單詞
speakeasy
美['spik'izi]
基本信息
- n. 非法經營的酒吧
詞態變化
復數:?speakeasies;
中文詞源
speakeasy 非法售酒店
speak,說，easy,輕聲，小聲。用于指美國 20 世紀 20、30 年代禁酒期間的非法經營的酒店。
英文詞源
- speakeasy (n.)
- "unlicensed saloon," 1889 (in the New York "Voice"), from verbal phrase, from speak (v.) + easy (adv.); so called from the practice of speaking quietly about such a place in public, or when inside it, so as not to alert the police and neighbors. The word gained wide currency in U.S. during Prohibition (1920-1932). In early 19c. Irish and British dialect, a speak softly shop meant "smuggler's den."
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