| 单词 | unmelodious |
| 例句 | It was a rough and unmelodious tongue, a string of rattling, guttural noises, and there seemed to be two speakers, one with a slightly lower, slower voice than the other. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z For the Cavaliers, these were jarring, unmelodious sentiments. For LeBron James and the Cavaliers, First Place Isn’t Enough 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Consequently our friends were advancing at a high rate of speed, keeping up their courage by giving forth unmelodious noises. A Safety Match 2012-03-19T02:00:23.817Z On a warm day in winter they are occasionally heard attempting to sing, the bird darting up vertically into the air and pouring out with great energy a confused torrent of unmelodious sounds. Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:17.560Z He leaned forward and looked down at the street below, catching the eye of a young man who was bawling "Straw-b'rees! straw-b'rees!" at the top of an unmelodious voice. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z Oh, that the unmelodious trumpet must destroy such heavenly visions! For Sceptre and Crown, Vol. II (of II) A Romance of the Present Time 2011-10-13T02:00:49.420Z His utterances seemed to himself poor and unmelodious beside the majestic harmonies of the gospel. The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon 2011-09-09T02:01:07.157Z A long-drawn and not entirely unmelodious snore proclaimed that Colonel Adams's long recital had somewhat wearied the civilian, who was not "in society." A Butterfly on the Wheel 2011-06-21T02:00:24.683Z They are not singing-birds; but the male sometimes, though rarely, attempts a song, and utters, with considerable effort, a series of chattering unmelodious notes. Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:17.560Z The honk-honk rang out in the forest like a cry for help, 198 and the leopard shivered where he crouched as if this unmelodious music jarred on his nerves. The Motor Maids by Palm and Pine 2011-06-05T02:00:14.760Z The somewhat unmelodious, if extremely powerful, vocalization of the village choir became quiet and prayerful under his tuition. Pope Pius the Tenth 2011-04-26T02:00:21.967Z "So much the more acceptable, the voluntary devotion, rises up to Heaven," said Wiborad, after which she intoned the said psalm, with her rough unmelodious voice. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z You are right, you are right," the Countess rejoined, in her emphatic yet not unmelodious Russian-German, "but this time you are in some measure to blame for his folly. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z She led the way from the farmyard as she spoke, and as they drew near the spot Mary heard a most unmelodious sound, half-grunting, half-squeaking, with which the little hungry animals greeted their keeper. Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles 2011-01-01T03:00:27.980Z From below the noise of the piano came up the staircase, unmelodious but rhythmical, and from the street on which the house faced an automobile was starting its engine, with a series of shot-like explosions. The Window at the White Cat Stella at once went to the piano in the day-nursery and began to play her most unmelodious tune. Sinister Street, vol. 1 When the wine was beginning to tell on them, they began a rough and unmelodious singing. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z It shows the gradual development of the young poet’s ear that he should have dropped this somewhat unmelodious verse. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Some of the more intimate told him that he must change his manner of writing as it was so "unmelodious" and "advanced." Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists Here are six million girls of the countryside—what can they do to redeem the country from this dull silence and unmelodious tedium? The American Country Girl It was a phrase of song, a wandering strain in half tones and fluted accidentals, not unmelodious. Where the Pavement Ends The call of bird voices echoes through the shade; some shrill and piping and not unmelodious, others harsh, half human, almost menacing; the screech of cicalas too, loud, vibrant, distressing to overwrought and weakened nerves. Haviland's Chum Crickets chirruped gleefully in the grass, and away down in the hollow a pair of blue cranes were stalking mincingly along, uttering their metallic, but not unmelodious, cry. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War At a second small table the churchwarden’s wife turned the handle of a particularly unmelodious sewing machine. Lady Cassandra At times he is heavy and even prosaic; his simplicity is rude and bare; his verse unmelodious. The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes Its flexibility is almost infinite, yet never unmelodious. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History He was a young man again, except for that unusual stiffness and unmelodious creaking in his joints. In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making The ordinary, hurried, barking, unmelodious movement of the voices would at times be broken and glorified by a psalm-like strain of melody, often well constructed, or seeming so by contrast. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) It responded to each letter and number with a ringing note of different pitch that played a short unmelodious tune. The Man Who Staked the Stars The beautiful mechanism of the vocal instrument, which produces every variety of sound, from a harsh, unmelodious tone, to a soft, sweet, flute-like sound, has, as yet, been imperfectly imitated by art. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) She hurried to be ready in time, but the rather unmelodious dinner-bell had clanged through the house twice before June came to the door. The Phantom Lover They consist principally of a low note, whe-oo, whe-oo, which the bird repeats, whistling it softly at first, then gradually swelling it into a loud and not unmelodious cry. Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography, Vol. 1, No. 1 January, 1897 Miss Barrett, in our opinion, has selected a very bad, dislocated, and unmelodious metre for the story of Lady Geraldine's courtship. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 Captain Garrett proved to be the possessor of a very fair tenor, together with a knack of vamping not unmelodious accompaniments. Captain Jim Verse which is cramped and harsh and unmelodious may have its place in human history; it may have its place in human soothsaying and human interest; it has no place or lot in poetry. