英语词汇“swingometer”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

swingometer

释义

swingometer|swɪŋˈɒmɪtə(r)|
[f. swing n.² 8 h + -ometer, after barometer, etc.]
A device consisting of a dial with a movable pointer, used to demonstrate (esp. on television) how a likely or observable ‘swing’ should influence the outcome of an election. Also transf. and fig.
1965B.B.C. Handbk. 36 (caption) Robert McKenzie demonstrating the Swingometer.1969D. Widgery in Cockburn & Blackburn Student Power 128 Eventually the ‘swingometer’ which the UCL NUS Committee had installed in their Gower Street office moved slowly in favour of the ISC and the Executive.1974Daily Tel. 22 Oct. 18 After five or six results, Robert McKenzie's famous swingometer accurately showed what was to be in the event a majority of 40 or so for Labour over Conservative.1978Sunday Times 19 Mar. (Weekly Rev.) 37 Guardians of the social swingometer..have been drawing attention to punk rock.1979H. Wilson Final Term v. 84 This figure headed the election night screens, until the ‘swingometer’ working on the first declarations rapidly moved into a much more moderate posture.

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