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单词 moonshiner
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Definition of moonshiner in English:

moonshiner

noun ˈmuːnʃʌɪnəˈmunˌʃaɪnər
informal
  • An illicit distiller or smuggler of liquor.

    〈非正式,主北美〉非法酿酒商;酒类走私者

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The road ends at Upper Killeyan, but it is worth walking the last mile to the coast, once the favourite haunt of smugglers and moonshiners.
    • Later I discovered he had been a bootlegger and moonshiner during prohibition and had gone to live on the mountain to flee a gang who thought he owed them money.
    • There is, of course, the town drunk, Otis, who acquires bootleg liquor from various moonshiners in that dry county on a regular basis and regularly celebrates the anniversary of his first drink.
    • They relish telling stories about moonshiners, smugglers, and contraband runners who successfully fool and evade federal agents.
    • During Prohibition, John remembered, ‘most moonshiners were respectable people.’

Definition of moonshiner in US English:

moonshiner

nounˈmo͞onˌSHīnərˈmunˌʃaɪnər
informal
  • An illicit distiller or smuggler of liquor.

    〈非正式,主北美〉非法酿酒商;酒类走私者

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The road ends at Upper Killeyan, but it is worth walking the last mile to the coast, once the favourite haunt of smugglers and moonshiners.
    • They relish telling stories about moonshiners, smugglers, and contraband runners who successfully fool and evade federal agents.
    • There is, of course, the town drunk, Otis, who acquires bootleg liquor from various moonshiners in that dry county on a regular basis and regularly celebrates the anniversary of his first drink.
    • During Prohibition, John remembered, ‘most moonshiners were respectable people.’
    • Later I discovered he had been a bootlegger and moonshiner during prohibition and had gone to live on the mountain to flee a gang who thought he owed them money.
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