名詞 hustings:

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

1. A veteran of the hustings.
   選舉活動(dòng)的老手
2. A candidate out on the hustings in the farm belt.
   到大農(nóng)耕帶發(fā)表演說的競選者
3. And I was among a great chorus out on the hustings speaking out against this consistent and constant deficit spending.
   我與一大伙人在競選臺(tái)上，一致聲言反對［政府］習(xí)以為常的赤字開支。

hust.ings

pl.n.(used with a sing. or pl. verb)（復(fù)數(shù)名詞）（與單數(shù)或復(fù)數(shù)動(dòng)詞連用）

A place where political campaign speeches are made:
選舉演說的場地：發(fā)表政治運(yùn)動(dòng)演說的地方：
例句：
a candidate out on the hustings in the farm belt.
到大農(nóng)耕帶發(fā)表演說的競選者

The activities involved in political campaigning:
選舉活動(dòng)：在政治競選運(yùn)動(dòng)中采取的行動(dòng)：
例句：
a veteran of the hustings.
選舉活動(dòng)的老手

Chiefly British A court formerly held in some English cities and still held infrequently in London.
【多用于英國】 （英）地方法院：曾經(jīng)在英格蘭某些城市開設(shè)的法庭，現(xiàn)在仍不定期地在倫敦開設(shè)
Chiefly British
【多用于英國】
A platform on which candidates for Parliament formerly stood to address the electors.
競選講壇：競選議員者發(fā)表演說的講壇
The proceedings of a parliamentary election.
議會(huì)選舉的程序

來源：
From Middle English husting [court of common pleas]
源自 中古英語 husting [高等民事法庭]
from Old English hôsting [court]
源自 古英語 hôsting [法庭]
from Old Norse hôsthing
源自 古斯堪的納維亞語 hôsthing
hôs [house]
hôs [房屋]
thing [assembly]
thing [集會(huì)]