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单词 stem-winder
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Definition of stem-winder in English:

stem-winder

noun
US
  • 1informal An entertaining and rousing speech.

    a stem-winder of a speech
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Giuliani used some of the most overt forms in order to present a classic political stem-winder.
    • His was no Gettysburg Address, to be sure, but compared to some of the stem-winders of history, Mr. Clinton's speech, delivered at a rapid pace, flew by.
    • To say it wasn't a stem-winder is simply to say that it wasn't like Barack Obama's speech a few nights back, or Clinton's, or even Clark's or Sharpton's for that matter.
    • Some news, like Democrat Barack Obama's dazzling stem-winder last July, took place when the networks were airing sitcom repeats or reality shows.
    • How about Rush Limbaugh hanging out while John Kerry delivers his stem-winder?
  • 2dated A watch wound by turning a knob on the end of a stem.

Origin

sense 1 from the notion of ‘winding up’ or causing a lively reaction from those listening.

 
 

Definition of stem-winder in US English:

stem-winder

(also stemwinder)
nounˈstemˌwīndərˈstɛmˌwaɪndər
US
  • 1informal An entertaining and rousing speech.

    the speech was a classic stem-winder in the best southern tradition
    Example sentencesExamples
    • His was no Gettysburg Address, to be sure, but compared to some of the stem-winders of history, Mr. Clinton's speech, delivered at a rapid pace, flew by.
    • Some news, like Democrat Barack Obama's dazzling stem-winder last July, took place when the networks were airing sitcom repeats or reality shows.
    • Giuliani used some of the most overt forms in order to present a classic political stem-winder.
    • How about Rush Limbaugh hanging out while John Kerry delivers his stem-winder?
    • To say it wasn't a stem-winder is simply to say that it wasn't like Barack Obama's speech a few nights back, or Clinton's, or even Clark's or Sharpton's for that matter.
  • 2dated A watch wound by turning a knob on the end of a stem.

Origin

Stem-winder (sense 1) from the notion of ‘winding up’ or causing a lively reaction from those listening.

 
 
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