moonshine
英 ['muːnʃaɪn]
美['munʃaɪn]
- n. 月光；空谈
中文词源
moonshine 私酿酒，非法配制并销售的威士忌
比喻用法，比喻偷偷摸摸。
英英释意
- 1. the light of the moon;
- "moonlight is the smuggler's enemy"
- "the moon was bright enough to read by"
- 2. whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash
英文词源
- moonshine (n.)
- c. 1500, "moonlight," from moon (n.) + shine (n.). In figurative use, implying "appearance without substance," from late 15c.; perhaps connected in that sense with notion of "moonshine in water" (see moonraker). Meaning "illicit liquor" is attested from 1785 (earliest reference is to that smuggled on the coasts of Kent and Sussex); moonlight also occasionally was used in this sense early 19c. As a verb from 1883. Related: Moonshiner (1860).
考试真题
- On september 11, 1933, famous physicist Ernest Rutherford stated, with confidence, "anyone who expects a source of power in the transformation of these atoms is talking moonshine."
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实用场景例句
- As Morison remarks, the story is pure moonshine.
- 正如莫里森所说，这个故事纯属妄想。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Much of the alcohol consumed in Sri Lanka is moonshine.
- 斯里兰卡消费的酒类,大多属于私造的烈酒.
期刊摘选
- Police uncovered a truck smuggling moonshine over the state line.
- 警察们发现了一辆偷越国境走私贩运威土忌酒的卡车.
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- Many mountaineers in the south still make moonshine.
- 现在南方的许多山民仍在私酿威士忌.
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- Mar. 23. Warm Moonshine and stars.
- 3月23日天气日渐温暖,晚上有月亮,也有星星.
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- Jeth: Yeah, and that show was funny. Wasn't too accurate, except for the moonshine part.
- 杰斯: 对, 那个节目很好笑. 除了酿私酒那部分,其它都不太正确.
期刊摘选
- After all, his grandfather moonshine on the back roads of Kentucky during Prohibition.
- 毕竟, 他的祖父在禁酒时期曾经在肯塔基州的小道上贩运私酒.
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- He has a speech with moonshine.
- 他发表了一通荒唐的空谈.
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- The moonshine got through the window.
- 月光透过窗户.
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- Until somebody proves me wrong, it's all moonshine!
- 除非有人能证明我错了否则, 一切都是空谈!
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- The room is painted white with moonshine.
- 月光使房间洁白如洗.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- I didn't know that America has Baijiu, but Moonshine tasted smoother.
- 真没想到美国也有白酒, 而且味道比中国的白酒绵软可口.
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- We sat quietly in the moonshine.
- 我们在月光下静静地坐着.
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- Misty taste of moonshine Teardrops in my eyes.
- 朦胧的月光,照着我泪光盈盈的眼.
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- Bathed in the moonshine. A dainty jasmine . Surreptitiously issuing fragrance.
- 月光下. 一朵小小的茉莉花. 在悄悄地.香.
期刊摘选
- As Morison remarks, the story is pure moonshine.
- 正如莫里森所说，这个故事纯属妄想。
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