| 单词 | triton |
| 例句 | Junior set aside millions of dollars for the gardens, reflecting pools and art — works like Rene Paul Chambellan’s bronze fountainhead sculptures of mermaids and tritons in the Channel Gardens. Rockefeller Center’s Art Deco Marvel: A Virtual Tour 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z Ships teem around the Arsenale while a colossal triton rides a sea monster at the mouth of the Grand Canal – the real marries the fabulous as Venice is wedded to the sea. Here be monsters 2010-04-23T23:06:00Z The panels feature Roman gods, and sculptures of cherubs and tritons ride on the roof and over the wheels. Coronation processions: What to look out for and when 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z Tritium is a rare radioactive isotope of hydrogen sometimes called triton; titanium is a strong metal. Paris authorities scotch rumours of radioactive tap water as 'fake news' 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z H-bombs fuse together tiny hydrogen nuclei known as deuterons and tritons to create helium nuclei, along with the most powerful explosions in the human arsenal. The Subatomic Discovery That Physicists Considered Keeping Secret 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z Control, ambient seawater only; giant triton, ambient seawater conditioned with giant triton exudate. The crown-of-thorns starfish genome as a guide for biocontrol of this coral reef pest : Nature : Nature Research 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z The Pacific triton is one of the only natural predators of COTS. Sea snails could save Great Barrier Reef from starfish - BBC News 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z She saved him first in that shipwreck and then again from being zapped by Ursula’s triton at the end. The Little Mermaid: Not as Sexist as You Thought It Was 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z Thus a frog or a triton will live long after its brain is removed. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z The triton of Australian sweet-water streams is the Murray cod; but he has nothing but his size to recommend him. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z Control, ambient seawater only; giant triton, ambient seawater conditioned with giant triton exudate. The crown-of-thorns starfish genome as a guide for biocontrol of this coral reef pest : Nature : Nature Research 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z The scent would linger and create the illusion of tritons being present on the reef. Sea snails could save Great Barrier Reef from starfish - BBC News 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z It represents the goddess of the sea borne over the waves in her shell; tritons and sea-nymphs sport joyously around her; amorini, discharging their arrows, appear in the air like an angel-glory. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z I have kept frogs for several weeks without their brains, and tritons without their heads. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z It happened that he was on the point of a magnificent manœuvre, and alongside his own triton Manasseh's minnow might just as well swim. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z The basins of the fountains were of white marble supported by gilded tritons, and in these basins one saw others of greater height, which bore tall statues of gold. Queens of the French Stage 2011-10-06T02:00:38.820Z The grand central walk leads down to the water-works, which are, doubtless, very fine, when the water spouts forth from the shells of tritons and the mouths of dolphins. Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith 2011-09-09T02:00:59.237Z The lower fountain, also by Bernini, is adorned with tritons and the figure of a Moor. Walks in Rome 2012-03-31T02:00:36.010Z I believe," continues Ælian, "that tritons exist, and I reverentially produce as my witness a most veracious god—namely, Apollo Didymæus, whom no man in his senses would presume to regard as unworthy of credit. Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained 2011-07-11T02:00:07.857Z Neptune then may well disappear from the purview of the painter, with the tritons and the seaweed entourage. Art Principles With Special Reference to Painting Together with Notes on the Illusions Produced by the Painter 2011-06-16T02:00:17.197Z Apollo is in his grotto, served by seven graceful nymphs: while close by the steeds of the sun-god are being watered by tritons. Odd Bits of Travel with Brush and Camera 2011-05-17T02:00:17.310Z This blast is either directed into the fire, or it “makes a blackbird sing,” blows a horn for a triton, or does other equally useless work. A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine 2011-04-21T02:00:53.240Z Overfishing of one of its few predators, the giant triton, allows the starfish population to expand. After the deluge 2011-01-14T12:36:25Z "Therefore," Ælian concludes, "if he, the omniscient god, pronounces that there are tritons, it does not behove us to doubt their existence." Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained 2011-07-11T02:00:07.857Z O would that we had met When I had my burning youth; But I grow old among dreams, A weather-worn, marble triton Among the streams. The Wild Swans at Coole Again, the basin of this god appears surrounded by tritons, nymphs and dolphins, with Neptune and Amphitrite in the centre, reposing in an immense shell. Odd Bits of Travel with Brush and Camera 2011-05-17T02:00:17.310Z Overhead, the guests may look down into the green waters and watch the bathers spring from the diving-boards or cavort about like young dolphins, tritons, or lightsome naiads. Seeds of Pine Suddenly all the dolphin and triton heads on the right side of the octagon began to spout streams of hot rater; white steam rushed out of the pipes. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 His kingdom was the sea, which he ruled with his trident, and where he had a whole world of lesser gods and nymphs, tritons and sea horses, to attend upon his chariot. Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History With its tritons sunk in slumber, And its fountains also sleeping, Mildewed, lovely, and rococo, Lo ... The Lonely Way—Intermezzo—Countess Mizzie Three Plays The first consisted of a rock of coral with sea-weeds, with Neptune at the summit mounted on a dolphin which bore a throne of mother-of-pearl, tritons, mermaids, and other marine creatures being in attendance. Memorials of Old London Volume I Landscapes and ornaments in borders, in frets, in compartments, intermingled with tritons, nereides, centaurs, are to be found on them. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life She looked desperately round the walls of the gallery, but met only the marble stare of the tritons and dolphins. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 It is composed, as you can see, of a basin of polished stone, decorated by six tritons and nereids, each holding a fish in its mouth from which the water flows out. A Royal Prisoner The hieroglyphic figure of Venus rising from the sea supported on a shell by two tritons, as well as that of Hercules armed with a club, appear to be remains of the most remote antiquity. The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes A large univalve, used as a horn by pilots, fishermen, &c., in fogs: a strombus, triton, or sometimes a murex. 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. Dr. Johnson sat high on the stern like a magnificent triton. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure The design of the fountain is by some sculptor of the Bernini school, and represents Neptune with his attendant tritons, Health and Abundance. Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta Ten minutes after the Place de la Concorde had assumed its usual aspect and the tritons and nereids continued to pour out their 6,716 cubic yards of water every twenty-four hours. A Royal Prisoner You might have Neptune and his car and attendant tritons at the further end, dolphins and swordfish and other inhabitants of the sea on either side. Won from the Waves He wiped his forehead, in reply, gasping like a triton, and muttering the expressive direction, "right!" disappeared into a guard-box. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War She rose to pace the mosaic floor on which appeared a design of mermaids and tritons. Sacrifice Here on a chimney-piece two gilded tritons were bearing branches of coral, upon which were hung jeweled fruits. The Queen's Necklace If it was the booming sound of a triton shell blown in the distance, a raid must be made in that direction to rob and murder. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia Amphitrite entered in a car drawn by two dolphins and accompanied by fourteen tritons and fourteen naiads. Some Forerunners of Italian Opera Andromeda contains many such lines, as for example: Violet, asphodel, ivy, and vine-leaves, roses and lilies— Nereid, siren, and triton, and dolphin, and arrowy fishes. Studies in Early Victorian Literature We'll show you where the naiads sleep, And where the tritons dwell; The treasures of the unknown deep, The coral and the shell. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, May, 1878, No. 7. Scribner's Illustrated An animal which can pout out its mouth twice the length of its body, and stretch its stomach to corresponding dimensions, must indeed be "a triton among the minnows;" and a very terrific one too. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 423 Volume 17, New Series, February 7, 1852 As they draw near the village, they announce their approach and success by blowing on triton shells. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia One of his advertisements announced his ability to imitate the coiffures of "gods, demons, heroes and shepherds, tritons, cyclops, naiads and furies." The Story of Versailles The musicians represented Neptune, Arion, six tritons, three sirens, and numberless minor marine deities; the sirens chanted sweet songs of romance and chivalry, seeking to approve the fabled charm of siren voices. A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees It is a fine sight to see these natives of Oceanica, the best swimmers in the world, darting under the water like bronze tritons. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 86, February, 1875 "What!" exclaimed Ernest, "is the Pilot a triton then, that he could dispense with the canoe?" Willis the Pilot It's only for the children's sake that I keep that triton. Love The sea, perhaps, was higher than it is now, and the secrets of this cave were known only to Amphitrite and her court of sirens, naiads, and tritons. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 331, May, 1843 In another dozen, the harmless contest pertained to Grecian urns crowned with flowers, or dry dolphins, tritons, or naiads, rising from the bosoms of little gravel beds in miniature front yards. Round the Block The satyr becomes a triton with as little change of character as the nymphs and shepherds undergo in their metamorphosis to fisher girls and boys. Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England The women of the Marina ran away as terrified as those Greek princesses on the painted vases when surprised, washing their robes, by the apparition of a passionate triton. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel In front of the Rathhaus is a fine bronze fountain, with a number of figures of angels and tritons. Views a-foot Not long before, the Spaniards had discovered giants in Patagonia; the Portuguese, sirens in the seas of Brazil; the French, tritons and satyrs at Martinique; the Dutch, black men, with feet like lobsters, beyond Paramaribo. The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or the Real Robinson Crusoe The island of Koh-ring, a great, black, upheaved ridge amongst a lot of tiny islets, lying upon the glassy water like a triton amongst minnows, seemed to be the centre of the fatal circle. The Shadow Line; a confession Five years afterwards, some fishermen near Cadiz found in their nets a triton, or sea man; they spoke to him in several languages— Nightmare Abbey Some received their terrestrial names because of the special form of their shell—the rabbit, the helmet, triton's horn, the cask, the Mediterranean parasol. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel Hundreds upon hundreds of figures—statues of citizens, generals, emperors and gods—fauns, satyrs and nymphs—children, cupids and tritons—in fact, it seemed inexhaustible. Views a-foot These were supported by quaint heads of satyr, martyr, or laughing triton. A Love Story The tritons are in fair demand, and many tons of cowries are sent to Europe yearly, while the shipment of a thick-lipped strombus in one year to Liverpool amounted to 300,000. Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882 It was circular, with a door of cast bronze, beautifully ornamented with reliefs of pearl-divers, tritons, nereids and other marine subjects. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire The tritons of his cortege would send forth from their white shells the bellowing blasts that snap off the masts like reeds. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel In entire consistence with botany, geology, science, or what not, he endues his very seas and woods with passion, more than the old hamadryads or tritons. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton He is one of many tritons, rivers, sea-gods, and aqueous allegories similarly employed in Rome and similarly indifferent to what flesh and blood might find the hardship of their calling. Roman Holidays, and Others Beyond, the harbour, or rather anchorage, filled with ships, the mighty 'Shannon' in the centre—a triton among the minnows. Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin He has been a triton in a pond of minnows. Caesar Dies On the friezes were processions of cupids and tritons, between rustic and maritime emblems. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel "Barry Cornwall," too, Lamb tells us, "had his tritons and his nereids gambolling before him in nocturnal visions." The Best Letters of Charles Lamb That trout was a triton among his brethren. Charlemont; Or, the Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky Niches tastefully adorned with shells, corals, and pieces of ore, poured a profusion of water from the mouths of tritons into marble basins. Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life The figures of the tritons, &c. are in bas-relieve, of white marble, excellently well wrought. The Natural History of Wiltshire Thus they continued swimming on each side, like tritons, holding the muzzle of Sphinx, while I, sallying forth astride upon the creature's back, steered forward on our voyage to the Cape of Good Hope. The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen Two statues; one, triton struggles with snake; in the other, with fish. The City of Domes : a walk with an architect about the courts and palaces of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, with a discussion of its architecture, its sculpture, its mural decorations, its coloring and its lighting, preceded by a history of its growth A terraced walk occupied one side of the long parallelogram; at intervals and along the opposite bank, half shadowed by willows, tinted marble figures of tritons, fauns, and dryads arose half hidden in the reeds. Under the Redwoods At high noon the trumpets peal, Neptune's chariot passes by; Trains of sirens, tritons, Trevi's jets heal Then trumpets' echoes sigh. Anthology of Massachusetts Poets Thus, at a time when persons of quality translated French romances, and when the universities celebrated royal deaths in verses about tritons and fauns, a preaching tinker produced the Pilgrim's Progress. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 "It's your fault we've lost him!" he cried, as Blondet gave him a hand to pull him out, dripping like a triton, and a vanquished triton. Sons of the Soil |
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