| 单词 | wickerwork |
| 例句 | A small wickerwork basket stood beside the heap of trunks, spitting loudly. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z There on a doorstep was a wickerwork basket, “k”; yonder, “n,” the ripples on the water. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Teams of woodland carpenters, Abbey smiths and laborers, plus any creatures that felt the need to help were lowered down to the road in large wickerwork baskets. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Skill without imagination,” one of his characters says, “is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.” ‘Tom Stoppard’ Tells of an Enormous Life Spent in Constant Motion 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z For headgear, I copied our clearly pro-EU queen, and wove plastic yellow daisies in European Union star formations into the brims of four blue wickerwork hats. When in Europe, dress like a walking apology for Brexit | Stewart Lee 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z A makeshift wickerwork crucifix hangs over the entrance. Iraqi Kurdistan's battle with Baghdad over oil revenues 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z In keeping with the less formal atmosphere, the chair features carved bands of ivy and lily of the valley on the arms and legs, intricate wickerwork on the back, and enchanting little pinecone feet. Getty's 'Luxury and Liberation' spotlights French Revolution opulence 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z A trap for lobsters, being a wickerwork cylinder with a funnelÐshaped entrance at one end. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z He also got them to put up a plant-house with wickerwork sides and thatched roof at a cost of £5. Settlers and Scouts 2012-03-17T02:01:06.297Z They are occasionally spanned by bridges of stone or wickerwork, or of yet simpler construction. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z These wickerwork monsters, eight all told, are supposed to represent worshippers from foreign lands. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z As her talons clawed at the wickerwork, feeling for a hold, the head of the mink, on its long, snaky neck, darted forth, reached up, and struck its fine white fangs into her thigh. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z The carts are chiefly made of sticks and wickerwork; they are, of course, very slight, and indeed if they were not so they would soon go to pieces owing to the jolting. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z When a great feast is in preparation turtle-fishing begins several weeks in advance, and the beasts are kept alive in a stone or wickerwork enclosure in shallow water, which is called a mbi. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z Coracle, kor′a-kl, n. a small oval rowboat used in Wales, made of skins or oilcloth stretched on wickerwork. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z Now when men passed through the wild country they were often finely dressed in cloth tunics, wearing arm rings of gold, some even driving in war-chariots, carrying shields made of wickerwork covered with leather. Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures A Sequel to The Fairyland of Science 2011-10-03T02:00:33.003Z The travellers were conveyed to the island in a raft of laths and wickerwork, on which the water lapped over their feet. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z He carried two big hunting-spears, such as the N'Gombi make best; a wickerwork shield, and on his back, slung by a strip of hide, a bunch of dried fish he had caught in the river. Sanders of the River 2011-03-12T03:00:26.427Z The pelta, from which they took the name, was a light shield or target, made of skin or leather on a wooden or wickerwork frame. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" The houses, built of timber and wickerwork, were large and well thatched. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race They found London only a little group of huts, very likely made of wickerwork plastered over with mud, and surrounded by a poor wall and ditch. Stories of London Rivers were crossed by bridges made of rough planks or wickerwork—for there were no stone bridges—or by wading at shallow fords, or by little ferry boats. A Reading Book in Irish History We bought a sort of tier of enamelled dishes, fitting into each other and carried in a kind of wickerwork handle. Confessions of an Opera Singer One was the flask which Dubosc had slung at his side by a strip of the wickerwork. Where the Pavement Ends They dwelt in great houses made of arched timbers with walls of wickerwork—no doubt plastered with clay and lime, as in Ireland—and thickly thatched. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race The houses of these people are composed of wickerwork and thatch. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa Shields were often made of yew-wood, which is very hard: and oftener still of wickerwork, covered outside with tough hides, generally tanned. A Reading Book in Irish History Close by were wickerwork fire-screens, capable of being raised or lowered at will. Of Six Mediæval Women To Which Is Added A Note on Mediæval Gardens These giants of Jordan's, being built of wickerwork and pasteboard, at last fell to decay. Old and New London Volume I Prisoners and criminals, or if these failed even innocent victims, probably children, were encased, numbers at a time, in huge frames of wickerwork, and there burned alive to win the favour of the gods. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race Fortunately there was but a little swell on, but still the ship bumped very heavily, and seemed to bend under us like a wickerwork basket. