| 单词 | yard measure |
| 例句 | Mrs. Rogers' yard measure discovered in the kitchen dresser assisted them. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z These men's minds are like a yard measure, a thing on which a multitude of figures are written down, without the slightest use till they are properly applied by some one else. The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z "No, I haven't," said Cromlech, now producing a yard measure and proceeding to ascertain the dimensions of the brass. Helena's Path 2011-07-29T02:00:22.607Z “A yard measure is of little avail when swords are drawn,” cried Anna, tartly. The Great Mogul I have got a yard measure here; and here too is the remainder of the tail. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa You can’t state any inconsistency between a yard measure and a fifty-six pound weight.” Devil Stories An Anthology London's left arm rests on a shield, and in her right she holds a wand which mightily resembles a yard measure. Old and New London Volume I Marking the ribbon with a pin where the right thumb and forefinger have held it, measure the distance with a yard measure or rule from the end of the ribbon to the pin. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts She’s a tongue as long as a yard measure, and there isn’t a scrap of gossip for ten miles on every side of her that she doesn’t hand on to the first comer. One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford Nothing to what I can do, give me time and a yard measure. Fernley House Do not use the yard measure in counting your progress, but use the inch rule that has fine fractions on it. Dollars and Sense Each front yard measures ten feet by twelve; the sleeping compartment is ten feet by ten. The Idler Magazine, Volume III, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly "So it will," rejoined Character; and a civil engineer he became accordingly, and a very good one into the bargain; for he had brains, and had used a yard measure all his lifetime. Canada and the Canadians Volume I One night the young queen heard her husband talking in his sleep and saying, "Now boy, make me that waistcoat and patch me those breeches, or I will lay my yard measure about your shoulders!" Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm Thus, 'the foot, the inch, the pole, the furlong, and the mile, shall bear the same proportion to the imperial standard yard as they have hitherto borne to the yard measure in general use.' Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 437 Volume 17, New Series, May 15, 1852 For example, a yard measure is applied successively to measure two distances between two pairs of points on the floor of a room. The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 The pound measure was one pound, the same all over the country; a yard measure was a yard, and there was no guesswork about it. Heart's Desire You may take a string or a yard measure and go all over her, you won't find her out of the way a fraction. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Now, boy, make me that waistcoat and patch me those breeches, or I will lay my yard measure about your shoulders! Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm Hither came the officials of the Merchant Tailors' Company bearing a silver yard measure, to try the measures of the clothiers and drapers to see if they were correct. Vanishing England It is of the essence of the procedure of measurement that the yard measure remains unaltered as it is transferred from one position to another. The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 We heard violent discussions as to the placing of the balls, and some one asked for a yard measure, to be quite sure the count was correct. Chateau and Country Life in France The poor tailor stuck his yard measure, which he had already taken out, back into his pocket and left. Best Russian Short Stories He held himself as stiffly erect as though he were marching or had swallowed a yard measure. The Bishop and Other Stories The critic was to begin his painful duties with a yard measure. An Englishman Looks at the World Some objects can palpably alter as they move—for example, an elastic thread; but a yard measure does not alter if made of the proper material. The Concept of Nature The Tarner Lectures Delivered in Trinity College, November 1919 "Will you run a yard measure round the shoulders?" A March on London He picked up his fashion plates, put the yard measure in his pocket, rammed his silk hat sorrowfully on his head and set off for the captain's house. Best Russian Short Stories This ring she called her yard measure; and she was in the habit of using it as her Standard of purity, and comparing it with any diamonds which her customers submitted to her inspection. Phantom Fortune, a Novel It is much more convenient than your mamma's yard measure, which has to be moved about over the stuff, and which is very apt to slip if you do not hold it carefully. The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals After some time the young Queen heard her husband say in his dreams at night, "Boy, make me the doublet and patch the pantaloons, or else I will rap the yard measure over thine ears." Types of Children's Literature Besides, the men would not like it, and I have mislaid my yard measure. Travels in West Africa Old Mary sent them each a yard measure; Miss Finch, a thread-case, stocked with differently colored cottons. What Katy Did at School "Give him a yard measure," shouted another; "he cannot handle steel!" Red Eve Which difference of temperature people have succeeded in measuring with the thermometer, as accurately as your mamma measures a piece of cloth with her yard measure. The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals Boy, make me the doublet and patch me the pantaloons, or I will rap the yard measure over thine ears. Types of Children's Literature But he turned as stiff at that as his yard measure; 'that was not Cross and Co.'s way of doing business,' he said. Hard Cash He saw a great number of large scissors, yard measures, and patterns of material, and heaps of fashion plates. Caught in the Net I found scissors and thread, and needle-book with many needles in it, and crochet hook and emery, and thimble, and box, and yard measure and buttons, and pin-cushion. The Story of my life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy |
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