whistle-stop
adjective [ before noun ] (also whistlestop) /ˈwɪs.əl.stɒp/ us/ˈwɪs.əl.stɑːp/
在各地短暂访问的，巡回短访的
used to describe a series of short visits to a number of different places in a short space of time
The candidate's whistle-stop tour chugged through Missouri, Kansas and Colorado before winding down in Arizona. 这位候选人的短暂访问经过了密苏里州、堪萨斯州和科罗拉多州，最后在亚利桑那州结束。
Truman may have come through here in the '40s during one of his whistle-stop campaigns. 杜鲁门可能在40年代的某次竞选巡回短访中来过这里。
We finally made it north of the border for a delightful whistle-stop tour around Burns country. 我们终于到了边境以北，在彭斯的祖国进行了一次愉快的巡回短访。
走马观花的;浮光掠影的
used to describe a situation in which a lot of things are described or done, with not much time given to each part
Below we offer a whistle-stop guide to Eastern and Northern Europe's city break destinations. 下面我们提供东欧和北欧度假城市的简介。
The first half of the degree course is a whistle-stop tour of multimedia design. 该学位课程的前半部分是多媒体设计的概览。
Tonight's show provides a whistlestop tour of comedy from the 1940s to the present day. 今晚的节目提供了从1940年代到现在的喜剧概览。
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- During the 1964 election, she bravely embarked on a whistle-stop tour of eight Southern states to promote the Civil Rights Act.
- The most popular trips tend to be whistle-stop coach tours of the country's highlights.
- Our schedule this week is beginning to read like one of those "If it's Tuesday, it must be Paris" whistle-stop American tours of the world that Europeans like to mock so much.
- He flew home from a whistlestop trip to Moscow.
- Lincoln was warned about an assassination attempt on a whistle-stop journey from Springfield, Ill., to take office in Washington.
- First on stage was Brozman himself, preparing to lead a whistle-stop tour of his greatest hits.
whistle-stop
noun [ C ] mainly US (also whistlestop) uk/ˈwɪs.əl.stɒp/ us/ˈwɪs.əl.stɑːp/
哨子站（指火车见到信号才停的小站或小地方）
a small town or community on a railway line, or a station in or near a small town where trains only stop if they are given a signal to do so
A "whistle-stop," in railroad terms, is a community too small to enjoy regular scheduled service. 用铁路术语来说，"哨子站"指的是那些非常小的社区，享受不到固定时刻表的服务。
政治家在竞选旅行中的短暂访问
one of a series of short visits to various places made by a politician during an election
President-elect Nixon mentioned seeing, at a whistle-stop in Deshler, Ohio, a girl carrying a sign reading "Bring Us Together." 当选总统尼克松提到自己在竞选旅行时曾在俄亥俄州德西勒村短暂停留，看到一个女孩拿着标语牌，上面写着“让我们团结起来”。
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- The locomotive was gaining speed swiftly, its one hundred and five tons departing another whistle-stop in another anonymous town.
- With a population fluctuating between eight and 12, William Creek in South Australia is merely a whistle-stop.
- I took photographs of Bobby and Ethel Kennedy on a campaign whistle-stop days before Bobby was killed.
- They are planning a whistle-stop here March 30.
- Whistle-stops by helicopter within a constituency must be declared as election expenses.
- Now, the presidential campaign is waged not just in the whistlestops and hustings of America, but also on YouTube and in the viral video world.