| 单词 | vulpine |
| 例句 | She is younger than I am, tall, slim, dark-haired, pretty in a sharp-featured, vulpine sort of way. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Tally turned away from the vulpine eyes, shut out the razor- blade voice. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z His speech was slow and mellow, measured and unexcited, his gestures were wide, and new teeth gave him a vulpine smile out of all proportion to his emotion. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There was something vulpine about the way the woman sat in her comer by the courtyard, something reptilian about her eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The situation — an innocent girl recounting her budding love for someone we onlookers know to be a vulpine cad — was instantly relatable. Critics Pick Recordings to Celebrate Verdi’s Bicentennial 2013-12-26T22:00:58Z There was a vulpine conductor and a violinist, part of an incomplete orchestra and, my favourite, a pair of dancing foxes. Remember the bad and the good times to build your future 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z He's certainly a distinctive-looking guy, with big, vulpine features and close-set, startlingly blue eyes. "Limitless": Take a pill, become a celebrity 2011-03-17T01:02:00Z But she’s wilier than you expect, bringing to the part the same vulpine alertness to opportunity she demonstrated as a political Eve Harrington type in “The City of Conversation,” also by Mr. Giardina. Review: ‘Dan Cody’s Yacht’ Sells Upward Mobility for Dummies 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z He even got his vulpine teeth capped, to the disappointment of some fans. David Bowie dies at 69; mesmerizing performer and restless innovator 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z Brisk, blond and vulpine, she's the picture of a dozen beautiful and terrifying news readers familiar from Fox News and elsewhere. Faking News 2011-01-20T06:05:00Z This was a fabulously transgressive take on Northern Irish politics; one that was not enhanced by the sexualisation of Adams, a "lithe, handsome man" whose eyes she describes in this memoir as "vulpine". Country Girl by Edna O'Brien – review 2012-10-12T21:55:03Z And when he later threatens the recalcitrant Goneril that her sister will "with her nails flay thy wolfish visage", he brandishes his own vulpine claw in her face. King Lear ? review 2011-03-11T00:02:03Z He’s a lean, pale, vulpine creature whose hollowed-out features and accusatory eyes bring to mind mug shots of violent young men with toxic grudges. Review: ‘Oklahoma!’ Preserves a Classic While Adding Punch 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z If Strong was ursine, Weller is vulpine, and the physicality proves almost as effective. The 1955 play topical as ever: ‘View From the Bridge’ revival storms into D.C. 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Indeed, when he and his tribe adopt their vulpine form they look so cuddly that you find yourself checking to see if they are carrying little casks of brandy underneath their collars. Truly, fangs ain't what they used to be 2010-07-10T23:05:00Z In the second story, Chick asks why Fox doesn’t follow a typical vulpine diet and chicksplains to him what proper foxes eat. Brief Tales for New Readers and Little Listeners From Philip Stead and More 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z His voice could convey flirtatiousness, amusement, heartache or wily agility, and his syncopated phrasing was as close to jazz as to traditional blues, leaping easily into falsetto or letting loose a vulpine howl. Walter ‘Wolfman’ Washington, New Orleans Musical Luminary, Dies at 79 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z At 63, he still cuts a lean, vulpine figure and has an unmistakable rock-star aura, but he wears it lightly. Sting and Jimmy Nail on the Musical ‘The Last Ship’ 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z A slim, pale, vulpine man in his mid-thirties, with well-tended light-brown hair and a goatee, came onstage, dressed in a trim black suit and a black shirt. How Derren Brown Remade Mind Reading for Skeptics 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z In the 1960s, for example, no year went by without a fresh serving of “spaghetti” Westerns, with their vulpine heroes, their vistas and their villains. On stage, the saga of the Lehman brothers is a parable of America 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z The wily vulpine crept up a fire escape onto a rooftop near Finsbury Park on Sunday before settling on a blanket to enjoy the evening sun. Fox on a hot roof trends on Twitter 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z No wonder Apple decided to help humans communicate their vulpine obsession by launching a fox emoji. 21st-century fox: how nature's favourite outsider seduced the suburbs 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z Really, though, it only reconfirms his vulpine lyric grace. Sing a sad song: how singer-songwriters are turning trauma into art 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z Flashing a vulpine grin, he’s not a typical hunk – but like Casanova, a maestro of stylish manners and clever entrapment, an incorrigible cad proud of his powers of improvisational manipulation. Games of sex and deceit sizzle in ACT’s ‘Dangerous Liaisons’ 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z The handsome vulpine was converted into a somewhat tremulous-looking effigy by taxidermists in France. Leicester City: Who is riding the marketing bandwagon? - BBC News 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z “His survival instinct I found very compelling,” Mr. Shannon said of the vulpine Carver. Michael Shannon discusses ‘99 Homes’ financial crisis, Superman, ‘Freeheld’ 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z Kitsuné means “fox” in Japanese, and vulpine iconography is everywhere, from busily patterned sweatshirts to the embroidery on classic polo shirts. Browsing to the Beat at Maison Kitsuné 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z In the case of “Star Fox,” Nintendo hasn’t released an all-new mission for the vulpine fighter pilot in nearly a decade. From ‘Star Wars’ to ‘Star Fox,’ 5 expectations for E3 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z In the case of "Star Fox," Nintendo hasn't released an all-new mission for the vulpine fighter pilot in nearly a decade. Electronic Entertainment Expo to Have All Sorts of Toys 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Ms Hewitt said the vulpine crimewave began a few months ago when she found a single shoe in her back garden. Fox behind footwear theft crimewave 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z He is planning a countrywide tour, spinning tunes in clubs alongside his vulpine companion. The Stuffed Brown Fox Wins Over Russia's Underdogs 2013-06-20T02:58:28Z It is simply astonishing how vulpine, how cunning these people have become. Executive coach: 'Finance is an amoral world, bordering on the immoral' 2012-06-18T09:00:02Z Analogous cases occur under nature; Mr. Bartlett has seen many black varieties of the jaguar, leopard, vulpine phalanger and wombat; and he is certain that all, or nearly all, were males. