| 单词 | tent peg |
| 例句 | “I thought this belonged to that bloke Perkins at the Ministry?” he asked, starting to disentangle the tent pegs. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Johnny never understood how the horse could run so fast without tripping over tent pegs, campfires, stacks of muskets, sheep bought for slaughtering. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In this opening shtick, we’re asked to daydream ourselves back to the golden age of circus, when train cars full of performers would steam into town and start hammering in tent pegs. Review: In ‘Circus 1903,’ a Littler Big Top Still Offers Some Thrills 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z The books my friend and I brought shared our travails along the way – used to bash in tent pegs, left sodden after a sudden storm, borrowed and swapped. Summer readings: Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez 2011-08-19T14:00:02Z But I also made a few adaptations based on the unusual environment: rain boots instead of hiking boots, a giant roll of industrial-strength duct tape instead of tent pegs. Ferry-camping in Alaska’s Inside Passage He sets out early in the morning with a backpack containing a hammer, cords, metal tent pegs and his lunch, which he said he eats standing “or sitting on a curb.” Rackstraw Downes?s Landscapes, at Three Sites 2010-07-23T21:42:00Z The knitted poppies are attached to a large green net that is cut to fit the shape of the grass outside the church, then the flowers are attached to the net with tent pegs. Thousands of knitted poppies in Macduff Remembrance display 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z Stewart, Thomas explained, was too polite, too thoughtful, too prone to speaking in paragraphs, though intellectually, O’Hagan interjected to say, Stewart “could have knocked them all into the ground like tent pegs.” How Mary-Kay Wilmers Became Britain’s Most Influential Editor 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z For anybody who doesn’t quite get the point, Moore hammers it home like a tent peg. The Vexing Analogies of “Fahrenheit 11/9” 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z But Modi’s victory forced her to “really put down the tent pegs” on what would eventually become The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. Arundhati Roy: ‘The point of the writer is to be unpopular’ 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z My friends were larking around with a tent peg and somebody threw it to the other guy and it went through his shoe and foot. Dani Filth: ‘Marilyn Manson is a likable fellow, so I’d give him my wet wipes’ 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z Claire says she will continue to work on filling the display and will keep taking more donations of poppies, wool and tent pegs for the project through her Facebook page, external. Thousands of knitted poppies in Macduff Remembrance display 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z Sally Le Page said her parents were surprised when a technician used two "bent tent pegs" to find a mains pipe. Water companies use 'magic' to find leaks 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z Actually, most of the knives used in throwing, Dagger said, resemble “weird-shaped tent pegs” — the tip is sharp because the handle and the blade are both held in making the toss. Knife-Throwing as a Sport: Who Would Have Thunk It? 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z You drag yourself to your bedroom, change into pajamas, brush your teeth, pop an anti-cholesterol pill, each action another tent peg pounded into the canopy of wakefulness. When I go to sleep, I dream big 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z It also described as "ill treatment" an interrogator banging a tent peg on a table and walking around a blindfolded detainee blowing on the back of his neck. Al-Sweady Inquiry: UK army murder claims 'deliberate lies' - BBC News 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z Finally, he would bang on a table with a metal tent peg to startle the detainee before removing the blindfold. Nine Captured Iraqis Were Mistreated in British Custody, Report Says 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z If you take the weight of my costume, then look at me, chances are by end of the day I'll be ground into the ground like a tent peg. Game of Thrones announces new season five cast members 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z "Now these tented camps are a new level of challenge, an immense challenge," she told me as we made our way through a row of tent pegs. Jordan's desert camp for Syrian refugees 2012-07-30T01:39:19Z Gyalzen's response to being hustled is to tie knots or collect tent pegs—with no idea of superintending operations. Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 2012-04-12T02:00:28.417Z When the men took up stones with which to hammer the tent pegs they dropped them "like hot potatoes." Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z “This is kind of tough, taking down tents when our little outing is hardly half through with,” complained Will, as he labored pulling up tent pegs. The Outdoor Chums on the Lake Lively Adventures on Wildcat Island 2011-09-22T02:00:23.407Z Under my seat I found a tent peg. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z While hunting material for tent pegs and poles I noticed a curious rectangular-shaped hillock of green moss a short distance from the shore of the pond. Lost Pond 2010-12-20T17:12:25.250Z The one nearest the trooper, as he checked his horse near the tent pegs, was lying on his face. The Ruined Cities of Zululand In the flat and marshy expanse of the plain before them there had been driven a number of short but heavy stakes like tent pegs, each with a metal ring set in the top. The Golden Amazons of Venus At the end of each seam along the hem you must work in a little eyelet hole for a short piece of twine to tie to the tent pegs. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 I felt I owed him that much for that wallop with the tent peg. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z When it had disappeared underground we carefully buried a steel trap at the entrance of the hole and anchored it securely to an iron tent peg. