| 单词 | barnstorm |
| 释义 | barn·storm /ˈbɑːnstɔːm $ ˈbɑːrnstɔːrm/ verb [intransitive] American EnglishTRAVEL to travel from place to place making short stops to give political speeches, theatre performances, or aircraft flying shows 巡回演讲；巡回演出；巡回飞行表演 —barnstormer noun [countable]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusbarnstorm• The Daily News is accompanying the fighters as they barnstorm across the country, joining them on planes provided by Caesars.• He goes barnstorming, first on a shoestring.• Maremont pushed aside his business and civic work and spent most of the early summer barnstorming through Illinois.• If they are right, then Clinton, barnstorming to the end and almost hoarse, should do it.• Stephenson drew huge, rabid crowds on his barnstorming tours of the Indiana countryside.• He took his teams on barnstorming tours, once selling out Yankee Stadium four consecutive years.Origin barnstorm (1800-1900) barn + storm “to attack”; from the performance of traveling actors in barnsbarn·storm verbChineseSyllable to short place Corpus travel making from place to stops |
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