| 单词 | biggish |
| 例句 | There was only one middle school, one high school, one biggish grocery store, and one run-down city pool, but about one million beauty parlors and churches. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z My rules are: always have some biggish clashing jewellery around and a long top, particularly if you're travelling in Islamic countries so you can conceal your figure without necessarily wearing the burqa. Observer Ethical Awards 2013: Joanna Lumley – National Campaigner of the Year 2013-06-15T23:07:16Z My French grandfather was a biggish wheel of sorts in French football and an undiscriminating sporting man. Is France in the grip of an existential crisis? 2010-06-26T23:05:00Z Even if the investment might not look as lucrative as it did, that won’t stop people flocking to Frieze Week, ever-hopeful of discovering the next big, or at least biggish thing. It’s Auctions vs. Galleries 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z And then there are the houses the shoppers return to, which run from biggish to big, roomy enough to hold several years’ worth of paper towels and body wash. Television Review: Miles of Aisles, Endless Opportunities to Save 2011-04-05T22:21:19Z This is interesting, keep going.” “. . . idea of being a real academic star and ends up a biggish fish in what he considers to be a smallish academic pond and found himself in a certain life.” Magazine Preview: The HBO Auteur: David Simon 2010-03-17T14:56:00Z Yet at the same time, one of the top movies in the country right now is “Daddy’s Home 2,” which has a biggish, comedic part for Mel Gibson. Who We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Weinstein 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z You definitely shouldn't panic but there is a biggish asteroid about to pass by Earth in the coming hours. Asteroid to pass closer than some satellites 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z “He still has some quite biggish advantages, particularly if you’re a red wall Conservative looking at who can get people to turn out for the Conservatives again,” she said. Discontent with Johnson imperils his future, UK virus rules 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Warner survives a biggish shout for LBW later in the over, and Woakes discourages Root from reviewing on the grounds that it might have been high. Ashes 2019: England v Australia third Test, day one – live! 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z Sunday is the new Friday, and India are themselves again – making biggish runs after being put in to bat by Joe Root. England v India: third Test, day two – live! 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z The raciest bets that foreigners have made are on the bonds of policy banks, such as the China Development Bank, and on short-term paper issued by biggish provincial banks. Why foreigners are keen buyers of Chinese government bonds 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z That is about as much as two biggish nuclear power stations would manage. An idea from the past may make a Severn barrage practical 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z It's easy to find biggish backpacks for schlepping books and school supplies, but hard to find slimline ones nearly as capacious. 15 Gadgets That Every Student Needs 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z A new law in Britain requires all biggish employers to publish, by April 2018, data on the pay gap between their male and female employees. The wage gap between men and women varies depending on job types 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Having a biggish domestic market also means the many small firms don’t feel any need to try exporting. Why British businesses don’t scale up 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z A bouillabaisse-leaning fish broth, flavored with saffron and fruity Aleppo pepper, spiked with wispy crackers, bathes a biggish chunk of grilled rockfish. Winsome takes Echo Park diner food beyond hipster brunch 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z And you sort of suspect that she’s going to have a biggish role to play in the main plot by the end — but you can’t figure out how yet. If the 2016 presidential candidates were ‘Game of Thrones’ characters . . . 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z Countries with biggish current-account deficits, such as Colombia and South Africa, or big stocks of dollar debt, such as Chile, seem most vulnerable. The unloved bounce 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Of biggish economies, only China escaped a downgrade. System says slow 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z So it is probably biggish news that Humm and Giudara announced Wednesday their plans for a second Nomad in Los Angeles, their first restaurant outside Manhattan, to open sometime in the fall of 2017. Nomad restaurant and hotel coming to downtown L.A. 