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单词 barn burner
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Definition of barn burner in English:

barn burner

noun
North American informal
  • A very exciting or dramatic event, especially a sports contest.

    〈北美,非正式〉精彩绝伦的事;戏剧化事件(尤指体育竞赛)

    she won a barn burner of a debate against the party leader
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Lessig's posted a barn-burner of a blog entry on the fact that the wildly incongruous exit-poll data from the election hasn't been made public.
    • But this governor's race is like - is a barn burner just like the Senate race in South Dakota.
    • Certainly not the barn burner of an album Emperor Tomato Ketchup was, but they still make left wing ideology more danceable than Noam Chomsky ever did.
    • My team plays his about 3 times a year, and every game is a barn burner and we take turns winning.
    • Team manager Erin Macleod called the game ‘a real barn burner.’
    • When Will Varner returns from a protracted hospital stay, he is none too pleased to discover a barn burner in his town.
    • Opening Pan Am action Saturday with a 74-72 thrilling win over Argentina, the Americans ended up on the short end of an 86-85 barn burner versus Puerto Rico Sunday evening.
    • While this Sony Pictures Classics release was not exactly a box office barn burner, The Devil's Backbone is thankfully well served on DVD.
    • Even before it was finished, everyone in the agency knew they had a barn burner on their hands.
    • This is by no means a barn burner, but together with the rest of the system you can even play some simple games.
    • Other tracks like ‘Driving With My Gears In Reverse,’ are lazy and spacey in ways that give the barn burners room to breathe.
    • It's not exactly what I would call a barn burner, but the card is not targeted at the extreme power user.
    • Avedon's got a number of really good posts up, but this one is a barn burner.
    • N.Y. Jets - Chad Pennington outduels Peyton Manning, and CB Ty Law comes up with two interceptions in Jets' 28-26 barn burner over Colts.

Definition of barn burner in US English:

barn burner

(also barnburner)
noun
North American informal
  • An event, typically a sports contest, that is very exciting or intense.

    she won a barn burner of a debate against the party leader
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Team manager Erin Macleod called the game ‘a real barn burner.’
    • But this governor's race is like - is a barn burner just like the Senate race in South Dakota.
    • Other tracks like ‘Driving With My Gears In Reverse,’ are lazy and spacey in ways that give the barn burners room to breathe.
    • Lessig's posted a barn-burner of a blog entry on the fact that the wildly incongruous exit-poll data from the election hasn't been made public.
    • Certainly not the barn burner of an album Emperor Tomato Ketchup was, but they still make left wing ideology more danceable than Noam Chomsky ever did.
    • While this Sony Pictures Classics release was not exactly a box office barn burner, The Devil's Backbone is thankfully well served on DVD.
    • Avedon's got a number of really good posts up, but this one is a barn burner.
    • My team plays his about 3 times a year, and every game is a barn burner and we take turns winning.
    • When Will Varner returns from a protracted hospital stay, he is none too pleased to discover a barn burner in his town.
    • N.Y. Jets - Chad Pennington outduels Peyton Manning, and CB Ty Law comes up with two interceptions in Jets' 28-26 barn burner over Colts.
    • It's not exactly what I would call a barn burner, but the card is not targeted at the extreme power user.
    • This is by no means a barn burner, but together with the rest of the system you can even play some simple games.
    • Even before it was finished, everyone in the agency knew they had a barn burner on their hands.
    • Opening Pan Am action Saturday with a 74-72 thrilling win over Argentina, the Americans ended up on the short end of an 86-85 barn burner versus Puerto Rico Sunday evening.
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