| 单词 | stormy petrel |
| 例句 | But Leon Smith, the captain, was determined to have him here, his stormy petrel capable of all sorts of heroics in the past, a good luck charm now, and a loud one. Andy Murray beats Goffin to seal first Davis Cup for Great Britain in 79 years 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z They are always on the wing, like stormy petrels, flying swift and low, just skimming the waters, yet darting like arrows, as if seeking for something which they could not find on land or sea. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Did he regard her as a sort of stormy petrel, heralding bad weather and bad fortune? A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z Indeed, it may even be said that his little, shrunk and wizened figure was a kind of stormy petrel: his very presence was a certain signal that danger and adventure were at hand. Submarine U93 2012-04-07T02:00:34.693Z Now it so happened that among those who were discontented for one reason or another there was that stormy petrel, General Daendels. The Rise of the Dutch Kingdom 1795-1813 2012-01-19T03:00:20.007Z What d'ye call those birds that fly around at sea just before a gale breaks—stormy petrels? On Secret Service Detective-Mystery Stories Based on Real Cases Solved By Government Agents 2011-11-26T03:00:14.947Z The eggs of the stormy petrel are surprisingly large, considering the diminutive size of the bird, being as large as those of the thrush. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z Klindworth?" cried the emperor, laughing, "that old stormy petrel could not keep out of a crisis which has raised such a tempest in European policy. For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. II (of II) A Romance of the Present Time 2011-10-13T02:00:49.420Z On the deep, lone sea, too, Jack has ay a friend, should it be but in the stormy petrel, the frigate-bird, or that marvellous eagle of the ocean, the albatross itself. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z She has been called “the stormy petrel among the cities—always to the front in troublous times.” Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster 2011-10-02T02:00:12.020Z Well, Sarah, I half dislike having your stormy petrel in our little town. The Heart's Country 2011-08-02T02:00:26.847Z Now when skies were overcast and the wind had a tooth, Bel figured in the picture as a sort of stormy petrel, forever to be seen wheeling somewhere within the vague of the horizon. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z If he succeeded, his so-called liberty would be used in coercing and plundering the dissentients; and, after all, such stormy petrels in politics must be quite unfit to form any stable government. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z On this day large flocks of wild geese and swans, with mallards and widgeon, were seen in the neighbourhood of Yarmouth, and the stormy petrel was observed. Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 2011-05-25T02:00:19.650Z My cousin is the stormy petrel sort, with the best intentions in the world, but always getting herself and others into trouble. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z A stormy petrel came up from the cliff and swirled above the men as they fought, and made its direful scream over them. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z Now and then the black petrel, with its piercing eye, darts across the ship's stern, while the stormy petrel flutters just overhead, yet beyond the reach of a gun. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z In the chronicles of London pageantry, the waters look calm and bright, and no stormy petrel flaps his wing as an omen of an approaching tempest. London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. 2011-01-28T03:00:22.900Z He was a sort of stormy petrel in the town, a forerunner of danger and despair. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z "Do you know, old fellow, that that stormy petrel of the Revolution, Cluseret of the Commune, is said to be in Madrid?" Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z The boat went skimming over the waves as if she had been a veritable stormy petrel, sending the water churning round her bows. Bosom Friends A Seaside Story "To see on the white and crest'd wave The stormy petrel float, And then to look back On the stormy track That glitters behind our boat." The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago Their sympathy was perfect, and if taken away from the sea, she would have been as miserable as a stormy petrel in a cage. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl When it blows a hard gale of wind the stormy petrel makes its appearance. Wanderings in South America The pilot boat was soon unmoored and flying out to sea like a stormy petrel. A Noble Woman The stormy petrel is supposed to herald bad weather, and the great auk to tell that land is very near. Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore The stormy petrel hardly ever goes on land except to lay her eggs. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad But the good Bishop he walked as easily as a stormy petrel, for he was a man of God. Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure The stormy petrels had vanished with the tempest, and the flying fish were now making their clumsy leaps from wave to wave,—a sign of fair weather. The Corsair King The stormy petrel riding in safety on the crest of the wave in instinctive security, symbolizes the security of a depositor in a government savings bank. Some Reminiscences of old Victoria Another sea-bird, very different in appearance, is the little stormy petrel. The Children's Book of London She told him how the stormy petrel flies far, far away from land. