| 单词 | teakwood |
| 例句 | To my right was a large room, larger than I had ever seen, and it was filled with stiff teakwood furniture: sofas and tables and chairs. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I went over and took a teakwood chair with cushions of emerald-green silk, sitting stiffly with my brief case across my knees. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z His skin was the color of teakwood, dark and glistening like Queen Marie’s old seance table. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He was poised on the teakwood transom, raising a beer in a toast to the great fish. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Annabeth said, “But what—” He patted her reassuringly on the shoulder and led her over to the Safari Deluxe model with teakwood lions carved into the frame and a leopard-patterned comforter. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He hung them over a cleat on the gray teakwood deck and went back down into the cabin. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He was sitting in his special treasure, a chair which the founder of the Company had built and carved from teakwood brought all the way from the Middle Kingdom. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s Malaysian owned, with beautiful teakwood cabins, so you get a sense of the country’s culture in a way you can’t at an international brand. Q&A: Finding the Flavors of Southeast Asia With Zak Pelaccio 2012-07-26T20:11:21Z Shwedagon is a Buddhist Disneyland, an exuberant confection of golden Buddhas and teakwood shrines laid out across a marble plaza. Visiting Myanmar: It’s Complicated 2012-08-03T16:32:39Z But her eyes light as she recalls the “many, many parties” hosted in the grand ballroom, with its wall-length mirrors, teakwood floors and Belgian crystal chandeliers. Portuguese mansion a window into India’s colonial history 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z All rooms are suites with polished teakwood floors and white plaster columns. The Raffles Singapore Embarks on a Modern Journey 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z Linking it all together are teakwood sitting areas, open to everyone, with fire pits, native plant arrangements and a pool-cabana vibe that invites lingering. Rodeo Drive is a dead end. Try Century City for a more interesting luxe shopping experience. 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z The 1,500-seat venue, which was modeled after the Globe Theatre in England, opened in 1955 as the American Shakespeare Festival Theater, with teakwood donated by the French government and brass drinking fountains. Shakespeare Theater in Stratford, Conn., Is Destroyed by Fire 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z We boarded a small skiff and enjoyed a glass of Champagne while watching the sunset behind the lengthy teakwood expanse of U Bein Bridge. Where to find the unspoiled splendors of Southeast Asia 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z I took this shot while the monks gathered on the U Bein Bridge, which is made entirely of teakwood and stretches across the Taungthaman Lake, to meet other monks and watch the sunset. Why We Travel 2012-08-21T21:04:30Z Alpine Snow-Peaked Mountain Birdhouse Made from renewable eucalyptus wood with a teakwood finish, this handsome home for wrens and chickadees has a small entrance to keep larger birds out. Gifts for home and garden | Produced by Seattle Times Marketing 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z He is also known for his wood-and-glass chandeliers and generous use of Burma teakwood and marble in his designs. WM Namjoshi: The man behind Indian cinema that looks like ice cream 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z Traditional materials used to build the homes - such as Burma teakwood and encaustic tiles - are now expensive and hard to come by, and many of the building techniques have also become obsolete. The young Indians saving crumbling ancestral homes 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z As people wandered from room to room, everyone wanted to capture the moment by taking selfies, in front of teakwood desks and paintings, and in living room areas. Inside the presidential palace now full of Sri Lankans 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z However, some were put off by the products — which included a “unity” coconut sandalwood hand soap, “empowered” teakwood body spray, and “confident” champagne-scented body cream. Bath & Body Works criticism a possible lesson: Charity CEO 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z I plan to install a large skylight and have lots of custom cut teakwood trim accents. Outdoor trends for an indoor bathroom 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z The actress was originally asking $14.9 million for the teakwood retreat, but the closing price is still a vast improvement upon the $1.8 million she paid for the property in 2000. Pamela Anderson sells Malibu home of two decades for $11.8 million 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z Classic Pierre Jeanneret teakwood Chandigarh chairs are juxtaposed with furniture upholstered with white linen that would seem to tempt fate, given the placement at a buzzing hotel bar perched above the Sunset Strip. The man who brought you Studio 54 is behind a new WeHo hotspot 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z In the empty locker beside him, three wicks on a candle labeled “mahogany teakwood high intensity” burned. A new dawn for LeBron and the Lakers but a familiar result in Portland - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z The next morning, the empty royal urn will be placed in front of the Grand Palace on a bargelike, red-and-gold teakwood Great Victory Chariot, which rolls