hootch

• 指私自非法蒸馏、通常质量低劣的烈酒；也泛指劣质酒或私酿酒。

A noun referring to an illicitly distilled and usually inferior alcoholic liquor.

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1. Illicitly distilled alcoholic liquorB2informalamerican

   An alcoholic beverage that has been produced illegally, often of low quality and strength.

   私酿酒

   • The bootleggers sold hootch from a hidden still in the woods.
   • During Prohibition, many people risked drinking homemade hootch.
   • He offered me a jar of hootch that tasted like gasoline.
   • The authorities raided a cabin and confiscated gallons of hootch.

   同义词bootlegfirewaterhomebrewmoonshinerotgut

2. Temporary shelter or hutB2informal

   A small, often crude or makeshift building used for living or storage, especially by soldiers or in remote areas.

   临时住所或棚屋

   • The soldiers built a hootch out of scrap wood and canvas.
   • He lived in a tiny hootch near the river while fishing.
   • After the war, many veterans returned to simple hootches in the countryside.
   • The hootch provided just enough shelter from the rain.

   同义词hovelhutlean-toshackshantyshelter