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barnstorming

/bahrn-stawrm/US // ˈbɑrnˌstɔrm //UK // (ˈbɑːnˌstɔːm) //

谷仓暴走,谷仓风暴,谷仓暴行,谷仓暴风

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to conduct a campaign or speaking tour in rural areas by making brief stops in many small towns.
    • : Theater. to tour small towns to stage theatrical performances.
    • : to give exhibitions of stunt flying, participate in airplane races, etc., in the course of touring country towns and rural areas.
    • : to tour an area playing exhibition games after the regular season.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to tour as a barnstormer.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Not only did he accept his loss, he spent the final days of his campaign barnstorming the country to build support for his opponent’s impending victory, setting aside his long-held desire for the presidency for the higher principle of national unity.

  • Back then, when partners of stars melted into the background, it was a barnstorming stealing of the show.

  • After such a barnstorming stage debut, and while “my heart is in theater,” screen acting intrigues him.

  • Not long after that, during a barnstorming tour of the country, he suffers the fate of all martyrs.

  • He explained that the sport grew because there was a chance to earn some money barnstorming.

  • As the barnstorming tour moves across America, Walker also seems to become increasingly fixated on Cuba.

  • Usually though, it only ends in talk, and the teams make a barnstorming trip to San Francisco or to Cuba.

  • I had heard of but had never known what "barnstorming" meant before.

  • The daughter of a strolling third-rate actor, who goes barnstorming about the country, and she has been on the stage, too.

  • He looks mightily like one of those strolling actors who go barnstorming through country towns.