shebeen
noun[C]
uk/ʃɪˈbiːn/us/ʃɪˈbiːn/aplace,especiallyin Ireland orScotland, wherealcoholicdrinkscan beboughtanddrunk, sometimesillegally:
(尤指爱尔兰或苏格兰的)(非法经营的)小酒馆"TheIrishway is to go back to some shebeen andcarryon with thewhiskeyallnightlong," shereplied."爱尔兰人的方式是回到某个地下酒馆去,继续喝一晚上威士忌,"她回答道。
He got hiseducationinillegalshebeens,followingreggaesoundsystems.他是在非法酒馆里跟着音响里的雷鬼学的。
aplacein aSouthAfricantownship(= atownwhereBlackpeoplelivedduringapartheid)wherealcoholicdrinkscan beboughtanddrunklegally:
(南非种族隔离时期的)黑人酒馆Anexcellentguidetook me to aSouthAfricanshebeen.一位很棒的导游带我去了一间南非的黑人小酒馆。
Thevanmakesitsway through the township'snarrowstreets,alivewith shebeensblastingmusic.小货车穿过黑人镇区的狭窄街道,小酒馆播放着劲爆的音乐,非常热闹。
- Theclienteleof the shebeen haddiscussedthis thenightbefore.
- Onesuggestionis that Molly Maguire was a woman whoowneda shebeen wheremembersof thesocietymet.
- Shacks and shebeens werepiledon totrucksandremoved.
Selling & serving alcoholic drinks
- bar
- barkeeper
- barmaid
- barman
- bartender
- cutsomethingoff
- free house
- gastropub
- hostelry
- innkeeper
- landlady
- licensee
- nineteenth
- pub
- public bar
- public house
- publican
- roadhouse
- saloon
- wine bar
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