| 单词 | moonshine |
| 释义 | moonshine (once / 2843 pages) 1n 2nv Moonshine is the glowing light that comes from the moon, and it's also a common term meaning "homemade liquor." In an old-timey bluegrass song, a character might drink moonshine in the moonshine. While moonshine can simply be a synonym for moonlight, it's often used as slang for bootleg (or illicit) whiskey, as well as a colorful way to say "nonsense." For example, you could say, "I listened to her speech, but I finally decided everything she said was nothing but moonshine." This "without substance" meaning is actually the oldest figurative definition of moonshine, dating from the fifteenth century. WORD FAMILYmoonshine: moonshined, moonshiner, moonshines, moonshining+/moonshiner: moonshiners USAGE EXAMPLESThe officer found an unloaded rifle and a jug of moonshine in Udin’s vehicle. Washington Times(Dec 20, 2016) Wow, in “The Last Waltz,” it seems like most of your time was spent playing pool and sitting around drinking moonshine backstage. Salon(Dec 08, 2016) The tavern pours a kind of refined Puerto Rican moonshine called Pitorro from Port Morris Distillery next door, also a partner in the tavern. New York Times(Nov 22, 2016) 1 n the light of the Moon 2Syn|Hyper Moon, moonlight light, visible light, visible radiation (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation 1n whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash Syn|Hyper bootleg, corn liquor corn, corn whiskey, corn whisky whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn 2v distill (alcohol) illegally; produce moonshine Hyper distil, distill, extract extract by the process of distillation |
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