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

• Or a ray of light just like the moonshine;
  或者像月光一样的光线；
• 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。
• 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 next time American and British farmers raise a glass of moonshine ( or scrumpy), they should toast the Chinese.
  要是下次美国和英国的农夫要举起私酿烈酒（或者苹果烈酒）酒杯，他们可得敬中国一杯。
• At a nearby lakeside pub, moonshine is dispensed and a goat wanders nonchalantly among the drinkers.
  在附近的一家湖边酒馆，月光泄地，一只山羊在饮者中漠不关心地闲逛。
• 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。
• 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。
• When I'm not doing that, I brew a little potato moonshine.
  除此之外，我会用土豆酿造点私酒。
• As Morison remarks, the story is pure moonshine.
  正如莫里森所说，这个故事纯属妄想。
• 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。