moonshine
意味
- 月光(moonlight)
- 《話》ばかげた考え,たわごと
- 《米》密造酒
例文
That old man had been making moonshine for fifty years.
あの老人は50年も自家製ウイスキーを作っていた。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English mone schyne, mone-schyne, moone shone; equivalent to moon + shine. Illegally distilled liquor is so named because its manufacture may be conducted without artificial light at night. The verb sense is a back-formation from moonshiner.