英语词汇“whistle-stop”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	whistle-stop
释义	whistle-stop I. \ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun 1. a. : a small station at which trains stop only on signal : flag stop b. : a small community : tank town < posters that brought in the yokels from fifty miles around every whistle-stop we played — Bennett Cerf > 2. : a brief personal appearance especially by a political candidate usually on the rear platform of a train during the course of a tour < allowing people to savor his personality (which is the real purpose of a whistle-stop) while thawing them out with an anecdote — John Mason Brown > 3. : an insignificant or routine way station < Gander, that global whistle-stop in the midst of Newfoundland's immense forests — Friends Intelligencer > < life is a whistle-stop between eternities — Rosa Marinoni > II. intransitive verb 1. : to make a tour (as a campaign swing) pausing at all way stations < whistle-stop across the country > 2. : to make personal appearances or speeches at whistle-stops < whistle-stopping eastward through Utah in behalf of the … Democratic ticket — I.W.Russell >
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