on four large wooden wagon wheels. Bhumibol Adulyadej, Thailand King, set for cremation year after death 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z At some point — the 1930s, to judge from the Art Deco styling — the docks commissioner did himself a great favor by remodeling his second-floor office as an octagonal temple of teakwood, much of which remains. Envisioned for Decades, a Revival of a Manhattan Pier Is Complete 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Convoys of motorbikes weighed down with illicit loads of teakwood heading for buyers in China are the only passing traffic. Katha Journal: Orwell’s House Links Myanmar to Its Burmese Days 2013-05-24T01:41:19Z For example, the president told Mrs. Clinton, Myanmar exports teakwood, but does not sell finished teak products. Myanmar President Invites U.S. Businesses to Return 2012-07-13T20:56:24Z You will find that the line of your view, through this particular bullseye, impinges upon the head of any person who may chance to be sitting in the swivel-chair before the big, teakwood desk. In Jeopardy 2012-01-04T03:00:35.013Z Two or three bad photographic portraits were tacked against the teakwood paneling, but except for these, all that the room contained suggested stern utility. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z Its cushions had lately been rumpled and lounged upon; at its head, under the tall lamp, stood a teakwood tabouret, set with smoking materials on a Benares tray. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z Then there were heavy boxed oil paintings in rich gilt frames, hanging on the walls; and teakwood pedestals 54 holding statuettes and busts; and onyx stands with palms. Polly in New York 2011-09-18T02:00:27.103Z The girls seated themselves on two teakwood chairs and stared silently at the many curios that gleamed from cabinet and screen, each betraying some eccentric custom of the land of the yellow peril. Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z The teakwood desk and the great swivel-chair were destroyed in the fire, and indeed all the old fittings and hangings have given way to bright and cheerful modern furnishings. In Jeopardy 2012-01-04T03:00:35.013Z Her narrow beam, her graceful sweep of teakwood rail, and the long, tapering counter suggested speed. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z Below the posts they place teakwood boxes containing new clothes and jewels; bottles of toddy and earthen pots from Chaura, all fenced in carefully. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z At the far end of the drawing-room—not the end where the curtained windows led out on to the terrace lounge—there was a tall screen of carved teakwood from Benares. A Butterfly on the Wheel 2011-06-21T02:00:24.683Z From where he sat at Boelke's flat desk, Foley looked upon a wall of the room that was panelled in richly carved teakwood, and from a brass rod hung heavy silk curtains. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z The couches and big, comfortable reading chairs were upholstered in dark green leather, very handsome and substantial, while directly under the dome stood a massive, flat-topped library desk made of teakwood. In Jeopardy 2012-01-04T03:00:35.013Z It is easy, therefore, to guess the source of the Eastern rugs, the carved teakwood furniture, and stuffs from India looms which adorned the houses of the rich men of New York. Dutch and English on the Hudson A Chronicle of Colonial New York 2011-01-17T03:00:47.770Z Trees That Are Strange to Us—Mahogany and other Central and South American trees; teakwood; cedars of Lebanon; redwoods of California. Woman's Club Work and Programs First Aid to Club Women He sank down on the teakwood stool he generally uses to put his colors on and his brushes. A Top-Floor Idyl A guard saluted, an attendant swung the teakwood barrier inward, and while it was still but half open Ananda pressed forward, his horse carrying Swinton's with him into a holocaust of lightning-like happenings. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z When he came home one evening he found them asleep on his couch of teakwood and marble. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906 As we came in from sea, dazzle-painters swarmed on us, bespattered creatures with no bowels of compassion, who painted over our cherished glass and teakwood and brass port-rims—the last lingering evidences of our gentility. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war In large alcoves well-dressed Chinamen reclined on tables of marble and teakwood, filling and refilling the opium pipe with an infinity of patience that if otherwise applied might have led to greatness instead of dreams. Ancestors A Novel Whereupon he pressed a button under that elaborate teakwood table. Astounding Stories, July, 1931 Beside the rajah was a magnificently carved teakwood chair, a padlocked gold chain across the arms indicating that it was not to be used. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z He motioned to a stool as he let himself fall heavily into a teakwood armchair made especially for his bulk. Mr. Wicker's Window She looked now as if she might be the original of one of these old portraits herself, as she sat there in the high-backed chair, with the griffins carved on its teakwood frame. The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation He was aroused from his contemplation of them by a shout from Rolfe, echoed by Vandersee, and followed immediately by a tremendous splash and the whiz of small line running over a teakwood rail. Gold Out of Celebes Then he advanced to a divan beside a teakwood table on which stood a large copper samovar. Astounding Stories, July, 1931 Coming to the big teakwood gate, Finnerty clutched the captain's arm, bringing him to a halt as a sigh from its rusty hinges told it had just been closed by some one. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z The room was furnished somberly but richly with heavy hangings and teakwood furniture decorated with mother-of-pearl. The Secret Witness If we adopt the dark teakwood of India or the deep brown of Flanders, our color scheme again changes. Color Value It is a fine specimen of native architecture, made of elaborately carved teakwood, finely gilded, but showing the marks of age. Travels in the Far East However it may be with rowboats, concrete is taking an important place in the construction of battleships, a backing for armor being made of it instead of teakwood. Diggers in the Earth Look, sahib, at the two men that stand beside the elephant's neck; they are my blood brothers, and when we entered at the teakwood gate I told them of the sapphire bell. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z It was richly, wonderfully carved, the darker teakwood being also inlaid with pearl. Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines or, Following the Flag against the Moros Aunt Maude hated the green parrot and the flame-colored fishes in the teakwood aquarium. Mistress Anne Johore is a famous gambling-place, but the "parlors" were deserted on this afternoon, and we could see only the fine furnishings in carved teakwood. Travels in the Far East Tum Tum had learned his first lesson, just as he had learned to pile teakwood logs in straight piles. Tum Tum, the Jolly Elephant His Many Adventures Inside, they were all waiting for him, seated around a teakwood table. Ten From Infinity There is a small cabinet of teakwood that is beautifully carved. A Little Girl in Old Salem Thus a vulgar bargain became as it were a hospitality—you bought teakwood and had tea; carved ivories, and were rewarded with little cakes. Mistress Anne In construction, the Confucian Temple, near by, is similar to all Confucian temples throughout China; the hall is eighty-four feet long and the teakwood pillars forty feet high. Travels in the Far East "I suppose they are still back in the lumber yard, piling up teakwood logs," thought Tum Tum. Tum Tum, the Jolly Elephant His Many Adventures Betty herself took a hard, uncompromising sort of chair, of teakwood, wonderfully carved by some dead and forgotten Chinese artist. The Outdoor Girls at Ocean View Or, The Box That Was Found in the Sand He pointed to the giant teakwood that Astro had slept under. The Revolt on Venus In the window a jade god sat high on a teakwood pedestal. Mistress Anne Beyond lies the great hall, seventy yards long by thirty yards wide, and supported upon eight rows of teakwood pillars, four in each row, measuring twelve feet in circumference and sixty feet high. Travels in the Far East Making one end fast to the teakwood sill he went down hand over hand, his strong hard palms gripping the soft line. Caste And she's brought so much towards the beautifying of our Crusoe castle: all these elegant Persian rugs, and those four "old masters," and the bronzes and the teakwood carvings—you can see for yourself. The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware Finally they stopped before a huge teakwood tree. The Revolt on Venus And she led the way up the lustrous, velvety teakwood stair. The Real Adventure Antelope horns were everywhere hung on the walls; and teakwood easy-chairs, with rests on which comfortably to elevate your feet above your head, stood all about. African Camp Fires A teakwood beam with a round hole in the centre spanned the cell just above an opening that had all the appearance of a well. Caste In the dim shadowy confines they caught glimpses of teakwood cabinets in which were carved ivories and pieces of fine porcelain. The Motor Maids in Fair Japan He stood with his back against the rough bark of a teakwood tree to protect his rear and to face out toward the pitch-black night. The Revolt on Venus Dr. Sperry's villainous verdict still rankled in the butler's mind, and at first he had half decided to tell Thayor all he had overheard in the teakwood room. The Lady of Big Shanty Each one has a spacious living room, with a large teakwood table and inviting lounge chairs. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China The proprietor told me that Sir Daniel had occupied it before me, and I found a broken fountain pen in the drawer of that sickly black teakwood desk, with the carved serpent's head. The Hunted Woman There are twelve arched gateways with heavy teakwood doors studded with long brass spikes as a defense against elephants, which in olden times were taught to batter down such obstructions with their heads. Modern India Astro knew that if the snake could get away it would head for the teakwood above his head, the highest tree around, and the tyrannosaurus would stamp the ground around its base into powder. The Revolt on Venus "Come, then," he said, laying his hand tenderly on her shoulder—it had grown dark in the teakwood room—"let me tell you a story—a fairy tale." The Lady of Big Shanty There were open-work screens, and tables and chairs of black, carved teakwood. The Port of Adventure And, in the translucent shadows beyond, other tables could be seen, a number of easy-chairs of various shapes, with a great profusion of skin rugs strewn on the teakwood planking all over the veranda. The End of the Tether The principal streets are lined with houses of teakwood, whose fronts are elaborately carved. Modern India They were taken to the giant teakwood that Astro had seen, and Tom and Connel watched silently as the door opened, revealing the vacuum tube. The Revolt on Venus She nodded kindly and led them to the rear of the restaurant, to one of the more private rooms, screened off from the rest of the place with sliding rice paper and teakwood partitions. Undo, a Novel By