barnburner

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who burns down a barn.
  2. Synonym of phosphorus match, a friction match that can be struck anywhere. New-Jersey,Pennsylvania,slang
  3. A sensationally exciting or successful event or person. idiomatic
    — Those deathless twin barnburners return to the Metropolitan Opera tonight.

词形变化

barnburners plural barn burner alternative barn-burner alternative

词汇关系

相关词
barnstormer

词源

From barn + burner. In exaggerated use, from the hyperbolic idea of someone burning down a barn to end a rat infestation.
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