shouting /ˈʃaʊtɪŋ/●be all over ˌbar the ˈshouting (of a performance, contest, etc.表演、竞赛等) be finished or decided, with only the audience’s reaction or the official announcement to follow大局已定，胜负已分（只等着观众来欢呼或结果的宣布）◆Now that the first few election results have been declared, it’s really all over bar the shouting.第一批的选举结果已经公布，真可谓大局已定。NOTEBar in these two expressions is a preposition meaning ‘apart from’. * bar 在这两个表达法中是介词，意为“除…之外”。●within ˈspitting distance (of sth) (BrE) ( within ˈshouting distanceNAmE, BrE) (informal) very near a place很近；在近处◆We live within spitting distance of the sea.我们住的地方紧挨着大海。