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa Meanwhile messengers were sent to gather in the chiefs and tell them the great news, and how the Commissioner was soon coming to meet them in the "Speak-house," as the natives called the wickerwork. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas She lifted her round wickerwork snowshoes high with each step. Shaman In 1837 Alderman Lucas exhibited two wickerwork copies of Gog and Magog, fourteen feet high, their faces on a level with the first-floor windows of Cheapside, and these monstrosities delighted the crowd. Old and New London Volume I For fear of her being discovered, the cowherds keep the maiden in a house of wickerwork having only a roof-opening. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race They are entered by a small opening about three feet high, which is closed by a wickerwork door. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa Others were weaving that water-tight wickerwork which was, perhaps, the highest art to which the Oregon Indians ever attained. The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. A couple of slashes with a lancet severed the stout rope with which my "bundle" had been tied, and a third cut the bit of string which bound the hasp to the wickerwork. The Man Who Drove the Car Though Fandor could obtain a sufficient supply of air through the openings in the wickerwork, he could not see what was going on: he could only listen with all his ears. Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas At the top of the cliff, where the winding road began which led down to the harbour, a paralysed sailor was sitting in a wickerwork wheeled chair, looking over the sea. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius One seems to see a pitcher protected by a wickerwork covering. The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles She was surprised to discover several ducats sticking to the wickerwork, and these were clearly such of the leaves as remained of those which she had so thoughtlessly thrown away on the mountains. Folk-lore and Legends: German The delicate scarlet branches, spread on wickerwork frames in open spaces of the woods, contrast vividly with the shaded verdure of the beautiful trees. Through the Malay Archipelago Soon pale gleams of light began to filter through the wickerwork: dawn was near. Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas On three sides the moonlight turned the tiny waves into thousands of silver mirrors, and from farther up the curving coast-line the fires in the wickerwork huts of the fishermen burned red. The White Mice The old house, with its balcony of wickerwork, and the bench at the top of the high steps, under the lime-tree, was considered, by the road-inspectors, too old and rotten to be left standing. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen The largest, sometimes weighing 3lb. or more, were taken in a wickerwork trap, of the shape of a dice-box, some 3ft. long, with the willow withes pointing inwards at each end. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter She gathered together her pomegranates, citrons, almonds, olives, and flowers, placed them in her basket of wickerwork, walked out of the market, and passed up the way which led to the home of her mistress. Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus The wickerwork creaked as he gently shook the trunk at short intervals. Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas The wickerwork car now secured to the balloon was half filled with ballast and crowded with men, whilst others hung on to the ropes and to each other in the effort to steady it. Faces and Places Thin sheets of steel were at once cut out and placed in the wickerwork seats of aeroplanes. Aviation in Peace and War “Fuegia Basket,” as the girl was called, was named from the wickerwork craft—a sort of coracle—that the crew of the stolen boat had improvised to carry them back to their ship. The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure The juice of course runs through the wickerwork of the tipiti into a vessel below, and there produces a sediment, which is the well-known “tapioca.” The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon Just then, Fandor felt a slight moisture on the palm of his hand: it was all red: the scratches, made by the jagged edges of the wickerwork, were still bleeding. Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas Having arranged about getting a supply of water, he walked with Messrs Anderson and Wilder into the country, to visit an obelisk of wickerwork, fifty feet high, standing in a morai. Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries Orthodoxy and heterodoxy stand related to truth just as those wonderful wickerwork stands and plaster busts that adorn every dressmaker's establishment stand related to the grace and beauty of the female form. Mushrooms on the Moor There are also dogs' beds made in wickerwork in cradle shape with eider-down coverlets worked over with silk. Behind the Beyond and Other Contributions to Human Knowledge He took them outside the town to a secluded glen, in which was an old cabin and a huge, odd-shaped arrangement of silk, fine wires, and wickerwork. Frank Merriwell's Bravery Then he felt the cover of the wickerwork trunk bend slightly and heard it creak. Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas On the wickerwork were pieces of grey cloth, such as was generally offered to idols, and a piece of which had been pressed on the captain on landing. Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries They hollow out head-gear to guard them, and plait wickerwork round shield-bosses; others forge breastplates of brass or smooth greaves of flexible silver. The Aeneid of Virgil On the 17th of May, the Vestals used to throw into the Tiber, from the Sublician bridge, manikins of wickerwork, in commemoration of the human sacrifices once performed on the same altars. Pagan and Christian Rome When, however, he suddenly beheld the street boy falling, and his daughter standing up in her wickerwork chariot, holding on to the brown pony like an Amazon warrior of ancient times, his maxim somehow evaporated. Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure Getting out his knife with some difficulty, he began to hack at the wickerwork. Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas In the second were Kaoo, the chief of the priests, and his brethren, with idols of wickerwork of gigantic size, covered with feathers of different colours and red cloth. Captain Cook His Life, Voyages, and Discoveries The operation at first seemed impossible; but under his directions a large wickerwork basket was formed, which was thickly covered over with palm-leaves. The Wanderers Adventures in the Wilds of Trinidad and Orinoco Their sides were revetted, or held from collapsing, by strong wickerwork. The Old Front Line It was attached to a wickerwork vehicle which resembled a large clothes-basket on small wheels. Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure Such was his haste to be free, that he tore, not only his clothes, but his elbows and hands, on the jagged ends of the broken wickerwork: large drops of blood fell on the flooring. Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas These were constructed of yellow bamboo, tastefully twisted together in a kind of wickerwork, and thatched with the long tapering leaves of the palmetto. Around the World in Ten Days The carts are chiefly made of sticks and wickerwork; they are, of course, very slight, and indeed if they were not so they would soon go to pieces owing to the jolting. George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends A few years ago there was a Carnival procession in most of the towns, and then all the huge wickerwork giants were carried about. Peeps At Many Lands: Belgium St. Philip's Church was being built, and the scaffold of its unfinished tower and dome looked like a huge net of wickerwork. Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men Pack baskets that are used for carrying game and for general utility on long voyages are of the open wickerwork description. The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir With regard to the rites of the Druids, Cæsar tells us that it was customary to make huge images of wickerwork, into which human beings, usually criminals, were placed and burnt. Celtic Religion in Pre-Christian Times She pushed the great chair of Indian wickerwork into place before the window-bay, and when I was at rest she drew up a low hassock and sat at my feet. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady They from his wickerwork extract with pain The wands now warped and stiffened, which but ill Bend to their second-hand employment.”—pp. The Germ Thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art The walls began to snap and crack like wickerwork. Atlantis Mr. Jones, red, and angry, his hair awry, glared through the wickerwork of his basket. More William The use of wickerwork, and the suggestion that the rite was for purifying the land, indicates a combination of the ideas of tree-worship with those of early agricultural life. Celtic Religion in Pre-Christian Times In the deep bay of the window was a great chair of Indian wickerwork, and I could have sworn it had but now been empty. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady When in secret she gave birth to her son she placed him in an ark of wickerwork, which was set adrift on a stream. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Here was the lighthouse, and here the two embracing arms of the wickerwork pier. A Day's Tour A Journey through France and Belgium by Calais, Tournay, Orchies, Douai, Arras, Béthune, Lille, Comines, Ypres, Hazebrouck, Berg A rocking chair was to her a delightful novelty and she had already bought six large rocking chairs of wickerwork. Memories and Anecdotes Finally there was the Redan, a mysterious wall, apparently of wickerwork, with bombs bursting and broken scaling-ladders and dead English soldiers in the open space before it. The Altar Steps She was there, in very deed and truth, deep in the hollow of the great chair of Indian wickerwork; and as before, the soft graying of the evening sky was mirrored in her eyes. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady I slept in a little wickerwork cot placed near her bed, so that she could reach me if I uncovered myself in the night. The Woman Thou Gavest Me Being the Story of Mary O'Neill A rectangular space, some eight or ten feet in width, by perhaps sixteen or eighteen feet in length, is enclosed in a wickerwork of palm- branches, coated on both sides with a layer of mud. Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt He opened the door of the wickerwork prison and a tiny thing flew out. Half A Chance A fenced house of wickerwork was made by the thralls for her, without any door, but only a window and a skylight. The Harvard Classics, Volume 49, Epic and Saga With Introductions And Notes Vaxin stepped into the room and sat down on a wickerwork trunk near the door. Love The doctor noticed the gourd, not because it was a bottle of brandy, but because of a name which was plaited in the wickerwork with red rushes on a background of white. The Man Who Laughs They were made by placing saplings in the ground in a slanting position, which were tied together at the top and woven inside like wickerwork, with strips of small bamboo canes. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 2 The first was holding aloft a roomy basket of wickerwork, in which some hens were anxiously clucking and flapping their wings. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes He also secured from the Nhambiquaras wickerwork baskets of a different type and bows and arrows. Through the Brazilian Wilderness We are alone with our wickerwork house in an unfathomable vault. Wonderful Balloon Ascents It was an elderly woman, richly dressed, with a wickerwork picnic basket in her hand. Round the Red Lamp Another ring came, and from my post of observation I saw that a gipsy's van, hung with baskets and wickerwork chairs, had drawn up at the door. The Stark Munro Letters But wood furniture, wickerwork, and willow ware are used. Little Journey to Puerto Rico For Intermediate and Upper Grades A rather comely young woman, carrying on her back a wickerwork basket, or creel, supported by a forehead band, and accompanied by a small child, was with them. Through the Brazilian Wilderness The porter clapped an arc of wickerwork over its wheel to protect the girl's skirts. The Black Bag The wickerwork caught like tinder, and the gauzy screws threw off streams of sparks like so many Fourth of July pinwheels. A Columbus of Space I looked round, and saw a peasant of about fifty, covered with dust, in a smock, and wearing bast slippers; he carried a wickerwork pannier and a cloak on his shoulders. A Sportsman's Sketches Works of Ivan Turgenev, Volume I The runner fixes his moccasins, puts some food in a sack and water in a little wickerwork jug, straps them on his back, and starts at a good round pace. Canyons of the Colorado Each carried on her back a wickerwork basket supported by a head-strap which went around her forehead. Through the Brazilian Wilderness In the pavilion is a display of laces, inlaid articles and wickerwork, exhibits which are repeated in greater variety and with other products in the Exposition palaces. The Jewel City The mutilated remains of criminals who had been boiled, quartered, or beheaded, were also hung there, enclosed in sacks of leather or wickerwork. Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period Under his arm he carried a large flat wickerwork basket. Uncle Bernac A Memory of the Empire For the rest, it consisted of the wickerwork huts of the natives. The Boy Aviators in Africa Here also was the anu, a lofty frame of wickerwork, shaped like an obelisk, hollow, and five feet square at its base. The Hawaiian Archipelago They then speedily transferred their contents in lots to huge wickerwork trays, arranging them with a turn of the hand so that they might show to the best advantage. The Fat and the Thin Inside, attached to the wickerwork, are large provision pouches, similar to those used in old-fashioned travelling chariots. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 There was one arm-chair in the room made of wickerwork with a rather hard cushion on the seat, the sort of cushion that resolutely refuses to "give" when one sits down on it. In the Wilderness She went from the spring warmth and dazzle of the street into the pleasant dimness of the big store that smelled pleasantly of reedy things, wickerwork and carpets. Martie, the Unconquered Marcus himself aided the convalescent to dress; then having seated him in a great chair of rude wickerwork, used only on occasions such as this, left him to bask in a beam of sunshine. Veranilda As the ceiling is of wickerwork, a good deal of the grain drops through the crevices and falls into the fire, where it explodes with a crackling noise. The Golden Bough They are circular in shape, and are made of wickerwork of split bamboo covered all over outside with leather. A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): a contribution to the history of India In one corner was a high wickerwork stand, and on it two stately falcons were perched, silent and motionless, save for an occasional twinkle of their fierce yellow eyes. Sir Nigel Bobby howled at the indignity, and struggled and tore at the stout wickerwork. Greyfriars Bobby Scarcely a vessel was on the river except those rude coracles of wickerwork covered with the skins of horses, in which the Celtic peasantry fished for trout and salmon. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 It was not decked over, but had two arched awnings formed of strong wickerwork, and thatched with palm leaves. The Naturalist on the River Amazons Each sapling was protected by a shield of wickerwork and bossed by an iron rod. Three Men on the Bummel As most of the houses were built of wickerwork and thatched with straw, the flames rapidly spread, and in a short time the whole city was in flames. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest A forest-covered country, peopled by a fierce race of savages clad in skins, bowing before druidical idolatry, paddling along our shores in frames of wickerwork and hide. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon It consisted of some half-dozen houses or huts made of bamboo or wickerwork, and the place seemed literally swarming with women and children and noisy yelping dogs. The Black-Bearded Barbarian : The life of George Leslie Mackay of Formosa For the rest of the time, one, two, or three of their heads protruded from the window wailing enquiries about "a little wickerwork box" whenever he drew near. Twelve Stories and a Dream He and Dr. Martineau sat in wide-armed cane chairs on the lawn with a wickerwork table bearing coffee cups and little glasses between them. Secret Places of the Heart "Dear me," she exclaimed, "it's Queen Pomare with her wickerwork shawl!" Four Short Stories By Emile Zola She occupied a low, deep, wickerwork arm-chair, and I saw her in exact profile like a figure in a tapestry, and as motionless. 'Twixt Land and Sea |
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