English Dictionary

stem-winder

noun

A watch that is wound up by turning a small knob (at the stem). / (US) A rousing speech, especially by a politician. / (US) Someone who gives such speeches; a great orator.

The old pocket watch was a real stem-winder.

意味（1）

A watch that is wound up by turning a small knob (at the stem).

意味（2）

(US) A rousing speech, especially by a politician.

意味（3）

(US) Someone who gives such speeches; a great orator.

意味（4）

(US, proscribed) A boring, interminable speech.

Or – heaven forbid – the Bill Clinton of 1988, who gave a tedious stemwinder in 1988 that has gone down in the books as the worst nominating speech in recent memory?

意味（5）

(US, obsolete) Something top-notch or first-rate.