| 单词 | swallow-tailed |
| 例句 | One pair was sunset orange, swallow-tailed, and scalloped in black. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z At 575 W. 155th St., my jaw dropped when I saw the gigantic mural of a swallow-tailed kite by artist Lunar New Year covering the side of a five-story apartment building. A walking tour of Manhattan’s Audubon Mural Project 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z The white ibis, swallow-tailed kite and wood stork also get mentioned. Florida considers ousting mockingbird from honorary perch 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z The painting of a swallow-tailed kite, completed in early October in Upper Manhattan, includes 12 other species embedded in its plumage. Retracing Audubon’s Steps, Painting His Birds Anew 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z I saw several swallow-tailed butterflies, also a number of bees, wasps and horse flies. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z The smallest details of its architecture were plainly distinguishable—the turrets, the platforms, the window-casements, and even the swallow-tailed weather vanes. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z She saw before her an elderly gentleman, plump and kindly, who walked with a short tripping step, and wore the swallow-tailed coat with gilt buttons which the frock-coat had displaced. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z The broad pendant or "burgee" is a flag tapering slightly and of a swallow-tailed shape at the fly. Flags: Some Account of their History and Uses. 2012-03-23T02:00:32.397Z He always wore a black vest, swallow-tailed coat, stout silk stockings, and shoes with bright silver buckles, while a snowy white apron and faultlessly frilled shirt completed a modish and impressive costume. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z The ladies were rustling about in their long trains and tinkling ornaments; the men were trooping in, white-tied and swallow-tailed, rubbing their hands and sniffing the grateful aroma of dinner. A Mere Chance, Vol. 1 of 3 A Novel 2011-11-24T03:00:44.097Z The great families that pinned their faith to the ascendency of the latter adopted the swallow-tailed battlement on the towers of their castle walls, to distinguish them from the square-shaped that were already in existence. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z This is not a question of kid gloves, swallow-tailed coats, and manners, but an indictment reflecting on the moral character and solid worth of the nation. Search-Light Letters 2011-10-06T02:00:43.957Z In the cavalry the standards of regiments of Dragoon Guards are of crimson silk damask, embroidered and fringed with gold, and their guidons, anciently called "guydhomme"—a swallow-tailed flag—are of crimson silk. Flags: Some Account of their History and Uses. 2012-03-23T02:00:32.397Z He looked for all the world like some scraggy-legged little old man, who had got up in the morning and put nothing on except a ragged swallow-tailed coat. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z He had on a swallow-tailed coat, but it did not fit him, so I conclude it was borrowed or hired for the occasion. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z The battlements that surmount this storey are square-shaped Guelph, while those of the great tower which dominates this part of the city are the swallow-tailed Ghibelline. Cathedral Cities of Italy 2011-10-12T02:00:42.597Z A swallow-tailed coat plays the mischief with the digestion, and science has discovered that a white choker tarnishes the silver. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z A little swallow-tailed coat, once worn by Tom, hangs over the back of a chair, ready to be worn again. The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z The mercantile marine flag is precisely similar, but rectangular instead of being swallow-tailed. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z "I never saw a really swallow-tailed coat before." Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z Shameful to relate, my boy, the swallow-tailed chap had no sooner said this, than a cavalry ward came charging helter-skelter, right through the college, tumbling the faculty into the mud, and bruising several sophomore graduates. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 2 2010-12-28T03:00:18.560Z Cavalry flag -- known as a "guidon" for its swallow-tailed shape -- had been the property of the Detroit Institute of Arts, which paid just $54 for it. Custer's "Last Flag" sells for $2.2 million 2010-12-10T20:35:00Z The building was oblong, painted roughly in fresco, and decorated with a number of coarse paintings, and lots of swallow-tailed, green and yellow satin pennants dangling from the ceiling. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia The footman who opened the door was six feet tall, dressed in knee breeches and a swallow-tailed coat. The "Genius" Very characteristic of China is the abundance of handsomely coloured swallow-tailed butterflies of the family Papilionidae. