Tub-thumping describes speech or writing that pushes an opinion loudly and forcefully — lots of shouting, lots of feeling, not much room for doubt. The image behind it is a street speaker banging on an upturned barrel to make people listen.

Tub-thumping describes speech or writing that pushes an opinion loudly and forcefullyTub-thumping形容那種大聲、用力推銷某個意見的言論或文章——lots of shouting很多吼叫、lots of feeling很多情緒、not much room for doubt幾乎不留懷疑的空間。The image behind it這個字背後的畫面 is a street speaker banging on an upturned barrel to make people listen是街頭演講者敲打倒扣的木桶好讓大家聽他說話。

It works as a describing word before a noun: 'a tub-thumping speech', 'his tub-thumping style', 'a tub-thumping patriot'. It also works as a naming word for the activity itself: 'there was a lot of tub-thumping at the meeting'.

It works as a describing word before a noun它可以當形容詞放在名詞前面: 'a tub-thumping speech'『激昂鼓吹的演講』, 'his tub-thumping style'『他那激昂鼓吹的風格』, 'a tub-thumping patriot'『高聲疾呼的愛國者』。It also works as a naming word for the activity itself它也可以當名詞指這種行為本身: 'there was a lot of tub-thumping at the meeting'『那場會議上有很多激昂鼓吹』。

It is usually a criticism, but a softer one than most. Sometimes it is almost admiring, when someone means loud and stirring in a good way — 'a tub-thumping performance' of a song can be a compliment, meaning it had real energy. So the sentence around it matters.

It is usually a criticism這通常是一種批評, but而 a softer one than most比大部分批評都溫和一點。Sometimes it is almost admiring有時候它幾乎是讚賞的, when someone means loud and stirring in a good way當有人是指『大聲又振奮人心』的好意思時 — 'a tub-thumping performance'一首歌的『激昂帶勁的演出』 of a song can be a compliment可以是稱讚, meaning it had real energy意思是它真的很有活力。So所以 the sentence around it matters要看它周圍的句子。

It is chiefly British, more written than spoken, and a little old-fashioned. Note it can be spelled tub-thumping or tubthumping.

It is chiefly British這個字主要是英式用法, more written than spoken比較常出現在書面而不是口語, and而 a little old-fashioned也有點過時。Note注意 it can be spelled tub-thumping or tubthumping它可以拼成tub-thumping，也可以拼成tubthumping。