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单词 moonshine
释义 moon·shine
I. \ˈmünˌshīn\ noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: moon (I) + shine
1. : moonlight
 < the world looked very beautiful in the moonshine — Fanny K. Wister >
2. : airy fabrication or empty talk : ridiculous chatter : nonsense
 < nothing ensues but moonshine and mere sentimentality — George Santayana >
3. : intoxicating liquor; especially : illegally distilled corn whiskey
 < charged with possession of moonshineTallahassee (Fla.) Democrat >
4.
 a. : pearly everlasting
 b. : a balsamweed (Gnaphalium obtusifolium)
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
intransitive verb
: to operate an illicit still
 < the Treasury reports an alarming increase in moonshining and bootlegging — Howard Brubaker >
transitive verb
: to distill illegally
 < the best of it … was moonshined during prohibition — J.C.Furnas >
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