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whistlestop

口哨声,哨所,哨子站,哨子台

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a small, unimportant town, especially one along a railroad line.
    • : a short talk from the rear platform of a train, especially during a political campaign.
    • : a brief appearance, single performance, or the like, in a small town, as during a political campaign or theatrical tour.

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Examples

  • But I think Steve Austin has to team up with a Japanese holdout to stop a nuclear bomb from going off or something.

  • That ground hold was to stop you flying through weather that could kill you and everyone else aboard.

  • Thankfully there were no casualties—the driver managed to stop the train immediately.

  • The men were accused of reneging on pledges to stop working for the Iraqi government.

  • Has L.A. figured out how to stop the epidemic it set loose on the world?

  • "But I can't stop to argue about it now;" and, saying this, he turned into a side path, and disappeared in the wood.

  • At twelve, or fifteen, or sixteen, or twenty it was decided that they should stop learning.

  • He had seen the act committed, he felt sure but had made no effort whatever to stop the thief.

  • The Kangaroo can hop and hop and hop; Somehow he never seems to want to stop.

  • Yet when I stop gazing the next impulse is to move on; for if I have time to rest anywhere, why not at home?