词汇 | barnburner |
释义 | barnburner noun[ C ] USinformal(alsobarn burner)uk /ˈbɑːnˌbɜː.nər/ us /ˈbɑːrnˌbɝː.nɚ/ an exciting event, especially a sports event: Tonight's game promises to be a real barnburner. Well, what a barn burner the debate tonight turned out to be! It was a barnburner of a game, with the team coming back from 38–20 down at half-time to win 84–82. The fight was a hell of a barnburner, with both boxers landing some good shots and the result in doubt right to the end. The speech to her supporters wasn't exactly a barnburner. Exciting and interesting absorbing absorbingly action-packed adventurous alley exhilarating eye-catchingly fancifully fascinating fascinatingly provocative provocatively pulsating punchy racy vibrantly watchable with bells onidiom zhuzh zing |
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