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations On the other side of the Atlantic, the little boys used not to celebrate Christmas by blowing unmelodious horns. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886 "There goes Ellen Ember, crazy again," we said, when we heard that cry of hers, not unmelodious nor loud, echoing along Friendship streets. Friendship Village It sounded not unmelodious upon the large waters. A Poor Man's House It sounds like the unmelodious clicking of pebbles, while the song of the skylark is loud, clear, and ringing. Birds of the Rockies But his voice sounded harsh and unmelodious, and it made the very ship tremble. Finnish Legends for English Children They did not show it by an excessive consumption of indigestible fruit, or by bursting into unmelodious song. Mufti Their music is for the most part religious, inharmonious, and unmelodious. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia If a person’s voice is pitched too high, is harsh and unmelodious, the remedy is by way of a process of forgetting. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide The libretto is rather poor, the rhymes unmelodious and uneven; nevertheless the musical effect is deep and lasting; the breath of a master-genius has brought it to life. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas "At the present moment she is very busily employed trying to train the most unmelodious choir in Great Britain," replied Miss Mills. A Young Mutineer Officers and men in bright uniforms climbed the narrow, crooked streets, with gay jests, in what seemed their rough language; there were little taverns opened, where the fife and drum played an unmelodious part. A Little Girl in Old Quebec Donald hummed the words in his not unmelodious baritone, as he climbed up the forest path down which, twelve months before, he had rushed headlong, in blind anger. 'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands Eight couples on the floor tramped or tiptoed, as the case might be, but always in perfect time with the two unmelodious fiddles. Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book Then came the merry masquers in, And carols roar'd with blithesome din If unmelodious was the song, It was a hearty note, and strong. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries A heavy step on the stairs, an unmelodious but gentle voice, saying in a low tone: "It's I—don't move,"—and Jansoulet appeared. The Nabob, Volume 1 Then came the merry masquers in And carols roared with blithesome din; If unmelodious was the song, It was a hearty note and strong. In The Yule-Log Glow—Book 3 Christmas Poems from 'round the World The men sang in nasal, but not unmelodious tones, weird, crooning songs, with occasionally an up-to-date composition which found its way, no doubt, from nearby Richmond. The Statesmen Snowbound Browning himself could scarcely have perpetrated more unmelodious lines than Jonas Lie is capable of. Essays on Scandinavian Literature He was of a cheerful temperament, and inclined to play; as soon as he heard music he would dance, and sing to the music in rather unmelodious tones. The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. I have still a circumstance to relate which makes his singing the more marvelous and marks an "O.K." on my efforts to make a Chinese with a dull, unmelodious, unmusical voice succeed. Sixty Years of California Song And German compared with French is an unattractive language; unmelodious, unwieldy, and cursed with a hideous and blinding lettering that the German is too patriotic to sacrifice. Anticipations Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human life and Thought It was nightfall when the litter-bearers reached the post, Hay's rejoicing mules braying unmelodious ecstasy at sight of their old stable. A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier The unmelodious call of a flicker in the pine-tree, and a towhee singing in the distance. Applied Psychology for Nurses And therewith he jumped off the stoop, and went dancing awkwardly down toward the water, singing in a most unmelodious voice, ''Tis home where'er the heart is.' The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.) How many born writers of musical prose have persisted in manufacturing verse of a curiously dull and unmelodious quality! Studies in Early Victorian Literature The studied immovability of her countenance; her slow, equable manner, and soft but unmelodious voice, were a mask, hiding her fiery passions, and the impatience of her disposition. The Last Man Their loud resonant but unmelodious calls make it possible to recognise them when they are too far off for the white tail band to be distinguished. A Bird Calendar for Northern India The words came quick and decisive in a not unmelodious voice. The Chief Legatee And he held the strongest opinion that music was always on virtue's side, for he says the only musical passions are the good ones, the bad and unsocial passions being, in his view, essentially unmelodious. Life of Adam Smith The bare grimy walls and the dim kerosene lamp, even Sam's unmelodious snore in the back room, sent no gloom to his soul. The Deserter She burst into sudden laughter, loud but not unmelodious. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 They are not ashamed to introduce their unmelodious calls into the avian chorus. A Bird Calendar for Northern India It had troubled him, that recitation, it had seemed to him harsh, unmelodious…. A Reckless Character And Other Stories As they move along, they sing, and the sound, sonorous and not unmelodious, is echoed far and wide among the hills. Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 One of the congregation of a church not far from Boston approached her pastor with the complaint that she was greatly disturbed by the unmelodious singing of one of her neighbors. Best Short Stories While he is looking he hears an unmelodious whistling. Second Plays Below, in the depths of a big feather-bed, the judge slept in peaceful unconcern, disturbing the silence by a series of long, loud, and unmelodious snores. Sandy She shrieked and struggled, while the soldier, probably with intent to soothe her, kept pouring in her ear an uninterrupted stream of words in unmelodious German. The Downfall Few things are more harrowing and depressing to the unappreciative Ferenghi ear than Persian sowars singing, and three most unmelodious specimens of their kind at it all at once are something horrible. