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词汇 barnstorm
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Definition of barnstorm in English:

barnstorm

verb ˈbɑːnstɔːmˈbɑrnˌstɔrm
[no object]North American
  • 1Tour rural districts giving theatrical performances, originally often in barns.

    〈主北美〉在乡间(最初常在谷仓里)巡回演出

    he barnstormed up and down both coasts and eventually played New York
    Example sentencesExamples
    • His recordings were freshly introduced to new listeners daily and he barnstormed the country before capacity crowds all through the 90s before disbanding the organization, warehousing the gear and taking a break.
    • He tells the life of a child in a family troupe of actors as they barnstorm the West and South, including a stint near the front during the Mexican-American War.
    • Paige, in particular, became nationally famous through barnstorming around the country.
    • San Francisco poets Tarin Towers and Daphne Gottlieb, Eitan Kadosh from L.A. and Phoenix's Eirein Bradley barnstormed with O'Hara through 35 U.S. cities over the summer.
    • The band coalesced in 1998 during a legendary trek across Canada, where the members busked and barnstormed for gas money and food whenever they could.
    • Lou hung tough and earned an increasingly fine living simply by being himself—a broadcaster, a bandleader, an irrepressible salesman, and a radio station chieftain.
    • He's toured from coast to coast, playing both clubs and festivals, and barnstormed his way across England.
    • Shouldn't be too hard a chore, especially as the trio barnstorms through various cities across Canada in and around the Junos.
    • After briefly working with B.B. King in Memphis, Perkins barnstormed the South with Earl Hooker during the early fifties.
    • Together with 1st drummer Randy Curnew they barnstormed Canada, touring by any means possible and self-releasing their first record "Midnight is the Answer" on vinyl w/ a free cd early '04.
    • The original Dodworth brothers were founding members of the New York Philharmonic and their brass band, the Dodworth Band of New York, barnstormed the country during the Civil War.
    • Catch the insanity on and off the stage with The Kids in the Hall as they barnstorm across North America on their historic 2000 reunion tour.
    • Springtime for Henry played Broadway in the early '30s and then again in the early '50s but became a laughingstock as Edward Everett Horton repeatedly barnstormed it.
    1. 1.1 Make a rapid tour of an area as part of a political campaign.
      (尤指为政治活动而)在某地巡回
      he was barnstorming down in Georgia
      with object the speech he gives as he barnstorms the country
      Example sentencesExamples
      • While the alliance promptly declared the list of candidates and Naveen, who is contesting from Hinjli, went barnstorming, the Congress was very late to declare the names of its candidates.
      • President Aleksander Kwasniewski is barnstorming the country in a 30-city tour.
      • He barnstormed the nation, speaking in living rooms, village squares, universities, and even huge sports arenas.
      • Each turn, you can barnstorm campaign in targeting ridings, travel province to province, give speeches, fundraise, or prepare for debates.
      • Earlier this year, Microsoft founder Bill Gates barnstormed five engineering schools to drum up interest.
      • For the next two months, though the result appears preordained, the Democratic roadshow will barnstorm the country from coast to coast against Bush, more symphony than cacophony.
      • He has been barnstorming the state for Props 57 and 58.
      • She raised $30 million in five years, which is incredible, and barnstormed the country and spoke at the Democratic convention and was just an inspiration, I think, to a lot of people.
      • In 1957, he barnstormed across the USSR to proclaim his new decentralisation plan for ‘regional economic councils’.
      • Since then, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt has been barnstorming all over the West visiting proposed areas and soliciting public comment.
      • And somehow Kerry's got a chance at all of the four corners, so he's out West for a week, barnstorming mostly, but also outlining his vision for education reform with a major policy speech.
      • Bush, who barnstormed across the country promoting his Social Security plan for months earlier this year, hasn't mentioned it in more than two weeks.
      • Howard Dean is going to barnstorm the Deep South.
      • The Bush camp is barnstorming in Missouri today.
      • Saca last month barnstormed California and Washington, D.C., to drum up support for the pact - but got a mixed reception.
      • Tilton is barnstorming the country, outlining his proposal in speeches, interviews and employee meetings, and touting some promising statistics.
      • And now we see support for his plan falling, despite his 2-month barnstorming efforts.
      • Winchell then declares his candidacy for president and barnstorms the black heart of America.
      • She barnstormed for equality and was insulted, vilified, even pelted with rotten eggs for her trouble.
      • Bush won the midterms for Republicans by barnstorming the country attacking Democrats for not passing his homeland security bill.
    2. 1.2 Travel around giving exhibitions of flying and performing aeronautical stunts.
      驾机载客飞行观光;作特技飞行表演
      barnstorming had become a popular occupation among many trained pilots
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Allen Meyers barnstormed with Jensen in one of his later designs, the Jensen Sport.
      • When completed, Art started barnstorming the lumbering biplane throughout the Midwest.
      • He moved from barnstorming to the Apollo program without making a fatal mistake in an accident-prone profession.
      • In the mid-1920s Lindbergh barnstormed through Alabama.
      • During the early years of the air age, ushered in by the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903, barnstorming was a highly popular activity.
      • George “Buck” Weaver was a flight instructor and barnstorming pilot.
      • He barnstormed for a time, then entered the Army Air Corps as a pilot trainee, graduating at the head of his class in 1925 and taking a commission in the Army Air Service Reserve.
      • Besides hauling passengers on airshow barnstorming flights, J.R. uses the Stearman for banner and glider towing and scenic flights.
      • To help pay off the plane, Harold barnstormed throughout the Midwest, carrying passengers at $5 a piece, and then later $2 a hop.
      • Carl and the Special stayed on the aviation scene joining the Flying Aces Air Circus in the late 1920s with Jessie Woods walking on the wings, as well as barnstorming.
      • The stunts range from parachuting onto a hot air balloon to the classic barnstorming to landing a Cessna on the Golden Gate Bridge.
      • Then he became a wingwalker and parachutist for a barnstorming pilot, not soloing until he bought a war-surplus Curtiss Jenny in 1923.
      • When he was discharged, he barnstormed, carried mail and was a stunt flyer.
      • He dropped out after two years, learned to fly, and spent the summer of 1923 barnstorming through the West.