Joe Hutsko On the deck, there were two little teakwood houses, with doors and windows. Heart of Darkness One of the things Miss Minchin had taken from her was a carved teakwood desk her father had sent her. A Little Princess; being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time At pause beneath the bridge, the adventurer rested elbows upon the teakwood rail and with importunate eyes searched the masked face of his destiny. The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf Near the center of the canyon the bare trunk of a giant teakwood soared skyward, a gigantic communications tower. The Revolt on Venus "I see you got your boat shoes on," Byron said, looking up from his work, as he finished oiling the boat's teakwood bulwarks. Undo, a Novel By Joe Hutsko Her gaze strayed over the walls of the breakfast room, where water color drawings of vessels, half models of ships on teakwood or Spanish mahogany boards, filled every possible space. Java Head There was a beautiful table of elaborately wrought teakwood, and some chairs, and a screen covered with rich Oriental embroidery. A Little Princess; being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time A diversion was caused here by the production of a splendid Japanese punch-bowl, supported upon a teakwood stand. The Pagans A divan draped in yellow silk, a single ebony chair inlaid with mother-of-pearl, and a low table in teakwood were the sole furniture. The Nest Builder On a great table of black teakwood inlaid with mother of pearl burned a solitary lamp, a curious affair in filigree of brass, furnishing what illumination there was. Red Masquerade Only yesterday she would have told herself that the dragon in the teakwood chair was stirring; but now Laurel could see that it never moved. Java Head In the murky cellar of a Pell Street tenement seventeen Chinamen sat cross-legged in a circle round an octagonal teakwood table. Tutt and Mr. Tutt On a teakwood stand in one corner, against the background of a valuable Oriental rug in shimmering greens and blues, sat a curious Indian idol. The Spanish Chest In two recesses, extended on teakwood couches, were Chinamen presumably of the same class as the diners, but wearing their daily blue silk unadorned and leisurely smoking the opium pipe. Sleeping Fires: a Novel This he placed carefully on the black teakwood surface at Victor's elbow. Red Masquerade This was to tame him down, and make him learn that it did not pay to run off when he was taken to the teakwood forest. Umboo, the Elephant We noticed stanchions of teakwood, liberally carved, that must have came from ships of the older type; iron-bound timbers with the iron almost rusted through; battered barrels and all the usual debris of the ocean. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition At length he seated himself at a teakwood table, still deliberating over the promise he had been forced to make to Kennedy. The Exploits of Elaine A common teakwood dressing-table held make up saucers and powder-puffs and some remnants of cold fowl which had not been partaken of, apparently, with the assistance of a knife and fork. The Path of a Star Here stood an octagonal table of black teakwood, on seven sides of which seven chairs were placed. Red Masquerade He did not mind this, for it had been done before, in India, when he was to pull a heavy wagon of teakwood logs. Umboo, the Elephant Mansfield had shown the same love of luxury and the bizarre even in the furnishing of his bedroom, which was a black-and-white room with furniture of Chinese lacquer and teakwood. The Treasure-Train The little reception room was gay with yellow-gold silk and teakwood; Jim's library was severely handsome with its dark leather chairs and rows of dark leather bindings. The Story of Julia Page It was a small, rectangular, teakwood box no larger than a half of the palm of his hand. The River's End His available resources were now represented by some guns, old books, bridles, another saddle, his rare Chinese punch-bowl and its teakwood stand, and a few remaining odds and ends. Kennedy Square In the forest were great trees of teakwood and these the elephant workers had to drag out so they could be loaded upon carts, with great wooden wheels, and brought to the river. Umboo, the Elephant Miss Felicia superintended the unrolling and led the chorus of "Oh, how lovely!" herself, when an Imari jar, with carved teakwood stand, was brought to light. Peter: a novel of which he is not the hero One evening at twilight I was making my way through a teakwood forest, when I came upon a deep circular depression in an open space, in the centre of which was a rude stone temple. Sixes and Sevens As many sword-bayonets of an old pattern encircled the polished teakwood of the rudder-casing with a double belt of brass and steel. The Rescue A Romance of the Shallows Then she sat down heavily on one of the carved teakwood chairs. When a Man Marries At first the elephant, who, not long before, had been wild in the jungle, and later piling teakwood logs, was uneasy and a bit frightened. Umboo, the Elephant There was a cabinet, filled with rare china, a marquetry table, and a chair of teakwood, inlaid with mother of pearl. Lavender and Old Lace Sprawling over the table with arrested pen, he glanced out of the door, and in that frame of his vision he saw all the stars flying upwards between the teakwood jambs on a black sky. Typhoon He conjured up an Empress who had once owned the teakwood chair, and a Marquise, with patches and powdered hair, who wrote love letters at the marquetry table. Lavender and Old Lace He waved a brazen hand at the snug room, at the Japanese prints on the walls, at the rugs, at the teakwood cabinets and the screen inlaid with pearl and ivory. When a Man Marries |
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