| 单词 | unstring |
| 例句 | Diana Turbot’s mum screamed as a string of whopping pearls unstringed themselves and bounced under hundreds of feet. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z If we are strong enough in our souls we can rip away the veil and look that naked, terrible beauty right in the face; let God consume us, devour us, unstring our bones. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z That’s the question they face, as the world around them creepily unstrings. Review: In Megan Abbott’s ‘You Will Know Me,’ Gymnast Girl and Cute Dead Guy 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z Prof Christos Tsirogiannis’ claims relate to a marble depiction of Eros unstringing his bow, which is due to be sold on 4 December. Christie's urged to pull sale of Roman statue 'linked to illicit dealers' 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z And this wave of passion that ran through his veins seemed to unstring his nerves, weaken his purpose, and cast a mist of love over his courage. The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 2012-02-11T03:03:45.230Z There was something horrible, unnatural in the silence, and I felt fear run down my back like ice, unstringing my muscles, sucking my heart. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z "What! do you think Mr. Shirley's a-lyin'?" shouted Badger, at the same time unstringing his rifle and assuming a position as if about to fire. Lost in the Ca?on 2011-09-19T02:00:14.387Z I resolutely put aside the thought of Juanita—of any personal feeling which might mar my judgment and unstring my nerves at this supreme and dreadful moment. The City in the Clouds 2011-08-31T02:01:31.807Z That alone would’ve been enough for me to unstring my racquets and call it a career. Castrodale: Motivated Serena, Venus add spice to Wimbledon 2011-06-21T02:01:59Z It unstrings me too much now to see him—yes, look after him, encourage him. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z Mr. Snobbe requests all persons having nerves to be unstrung to unstring them now. The Dreamers A Club 2011-02-25T03:01:06.720Z The approach of spring unstrings my nerves, and the south winds have the same effect upon me which Brydone says the sirocco winds have upon the inhabitants of Sicily. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams An earnest, fluent talker, who could unstring his bow and throw a charm even over ordinary topics. Glories of Spain He paused long enough to unstring the bow and put it back in the quiver. The Pirates of Shan I myself often tremble for my life—art as a profession is so likely to unstring one's nerves. The German Classics, v. 20 Masterpieces of German Literature The scene is one to strike dumb with awe, or to unstring the nerves; one might stand in silent astonishment, another would burst into tears. Our Italy Tim Reardon, unstringing two of the pickerel from the rope, transferred them to a twig of alder that he cut from a near by bush, and handed them to her. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill With the average man or woman it damps the spirits, unstrings the will, and slackens the mental and moral fibre until resistance of any kind becomes an effort. A Modern Mercenary The bow was unstringed and cut into chips, and then the arrows were snapped across, and the quiver split up. The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains To the arm of the righteous lend heroic strength, unstring the sinews of the false! The Wagnerian Romances Deformity or pain unstrings The music of the soul of things,— Ah, suns burn bright in eyes of panther, And lightnings leap in the eagle's wings! Song-waves Of course, Susan, but don't you reckon a man wants to unstring himself once in a while? The Jucklins A Novel We meet only an embarrassment of choice when we start to unstring the chaplet of our carking cares. The Simple Life But the constant mental fever under which he laboured was beginning to undermine a naturally-robust constitution, and to unstring the nerves of a well-made, powerful frame. The Golden Dream Adventures in the Far West Uncle says that after you have been at work very hard it’s like unstringing the bow; and so it is. The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise The Indian knows enough to unstring his bow just as soon as he uses it so that it will not lose its resilience. Pushing to the Front My nerves need a banging, just enough not to wholly unstring them. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 Oh, a thing that might unstring a nervous, hysterical woman a few hours, perhaps, but it is no case of nerves or hysteria with her. Under Fire What I have recently gone through with is quite enough to unstring the nerves of a stronger woman than I am, and what must be my condition? An Arkansas Planter The morning is positive; in the evening we muse and dream and take our ease, we see our friends, we unstring the bow, we indulge our social instincts. The Last Harvest As we had no hearers we used to give wonderful expression to our singing, possibly it was lucky no one could hear us, for it would certainly unstring their nerves. Jethou or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles The very monotony of that dull measured walk was enough to unstring the nerves of a child, coming as it did in the middle of the night. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 1, January, 1891 Meantime, as if fearful that the continuance of the scene might too much unstring his master, the servant seemed anxious to terminate it. The Piazza Tales The similar fevers and exasperations of factory life lead the workers to unstring their tense nerves with liquor. The Art of the Moving Picture The good old priest, in the center of an attentive circle, is unstringing a few observations. Light His liveliest sallies, his bitterest jests, were all reserved for these occasions, so that mirth or anger was forever unstringing the nerves of his competitors, and diminishing their chance of gain. Bred in the Bone "Co-Tan," he said, "unstring your bow—these are my friends, and yours." Out of Time's Abyss If I had, I might ha' whistled for another, for my father wasn't quite so ready to unstring as some other fathers I know of. Silas Marner The father taught his son how to string and unstring the bow, and also how to attach the arrow to the string. Myths and Legends of the Sioux Away then to loosen, to unstring the divine bow, so tense, so long. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy The remembered fact brought with it a degradation of mind and body—a complete unstringing of the moral fibres, which made even revenge seem an impossible output of energy. The History of David Grieve Did he—as when, hunting in the forest of Rouen, he got the news of Harold's coronation—play with his bow, stringing and unstringing it nervously, till he had made up his mighty mind? Hereward, the Last of the English Mrs. Bowen broke out again with a sort of violence; the years teach us something of self-control, perhaps, but they weaken and unstring the nerves. Indian Summer I have spent my days in stringing and in unstringing my instrument. Gitanjali Peggy was not, as we know, a nervous girl, but the situation was enough to unstring the nerves of the most stolid of beings. The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings We do in fact as we grow older unstring the critical bow a little and strike a truce with invidious comparisons. Italian Hours "You are so sympathetic that such things unstring you." The Desired Woman Your nerves are on the rack, and will be the better for unstringing. Recalled to Life There is one who shall chasten this body of thine, put out thy torch and unstring thy bow. Marius the Epicurean — Volume 1 My nerves unstring, my friend; my flesh grows weak: "The good that I do I leave undone, The evil which I would not, that I do!" The Dynasts The sudden cessation of all those sources of excitement which pervade a gay and well arranged mansion in the country, unstrings the nervous system. Sybil, or the Two Nations "Now I pray thee to unstring it again," handing it to the bowman. Sir Nigel That such emotion could so unstring Louis Arnold was a marvel. Other Things Being Equal Pity relaxes all my fibres and unstrings my nerves. The Lily of the Valley "Maybe it's too early yet for the unstringing to begin!" The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains And, haply, Death unstrings his bow, And Sorrow stands apart, And, for a little while, we know The sunshine of the heart. Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell The archers, flushed and merry, were unstringing their bows once more, for in spite of the water glue the damp air took the strength from the cords. Sir Nigel "Well, I'm told getting married unstrings some men." The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains |
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