Derivatives

  • barnstormer

  • nounˈbɑːnstɔːməˈbɑrnˌstɔrmər
    North American
    • The Utterly Butterly barnstormers wowed the crowds with their daring aerobatics on top of the biplanes.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I've also stunned myself by loving a Faithless record - alright, Mass Destruction sounds like Black Steel by Tricky, but that doesn't stop it being a full-on barnstormer of a tune.
      • By 21, he was a married barnstormer, touring with his own company nine months of the year.
      • The industry matured from barnstormers to its ubiquitous place in modern life at great cost in private and public money, as well as crashed planes.
      • Lindbergh started his aviation career as a barnstormer, a trick pilot who performed stunts for audiences in the 1920s.

Definition of barnstorm in US English:

barnstorm

verbˈbärnˌstôrmˈbɑrnˌstɔrm
[no object]North American
  • 1Tour rural districts giving theatrical performances, originally often in barns.

    〈主北美〉在乡间(最初常在谷仓里)巡回演出

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Catch the insanity on and off the stage with The Kids in the Hall as they barnstorm across North America on their historic 2000 reunion tour.
    • Paige, in particular, became nationally famous through barnstorming around the country.
    • San Francisco poets Tarin Towers and Daphne Gottlieb, Eitan Kadosh from L.A. and Phoenix's Eirein Bradley barnstormed with O'Hara through 35 U.S. cities over the summer.
    • The band coalesced in 1998 during a legendary trek across Canada, where the members busked and barnstormed for gas money and food whenever they could.
    • Springtime for Henry played Broadway in the early '30s and then again in the early '50s but became a laughingstock as Edward Everett Horton repeatedly barnstormed it.
    • His recordings were freshly introduced to new listeners daily and he barnstormed the country before capacity crowds all through the 90s before disbanding the organization, warehousing the gear and taking a break.
    • Shouldn't be too hard a chore, especially as the trio barnstorms through various cities across Canada in and around the Junos.
    • Together with 1st drummer Randy Curnew they barnstormed Canada, touring by any means possible and self-releasing their first record "Midnight is the Answer" on vinyl w/ a free cd early '04.
    • He tells the life of a child in a family troupe of actors as they barnstorm the West and South, including a stint near the front during the Mexican-American War.
    • Lou hung tough and earned an increasingly fine living simply by being himself—a broadcaster, a bandleader, an irrepressible salesman, and a radio station chieftain.
    • The original Dodworth brothers were founding members of the New York Philharmonic and their brass band, the Dodworth Band of New York, barnstormed the country during the Civil War.
    • After briefly working with B.B. King in Memphis, Perkins barnstormed the South with Earl Hooker during the early fifties.
    • He's toured from coast to coast, playing both clubs and festivals, and barnstormed his way across England.
    1. 1.1with object Make a rapid tour of an area as part of a political campaign.
      (尤指为政治活动而)在某地巡回
      Example sentencesExamples
      • And somehow Kerry's got a chance at all of the four corners, so he's out West for a week, barnstorming mostly, but also outlining his vision for education reform with a major policy speech.
      • Bush won the midterms for Republicans by barnstorming the country attacking Democrats for not passing his homeland security bill.
      • She raised $30 million in five years, which is incredible, and barnstormed the country and spoke at the Democratic convention and was just an inspiration, I think, to a lot of people.
      • Earlier this year, Microsoft founder Bill Gates barnstormed five engineering schools to drum up interest.
      • Howard Dean is going to barnstorm the Deep South.
