barnstormとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑːnstɔːm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑɹnstɔɹm/

動詞

barnstorm (三人称単数 現在形 barnstorms, 現在分詞 barnstorming, 過去形および過去分詞形 barnstormed)

1. To travel around the countryside making political speeches etc.
2. (US) To appear at fairs and carnivals in exhibitions of stunt flying, sporting events, or theater.
3. (US, of a sports team) To travel from town to town performing in front of small crowds.
   • 2013 June 17, Sam Borden, “To U.S. Soccer Team, Home Field Is an Ever-Changing Thing”, in The New York Times‎^[1], ISSN 0362-4331:

     He also noted that “we’re in the business of promoting the game” in the United States, which is a task surely helped by the national team’s barnstorming persona.

派生語

• barnstormer
• barnstorming

引用

• 1899, Mark Twain, as cited in 1901, J. B. Pond, Eccentricities of Genius, page 227

  I'm not going to barnstorm the platform any more, but I am glad you have corralled Howells.

• 2005, Marion Elizabeth Rodgers, Mencken: The American Iconoclast, page 109

  It wasn't just the smell of perfumes that assailed his nose every time he entered a stuffy auditorium that he found unwelcome; it was the childish playwriting and barnstorm acting that was driving out the intelligent theatergoer and the production of less commercial plays.

• 2006, Ethan Wolff, Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Manhattan, page 242

  Smaller bands play the clubs ..., while the more established acts barnstorm through New York's surfeit of midsize halls.

名詞

barnstorm (複数形 barnstorms)

1. A series of appearances in small country towns, as by a politician or a travelling theatre group.