hust.ings

hustings的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˈhʌstiŋz]
KK音标发音： [ˈhʌstɪŋz]

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

1. 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：

a candidate out on the hustings in the farm belt.
到大农耕带发表演说的竞选者

2. The activities involved in political campaigning:
选举活动：在政治竞选运动中采取的行动：

a veteran of the hustings.
选举活动的老手

3. 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

4. Chiefly British
【多用于英国】

5. 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

6. The proceedings of a parliamentary election.
议会选举的程序

hustings的词源：

7. From Middle English husting [court of common pleas]
源自 中古英语 husting [高等民事法庭]

8. from Old English h^?sting [court]
源自 古英语 h^?sting [法庭]

9. from Old Norse h^?sthing
源自 古斯堪的纳维亚语 h^?sthing

10. h^?s [house]
h^?s [房屋]

11. thing [assembly]
thing [集会]