whistle-stop

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˈwhistle-ˌstop adjective American English whistle-stop tour/trip a trip during which someone, especially a politician, visits many different places in a short period of time 每站只停留不久的旅行[访问]，走马观花的旅行[访问] a whistle-stop tour of Texas 一次走马观花式的得克萨斯之行

Examples from the Corpus

whistle-stop• In twenty-four hours she has been on a whistle-stop tour of three countries.• No more whistle-stop tours of the newest shopping centre in Nuneaton to look forward to.

ˈwhistle-ˌstop adjectiveChineseSyllable

a especially trip politician, Corpus many which someone, during visits a

whistle-stop
ˈwhistle-ˌstop

adjective American English
whistle-stop tour/trip a trip during which someone, especially a politician, visits many different places in a short period of time:

a whistle-stop tour of Texas

whistle-stop

BrE

/ˈwɪsl stɒp/

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NAmE

/ˈwɪsl stɑːp/

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adjective

[only before noun]

visiting a lot of different places in a very short time 走马观花的；浮光掠影的

◆to go on a

whistle-stop tour

of Europe到欧洲各地作走马看花的观光

◆politicians on a whistle-stop election campaign在各地进行蜻蜓点水式竞选宣传的政治人物