speakeasy
美['spik'izi]
- n. 非法经营的酒吧
词态变化
复数: speakeasies;
中文词源
speakeasy 非法售酒店
speak,说，easy,轻声，小声。用于指美国 20 世纪 20、30 年代禁酒期间的非法经营的酒店。
英文词源
- 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."