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama He also translated the first two of the Eclogues of Virgil in singularly unmelodious hexameters. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature Upon the platform mounts the stooping form of grand old "Uncle Jimmie," and in his broad and not unmelodious Scotch accents he pours out his big, warm heart in prayer. Recollections of a Long Life An Autobiography Buck Daniels stared, blinked, and then burst into unmelodious laughter. The Night Horseman Two or three of the leading cows usually carry upon their backs large bells hung in wooden frameworks and the music is by no means unmelodious when heard at a distance. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China The bell that cleared the flying stage became a loud unmelodious clanging. The Sleeper Awakes A Revised Edition of When the Sleeper Wakes And therewith he jumped off the stoop, and went dancing awkwardly down towards the water, singing in a most unmelodious voice, ''T is home where'er the heart is.' The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 52, February, 1862 The voice of the Crow is like no other sound uttered by the feathered race; it is harsh and unmelodious, and though he is capable, when domesticated, of imitating human speech, he cannot sing. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 I have suppressed my first name as unmelodious and connecting me too much with a religious persuasion meritorious for its wealth alone. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 The bell that clears the flying stage became a loud unmelodious clanging. When the Sleeper Wakes The completion of the preparations for my breakfast, by relieving the fire, gave her such extreme joy that she laughed aloud—and a very unmelodious laugh she had, I must say. David Copperfield Rowland vented his confusion in dealing a rap with his stick at the animal's unmelodious muzzle, and then rapidly left the house. Roderick Hudson He resumed his pacing, but this time he hummed in the most unmelodious voice imaginable: She was bright as a butterfly, as fair as a queen, Was pretty little Polly Perkins, of Paddington Green. The Yellow Streak We allowed this unmelodious vocalist to respect us by permitting him to believe us surveyors in another sense than as we were. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 The man at the piano still thrashed out his unmelodious chords. The Pawns Count The oppressive atmosphere and the noise had overwhelmed his senses, and the tones of the flute grew harsh and unmelodious, so that they hurt his ears. Dame Care A sound came from afar—a sound not unmelodious but singular beyond power of language to express—a whisper of sinister significance to him who knew its meaning, of sheer mystery to all others. Lying Prophets On being told that in Germany singers could not be found to undertake the part, alleging that it was too difficult and unmelodious, she naïvely asked whether German singers were not musical! Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"; an essay on the Wagnerian drama There is a ruggedness in Emerson's verse which attracts some readers while it repels others by its unmelodious rhythm. Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived The notes it utters are long, as of a wind instrument, not unmelodious, and so powerful as to make themselves heard distinctly a mile off on still evenings. The Naturalist in La Plata To a present-day reader the verse sounds crude, the more so because of the harshly consonantal character of the Anglo-Saxon language; and in comparison with modern poetry it is undoubtedly unmelodious. A History of English Literature The “Rans de Vaches,” the most celebrated of all local airs, is tame and commonplace,—unmelodious, to all ears but those of the Swiss “forlorn in a foreign land.” The Life of Lord Byron Assuredly any person to whom Wagner's music, especially that of Tristan, appears unmelodious is unmusical, or at least defective in the sense for melody. Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"; an essay on the Wagnerian drama Mud itself—or a Sun editorial—could not be plainer than this definition of her exact proficiency in our unmelodious tongue. Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 33, November 12, 1870 Now, by the Sacred Veil!" cried Sah-luma impatiently—"Think ye I can distinguish your jargon, when like ignorant boors ye talk all at once, tearing my ears to shreds with such unmelodious tongue- clatter! Ardath It was a long, open glade, meandering like a river between two deep, irregular fringes of the drooping acacia, and another lovely tree which I only know by its uncouth, unmelodious, scientiuncular name—the eucalyptus. It Is Never Too Late to Mend Mrs. Damerel sank her voice to a sort of cooing, not unmelodious, but to Nancy's ear a hollow affectation. In the Year of Jubilee The notion that Wagner's music is unmelodious had its origin in the bad musical ears of his early critics. Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"; an essay on the Wagnerian drama When he spoke, his harsh voice, issuing from the long thin lips which scarcely moved, even in utterance, was startling in its unmelodious loudness, the more so when its intonation was querulous, as now. The Master-Christian Then came the merry maskers in, And carols roared with blithesome din; If unmelodious was the song, It was a hearty note, and strong. Marmion Nearer, astride of a grey rock an almost naked goatherd, a lithe brown stripling with a cord of camel-hair about his shaven head, intermittently made melancholy and unmelodious sounds upon a reed pipe. The Sea-Hawk To Fatty it was a mere mad and unmelodious noise, but, reading the faces of the three men before him in the moonlight, he had sense enough to recognise his own limitations. Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail But he kept these unmelodious thoughts to himself, and was outwardly considerate and kind. Wessex Tales They are here called "Quaich-quaich," from their strange loud voice, which seems to repeat these words in various and not unmelodious intonations. 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 Life, to him, was a half-conscious striving for the harmonic in thought and speech—and through what a tumult of unmelodious circumstance was he beginning to fight his way! The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft Prussian Trenck, the poor subterranean Baron, jargons and jangles in an unmelodious manner. The French Revolution |
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