Hooch is a casual word for strong drink — the kind that burns going down. People use it most of all for alcohol made in secret, at home or in a shed, without permission from the law: rough whisky, not a bottle with a shop label.

Hooch isHooch是 a casual word for strong drink形容烈酒的隨性用詞——the kind that burns going down那種喝下去會燒喉嚨的酒。People use it most of all人們最常用它 for alcohol made in secret指偷偷私釀的酒，at home or in a shed在家裡或小屋裡做的，without permission from the law沒有經過法律許可：rough whisky粗糙的威士忌，not a bottle with a shop label不是有商標的瓶裝酒。

American speakers use it more than British ones, and it has an old, story-like feel. You meet it in war tales, crime films, and country talk. Friends say it; a school essay should not.

American speakers美國人 use it more than British ones比英國人更常用這個詞，and it has an old, story-like feel帶有老派、故事感的味道。in war tales, crime films, and country talk在戰爭故事、犯罪電影和鄉村口吻裡 You meet it你會遇到它。Friends say it朋友之間會這樣說；a school essay should not學校作文不該用。

Though actually, people also stretch it to any cheap, hard drink that knocks you out fast, even when nobody made it illegally at all. It is not a polite word on a menu, and it is not a word for beer or wine unless someone is joking.

Though actually不過，people also stretch it人們也會把它用得更寬 to any cheap, hard drink that knocks you out fast指任何便宜、很快讓人醉倒的烈酒，even when nobody made it illegally at all就算完全不是非法做的也一樣。It is not a polite word on a menu它不是菜單上該有的禮貌用詞，and it is not a word for beer or wine也不是用來說啤酒或紅酒的字，unless someone is joking除非是在開玩笑。