| 单词 | weathervane |
| 例句 | The Vanderbeekers’ home—a humble red brownstone with a weathervane that spun on windy days—sat in the exact middle of the street. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The red weathervane was Caesar’s sign that this was the house, the yellow curtains pulled shut in the back window the signal that Fletcher was home but his wife was not. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Then it became clear: a little thing like a weathervane, with four sails black on one side and white on the other, that began to whirl around as the light struck it. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Farther south were the strawberry fields, the armory, and the four-story Big House with its sky blue paint job and its bronze eagle weathervane. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z The weathervane on top of the brownstone whirled in jubilation as the Vanderbeekers filed back into their home. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The great change in attitude of which Voltaire was a supreme philosophical weathervane coincided with a rapid reshaping of music after the deaths of Bach and Handel. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Or weathervanes in the shape of mermaids and locomotives? Critic's Notebook: The Art of Collecting Collections 2011-05-19T21:00:31Z Ben takes them both to a desert island in a squall, using the fringe on Emily’s bikini top as a weathervane. 'The Bachelor' Watch: Bahama Drama 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z The trainwreck is a weathervane and moral compass, a public spectacle and sexist scarecrow, that instructs women on how to behave properly. Our trainwrecks, ourselves: Why women hate on hot messes and other toxic female tropes 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z Her interests include weathervanes, clocks, quilts, high school award certificates and albums with keepsakes made of human hair. Antiques: New Books on Cuba and an Americana Collection 2011-09-29T19:35:48Z He likes to say he is from Pennsylvania, so he knows how to nail the weathervane to the deck and repair a broken lock. The other side of 'I do': how the weight of wedded bliss forever changed me 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z There are grand Queen Anne mansions with patterned roof shingles; charming Victorians with turrets and weathervanes; Italianate homes with mansard roofs and overhanging eaves. Hudson, N.Y.: An Elegant Transformation 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z Partly a whistle-stop on the global festival circuit, gathering wares from Cannes, Sundance, Berlin and elsewhere, New Directors is also something of a weathervane, a meteorological chart of patterns and trends in world cinema. Critic?s Notebook: Modest Methods, Big Ambitions 2011-03-22T22:58:03Z “Don’t we look to the arts, though, to give us a weathervane, somehow? Chekhov said the role of the artist isn’t to answer the questions but just to formulate the questions. That’s all.” Alexander Payne on Downsizing: ‘The film isn’t a major statement – it’s a metaphor’ 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z The collection contains large amounts of Americana, although Mr. Corelli said that the museum hopes to show people that folk art “isn’t just quilts and weathervanes.” American Folk Art Museum Struggling to Pay Bonds 2010-08-08T22:05:00Z In three dimensions, the sleekly stylized animals and fowl of H. Hunt Diederich frolic on weathervanes, a fire screen and ceramic chargers. Art In Review: ?The Woodstock Story Told in Paintings, Photography, Sculpture and Ceramic? 2012-01-19T23:47:18Z Atzu also built an enclosed living room on the platform, centered around the church’s angel-shaped weathervane; a seating area surrounds the church bell. Artist Taturo Atzu Creates a Sky-High Installation in Amsterdam 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z The group, which trades from about 460 stores in the UK and Ireland and has an online presence in over 70 countries, is often thought of a weathervane for how British consumers are faring. Asos: Lichfield warehouse to be closed as profits slump 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z So the modern press is nothing more than a money weathervane. Joe Biden exhales as "red wave" runs dry: And he can't wait for Trump-DeSantis grudge match 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z “This is not a bluff. And those who try to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know that the weathervane can turn and point towards them,” Putin said. Factbox-Has Putin threatened to use nuclear weapons? 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z "This is not a bluff. And those who try to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know that the weathervane can turn and point towards them," he said. Analysis: Truth or bluff? Why Putin's nuclear warnings have the West worried 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z The PM called the Labour leader a "human weathervane" for changing his mind on whether he should resign. Starmer on Johnson: Why is he still here? 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z The UAE has always been something of a weathervane — a small country that used its oil wealth to become one of globalization’s most important hubs. Opinion | The UAE’s Machiavellian journey from ‘Little Sparta’ to ‘Little Singapore’ 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z Rutgers University’s chancellor and provost, who are weathervanes in human form, lack the courage of their convictions, which they also lack. Opinion | When will all of the shrill nonsense stop? Perhaps when people are bored enough. 