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad A fishing-schooner, if well handled, is a veritable stormy petrel in riding out a blow. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 "Those stormy petrels suspect something wrong, too, they follow us everywhere." The Corsair King Six or seven stormy petrels seen at once, and now and then a gull. A Journey to America in 1834 He called her the "stormy petrel" in reference to her birth in the wild month of March, and because she was such a fiery little person. The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson Bobby’s mamma told him many things about the stormy petrel. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad Herbert Rhodes was a restless being, a stormy petrel ever on the wing seeking adventures. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer Wild bird of sea and cloud, you are a stormy petrel, but there may come a storm too many—and I am old. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida One gull seen yesterday and two stormy petrels follow us a long way. A Journey to America in 1834 “It is the procellarius, as we naturalists call it, but in English, the stormy petrel; its presence denotes rough weather coming.” The Mission; or Scenes in Africa The stormy petrel is very oily, like all sea birds. Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad Several flights of stormy petrels had long been following in the wake of the ship, with other birds,—such as albatrosses, cape-pigeons, and whale-birds. The South Sea Whaler The stormy petrel now made its appearance; and I and Emily and Grace were delighted soon afterwards to see a magnificent white bird with outstretched wings following the ship. In the Eastern Seas The albatross, stormy petrel, and pintado are our companions; yet there is a pleasure in stemming the apparently irresistible waves, and in wrestling thus with the elements. Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 “You look a regular stormy petrel, and seem as if you wanted to spread your wings and fly.” Afloat at Last A Sailor Boy's Log of his Life at Sea Porpoise were coursing the sea like greyhounds, and the stormy petrels in a clatter; but Cook was not to be delayed by storm. Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward Several stormy petrels, which the sailors call “Mother Carey’s chickens,” were also captured. The South Sea Whaler And so the stormy petrel stood alone, as he would always stand alone. Tom Slade's Double Dare But at last the powerful motors conquered and, tossed by the ever increasing swells, the155 plane rode the sea like the stormy petrel after which she had been named. Curlie Carson Listens In "Just something the stormy petrels dropped through our porthole," said Faith, gravely taking up the tale. All Aboard A Story for Girls Not so harmless is the stormy petrel, whose advent is looked upon by sailors as a sure sign of an impending storm, accompanied by much loss of life. Animal Ghosts Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter Though the stormy petrel shrieked, the wind still remained moderate, and the sailors continued their bird-catching and fishing. The South Sea Whaler They call me——" "Yes, I know; they call you the stormy petrel. Tom Slade's Double Dare And oh, Jack! talking of burrows, of course you’re in Nova Scotia, and that’s where Cape Sable is, where the stormy petrels make their houses in the sand. We and the World, Part II A Book for Boys I sat at the helm and slept when they sailed from the north cape, and when I woke now and then the stormy petrels were flying about my legs. Stories from Hans Andersen "You come like the stormy petrel," the latter remarked bitterly. A People's Man A flock of seagulls could be plainly heard honking high overhead, and a chattering flock of stormy petrels soared down, coming to rest on the water in the wake of the sloop. The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea Or The Loss of The Lonesome Bar Here and there was an occasional hole in the earth where a stick might have been pressed in, showing that the stormy petrel had sometimes used his stick as a cane. Tom Slade's Double Dare She had once been called a stormy petrel, and now as, racked with the agony of her resolve, she sat through the interminable dinner, she recalled the name, and smiled bitterly to herself. The Halo But my home and my business is on her, and in her worst temper she suits me better than any four-walled room, where I would feel like a stormy petrel shut up in a cage. The Measure of a Man I hate to think of you up there, the stormy petrel, the apostle of unrest and sedition. A People's Man Still I was always a bit of a stormy petrel rejoicing in a gale, and my capacity has not waned even in my eightieth year. The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent He was the oddest of odd numbers, a stormy petrel indeed, and they did not know how to take him. Tom Slade's Double Dare Yes, she was a stormy petrel, and she had no right to ruin Victor Joyselle and his family. The Halo Strauss is the stormy petrel of modern music, and 'Salome' has aroused more discussion than anything he has written. The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. It was the murmur of far-off voices, it was the whisper of the winds in the shrouds, it was the cry of the lonely gull and the stormy petrel. The Grey Cloak It was not a demonstrable hostility; but one felt it was there, ready to break out, and overwhelm this stormy petrel of the political world. The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner Their estates are free from the 'poetic turbulence' in which Mr. Trench is the 'stormy petrel.' The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times That stormy petrel—that advance agent of events! 