| 单词 | whistle-stopping |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈwhistle-stopping ˈwhistle-stopping n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [noun] > travelling about > touring > with brief halts swing1860 whistle-stopping1952 1952 News (Birmingham, Alabama) 23 Sept. 14/5 Ike Eisenhower had settled down to whistle-stopping. 1957 Ann. Reg. 1956 183 Most of the ‘whistle-stopping’ was left to the assiduous Mr. Nixon. 1959 Observer 12 July 4/7 The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have been whistle-stopping their way across British Columbia. 1964 J. Reston in M. McLuhan Understanding Media xxxii. 339 Everybody's now whistle-stopping through somebody else's country, usually ours. 1972 Observer 23 Apr. 6/4 Italian politicians are whistle-stopping around the country this weekend in..the..election campaign. < as lemmas |
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