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Definition of whistle-stop in English: whistle-stopadjective attributive Very fast and with only brief pauses. 短暂停留的 a whistle-stop tour of Britain 一路作短暂逗留的英国之行。 Example sentencesExamples - Mr Blair is preparing for a whistle-stop tour of Berlin, Paris, Washington, New York and Brussels.
- His example has been emulated by almost all top leaders of different parties who have been criss-crossing the highways with their whistle-stop tours, poll after poll.
- Mr McNulty visited the station in Cocklebury Road on Tuesday, while on a whistle-stop tour of north and west Wiltshire.
- His whistle-stop tour - which included a visit to the Ribble Valley - has given him plenty of material for features on the Red Rose County in tourism and holiday publications.
- My trip, which included Madeira and a whistle-stop tour of the Canary Islands, was filled with a controlled whirl of almost non-stop activities and fun.
- This was immediately preceded by US Secretary of State Colin Powell's whistle-stop tour of Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria.
- Mr Blunkett's whistle-stop tour continued with meetings with Keighley Together, a group set up to underline the positive images of the town, and the Braithwaite People's Association.
- He enjoyed a whistle-stop tour of the deanery during which he met all the Anglican clergy.
- Finally, there were the ubiquitous Japanese tourists, who were presumably on whistle-stop tours of Oxford with the intention of capturing as much of it on film as possible.
- And, as if it to prove a point, he shepherded us to the top deck for an aerial, whistle-stop tour of the city away from the thundering road drills.
- His discussions have been brief in his whistle-stop tour of 18 capitals, with his colleagues giving him a clear picture of what they believe the next commission president should be like.
- The 28 Roses will arrive in Dublin on Tuesday, August 20, from where they will embark on a whistle-stop tour of Ireland before arriving in Tralee on Friday, August 23.
- Seven Spanish GPs were on a whistle-stop tour of the district as part of a second weekend of interviews.
- The Cabinet Minister made whistle-stop visits to meetings in York and Scarborough and Whitby - the constituencies of Labour MPs Hugh Bayley and Lawrie Quinn.
- John Prescott meanwhile continued his whistle-stop tour of West Yorkshire with a quick trip to Keighley bus station.
- Both candidates looked tired in public appearances yesterday following a week of whistle-stop visits to the swing states, from New Hampshire in the North East to Florida in the southeast.
- Those on a whistle-stop tour will probably head for Rovaniemi, the Arctic Circle's main Santa centre, which has a dedicated theme park where you can watch the great man and his little helpers at work.
- Mr Blunkett's whistle-stop tour of the country as Mr Blair's backbench envoy will see him visit eight regions between now and the end of March.
- Kirstie, star of Channel Four shows Location, Location, Location and Relocation, Relocation, went on a whistle-stop tour of the district's residential properties to see what Bradford has to offer.
- The popstar was visiting the Virgin Megastore on Sheffield's Fargate as part of a whistle-stop record signing national tour.
Synonyms quick, fast, swift, speedy, high-speed, expeditious, express, brisk, lively, prompt, flying, fleeting, lightning, meteoric, overnight, whirlwind, fast-track
noun North American 1A small unimportant town on a railway. 〈北美〉（铁路沿线的）小站；小镇；小地方 she raised five kids in Hornepayne, a whistle stop along the CN Line north of Lake Superior Example sentencesExamples - In 1941, what is now Warner Robins was a sleepy little whistle-stop known as Wellston, located just south of Macon in the central part of the state.
- In the 1930s, when the de Basil company first began touring the States, it brought ballet to thousands of Americans with frequent whistle-stops - one-night stands in small towns.
- En route to the World's Fair, the girls would sharpen their skills and increase their visibility by playing exhibition and challenge games at whistle-stops all along the way.
- But Racine is much more than a whistle-stop on the dairy run.
- Key gateways are Kalispell (with the nearest airport, served by Delta, Northwest, Horizon, and Big Sky), Whitefish, and the whistle-stops of West Glacier and East Glacier Park
- 1.1 A brief pause in a tour by a politician for an electioneering speech.
（政客为发表竞选演说而作的）短暂停留 in politics, smoky back rooms long ago gave way to the whistle-stop and the radio exhortation Example sentencesExamples - Diane Schmitt, a recruiter in Prescott, Ariz., let Bart talk to a handful of her recruits, at one of his first whistle-stops, which included Oklahoma, Ohio and New York.
- As he spoke at the first whistle-stop, 19-year-old Ben Brown, an NDP supporter, stood silently holding a sign warning of environmental damage under a Conservative government.
- Such ‘cultural events’ have become popular whistle-stops for political parties keen to woo the nearly 300,000 Asian New Zealanders of voting age.