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' I have been out three times already to look at the tent pegs. “Crumps”, The Plain Story of a Canadian Who Went "If some of the tent pegs pull out there'll be trouble." Joe Strong on the Trapeze or The Daring Feats of a Young Circus Performer Whenever windstorms are expected, the tent pegs should be secured and additional guy ropes attached to the tents. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition From the glare of electric light in this crowded place, we had to go into outer darkness and carefully avoid the tent pegs and ropes in finding our way to the other entrance. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. If we don’t attend to these latter as soon as rain begins they are likely to shrink and tear the canvas, or perhaps pull up the tent pegs. At Plattsburg Here are the holes where they drove the tent pegs. The Keepers of the Trail A Story of the Great Woods Seizing tent pegs, and with cries of "Hey Rube!"—the time-honored signal for a battle of this kind—the striking canvasmen rushed into the fracas. Joe Strong on the Trapeze or The Daring Feats of a Young Circus Performer Men were rushing here and there, to arm themselves with tent pegs, stakes—anything they could grab up. Joe Strong, the Boy Fish or Marvelous Doings in a Big Tank Men and nurses were moving about in the darkness, stumbling over guy ropes and tent pegs. Mufti “Now, Denham, I want that iron bar that you use to make the holes for the tent pegs.” Dead Man's Land Being the Voyage to Zimbambangwe of certain and uncertain blacks and whites I seized a hammer and tent pegs, forgot I was tired, and before very long had things fairly to rights; but I slept that night in a dust-heap. Adventures in Many Lands MYalu noted the age of the spoor about the compound, the tent peg holes newly pulled. Witch-Doctors To add to the horror of the situation, Colonel Palmer was now cruelly tortured before his comrades' eyes, one of his feet being twisted by means of a tent peg and rope. John Nicholson The Lion of the Punjaub Sometimes the wind swept down from the distant fringe of mountains and shook the tents until the tent pegs jumped out of the ground. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country "What the sam hill do you know about that!" said the disappointed Captain as all gazed at the plate full of white asparagus butts,—as hard as tent pegs. On the Fringe of the Great Fight Cautiously, stealthily, burying his brown-gray body in the river grass, he stole to the very tent pegs of the canvas shelter; there he listened, as still and silent as the river stones. The Outcasts Joyfully he assisted in gathering dry sticks, driving tent pegs, and picking reindeer moss for bedding. The Man Who Rocked the Earth The tent is pyramidal, with one pole in the center, and the edges are usually held down by the sledge runners or by snowshoes used as tent pegs. The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club At the corners, too, just outside, the dogs are chained, and, in addition, there is a whole row of dogs fastened to the tent pegs. Nature Near London Aye! and to take a tent peg, too; the peg being only a soft carrot stuck in the earth! The Adventures of Akbar Our fires were quickly made with superfluous tent pegs, and the rice bag was again drawn forth. The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia If some of the tent pegs come loose, the ropes will slip off, and the tent will blow over. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Camp Rest-A-While The tent pegs were pulled up and the tent pulled down and we all thankfully tramped back to camp to sleep the sleep of the just till the reveille sounded to herald another day. Fanny Goes to War A tent had been pitched near at hand, as was evidenced by the still unwithered boughs that had formed a bed, and discarded tent pegs, and there were many axe cuttings. Troop One of the Labrador "Speak on," responded Arthur, getting somewhat interested, and seating himself on a bag of tent pegs, the the only apology for a seat the tent afforded. Vellenaux A Novel Busy hands tore up the tent pegs, other hands were folding the coverings, gathering up the poles and impedimenta, and loading them on the baggage animals. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. Avoid very sandy soil; sand provides but little hold for tent pegs, and there is grave risk of damage should there come a gale. Camping For Boys Then our duties consisted for a while in loafing about the grounds, driving tent pegs, greasing the wagons and drawing up rules for our own government, for there was no fighting just then. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 We know it was the largest, because the holes left by the tent pegs are farthest apart. The Masters of the Peaks A Story of the Great North Woods “Um-m-m,” said Easton, stopping in his work of driving tent pegs to sniff the air now bearing to us appetizing odors of goose and coffee, “that smells like home.” The Long Labrador Trail They had tent-poles and about fifty pounds of hardwood tent pegs—in a wooded country where such things can be had for a clip of the axe. The Forest Bert Rogers lit into him with a tent peg once, for saying yes at him. Chip, of the Flying U He came to her; and behold, Sisera lay dead, and the tent peg was in his temples. The World English Bible (WEB): Judges Frank rubbed his hands with pleasure when, an hour or more later, he came over to take a look at it, having completed his own task, as the quantity of tent pegs announced. The Outdoor Chums The First Tour of the Rod, Gun and Camera Club They then had to seize hold of everything, pull up the tent pegs as best they could, and make a rush through the flames, singeing their clothes and boots a good deal. A Lady's Life on a Farm in Manitoba The guard dogs were barking furiously, and straining at the cords which fastened them to the tent pegs, by the short hedges of brushwood that sheltered the doors of filthy rags. The Garden of Allah O dog of the Arabs and vilest of all who hammer down tent pegs, wilt thou contend with Kings? The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 "This will do," he said, picking up a stout poplar pole that had been used for driving the tent pegs. The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail Well, you see, I remember that I lost my tent pegs the last time I camped in Maine, and it's up to me to cut a new supply. The Outdoor Chums The First Tour of the Rod, Gun and Camera Club He came upon a man just driving the last tent peg. Cabin Fever |
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