单词 | whistle-stop tour |
释义 | whistle-stop tour (once / 51840 pages) n WORD FAMILY whistle-stop tour USAGE EXAMPLESBoth candidates are set for a whistle-stop tour of battleground states on Monday, in a final sprint for votes. BBC(Nov 06, 2016) William Jennings Bryan pioneered the whistle-stop tour, using the railroad to cross the country, giving speeches at depots. The New Yorker(Oct 25, 2016) Donald Trump’s campaign has at times resembled a whistle-stop tour of broken-down manufacturing towns. New York Times(Sep 06, 2016) n a tour by a candidate as part of a political campaign in which a series of small towns are visited in 1948 Truman crossed the country several times on his whistle-stop tours Hyper circuit, tour a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area |
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