Definition of whistle-stop in US English: whistle-stopadjectiveˈ(h)wisəl ˌstäpˈ(h)wɪsəl ˌstɑp attributive Very fast and with only brief pauses. 短暂停留的 a whistle-stop tour of Britain 一路作短暂逗留的英国之行。 Example sentencesExamples - He enjoyed a whistle-stop tour of the deanery during which he met all the Anglican clergy.
- John Prescott meanwhile continued his whistle-stop tour of West Yorkshire with a quick trip to Keighley bus station.
- The 28 Roses will arrive in Dublin on Tuesday, August 20, from where they will embark on a whistle-stop tour of Ireland before arriving in Tralee on Friday, August 23.
- This was immediately preceded by US Secretary of State Colin Powell's whistle-stop tour of Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria.
- His discussions have been brief in his whistle-stop tour of 18 capitals, with his colleagues giving him a clear picture of what they believe the next commission president should be like.
- Both candidates looked tired in public appearances yesterday following a week of whistle-stop visits to the swing states, from New Hampshire in the North East to Florida in the southeast.
- Kirstie, star of Channel Four shows Location, Location, Location and Relocation, Relocation, went on a whistle-stop tour of the district's residential properties to see what Bradford has to offer.
- My trip, which included Madeira and a whistle-stop tour of the Canary Islands, was filled with a controlled whirl of almost non-stop activities and fun.
- Finally, there were the ubiquitous Japanese tourists, who were presumably on whistle-stop tours of Oxford with the intention of capturing as much of it on film as possible.
- And, as if it to prove a point, he shepherded us to the top deck for an aerial, whistle-stop tour of the city away from the thundering road drills.
- Mr Blunkett's whistle-stop tour continued with meetings with Keighley Together, a group set up to underline the positive images of the town, and the Braithwaite People's Association.
- Seven Spanish GPs were on a whistle-stop tour of the district as part of a second weekend of interviews.
- Mr McNulty visited the station in Cocklebury Road on Tuesday, while on a whistle-stop tour of north and west Wiltshire.
- His example has been emulated by almost all top leaders of different parties who have been criss-crossing the highways with their whistle-stop tours, poll after poll.
- The Cabinet Minister made whistle-stop visits to meetings in York and Scarborough and Whitby - the constituencies of Labour MPs Hugh Bayley and Lawrie Quinn.
- His whistle-stop tour - which included a visit to the Ribble Valley - has given him plenty of material for features on the Red Rose County in tourism and holiday publications.
- Mr Blunkett's whistle-stop tour of the country as Mr Blair's backbench envoy will see him visit eight regions between now and the end of March.
- Mr Blair is preparing for a whistle-stop tour of Berlin, Paris, Washington, New York and Brussels.
- Those on a whistle-stop tour will probably head for Rovaniemi, the Arctic Circle's main Santa centre, which has a dedicated theme park where you can watch the great man and his little helpers at work.
- The popstar was visiting the Virgin Megastore on Sheffield's Fargate as part of a whistle-stop record signing national tour.
Synonyms quick, fast, swift, speedy, high-speed, expeditious, express, brisk, lively, prompt, flying, fleeting, lightning, meteoric, overnight, whirlwind, fast-track
nounˈ(h)wisəl ˌstäpˈ(h)wɪsəl ˌstɑp North American 1A small unimportant town on a railroad. 〈北美〉（铁路沿线的）小站；小镇；小地方 Example sentencesExamples - En route to the World's Fair, the girls would sharpen their skills and increase their visibility by playing exhibition and challenge games at whistle-stops all along the way.
- Key gateways are Kalispell (with the nearest airport, served by Delta, Northwest, Horizon, and Big Sky), Whitefish, and the whistle-stops of West Glacier and East Glacier Park
- In the 1930s, when the de Basil company first began touring the States, it brought ballet to thousands of Americans with frequent whistle-stops - one-night stands in small towns.
- But Racine is much more than a whistle-stop on the dairy run.
- In 1941, what is now Warner Robins was a sleepy little whistle-stop known as Wellston, located just south of Macon in the central part of the state.
- 1.1 A brief pause in a tour by a politician for an electioneering speech.
（政客为发表竞选演说而作的）短暂停留 Example sentencesExamples - Diane Schmitt, a recruiter in Prescott, Ariz., let Bart talk to a handful of her recruits, at one of his first whistle-stops, which included Oklahoma, Ohio and New York.
- Such ‘cultural events’ have become popular whistle-stops for political parties keen to woo the nearly 300,000 Asian New Zealanders of voting age.
- As he spoke at the first whistle-stop, 19-year-old Ben Brown, an NDP supporter, stood silently holding a sign warning of environmental damage under a Conservative government.
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