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) 2011-06-27T02:01:01.007Z The horseman slipped from his saddle and stood holding the rein; a lithe, sinewy, lean-faced man of forty-five years, his sharp grey eyes, a little too close set, holding a vulpine wariness. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z Having dispatched the Angry Birds with vulpine ferocity, Nay is now giving some thought to his future. Angry Birds knocked off its perch 2011-01-18T20:32:44Z But one mother's account of a fox and her bloodied babies may make people slightly more wary of making friends with their vulpine neighbours. Red alert 2010-06-07T12:56:00Z Wavering light from candles set in wall brackets about the long, richly furnished room gave a lean, almost vulpine cast to his calm face and a glittering sparkle to his cold eyes. The Return of Tharn No happier home for the vulpine deity exists among the shires of England! Ayala's Angel More distinct from all the preceding are the members of the alopecoid or vulpine section, which are unknown in South America. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" His crafty and vulpine nature warned him against running his head into a noose, since Winifred might own a strong-armed father or brother, but no one could possibly resent a well-meant effort at assistance. The Bartlett Mystery A few years more, and Nero would drag his vulpine immorality across the stage. Carmen Ariza As Danton’s broad back descended down the steps, a vulpine head peered out of the alcove, and Robespierre’s cunning, self-satisfied look showed that he recognized Henriette’s visitant. Orphans of the Storm The two passed on, and Regnald hid himself Among the brushwood, where his vulpine eyes Dilated in the darkness as they passed. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 In some places the death of the vulpine robber of hen roosts is hailed with delight, and people are to be found even — oh, horror! — willing to grasp in friendship the hand of the slayer. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. I could observe the vulpine expression of his visage, the twitching of his hands, the keen sidelong look of a man living in perpetual alarm. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 In the wraith-like shadows he saw the armored forms of Conquistadores in mortal strife with vulpine buccaneers. Carmen Ariza Benson, red of face, was more plainly perturbed, but Salton was as reserved, as immobile, as inscrutable as ever, his narrow, pointed face, with its vulpine expression, being perhaps paler than usual. Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day A gesture, and the crowd of frowning priests sprang up the steps and swarmed round me; their fierce, vulpine faces aglow with terrible joy, their long talon-like nails outstretched to rend me fearful horrifying! A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa Why, then, do you waste so much energy, and money, and civility, and 'soft-sawder,' to preserve the vulpine race? Kate Coventry An Autobiography Presently he changed the tune to one of extraordinary rapidity: this evidently astonished his vulpine audience, which began to leap about. Afar in the Forest The reason why the vulpine ravager is spared by these wretches is—that wolves devour children! Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 446 Volume 18, New Series, July 17, 1852 Then, temporarily, his vulpine face showed avaricious hope, and then apprehension. Space Viking Well, I must say, the vulpine intellect, with its knowingness, 452its alertness and expertness in ‘detecting hypocrites,’ seems to me a rather sorry business. Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History A little behind them was Bertrandi, the keeper of the seals, a lean, ascetic figure, holding a paper in his hands, and eyeing us with a vulpine curiosity. Orrain A Romance After twelve days the band disperses, and every man resumes his own form, the vulpine mask dropping off him. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II He wondered if primitive man, or if even wild animals, did not always walk with that vague consciousness of continual menace, where lupine viciousness seemed eternally at war with vulpine wariness. Phantom Wires A Novel He paused for a moment to think over the situation—considerations of policy were coming more and more to appeal to him as guides, and he found himself feeling vulpine and furtive. Double Trouble Or, Every Hero His Own Villain Nay, it should be considered, too, that if the Fox had not a certain vulpine morality, he could not even know where the geese were, or get at the geese! Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History A certain vulpine shrewdness of intelligence seems the thing most needed, and this may coexist with a general dulness of mind which would disgrace a savage. The Quest of the Simple Life The vulpine phalanger does duty for a fox; the fat and sleepy little dormouse phalanger takes the place of a European dormouse. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science He eats 'vulpinely' he says—which means that a lark or two is no longer enough for dinner. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II His face, which had been a white mask of grief, became vulpine. The Judge For the vulpine sharpness, which considers itself to be knowledge, and ‘detects’ in that fashion, is far mistaken. Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History On his forehead, which is not really a forehead, but a continuation of a long and very vulpine nose, there is a small white stripe. Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned His ill-fitting, glossy black cloth, ungainly presence, and sharp, dark, vulpine features had in them, as I said before, the vulgarity of a Glasgow artisan in his Sabbath suit. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh Pakenham looked from the one to the other, from the thin, vulpine face to the thin, leonine one. 54-40 or Fight But only men can discern it; mere building beavers, spinning arachnes, much more the predatory vulturous and vulpine species, do not discern it well!— Past and Present Cupidity, mean anxieties, unwholesome excitements, gradually sap the morality of really sturdy fellows—the last shred of manliness is torn away, and the ordinary human intelligence is replaced by repulsive vulpine cunning. The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour A very vulpine look would come over the old man's face as he brooded over that problem. The Firm of Girdlestone When she opened her door it was slyly and with a quick, vulpine glance up and down the grave quiet of the halls. Every Soul Hath Its Song Under the raw crude greed of the man you seemed to glimpse something indescribably vulpine and ferocious. Spanish Doubloons As a last resource, he had consigned the case to me, and the vulpine sagacity of a London attorney. The Experiences of a Barrister, and Confessions of an Attorney We may say of the Fox too, that his morality and insight are of the same dimensions; different faces of the same internal unity of vulpine life! English Prose A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice The English rook, therefore, is more astute, subtle, and cunning than our American crow, and some of his feats of legerdemain are quite vulpine. A Walk from London to John O'Groat's The lesser neutrals in Europe find it harder to dissemble their sympathies, but Ferdinand of Bulgaria maintains a vulpine inscrutability. Mr. Punch's History of the Great War The shadow had not menaced him, and his vulpine intelligence told him that he was not concerned in the drama now about to unfold itself. The Masters of the Peaks A Story of the Great North Woods But directly he was called, the deerhound came back to our heels, apparently not considering the vulpine race fair game. A Cotswold Village I remember that as we said good-bye, there was that in her smile that recalled the vulpine complacency of Mona Lisa, the Wise. The Red One The Advertiser is unreliable as Proteus; the base vulpine instinct serves it in lieu of brains; the clink of cash in the counting room is the keeper of its conscience. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 I have watched them cover their tracks with a cunning more than vulpine. "'Tis Sixty Years Since" Address of Charles Francis Adams; Founders' Day, January 16, 1913 There was nothing genial in his looks; and a certain vulpine cast of countenance, a low forehead, and a brow deeply wrinkled but not with age conveyed the idea of a selfish, narrow-minded individual. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale I shall live in plethoric ease my elderly vulpine life. The Mountebank The lord and the steward belong to the same level of character; and vulpine sagacity, astuteness, and qualities which ensure success in material things seem to both of them to be of the highest value. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke The 'simplicity' of a saintly soul will often see deeper into puzzling contingencies than the vulpine craftiness of the 'prudent.' Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah A very close vulpine nature, all eyes, all ears, may succeed better in deceit. Friends in Council — First Series His complexion was swarthy and partly hidden by closely-trimmed black whiskers; his eyes were dark, vulpine and acutely piercing; his forehead was high. Great Fortunes from Railroads I know the sleek Count well enough to judge what effect a sermon would have upon that smooth vulpine determination of his.... Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face Clayton stood the fire of the vulpine gray eyes without a quiver. The Midnight Passenger : a novel Crouching in their cave, the two French thugs eagerly watched the winding path below, and gathered a resentful vulpine ferocity in their hearts. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story There was about his manner something hardly human; something which, for want of a better phrase, I would call vulpine. The Beetle And then the Carlyleans of that day will make me a text for holding forth upon the difference between mere vulpine sharpness and genius. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 The victory was won; and Orestes, somewhat more master of himself, began to turn his vulpine cunning to the one absorbing question of the saving of his worthless neck. Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face The Emperor watches the scene with a vulpine smile; and directs a battery near at hand to fire down upon the ice on which the Russians are crossing. The Dynasts Analogous cases occur in nature: Mr. Bartlett has seen many black varieties of the jaguar, leopard, vulpine phalanger, and wombat; and he is certain that all, or nearly all these animals, were males. The Descent of Man To all appearance, nearly destitute of human intellect, but with abundance of vulpine instead. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 16 This is the second stroke of Machiavellian Art by those Islanders, in their truly vulpine method. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 14 What a kindness you have done me with your "vulpine sharpness." Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 She dared not raise her eyes above the level of the tea-table, and she almost expected to see a spot of accusing vulpine blood drip down and stain the whiteness of the cloth. Reginald in Russia and other sketches For the vulpine sharpness, which considers itself to be knowledge, and "detects" in that fashion, is far mistaken. On Heroes and Hero Worship and the Heroic in History Korea she had made into a granary and a colony; treaty privileges and vulpine diplomacy gave her the monopoly of Manchuria. The Strength of the Strong |
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