shebeen
英 [ʃɪ'biːn]
美[ʃɪ'bin]
- n. 无执照的小酒馆；地下酒吧；低级的酒吧
英文词源
- shebeen (n.)
- "cabin where unlicensed liquor is sold and drunk," 1781, chiefly in Ireland and Scotland, from Irish seibin "small mug," also "bad ale," diminutive of seibe "mug, bottle, liquid measure." The word immigrated and persisted in South African and West Indian English.