54-40 or Fight All that come looking for work these days was stormy petrels, not caring if they worked or not—just asking for it out of habit. Ma Pettengill The group includes the stormy petrel, and the albatross. How to See the British Museum in Four Visits With his pardon, love, protection and fortune, she might have defied Von Sendlingen and his league, but, alone, she was a stormy petrel flapping its insignificant pinions in the face of the God of Storms. The Son of Clemenceau "It is the procellarius, as we naturalists call it, but in English, the stormy petrel; its presence denotes rough weather coming on." The Mission The stormy petrels are not much larger than a swallow. Stories of California The skuas and the cormorants, And all the puffin clan, The stormy petrels, gulls, and terns, They hopped, and skipped, and ran With very injudicious speed To join that oily man. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, February 28, 1891 It suited well the nature of a stormy petrel like Jemal-ed-Din to find himself in Tehran at that time, and he became an inflammatory public orator of the hottest kind. Persia Revisited Incidentally he tells how the boat leaked, what heavy seas were often successfully encountered, and how "we collected and salted for food on our homeward voyage stormy petrels" and like luxuries. The Naval Pioneers of Australia From the base of the wave to the billow's crown, And amid the flashing and feathery foam, The stormy petrel finds a home. Voices for the Speechless He rests and sleeps on the billows at night with his little companions, the stormy petrels. Stories of California The bishop had become the stormy petrel of colonial politics, and nature had in truth well fitted him for just such a rôle. Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the Wilderness Chronicles of America, Volume 4 You always were a stormy petrel,” he sneered. The House of a Thousand Candles Like stormy petrels they rushed to the center of the swirling world. In the Claws of the German Eagle You are the stormy petrel of crime, Watson. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes He seems to have been a sort of stormy petrel, and to have turned up in any place where there was trouble. The Box with Broken Seals When it blows a hard gale of wind the stormy petrel makes its appearance. Wanderings in South America The lull in Cabinet troubles was only momentary: 'On December 10th, Chamberlain, the stormy petrel, came to stay. The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1 Maritz was the stormy petrel of a far more serious disturbance. A Short History of the Great War The stormy petrels, driven in from the Atlantic, are skimming like black swallows over the bay beneath us. Prose Idylls, New and Old Before many Saturdays the Admiral's lap had superseded all other places as a gathering ground for the little Careys, whom he called the stormy petrels. Mother Carey's Chickens All his life he has been one of the stormy petrels of diplomacy. The Sowers It was like a farewell concert, and nothing else, and the seagulls and stormy petrels came in crowds to listen to it. In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales Some might ask why the stormy petrel, a bird which just skims and floats on the topmost wave, should bear this name? On the Study of Words Because many of his personal bills aren't paid, and the political stormy petrels are not yet heading his way. Guns of the Gods He might have been a real stormy petrel, breasting the billows in his birthday suit and expecting his feathers to be dried when and how the Lord pleased. Mother Carey's Chickens What mischief are you about?" she enquired, "you stormy petrel! The Sowers "Old Parnassus is quite a stormy petrel," he said. Parnassus on Wheels In addition to the Cape pigeons an occasional stormy petrel flashed overhead. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition French, the stormy petrel of the war, had flitted on from Cape Town to Modder River, where a larger prize than Colesberg awaited him. The Great Boer War She would be left behind, like Charlestown and all the old life, when Mother Carey and the stormy petrels flitted across unknown waters from one haven to another. Mother Carey's Chickens I begin to think," said Steinmetz, coming to the point in his bluff way, "that you are a sort of beautiful Jonah, a graceful stormy petrel, a fair Wandering Jewess. The Sowers He found his vein in weekly journalism, and for nearly forty years was the stormy petrel of Canadian politics. The Canadian Dominion; a chronicle of our northern neighbor Antarctic, snow and stormy petrels, fulmars, white-rumped terns, and adelies were around us. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition The ticking of the death-watch would replace The baby's prattle, for the over-wise; The breeze's murmur would become the cries Of stormy petrels where the breakers race. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1 They are stormy petrels, and are supposed to go out over the seas and show good birds the way home. Mother Carey's Chickens The only specimens of quadrupeds, birds, fish and cetacea were a few wild boars, stormy petrels, albatrosses, perch and seals. In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant She had learned, to her cost, that the whistle of her husband, more surely than the shriek of the stormy petrel, announces the storm.—And she had that evening more reasons than usual to fear. Other People's Money Moreover, the war, so far as it pertained to the border, seemed to be sweeping toward the northeast, and it bore many stormy petrels upon its crest. The Scouts of the Valley Pray give my regards to your mother, whom I envy, and all the "stormy petrels," whom I envy too. Mother Carey's Chickens |
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