whistlestop tour

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A trip by train in which one visits many locations along the way, especially if those locations are not major cities.
    — Gordon then accompanied the former Confederate president on what amounted to a whistlestop tour from Montgomery to Atlanta.
  2. An overview of a subject which includes a number of illustrative examples.
    — This chapter is a whistlestop tour of basic marketing ideas.

词形变化

whistlestop tours plural
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