      • Bush, who barnstormed across the country promoting his Social Security plan for months earlier this year, hasn't mentioned it in more than two weeks.
      • Since then, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt has been barnstorming all over the West visiting proposed areas and soliciting public comment.
      • And now we see support for his plan falling, despite his 2-month barnstorming efforts.
      • He has been barnstorming the state for Props 57 and 58.
      • He barnstormed the nation, speaking in living rooms, village squares, universities, and even huge sports arenas.
      • For the next two months, though the result appears preordained, the Democratic roadshow will barnstorm the country from coast to coast against Bush, more symphony than cacophony.
      • Winchell then declares his candidacy for president and barnstorms the black heart of America.
      • The Bush camp is barnstorming in Missouri today.
      • In 1957, he barnstormed across the USSR to proclaim his new decentralisation plan for ‘regional economic councils’.
      • Tilton is barnstorming the country, outlining his proposal in speeches, interviews and employee meetings, and touting some promising statistics.
      • She barnstormed for equality and was insulted, vilified, even pelted with rotten eggs for her trouble.
      • While the alliance promptly declared the list of candidates and Naveen, who is contesting from Hinjli, went barnstorming, the Congress was very late to declare the names of its candidates.
      • Each turn, you can barnstorm campaign in targeting ridings, travel province to province, give speeches, fundraise, or prepare for debates.
      • President Aleksander Kwasniewski is barnstorming the country in a 30-city tour.
      • Saca last month barnstormed California and Washington, D.C., to drum up support for the pact - but got a mixed reception.
    2. 1.2 Travel around giving exhibitions of flying and performing aeronautical stunts.
      驾机载客飞行观光;作特技飞行表演
      barnstorming had become a popular occupation among many trained pilots
      Example sentencesExamples
      • During the early years of the air age, ushered in by the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903, barnstorming was a highly popular activity.
      • When he was discharged, he barnstormed, carried mail and was a stunt flyer.
      • He moved from barnstorming to the Apollo program without making a fatal mistake in an accident-prone profession.
      • The stunts range from parachuting onto a hot air balloon to the classic barnstorming to landing a Cessna on the Golden Gate Bridge.
      • Allen Meyers barnstormed with Jensen in one of his later designs, the Jensen Sport.
      • He dropped out after two years, learned to fly, and spent the summer of 1923 barnstorming through the West.
      • Then he became a wingwalker and parachutist for a barnstorming pilot, not soloing until he bought a war-surplus Curtiss Jenny in 1923.
      • He barnstormed for a time, then entered the Army Air Corps as a pilot trainee, graduating at the head of his class in 1925 and taking a commission in the Army Air Service Reserve.
      • Carl and the Special stayed on the aviation scene joining the Flying Aces Air Circus in the late 1920s with Jessie Woods walking on the wings, as well as barnstorming.
      • Besides hauling passengers on airshow barnstorming flights, J.R. uses the Stearman for banner and glider towing and scenic flights.
      • In the mid-1920s Lindbergh barnstormed through Alabama.
      • George “Buck” Weaver was a flight instructor and barnstorming pilot.
      • To help pay off the plane, Harold barnstormed throughout the Midwest, carrying passengers at $5 a piece, and then later $2 a hop.
      • When completed, Art started barnstorming the lumbering biplane throughout the Midwest.
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