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儒琴新闻英语词汇 Journalism Vocabulary
stemwinder
Meaning
A rousing political speech that galvanizes people to take action, or an orator who delivers the speech. 激动人心的政治演讲，鼓动群众采取行动；鼓动人心的演讲者
19世纪中叶，stemwinder 这个词是指能上弦的胸表，当时这种上弦的胸表风行一时。 到19世纪末, stemwinder 词已经具有了比喻象征一流或卓越的意思。后来它的意思进一步的扩展，表示强大或有说服力的东西，逐步确定今天的激动人心的政治演讲和演讲者的意思。
19世纪下半叶和20世纪初一些作家使用了stemwinder，例如马克·吐温，杰克·伦敦和奥·亨利。stemwinder该词起源的痕迹几乎已从流行文化中消失了，如同上弦的胸表早已从我们日常生活中消失了。
Citations
After a trying week of tumult and setbacks, Trump delivered a stemwinder Saturday that extended beyond two hours and hardly left him winded. — nationalpost by Jose Luis Magana / AP Mar 2, 2019
The vendors and the snaking line of voters—they were pumped up and primed for the rally and for what would be the essence of its message. Inside, barely 15 minutes into his hour-and-a-half stemwinder, Trump gave the people what they wanted: “The four congresswomen,” he said. The capacity crowd in the venue of 8,000 seats booed on cue. — Politico by M. Scott Mahaskey Jul 18, 2019
