| 单词 | swing around the circle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasswing around the circle d. A swift tour or journey (through a place) involving a number of stops or visits. Now spec. a political campaign tour; also, swing around the circle, a campaigning tour of a constituency or larger area. Cf. swing v.1 11c. U.S. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [noun] > travelling about > touring > with brief halts swing1860 whistle-stopping1952 society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > tour > types of the tour1642 grand tour1678 circular tour1860 swing1860 tourette1881 voyage of discovery1890 roundabout1894 Cook's tour1902 conducted1907 conducted tour1907 book tour1939 tour d'horizon1952 society > travel > [phrase] > on tour on (also upon) the road1860 swing around the circle1905 1860 H. J. Hawley Jrnl. 22 Apr. in Wisconsin Mag. Hist. (1936) XIX. 330 Had a fine time a nice swing..saw sights and returned. 1905 Springfield (Mass.) Weekly Republican 6 Oct. 1 Will the appropriated money be available for campaigning swings around the circle? 1929 Sun (Baltimore) 23 Oct. 2/7 Mr. Hoover has undergone much strain on this swing and he showed it as he waved a weary adieu to the hospitable Ohioans. 1949 Manch. Guardian Weekly 1 Sept. 2 Before his recent swing around the Marshall countries. 1967 Boston Globe 5 Apr. 51/1 Dizzy Dean's wife once traveled with him on an Eastern swing by the Cardinals. 1972 Evening Telegram (St. John's, Newfoundland) 27 June 5/3 Senior citizens can call a number and a van will come by to pick them up on swings through the city. 1978 L. Heren Growing up on The Times iii. 92 I..was sharing a room..with Colin Reid of the Daily Telegraph, who was on a swing from Beirut. to swing around the circle c. to swing around the circle, to make a political tour of a constituency or larger area. U.S. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > travel about or visit many places > tour > with brief stops to swing around the circle1866 whistle-stop1952 1866 E. McPherson Polit. Man. v. 58 We swing around the circle of the Union with a fixed and unalterable determination to stand by it. 1871 G. W. Peck Adventures of Terence McGrant iv. 27 Until me Cousin Ulissis gets through swinging around the circle. 1887 Chicago Tribune 2 Oct. President Andrew Johnson originated the phrase ‘swinging round the circle’ on the occasion of his famous tour to Chicago..in September, 1866. 1910 N.Y. Evening Post 29 Oct. 2 To stem the rising tide against him, Col. Roosevelt is to swing around the circle in Brooklyn to-night. < as lemmas |
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