| 单词 | weather-bound |
| 例句 | They stayed there weather-bound for three nights, most hospitably entertained. The Birth of Europe 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z Yes, really, cricket: that neglected staple of the British summer, a business of mannered and weather-bound slow-wrought drama, doggedly championed but somehow always reassuringly in retreat. Cricket: The Ashes will be a show of Anglo-Aussie resistance to the global pull of Twenty20 2013-01-01T07:00:38Z The meal that evening was a very dull one, and if they did not go to sleep at once after they had gone to bed, certainly there was little fun-making among the weather-bound prisoners. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z The sheltered nook we sought already contained a weather-bound vessel. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z It contained the mate of the schooner Industry, of New Bedford, who informed us that she had been lying there, weather-bound, for nearly a month. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z This time the fleets had remained weather-bound, unable to start at all until the golden moments were gone--till opportunity had slid into the past. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z Sprengtporten lay weather-bound in Finland, Toll was five hundred miles away, the Hat leaders were in hiding. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z But later in the evening, it came down in such torrents that Nansen deemed it advisable to pitch the tent, and here they remained, weather-bound, for three whole days. Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young 2011-11-17T03:00:36.810Z For six days the fleet lay weather-bound, till Sir Godfrey of Harcourt counselled the King to give up the idea of landing in Gascony. The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z At night she anchored in Philip Gidley Cove, at the bottom of Willes Bay, where she was weather-bound until the 29th of January. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z Here they were weather-bound three days, and so had an opportunity to explore the island. Explorers and Travellers 2011-05-11T02:00:17.627Z But for a few days, contrary winds held him weather-bound. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z The King made it a point to entertain the sailors when vessels were detained by rough weather, and they began to think Beaver Harbor was not a bad place to be weather-bound. A Child of the Sea; and Life Among the Mormons 2010-12-30T03:00:27.140Z Perhaps Samuel Johnson, LL.D., was near the mark when he said that the author that thinks himself weather-bound will find, with a little help from hellebore, that he is only idle or exhausted. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z Lying weather-bound, stopping up the tent against the driving snow while the wind flits round us, attacking first one side and then another.” Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 I was weather-bound by a premature snowstorm for a couple of days, and among my fellow sufferers at the little hostelry were Anthony and his daughter.” The Red Symbol He had not, however, left the country; for the Dutchman had been compelled to take shelter from the storm, and Fennefos lay weather-bound at Sm�rvigen, a few miles from the town. Skipper Worse For two days the fleet lay weather-bound in the bay. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima “It is not exactly the port in which one would choose to be weather-bound, but we may be thankful if we get there.” A Yacht Voyage Round England Still lay weather-bound last night, and to-day it has been windier than ever. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 For many weeks the fleet was weather-bound in the Thames. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography Nor was the society offered by the residents in the hotel, weather-bound like herself, of a specially enlivening description. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance It was fun and frolic from morning till midnight; and no party weather-bound in a hotel ever enjoyed themselves more. The Coming Wave The Hidden Treasure of High Rock He had been compelled to return, and there he had to remain weather-bound. A History of the Four Georges, Volume II We have lain weather-bound yesterday and to-day beneath the glacier cliff on the north side of this island. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 At Plymouth the fleet delayed weather-bound till August 18. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography I was weather-bound, with the snow already on the ground in Square Island Harbour. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell He had once seen old man Jinks's powder-horn, with its elaborate carving, done in the long solitary hours when the old man sat weather-bound in his lofty hermitage. Jersey Street and Jersey Lane Urban and Suburban Sketches A deluge of rain kept them weather-bound for four or five days. French Pathfinders in North America Once more we had snow-storms, and now lay weather-bound on the south side of the island. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Here, greatly to my disgust, we lay the best part of a week, with a number of other weather-bound vessels. Paddy Finn Lying weather-bound within sight of home, "some few, little better than atheists, of the greatest rank among them," were busying themselves with scandalous imputations upon the chaplain, then lying dangerously ill in his berth. A History of American Christianity Grandma was weather-bound along with her young turkeys in the granary. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, September 1878, No. 11 We came here, flying from the Florence tramontana, at the very close of November, on the Perugia road, after having been weather-bound at Casa Guidi till we almost gave up our Roman plan. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II We were up on the island yesterday, and saw open sea to the south, but are still lying weather-bound as before. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 We have had a week’s snow without intermission: happily for us, your brother and the Fitz have been weather-bound all the time at Silleri, and cannot possibly get away. The History of Emily Montague Probably the worst experience was when the men on the rock were weather-bound for seven weeks during one season.... The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson for Boys and Girls The Hospice then may be tenanted for days together by weather-bound wayfarers; and a line drawn close beneath its roof shows how two years ago the whole building was buried in one snow-shroud. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series I had been weather-bound in Sark, when I was a boy, for three weeks at one time, when our provisions ran short, and it was almost impossible to buy a loaf of bread. The Doctor's Dilemma A sailor who loves voyaging may say, when weather-bound, "Here rest, unlade the ship, sleep on this grassy bank." The Poetry Of Robert Browning I am sure that if each of our weather-bound pilgrims had told his story, we had been as well entertained as those at Canterbury. Italian Journeys No doubt a traveller, weather-bound like himself at the inn. The Marriage of William Ashe The Lake is also divided into two unequal portions by the straits of White Horse, where vessels are often weather-bound, and cannot make way against the wind, which sets a current through the narrow channel. After London Or, Wild England We had the yacht to ourselves, for Captain Carey declined running the risk of being weather-bound on the island—a risk which we were willing to chance. The Doctor's Dilemma At the close of November, it was announced that Stuart Foster, the junior defendant in the first "Conspiracy to defraud the Government" trial, was weather-bound in Alaska. The Rim of the Desert It came on to drift as we sat in our tent, and again we were weather-bound. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I I exclaimed, assuming the cheerful; ‘and I fear I shall be weather-bound for half an hour, if you can afford me shelter during that space.’ Wuthering Heights All are weather-bound, more or less; and all are resting from arduous days and nights, during which every muscle in them has been severely tested, and every energy kept at full stretch. The Wind in the Willows Later, when returning from my military service, I was weather-bound in the island of Icaria, and wrote elegiac poems in Latin about that island and the sea, which bears the same name. Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal One is in a measure prepared for being weather-bound in winter. Lord Kilgobbin We don't often let ourselves be weather-bound, and I am not going to begin it to-day. Tales of Daring and Danger Gradually, as the time wore along, one annoying fact was borne in upon my understanding—that we were weather-bound. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 3. It was in a small town in New Jersey that they found themselves weather-bound. We Can't Have Everything The roads were in a terrible state; the Kharzán, a long and difficult pass, was blocked with snow, and the villages on either side of it crowded with weather-bound caravans. A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán In this exquisite mountain-locked harbor, the vessel was weather-bound for a couple of days. Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence Why you might be weather-bound or kept there for a month, and what shall I do then? Station Amusements in New Zealand Meadows ran floods of icy half-melted snow; mountain winds were screaming about the cloisters, and for two days travelers had been weather-bound at the Abbey. Masters of the Guild He was interrupted by a message from the guide that there was a cloud in the distance, and the young Herr had better set off quickly unless he wished to be weather-bound. Magnum Bonum Baffled by the unyielding wind off Cape Horn, sailing six weeks on opposite tacks, and ending just where they began, weather-bound in sight of the gloomy Horn. Love Me Little, Love Me Long Two days ago a curagh passed from the south island—they can go out when we are weather-bound because of a sheltered cove in their island—it was thought in search of the Doctor. The Aran Islands Then the unwelcome thought obtruded itself that if the snow continued falling Michael might be weather-bound and unable to get out to Hampstead. The Lamp of Fate Afterwards, however, Aziel remembered that once, when they were weather-bound on their journey from the coast, Metem had amused them by making his voice sound from various quarters of the hut in which they lay. Elissa |
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