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单词 speakeasy
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Definition of speakeasy in English:

speakeasy

nounPlural speakeasies ˈspiːkiːziˈspikˌizi
informal
  • (in the US during Prohibition) an illicit liquor shop or drinking club.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's like wandering into a prohibition-era speakeasy.
    • Speakeasies flourished and bootleg liquor flowed freely in many municipalities.
    • Dick learned from the men that Abe North had been beaten to death at a speakeasy in New York.
    • He believes it may have been used as a speakeasy in the 1920s.
    • Mae, though not averse to visiting the occasional speakeasy, preferred to drink at home.
    • His nightly path could be traced straight from the stage to the nearest speakeasy.
    • The court will reconvene in the local speakeasy.
    • These songs belong in a smoky speakeasy, slinking along the walls, chain smoking and breaking hearts.
    • It was once a speakeasy and just before prohibition was repealed a bunch of boozers were massacred by cops during a raid.
    • The popular conception of Prohibition is that speakeasies abounded, gangsters and bootleggers of all sorts flourished, and every American gladly flouted the law.
    Synonyms
    establishment, restaurant, bar, club, nightclub
 
 

Definition of speakeasy in US English:

speakeasy

nounˈspēkˌēzēˈspikˌizi
informal
  • (during Prohibition) an illicit liquor store or nightclub.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's like wandering into a prohibition-era speakeasy.
    • Speakeasies flourished and bootleg liquor flowed freely in many municipalities.
    • Dick learned from the men that Abe North had been beaten to death at a speakeasy in New York.
    • These songs belong in a smoky speakeasy, slinking along the walls, chain smoking and breaking hearts.
    • Mae, though not averse to visiting the occasional speakeasy, preferred to drink at home.
    • It was once a speakeasy and just before prohibition was repealed a bunch of boozers were massacred by cops during a raid.
    • The popular conception of Prohibition is that speakeasies abounded, gangsters and bootleggers of all sorts flourished, and every American gladly flouted the law.
    • The court will reconvene in the local speakeasy.
    • He believes it may have been used as a speakeasy in the 1920s.
    • His nightly path could be traced straight from the stage to the nearest speakeasy.
    Synonyms
    establishment, restaurant, bar, club, nightclub
 
 
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