hustings

名词 hustings:

1. the activities involved in political campaigning (especially speech making)

1. A veteran of the hustings.
   选举活动的老手
2. A candidate out on the hustings in the farm belt.
   到大农耕带发表演说的竞选者
3. And I was among a great chorus out on the hustings speaking out against this consistent and constant deficit spending.
   我与一大伙人在竞选台上，一致声言反对［政府］习以为常的赤字开支。

hust.ings

pl.n.(used with a sing. or pl. verb)（复数名词）（与单数或复数动词连用）

A place where political campaign speeches are made:
选举演说的场地：发表政治运动演说的地方：
例句：
a candidate out on the hustings in the farm belt.
到大农耕带发表演说的竞选者

The activities involved in political campaigning:
选举活动：在政治竞选运动中采取的行动：
例句：
a veteran of the hustings.
选举活动的老手

Chiefly British A court formerly held in some English cities and still held infrequently in London.
【多用于英国】 （英）地方法院：曾经在英格兰某些城市开设的法庭，现在仍不定期地在伦敦开设
Chiefly British
【多用于英国】
A platform on which candidates for Parliament formerly stood to address the electors.
竞选讲坛：竞选议员者发表演说的讲坛
The proceedings of a parliamentary election.
议会选举的程序

来源：
From Middle English husting [court of common pleas]
源自 中古英语 husting [高等民事法庭]
from Old English hôsting [court]
源自 古英语 hôsting [法庭]
from Old Norse hôsthing
源自 古斯堪的纳维亚语 hôsthing
hôs [house]
hôs [房屋]
thing [assembly]
thing [集会]