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z Yet its “mascots” are a gargoyle with the body and glare of a dragon and a witch on her broomstick weathervane. Witch, dragon symbols of 125-year-old Biloxi ‘Peoples Bank’ 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z That year, a renovation partitioned the spaces and added a three-story Greek Revival steeple over the church entrance that included a belfry with louvered shutters and a 5-foot weathervane. Meeting house built in early 1800s on historic register 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z There are a few heavy-handed signposts — it’s bad luck to kill a sea bird — and we couldn’t be more obvious with the juvenile boom up the lighthouse to the Mary Poppins weathervane. ‘It was a learning curve’: the tech experiments of The Lighthouse 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z Called a “weathervane” for shifting his political ideas, he was seen as a master of the art of electoral campaigning and hand shaking. World reacts to death of 'spirited, complex' Jacques Chirac 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Politically he was known as the “weathervane”, for his ability to shift as it suited him. Jacques Chirac, former French president, dies aged 86 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Harkness,, the architect of the first building of The Peoples Bank, directed that a solid-copper weathervane sit atop the roof of the distinctive turret of the building. Witch, dragon symbols of 125-year-old Biloxi ‘Peoples Bank’ 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z Heidi Allen told the BBC that the European elections would be a "weathervane moment for the country" and a "proxy for another referendum". Breakaway MPs' group to rebrand as Change UK 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Pescatarians get a better deal: a duo of nicely crusted weathervane scallops flank their leek risotto. On Seattle’s Lake Union, Birch has a view that dazzles, crisp service and a tasting menu still finding its way 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z He was America’s weathervane, its Geiger counter, mapping the landscape in pin-sharp prose. Don DeLillo on Trump's America: 'I'm not sure the country is recoverable' 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z For all these reasons, Charlotte’s schools have been a weathervane for America’s relationship with public education for decades. This picture signaled an end to segregation. Why has so little changed? 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z Cranes had been set into “weathervane mode,” to spin with the wind. Riding Out Hurricane Florence in Wilmington, North Carolina 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z TEHRAN’S grand bazaar, a weathervane of politics, is on strike again. Iran braces for economic war with America 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z They are, she says, more like weathervanes than guides on averting disaster. Margaret Atwood: ‘All dystopias are telling you is to make sure you’ve got a lot of canned goods and a gun’ 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z The new show, “American Made: Treasures from the American Folk Art Museum,” features a collection that includes weathervanes, shop signs and spinning toys called whirligigs. American folk art show opens at Crystal Bridges Museum 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z Afterward, we watch a jockey exult in his stirrups, while under him his horse “spins like a weathervane, wet earth fanning out from under her hooves like seeds from a sower’s hand.” A Sweeping Novel About Race in America 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z Khatib claimed that the figure swivelled like a weathervane, thrusting his lance in the direction from which the caliph’s enemies would next appear. Story of cities #3: the birth of Baghdad was a landmark for world civilisation 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z One new spot depicts him as a human weathervane on immigration and accuses him of changing his position on “amnesty” to back a “path to citizenship” bill in the Senate before abandoning his own legislation. The Republican debate is going to get nasty 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Mrs Merkel’s response to the refugee crisis certainly seems to belie her popular image as a political weathervane who dares not step too far beyond public opinion. Refugee realpolitik 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Some facets have already been removed due to concern over their structural integrity, including a gargoyle and the weathervane from the top of the spire. National Churches Trust names 40 spires at risk - BBC News 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z Trying to stay calm, I gripped Clara’s hand and spun her around like a weathervane: gold, gold, gold, gold. “The Prospectors” 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z We complain about politicians spinning, rather than recognizing that this is exactly what we want a weathervane — or hey, a wind turbine — to do, or recognizing that it’s up to us to be that wind. One magical politician won't stop climate change. It's up to all of us | Rebecca Solnit 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z What he says: “I’m not a weathervane on this issue and I’m not going to change my position. I continue to believe that marriage is between a man and a woman.” Here's Where Potential 2016 Candidates Stand On Gay Marriage 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z Executive director Taylor Budowich deems Mr. Orman “a weathervane politician in a fancy suit” — and one who makes his decisions based on a dampened finger to the wind. Inside the Beltway: Greg Orman: ‘Independent’ in name only 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z The paint on the weathervane at Pimlico, which carries the colors of the Preakness winner, had barely dried before California Chrome’s Triple Crown bid erupted in controversy. California Chrome Will Run For Racing History In The Belmont Stakes--With Or Without Nasal Strips? 