysergic acid diethylamide1944 LSD1950 lysergic acid1952 acid1965 lysergide1965 purple haze1967 purple1968 Strawberry Fields1971 the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > whisky > [noun] > illicit whisky poteen1809 mountain dew1816 poteen whiskey1816 white whisky1822 pine-top1858 white mule1880 wild-cat whisky1881 brush whisky1885 wild cat1887 white lightning1907 1907 N.Y. Times 21 Oct. 4/2 An armed posse rode up Glassy Mount, carried off several kegs of the illicit ‘white lightning’, burned the still, and galloped out of the dangerous territory back into the town at full speed. 1940 C. McCullers Heart is Lonely Hunter ii. iv. 119 He had a pint of bootleg white lightning. 1969 Times 9 Dec. (Taiwan Suppl.) p. ii/3 The distillery's main product is kaoliang, a potent liquor made out of Quemoy-grown sorghum and known as White Lightning. 1972 Village Voice (N.Y.) 1 June 77/3 Ellen..unfolded some tinfoil which she said contained three tabs of Owsley's original ‘white lightning’, the Mouton-Rothschild of LSD. 1999 J. Fiorito Closer we are to Dying xv. 173 But he could run a still, there were plenty of fruit trees on the farm, and he made white lightning like no one else could. 2006 A. Summers One Train Later vi. 89 The night before we have again taken off into the inner realm..with a substantial dose of something called white lightning. < as lemmas |
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