a whistle-stop tour

含义

a quick trip that visits many places in a short time

短时间内走访很多地方的匆忙行程.

例句

1. 1Our guide took us on a whistle-stop tour of Rome, with ten minutes at each fountain.
2. 2The new manager made a whistle-stop tour of all five shops in one afternoon.
3. 3We only had one day in Paris, so the whole trip was a whistle-stop tour.
4. 4Gran came home exhausted from a whistle-stop tour, having visited six cousins in two days.
5. 5Is the school trip a whistle-stop tour, or will the class have time to explore each city?

语法

whistle-stop 保留连字符。去的地方放在 of 之后，短语常跟在 go on、make 或 take someone on 之后。