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" He hadn't been there long before the strange gentleman came in with a swallow-tailed coat on, a white vest and cravat, with ball-gloves on his hands. Phemie Frost's Experiences The bridegrooms wore the regulation "invisible blue" swallow-tailed coats and pantaloons, white satin vests, patent leather boots and kids. Victor's Triumph Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend It contrasted oddly with the swallow-tailed coat he wore, which had evidently been made for a much larger man; the sleeves came to his finger tips, and the tails touched his heels. The Bondwoman At the same time, to prevent any mistakes as to our quality, and to satisfy 106 the admiral’s curiosity, we hauled down the Yankee colors and set our swallow-tailed flag!” Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life He wore a swallow-tailed coat, with a waistcoat of white satin and fancy knee-breeches, and upon his feet were shoes with silver buckles. Twinkle and Chubbins Their Astonishing Adventures in Nature-Fairyland An Uhlan, dismounted, stood on guard below the steps, his lance at a “present,” the black-and-white swallow-tailed pennon drooping from the steel point. The Maids of Paradise The smallest details were visible—the turrets, the terraces, the windows, and even the swallow-tailed vanes. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century David turned out in a new blue swallow-tailed coat, with metal buttons, of his own fabulous cut, in honor of the occasion. Tom Brown at Oxford He was in evening dress: swallow-tailed coat and white tie. Anna the Adventuress A swallow-tailed or tapered broad pendant; in the merchant service it generally has the ship's name on it. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Evening Dress was "optional;" and I frankly confess, at whatever risk of his displeasure, that I had not deemed Mephistopheles worthy of a swallow-tailed coat. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis Twenty minutes later, as he was solicitously examining the crease in the soft lovely black trousers, after hanging the swallow-tailed coat over a padded hanger, Snorky came in with a face of thunder. Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World The Dwarf in his swallow-tailed coat and wearing a plug hat, and his face deeply furrowed with wrinkles. Twenty Years of Hus'ling Think of Paul wearing a blue swallow-tailed coat with brass buttons! Amusement: A Force in Christian Training Broad pennant denotes a commodore, and is a swallow-tailed flag, the tails tapering, and would meet, if the exterior lines were prolonged; those of a cornet could not. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Several breeds, such as Finnikins and Turners, the swallow-tailed pigeon of Bechstein and the Carmelite, seem both to have originated and to have disappeared within this same period. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. Finn found that it was not deceived by the resemblance between an edible and an unpalatable Indian swallow-tailed butterfly, although the sharp king-crow was deceived by the likeness. Birds of the Indian Hills He looked as natural as the day I bade him good-bye at Pontiac, and was wearing the same old silk hat, swallow-tailed coat and plaid pants. Twenty Years of Hus'ling An armorial lance flag, pointed or swallow-tailed at the fly. The Handbook to English Heraldry The swallow-tailed silk flag in use by dragoon regiments, instead of a standard. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. The curious attitude assumed by sphinx caterpillars is probably a safeguard, as well as the blood-red tentacles which can suddenly be thrown out from the neck, by the caterpillars of all the true swallow-tailed butterflies. Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays One figure was made up with a black swallow-tailed coat, blue trousers, and a bowler hat set at a jaunty angle; the other with a woman's summer skirt and blouse and an open parasol. Pushed and the Return Push No spectacles on, his hat gone, a large piece torn from his fine swallow-tailed coat, and to all appearances he had just emerged from the sewer. Twenty Years of Hus'ling No. 412, a long swallow-tailed Pennon, charged with the Percy crescent Badge, is from the Seal of Henry de Perci, first Earl of Northumberland. The Handbook to English Heraldry In very early boyhood, my Sunday suit was a swallow-tailed coat, and hat of the stove-pipe pattern. Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman In Java the golden-dusted Arjuna may often be seen at damp places on the roadside in the mountain districts, in company with Sarpedon, Bathycles, and Agamemnon, and less frequently the beautiful swallow-tailed Antiphates. Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays "A swallow-tailed kite," Knight said as the bird dropped suddenly into clearer view. Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party “I wonder,” said one, “why our captain looked so sweet on yon swallow-tailed supercargo o’ pigs and Gospels? The Coral Island A long flag, pointed or swallow-tailed at the fly, and displayed from a transverse bar attached to a staff. The Handbook to English Heraldry He wore a sky-blue swallow-tailed coat, whose maker had flourished in London half a century before. The Young Fur Traders So there he was, arrayed in jaunty cap, and a swallow-tailed coat with brass buttons. Our American Holidays: Lincoln's Birthday A Comprehensive View of Lincoln as Given in the Most Noteworthy Essays, Orations and Poems, in Fiction and in Lincoln's Own Writings Mr. Courthope does not condescend to italicize his pun; but a swallow-tailed and adder-tongued pun like this must be paused upon. Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds One summer I watched the larvæ of the swallow-tailed butterfly through their different stages, and reserved two chrysalides to develop into thep. Wild Nature Won By Kindness The edges are fringed throughout, and the extremity is sometimes swallow-tailed, and sometimes rounded. The Handbook to English Heraldry If you fear not to meet me, hoist a red swallow-tailed burgee to your fore royal masthead, that I may recognise your ship from others, Morillo.” A Pirate of the Caribbees But I was a little surprised when he followed this up by hoisting a small red swallow-tailed flag to his main-royal-mast-head. The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron The horse had left ear swallow-tailed and was branded with a Diamond Five on the right shoulder. Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies No! not a basque at all, but a man's black satin waistcoat! and next came objects about which there could be no doubt,—a pair of dingy old trousers, and a swallow-tailed coat! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 I should have liked the chance of catching a swallow-tailed butterfly for my collection.' Chatterbox, 1905. I had long ago prepared a red swallow-tailed burgee, such as the pirate had dared me to exhibit, and I immediately gave orders to hoist it at our fore royal masthead. A Pirate of the Caribbees He wore a black, swallow-tailed coat, made, however, to set very loose upon his back, a black waistcoat, and black pantaloons. Can You Forgive Her? This sign has for paranatellons the mast of the Celestial Ship, and the swallow-tailed fish or swallow above it, and a portion of Perseus, son-in-law of the King of Ethiopia. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Neither Connemara nor Claddagh cloaks were seen in the cars, nor were the blue or grey frieze swallow-tailed coats of Mayo and Galway seen on the powerful horses pounding along townward through the heavy road. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81. The length of the beak would probably exclude from consideration, the swallow-tailed kite that also occurs in the region. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices Admiring Bluetown gazed approvingly upon his swallow-tailed coat, his tall plume, his shining battle blade, his plated scabbard, worsted sash, and low-heeled, cowhide boots. The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales Conceive the painters, each in his swallow-tailed coat, his ruffles and broad cuffs, his knee-breeches, buckles, long waistcoat, and the rest of his garments of those days, thus uniting in one acclaim. Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers On the day of our interview, Wolfe is wearing his customary one-button, swallow-tailed, yellow pin stripe suit, which he describes as "early Duke of Windsor." 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s Then his flashy, many-coloured cravats, stared and straggled in all directions, while his untied waistcoat-strings protruded between the laps of his old short-waisted swallow-tailed scarlet, mixing in glorious confusion with those of his breeches behind. Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour The austere schoolmaster, with his dread insignia of birchen rod, steel-bowed spectacles, and swallow-tailed coat, was bad enough; the grinning, mischief-loving, and at times, belligerent, boys were worse. The Fatal Glove To subside from an eagle-feathered Sachem, eating succatash with an Indian Princess, into a tame civilized gentleman, in a swallow-tailed coat, handing apples to a poor little Yankee girl! The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times In a country village on such an occasion, a swallow-tailed coat was a passe-partout, as many gentry had come in from the surrounding district.” The Stowmarket Mystery Or, A Legacy of Hate Larsen’s hotel on the corner of Second and King streets, and such a shinning of swallow-tailed coats up blue ladders was never seen. Peck's Compendium of Fun Mamma has sent in some hot gingerbread, and Sam Ray and Roy Tyler are there, and auntie is going to tell us about swallow-tailed butterflies, and she doesn't like to begin without you. Miss Elliot's Girls Stories of Beasts, Birds, and Butterflies Besides these three families of butterflies, there are certain groups of the great genus Papilio—the true swallow-tailed butterflies—which have all the characteristics of uneatable insects. Darwinism (1889) But these brilliant swallow-tailed migrants are not typical. Shandygaff As Jack stepped into the open air he peeled off his swallow-tailed coat and threw it over Ted's arm. Ted Strong's Motor Car He wore a broadcloth, swallow-tailed coat, a collar that came out at the sides of his neck and stood high under his ears; and his neck was covered with a black satin stock. Vandemark's Folly The sun sends for an ambassador through the azalea bushes a lordly swallow-tailed butterfly, and his squire