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单词 barnstorm
释义 barn·storm
\ˈbärnzˌtȯrm, ˈbȧnzˌtȯ(ə)m, -nˌst-\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
intransitive verb
1. : to tour through rural districts staging theatrical performances in barns or makeshift theaters usually in one-night stands
 < traveled with Will Benbon's road show … barnstorming through Mississippi — Tomorrow >
2. : to travel from one town or locality to another making brief stops (as in campaigning or in the course of a concert or exhibition tour)
 < the candidates barnstormed through the Eastern states last week >
 < barnstorming in Boston, Chicago, and Manhattan lecture halls — Time >
3. : to pilot one's airplane in sightseeing flights with passengers or in exhibition stunts in an unscheduled itinerant course especially in rural districts
 < his barnstorming plane was forced down in a Minnesota swamp — Grace H. Flandrau >
transitive verb
: to travel across while barnstorming
 < figure-skating troupes that barnstorm the country — American Guide Series: Minnesota >
barn·storm·er \-mə(r)\ noun -s
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