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z Newtown’s emblem—a rooster called the chanticleer—watches over our small New England community from its perch as the weathervane of our white Meeting House. Releasing 911 Sandy Hook Tapes Retraumatizes Newtown 2013-12-05T18:51:00Z But Obama is just the weathervane, and he knew it when he was elected. One magical politician won't stop climate change. It's up to all of us | Rebecca Solnit 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z The results this autumn will be seen as a referendum on Washington, DC, though neither is a reliable weathervane. The Virginia governor’s race: Machiavelli v Torquemada 2013-06-13T15:10:46Z As part of the celebration marking the return of the Preakness, the colors of the race's winner were painted onto the ornamental weathervane at Pimlico Racecourse for the first time. AP Sportlight 2013-05-11T04:01:08Z Most often, that meant putting the crane’s boom at a 67-degree angle so that it would swivel, or weathervane, with the prevailing wind, rather than try to resist it. Drama Behind Securing Crippled Crane in Manhattan 2012-11-07T04:40:15Z Their trial is being seen as a weathervane of Russia's course after Mr Putin's return to the presidency in May. Pussy Riot Trial Begins in Moscow 2012-07-31T08:45:00Z "I feel," Lucinda confessed, "precisely like a weathervane in a whirlwind, I mean the way it ought to: every few minutes I find my nose pointing in a new direction." Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z In the room where the court’s meetings are held, there is still a working weathervane high up on one wall. Bankers Watch Wind While We Sit in Dark: David G. Blanchflower 2011-03-23T00:02:43Z In the second century A.D. the Chinese invented a kind of weathervane for detecting and locating the center of earthquakes. Japan earthquake demonstrates the limits—and power—of science 2011-03-11T18:45:08.260Z And no weathervane recruit to socialism – he joined the party when he was 18. Dan Jarvis a dream candidate, say Barnsley's Labour activists 2011-03-04T14:44:14Z Such has been the rut that Carlo Ancelotti's eyebrows – the widely accepted weathervanes of Chelsea's discombobulation – can be seen, respectively, heading towards the upper lip and crawling through his side parting. The Fiver 2011-02-14T16:18:52Z Her vote has swung left and right over the years in this weathervane seat. Beyond the bubble 2010-05-12T11:59:00Z One wonders if the weathervane would provide better guidance on the central bank’s decisions than the Court of Directors offers today. Bankers Watch Wind While We Sit in Dark: David G. Blanchflower 2011-03-23T00:02:43Z NRW, Germany's most populous state and home to 18 million people, is in the country's industrial heartland and regarded as a weathervane for national politics. Merkel concedes "bitter defeat" 2010-05-10T14:12:00Z North Rhine-Westphalia matters: home to 18 million people, it is Germany's industrial heartland and a weathervane for national politics. German leader faces regional test 2010-05-09T02:37:00Z As one of the world's most advanced economies, the US is often held up as a weathervane for the state of the internet. Switching on 2010-03-19T12:24:00Z I noted, with some astonishment, that some unknown buyer was prepared to purchase a weathervane in the shape of a pig for upwards of $100,000. 2010-02-11T08:22:00Z It was, he said, a "weathervane" for the need to enhance the economy more generally in a time of stress. 2010-01-20T17:09:00Z Her belief was no weathervane to veer lightly, but the bruise on her heart was sensitive even to the touch of a breeze, and it was freshly sore. The Tempering A crude little weathervane, the handiwork of some departed soldier, rattled nearby. Roy Blakeley in the Haunted Camp Topping the panelled portion of the cupola is an onion-shaped dome, culminating in a ball which, according to photographs over the years, served as a base for a weathervane or flagpole. The Fairfax County Courthouse On the other hand, they did provide a useful political weathervane for the major parties to watch most carefully. The Fourth R More yet: if you have any scruples about Mayne, Inglesby will get behind that young man and boost him until he can crow on the weathervane—when you are Mrs. Inglesby. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man He was up there now, holding to the weathervane! The High School Captain of the Team Dick & Co. Leading the Athletic Vanguard So we need no weathervane to tell us which way the wind is blowing. The Scarecrow of Oz In the cupola, wooden louvres were repaired, the cupola was painted, and a weathervane restored to the top. The Fairfax County Courthouse Just opposite one of the windows, on a line with his eyes, Lord Lambeth observed the weathervane of a church steeple. An International Episode My principal object is to satisfi the desire which progressively animates the man of our century, that is to say, the fashion, that capritious and bizarre weathervane which changes at almost every new wind. Les Misérables Fascinated, I stood gazing at a weathervane on the top of a house across the street. The Spirit of 1906 The great ball buoy, with its tall pole and weathervane, floated proudly over the northern end of the earth's axis. The Great Stone of Sardis It stood close to the road, with a big, red barn behind and a gilt weathervane representing a galloping horse. Parnassus on Wheels The birds on the weathervanes were set up facing the wind, so that it entered their open mouths, and by some mechanism produced the musical sound. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems The new weathervane, a gilded whale, presented to the "Regular" church by Captain Zebedee Mayo, retired whaler, swam in a sea of cloud. Keziah Coffin Don't forget to mend the weathervane on the barn. Parnassus on Wheels |
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