very like the flitting 'chalk-blue' of the English downs. Letters of Travel (1892-1913) Edinburgh will be Anglicised and put in the fashionable costume of a progressive age; in the same swallow-tailed coat, figured vest and stovepipe hat worn by London, Liverpool and Manchester. A Walk from London to John O'Groat's And—oh, dear—oh dear, their pennons are swallow-tailed and scarlet! Ailsa Paige Many of them carried great sticks, usually sword-canes, and some bowie-knives or pistols; also, they delighted in swallow-tailed coats, long hair, broad-brimmed felt hats, and very tight boots. The Autobiography of a Quack and the Case of George Dedlow “I wonder,” said one, “why our captain looked so sweet on yon swallow-tailed super-cargo o’ pigs and Gospels. The Coral Island A Tale of the Pacific Ocean The gentlemen Warblers wore full-dress swallow-tailed suits of white satin, with pearls for buttons, while the lady Warblers were gowned in white satin dresses with long trails. The Emerald City of Oz It consisted of blue velvet knickerbockers, a white satin waistcoat, and a beautifully cut little swallow-tailed coat with pearl buttons. Penrod There'll be a scarlet swallow-tailed pennon on the end just below the blade point. Ailsa Paige He was lean and thin, with swallow-tailed coat, tall hat, battered and worn, a huge necktie and heavy boots—a veritable Yankee from way back the young engineer thought. Five Thousand Dollars Reward Then two of the bridesmaids, each taking the arm of a white-gloved, swallow-tailed cavalier, made the round of the wedding guests, begging money of them. The Roof of France Sometimes, however, they only made sport of his appearance; especially one evening, when his monkey jacket being wet through, he was obliged to mount one of his swallow-tailed coats. Redburn. His First Voyage Indoors, in the evening and during the day, he wears dark gray or black trousers, white linen, a high-buttoned black waistcoat and a plain black swallow-tailed coat or one cut with short rounded tails. Book of Etiquette, Volume 2 A thousand streamers flaunted fair, Various in shape, device and hue, Green, sanguine, purple, red, and blue, Broad, narrow, swallow-tailed, and square, Scroll, pennon, pensil, bandrol, there O'er the pavilions flew. The Prose Marmion A Tale of the Scottish Border Another jerked at the rear pockets of his swallow-tailed coat to pick out a thought there. Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! : Helps for Girls, in School and Out He wore a sky-blue, swallow-tailed coat, whose maker had flourished in London half-a-century before. The Young Fur Traders The large and graceful swallow-tailed kite at that time feeds on nothing else. The Naturalist in Nicaragua When Michael had on his bottle-green swallow-tailed coat with the brass buttons, he invariably assumed a certain lofty air of ceremony in addressing his companions. The Stillwater Tragedy Signor Ercole had never been known to wear a swallow-tailed coat on any occasion. A Siren If we lived on a farm, I suppose Theodore would wear cowhide boots, and pants too tight and short for him, and a swallow-tailed coat. The Wedding Guest The swallow-tailed coat was created for the Englishman andhe for it; but on all other occasions the well-dressed American leads him—leads the world, for that matter. Europe Revised The uniform of those days consisted in a schako, which spread out at the top; a short-waisted, swallow-tailed coat; and large, baggy trousers and gaiters. Reminiscences of Captain Gronow You mean: Was every unmarried male idiot who could afford a swallow-tailed coat and a clean pair of gloves cavorting about the place? The Two Vanrevels Beautiful swallow-tailed king-birds with rosy plumage perched on the tops of the small trees, and soared and flitted in graceful curves above them. Hunting the Grisly and Other Sketches Several breeds, such as Finnikins and Turners, the swallow-tailed pigeon of Bechstein and the Carmelite, seem to have originated and to have disappeared within this same period. The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 1 This does not, however, seem to be the case with the true Papilionidae or swallow-tailed butterflies, whose large size and gorgeous colouring has led to their being collected more frequently than other insects. The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 One afternoon, when nearing my own home, I met him in one of his favorite disguises,—a long blue swallow-tailed coat, striped cotton trousers, large turn-over collar, blacked face, and white hat, carrying a tambourine. Condensed Novels: New Burlesques He had on a white hat and a long swallow-tailed coat, the collar of which came clear up above his cars. The Story of a Bad Boy "A highly-respectable middle-aged rustic; a smiling, smoothly-shaven, obliging man, dressed in a blue swallow-tailed coat, with brass buttons, and exhibiting his bardic legs in a pair of extremely stout and comfortable corduroy trousers." The Queen of Hearts A small, dark man, dapper and debonair, swallow-tailed and top-hatted, was waltzing about the stage with dainty, mincing steps, and in a thin little voice singing something or other about somebody or something evidently pathetic. Moon-Face |
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