| 单词 | whistle stop |
| 释义 | Word Frequency whistle stopnoun 1. US and Canadian a. a minor railway station where trains stop only on signal b. a small town having such a station 2. a. a brief appearance in a town, esp by a political candidate to make a speech, shake hands, etc b. (as modifier) a whistle-stop tour verb whistle-stopWord forms: -stops, -stopping or -stopped 3. (intransitive) to campaign for office by visiting many small towns to give short speeches Word Frequency whistle-stop(ˈwɪsəlˌstɒp) verbWord forms: whistle-stops, whistle-stopping or whistle-stopped (intransitive) 1. to campaign for office by visiting many small towns to give short speeches adjective 2. involving brief appearances in a succession of places, esp by a political candidate to make a speech, shake hands, etc Bertie Ahern will host a working dinner for Tony Blair tonight as he jets into Dublinon a whistle-stop tour of E.U. capitals. He had made the whistle-stop visit on his way home from the World Economic Forum. |
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