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z There was another couple of biggish aftershocks that had everyone running again but it looks – on very initial impressions – as if Kathmandu has been largely spared. Nepal earthquake: US helicopter reported missing as dozens reported dead – live 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z It also says something about the business cycle in India in comparison with other biggish emerging markets. The cycle turns 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z The trade-off: Your new house is about the size of a biggish — albeit charming — storage shed. How One Boomer Lives In A Teeny House 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z This drag may linger: in January the lira and rand tumbled in Turkey and South Africa, two biggish markets for Vodafone. Business in emerging markets: Emerge, splurge, purge 2014-03-06T16:01:17Z It's biggish on the outside and absolutely vast on the inside. Car review: Seat Alhambra 2012-10-27T23:13:54Z The main development is a 'Coanda-effect' exhaust system which technical director James Allison said was a 'biggish change' offering clear benefits over the previous version. Alonso inspired by samurai swordsman 2012-10-10T10:15:46Z The Hong Kong flu of 1968-69 was biggish, causing at least a million deaths. Opinion: Anticipating the Next Pandemic 2012-09-22T17:26:57Z There has been a biggish explosion, and Number Three is cut off by a heavy fall. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z Spain lacks biggish manufacturers; Italy’s small-firm bias derives in part from a reverence for family firms. Free exchange: Decline and small 2012-03-01T16:00:40Z It's biggish on the outside and absolutely vast on the inside. Car review: Seat Alhambra 2012-10-27T23:13:54Z As for a hotel, there it was straight ahead of me; that biggish house with the new blinds on it. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z For the moment, I must peg away at what I have in hand—biggish stuff, I fear, in bulk and possible unserialisability, to saddle you withal. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z It packs all the Roku functionality into what looks like a biggish thumb drive that plugs into your TV. Robot Ball, Kid-Proof Toys Gamble in Vegas: Rich Jaroslovsky 2012-01-11T23:06:11Z It is evidently a biggish affair, with a big man behind it. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z Life is a biggish field; easy to give those fears the slip! The Happy Warrior 2011-12-18T03:00:18.863Z I don’t know how I got it, but it’s there, and possibly father spared me a biggish slice of his brains. Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z Seems to me that we've a biggish wood in front of us, and we've got to make right through it before we shall come across their tracks. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z However, we contented ourselves with that old-established means of transit, the fjord steamer—in this case a biggish vessel, though without sleeping accommodation beyond the smoking-room and a ladies' small room on deck. Norway 2011-11-29T03:00:15.103Z He just heaved a biggish sort of a sigh, and went trotting on. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z As I looked about me, I swung my foot, and it tapped against a biggish rock that was just in front. The Fairies and the Christmas Child 2011-09-29T02:00:12.583Z It was biggish stuff that was coming in, at a longish range; and it was coming in on business, not on pleasure. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z On her deck were four or five biggish guns. O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z Moyes said: "If something moved it might allow us to do something, but I think it would need to be someone biggish probably." Everton's David Moyes acknowledges lesson of Sheffield United's plunge 2011-08-23T21:30:01Z "There has been a biggish row going on on board the brig too," the other said. The Lost Heir 2011-08-07T02:00:09.367Z It was a biggish man among them—as far as I allow any of them to be big. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z I'm out on the green cloth, out a biggish sum, but I can't leave off. The Sweep Winner 2011-06-24T02:00:21.067Z He came into a biggish fortune when he came of age, but ran through it in a couple of years. Dorothy's Double Volume II (of 3) 2011-05-29T02:00:06.640Z General Sturm was a biggish, strongly made man of about two and fifty. The Prussian Terror 2011-05-04T02:00:15.170Z He was a biggish fellow, with a loud voice and pompous manner, and a great hooked nose, which my fingers itched to pull for his impudence. The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z What's the fastest one, with the largest memory possible, and a biggish screen? Choosing a laptop to replace a desktop PC 2011-03-31T13:37:13Z It be a biggish sort o’ a word. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z It is a biggish thing to decide on, but there ought certainly to be money in it. Dorothy's Double Volume II (of 3) 2011-05-29T02:00:06.640Z It also got big front page billing in the Daily Telegraph, 'Fred the Shred' takes out gagging order and a biggish show on page 2 in later editions of the Daily Mail. Have MPs, and the media, found a way to overcome super-injunctions? 2011-03-11T12:00:00Z And for them, I suppose, it's a biggish change— difficult, uncomfortable, painful too, possibly,' he added reflectively. The Promise of Air 2011-02-02T03:00:23.997Z Towards the north the ground was open and level and treeless for a couple of miles; then it rose a little, and ended on the skyline with a biggish kopje to the north west. Two Years on Trek Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa 2011-01-26T03:00:28.560Z What Sorcerer did with it I cannot say; the sensation was of a towering flight with a kick back in it, a biggish drop, and a landing on cee-springs, still on the downhill grade. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z At first glance, it’s pretty much like any other modern Android app phone: front and back cameras, biggish screen. State of the Art: At Tech Show, Some Surprises and Same Old 3-D 2011-01-12T21:57:46Z First, the biggish locals, such as Standard Bank, which is active in 16 countries, and Togo-based Ecobank, which operates mainly in west and central Africa. Africa's banking boom: Scrambled in Africa 2010-09-16T11:19:00Z A biggish horse, he may have lacked the athleticism to cope well with Epsom's contours or he may just have been a bit slow. Claims Five: Chris Cook on O'Brien's worst Derby flops 2010-05-28T09:00:00Z It's hard to believe this is a biggish four-cylinder family sedan. Specs on the Hyundai Sonata 2010-05-02T04:00:00Z By Jove, my Lord, that seems a biggish order! Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 98 June 7, 1890 It was a biggish thing to do, anyhow, getting married. Helena Brett's Career But the last speaker, a biggish, thick-set fellow who was something of a bully, was not inclined to let him down so easily. Haviland's Chum Why he’s a biggish man over on the other side. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising What we do know is that you must have worked off a biggish contract in the plank sawing line, since we last heard the sound of your manly voice. In the Whirl of the Rising One morning," she said, "while I was doing my hair, my servant came and told me that a shabby-looking woman was outside, with a biggish girl, making inquiries about the lieutenant. Eyes Like the Sea “What with the specie from the wreck and the opium-money, it comes to a biggish deal.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) “It’s a biggish sort of place, isn’t it?” Outside Inn His servants had deserted him, and he lived by himself in a biggish, solemn house. Wild Oranges I saw a biggish man standing with his hands in the pockets of his pea-jacket. Through Russian Snows A Story of Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow Now we held east again, with four biggish islands and two islets in the offing. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I About a mile down the road the other way was a biggish wood, through which the road ran. Out on the Pampas Or, The Young Settlers Said he was going for a cruise off the coast of Megalia and wanted a biggish ship and officers who know the Cyrenian Sea thoroughly.” The Island Mystery He’s jest right in ther’ wher’ you ken see that biggish light,” he went on, pointing at the illuminated square of a window. The Twins of Suffering Creek She was always a rare one for the sea, and owned a biggish boat in her father's time. The House Under the Sea A Romance I reckon this is going to be a bigger storm nor ordinary, and I have seen some biggish storms on the Mississippi too. Captain Bayley's Heir: A Tale of the Gold Fields of California I didn't keep no account of time, but it was somewhere about six weeks after we had started when we came down on the banks of a biggish river. A Chapter of Adventures The Hunt Club sends the smart set to the suburbs now and then, and tent-pegging and pig-sticking draw biggish audiences from the military class whenever contests are announced. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan You were tired of paying—for nothing—a biggish annual sum to this old man. Woman on Her Own, False Gods and The Red Robe Three Plays By Brieux "There's one biggish crump-hole straight ahead, and two more on the left a bit farther on, and there's a tidy lot of dead lying out there." With Haig on the Somme There were some biggish ones, too, you remember; but the slide snapped them off like so many carrots. The Boys of Crawford's Basin The Story of a Mountain Ranch in the Early Days of Colorado A biggish room—there'd be a couple of hundred people in it. Ravensdene Court Well, the lecture was held in a biggish room, and there were a lot of odd people present. Antony Gray,—Gardener "Well," said Hillary, "that gives you a biggish target." The Prodigal Father Faith it’s a biggish sort of town to be huntin’ one lone woman in.” Dorothy's Travels Over his shoulder to boot he carries a biggish bag, well-nigh big enough for so little a carle; of white linen it is, it hath something heavy in it, and is much stained with blood. The Sundering Flood She was a biggish composite vessel of about seventeen hundred tons register, with that horrible thing, wire running rigging. A Tramp's Notebook “Coach-and-horses,” said a biggish fellow, who had just entered the playground with some long strips of leather over his arm and a whip in his hand. The Three Midshipmen On the shores of one of them is situated the town of Rangoon, a biggish place, with a good deal of trade. The Three Commanders While there was still only one Service on Sundays, she kept the school on the vacant half of the day, reading the Psalms and Lessons to the children, who were mostly biggish girls. Old Times at Otterbourne If the trail of your biggish animal this morning was darker than the grass, then you didn't follow him, you were going away from him all the time. Kiddie the Scout Next morning the result appeared upon the wood, and soon afterwards in Punch, with a 'legend' which I quote from memory only:—'I s'pose you sometimes catch some biggish fish here, eh, old Cockywax?' The History of "Punch" Pigeon and another biggish fellow did the same. The Three Midshipmen I've a biggish outfit of Eskimo, and the usual truck of the summer trail, back there on the river that comes out of the east. The Heart of Unaga A biggish boy was trying to see how far he could proceed in impudence and lead on the others, when Clara, finding that appealing to him was useless, gave him a box on the ear. Clara Maynard The True and the False - A Tale of the Times Miss Belmont was starred in big type, and was leading lady, at a biggish salary; for her first real chance had come to her, and she had charmed the town. Despair's Last Journey He's a biggish man, as it is, and to look at him at first you'd fancy that he was bigger than he is. Young Mr. Barter's Repentance From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray I was going along on my hands and knees, when what should I see but several animals like biggish pigs crawling about. Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor It seems there's a biggish trading post way up hidden somewhere on the plateau of Unaga. The Heart of Unaga “Of whom do you speak?” asked Selby, a biggish and very gentlemanly boy. Ernest Bracebridge School Days “Right to leeward of the reef, sir, about a mile out,” answered the look-out, adding quickly afterwards, “it looks a pretty biggish bit of timber, sir, and rides high in the water.” The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land She was a biggish craft for a canoe, being somewhere about fifty feet long, and manned by forty negroes; the canoe which lay on her starboard side, or beyond her, being about the same size. The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron A biggish boy was adopting the novel expedient for getting on a tight boot of turning his back to the wall and kicking out at it like a horse when I and my conductress entered. My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life I had told him I thought you were all of you biggish Men, except the Boy. Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" "Herring Merchants" The old man has just paid some biggish debts for me. The Woman's Way A biggish sea running, subsiding as the day went on—and my mind grew calmer with the waves. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I It would need to be Indians, and a biggish outfit of them. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon A biggish sea was rolling and the sky was clouding threateningly. The Place Beyond the Winds Presently a French regiment went by along a country road—not at all unlike our Australian troops in some ways—biggish fellows in grey-blue overcoats, all singing a jolly song. Letters from France This is a pretty little black beetle, with a pale, velvety abdomen; a spherical insect, as large as a biggish cherry-stone. Social Life in the Insect World The Burdock butted into a summer gale before she was clear of the Bristol Channel, a free wind that came from the south-west driving a biggish sea before it. The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories It was a biggish house, and all quiet, as you may suppose, at that hour. The Cabman's Story The Mysteries of a London 'Growler' Coming down we heard from a passing car that H.Q. were to be at Crêpy-en-Valois, a biggish old place about four miles away to the south the other side of Béthancourt. Adventures of a Despatch Rider A biggish paper was the black pasting about Walham Green Music Hall. My Neighbors Stories of the Welsh People It cannot be denied that, as the holidays go on, a biggish boy sometimes finds time hang heavy on his hands, while his father and mother find him hang heavy on theirs. Lost Leaders We are going to Brighton, some friends and I, a rather biggish party; and a whole heap of rooms have been taken at a hotel. Prince Fortunatus This took the column over some millraces, a biggish jump for the men. The Record of a Regiment of the Line Being a Regimental History of the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment during the Boer War 1899-1902 There were parcels also—a biggish one, from his father; another from Jeffers, obviously a book. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India The road gave on open country in a few miles, though there were camps to be seen between it and the river, with wharves and buildings at intervals, and ahead a biggish waterside village. Simon Called Peter I can see a biggish thing in it. If Winter Comes I've taken out a biggish life assurance policy, and the premiums will be a strain. The Plain Man and His Wife It's a biggish place it is, and I can't see no name. Weapons of Mystery It has a biggish dock and some large grain warehouses, and is a flourishing little port. Somerset Some where outside of a biggish town," he said; "and there's the devil of a strafe on. Simon Called Peter He had been met at the station by an odd little trap, had driven up to the house—a biggish place, close to a small church, on the outskirts of a tiny village. Father Payne They were biggish, nondescript animals, obviously good fighters, and they speedily developed the utmost affection for all the members of the expedition, but especially for Kermit, who took care of them. Through the Brazilian Wilderness Two biggish rooms downstairs, besides the kitchen; a large, built-in, white-doored closet in the living-room,--quite jolly, Felicia thought,--rusty nails driven in unbelievable quantities in all the walls. The Happy Venture A short-legged Irish hunter, about three parts bred, with tremendous strength in hocks and quarters, and biggish feet, is the sort the writer would choose. A Cotswold Village In front of him was a monstrous cup, and a plate piled with biggish squares of stone. Simon Called Peter Suddenly—I fear I must use this adverb often, for all the happenings on that night were sudden—I saw a biggish animal break through the reeds on the far side. Prester John The man that will understand her has got to take a biggish size in hats.' Greenmantle The actual summit, as I have mentioned, was a biggish clump of trees—firs mostly, with a few ashes and beeches. The Thirty-Nine Steps And on the coast opposite there is what looks like the mouth of a biggish river—with some towns, no doubt, not far up. The Secret Sharer Ah, it is a bit biggish till you get used to it. The Amateur Gentleman At Wesselsburg out on the plain there was a biggish police patrol, and a system of small patrols along the road, with a fair number of Basuto scouts. Prester John Another ten yards and we were at a cross-roads, where a little place faced a biggish mosque. Greenmantle I think it's a piece of open coast with biggish cliffs, somewhere between the Wash and the Channel. The Thirty-Nine Steps "Yes, sir, but there was another paper, with writing on it—a biggish sheet of paper—written all over." The Talleyrand Maxim Far back in the cave—upstairs in the garret, as they facetiously called it—were three or four biggish boys, who were undressed, but had not lain down. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe I know that London is a biggish city, but, believe me, it isn't half big enough for any fellow to live in with Aunt Agatha when she's after him with the old hatchet. Death at the Excelsior And Other Stories I found the village—half a dozen houses with one biggish place that looked like an inn. Greenmantle Soon a buxom woman of forty appeared, carrying a biggish bank of linen and lace, with a little face in the middle. A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day It was a biggish room, looking out over the school grounds. Mike "There's a biggish brook below there, my lord," said he. The Eustace Diamonds I have got a biggish bump on the side of my head, and feel a little muddled still, but that is nothing. In Times of Peril The car swung out from the trees into a park lined with saplings, and in the twilight I saw before me a biggish house like an overgrown Swiss chalet. Greenmantle "A biggish chap, a bit too round an' wi' too much neck." Peregrine's Progress It was a biggish room, looking out over the school grounds. Mike and Psmith Just after it was dark they made a biggish raid and got into our front trench a little to our right. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 22, 1917 It was a biggish chap the fellow saw.” The Gold Bat Round spun the herd in a great black wheel, Slower an' slower—ye've seen beneath A biggish torrent a whirlpool spin, Its waters black es the face of Death? Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and other poems And not very white, and biggish for my size. What Every Woman Knows He described it as a biggish bird with a long neck, but its colour was not blue—oh, no! Afoot in England I'm sorry for him because I thought him a biggish man;—but what he's done'll just be the making of us over there. The Way We Live Now Look here, Tavernake," he said, "you are a young man, you've got your life before you and life's a biggish thing. The Tempting of Tavernake The girl in white, with the biggish nose, fluttered round him. Aaron's Rod His wife sat with him in front, and a biggish boy sat with me behind. Autobiography of Mark Rutherford, Edited by his friend Reuben Shapcott By this time they had a biggish fund of money for the support of strikes, and could stop a certain industry altogether for a time if they so determined.” News from Nowhere, or, an Epoch of Rest : being some chapters from a utopian romance Weistritz or Schweidnitz Water is a biggish muddy stream in that part; gushing and eddying; not voiceless, vexed by mills and their weirs. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 18 At one end of this long narrow room in La Reina a wooden partition, running right across from side to side, made a biggish chamber called "the cabin," where the officers took their meals. Martin Hyde, the Duke's Messenger And on the coast opposite there is what looks like the mouth of a biggish river—with some town, no doubt, not far up. 'Twixt Land and Sea "What with the specie from the wreck and the opium money, it comes to a biggish deal." The Wrecker |
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