| 单词 | boat-race |
| 例句 | A boat-race loss, on the other hand, might raise questions about how far he can take these Huskies. Legacies are on the line when the Huskies take on Oregon 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z STANFORD, Calif. — On a night that began with an army of angry television viewers lamenting a truck race that was airing instead of the intended football game, Washington acted like it intended to boat-race Stanford. The Huskies’ playoff dreams die on The Farm 2017-11-11T05:00:00Z Did I tell you that I had been to the Oxford and Cambridge boat-race? The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z Mr. Binney was surprised to find a don taking an interest in such a frivolous affair as a boat-race, but it put him a little more at his ease. Peter Binney A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:10.423Z If I am home in time for the boat-race I shall come and cheer, too. A Terrible Tomboy 2012-01-21T03:00:07.003Z The festivities included a boat-race and other races, and ended with illuminations and fireworks at night. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z At any rate, about this time the boy laid hold of life, and, as a rower in a boat-race might do, steadied down to his responsibilities. The Boyhood of Great Inventors 2011-12-05T03:00:46.233Z "No ... no, I'm not sure how wise that would be," she mused, certain things she had seen and been told of boat-race celebrations straying into her mind. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z The roar of voices, the atmosphere of tobacco, and the pushing crowd in the bar reminded one of the Empire on a boat-race night—minus the drink! Servants of the Guns 2011-10-06T02:00:39.987Z Born in New Zealand, he became a boat-race Blue at Cambridge, and is the only one who has won a high position in first-class golf. The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer 2011-08-21T02:00:29.747Z "Then you hold that I really was at the boat-race?" A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z In the sport of rowing Eton occupies a unique position among the public schools, and a large proportion of the oarsmen in the annual Oxford and Cambridge boat-race are alumni of the school. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z Up to the night of the boat-race everything had gone swimmingly. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z Another sitter was an undergraduate in training for the 'Varsity boat-race. Forty Years of 'Spy' 2011-03-04T03:00:57.237Z Oh, it is a glorious exercise! and if ever I wished myself a man, it was, certainly, that I might be able to row in a boat-race. A Search For A Secret (Vol 3 of 3) A Novel 2011-02-15T03:00:19.437Z I am awfully ignorant, and I did want to see a map and find out where was Henley, because, you know, I was going to the boat-race. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z It is not, however, too much to say that without the keen spirit of emulation which is fostered by the college races both at Oxford and Cambridge, the University boat-race would cease to exist. Rowing 2011-01-15T03:00:32.313Z When I think of Tommy, and the boat-race, and all that. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z Skilled oarsmen are constantly pulling up and down the Parametta River in their long, pointed, egg-shell boats, for here is the famous boat-race course. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands Nothing but a boat-race would settle the point as to which was the faster. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document Next, with a rush, upon her came the remembrance that she was due at the boat-race. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z The climax came the following day with the boat-race at New London. The Bachelors A Novel A week later came the gathering of the clans at New London for the Yale-Harvard boat-race. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z In four days, that is on Saturday, came the boat-race, in the forenoon; and the final baseball game, at three o'clock. The Crimson Sweater By the time the final heat in the bicycle was due, the track was only lit for a boat-race, and consequently this event was postponed. Harper's Round Table, May 7, 1895 She was not looking herself, he said, at the boat-race. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z Such work as this goes on whenever there is likely to be a gathering anywhere in London, be it a boat-race or a Suffragette procession. Scotland Yard The methods and organisation of the Metropolitan Police First the boat-race, then the cruise up here, then most of July and now most of August.... The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z And the boat-race was a thing of the past. The Crimson Sweater There was an Oxford and Cambridge boat-race, in which the Oxford and Cambridge men were girls. Time and Tide by Weare and Tyne Twenty-five Letters to a Working Man of Sunderland on the Laws of Work And then Mr. Brumley became aware of an effect away between the white-stemmed trees towards the house as if the Cambridge boat-race crew was indulging in a vigorous scrimmage. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman There was more excitement than witnessed at the finish of a college boat-race, or a popular race between first-class thoroughbreds on some big track. The Boys of '98 The boat-race had been canceled; but the crowd remained, and continued to discharge its enthusiasm for royalty till a late hour. Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland In a boat-race the winning crew never collapses. In a Little Town Captain Boyton is not dead, but is in good health, and on the occasion of a recent boat-race at Washington was floating about in his famous life-saving costume. Harper's Young People, June 8, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly The shore was lined with soldiers, as though they had come to witness a boat-race. The Silver Maple Even when we had made our determination and fixed our farewell day, a great boat-race and a great tea-drinking, which everybody declared was something that everybody else ought to see, interfered to detain us. Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot It will be remembered that on this significant Friday a boat-race had been arranged for the amusement of the visiting princes and princesses. Walter Pieterse A Story of Holland Among these I observed the fellow who had so loudly challenged me to bet upon the boat-race. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West The match was made up, and the race rowed at Henley on 10th June 1829, and from this the annual boat-race between Oxford and Cambridge takes its rise. St. John's College, Cambridge A boat-race where the crews are drawn by lot. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Yesterday I had a letter from Harry, reminding me that our intended Cambridge day is the day next after that of the boat-race. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 2, 1857-1870 The sky is clear as crystal, and blue as a boat-race ribbon fresh unfolded; the sea the same, its big waves no longer showing sharp white crests, but rounded, and rolling lazily along. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea The inmates of the latter were clustered along the guards, and seemingly as much interested in the boat-race as the men. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West There are other lessons we learned from this same boat-race, to which we will refer at some other time. Broken Bread from an Evangelist's Wallet A degenerate dross it is, but, do you know, I cannot say that I don't prefer it to the well-spun gold that is flung from the Empire on boat-race nights. Nights in London It was in the early days of this new spring of English life that we found ourselves by chance at a boat-race on the Thames. The Gypsies We were glad to see that two of our most important Universities were again successful in obtaining first and second places in this year's boat-race. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-31 Up to this time the boat-race seemed to have been nearly forgotten. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West The foregoing conversation took place at the harbour, a little apart from the noisy group of soldiers and sailors who were discussing the circumstances of the recent boat-race. Blue Lights Hot Work in the Soudan “Now, I think,” said Drake, “that our boat-race was the best fun of all.” Captain Mugford Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors Five minutes later, he and his portmanteau were bowling towards the station, a day late for the boat-race. The Master of the Shell “I’m ashamed to say,” said the captain, “I suspected you of having cut the lines of Parrett’s rudder at the boat-race.” The Willoughby Captains From whence is it derived, and when was it first used in English to mean a boat-race? Notes and Queries, Number 187, May 28, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. The great public event of the year is the Oxford and Cambridge sports, which in interest rank after the boat-race and cricket-match. Hammersmith, Fulham and Putney The Fascination of London Our studies were not relaxed in the morning, and our hours for swimming were regularly enjoyed, but the absorbing topic of thought and conversation was the approaching boat-race. Captain Mugford Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors "Is that the way you think they behave at Columbia, sir?" having never seen the behavior of Columbiads, or other collegians, at a ball match or boat-race or any public occasion of undergraduate rejoicing. To The Front A Sequel to Cadet Days Not that two bad boys had been expelled, but because the hateful boat-race mystery had been finally cleared up, and with it the reproach on the honour of Willoughby had been removed. The Willoughby Captains He came to stare at our general elections as a Red Indian might stare at the Oxford and Cambridge boat-race, blind to all its irrelevant sentimentalities and to some of its legitimate sentiments. George Bernard Shaw It was boat-race day, and the set unanimously backed Oxford. The Loom of Youth You remember how Drake knocked Alfred from the footboard of his bed on the occasion of our night meeting to get up the boat-race. Captain Mugford Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors Discipline had to be relaxed those first days, for a seasick man is quite willing to be shot and has no interest in the war, and doesn't care which horse wins the boat-race. "Over There" with the Australians These were by no means all Willoughby boys, for the school boat-race was always more or less of an event in Shellport itself, whose inhabitants flocked in large numbers to the scene of the contest. The Willoughby Captains Tuesday morning rose, bright and propitious: a contrast to the two previous days arranged for the boat-race. Elster's Folly In the midst of his reading, he looked up, smiled over his spectacles, and said: "Oxford has won the boat-race." The Ship of Stars Its very strange continuation was postponed until the Saturday after the boat-race, which must be reserved for another chapter. Captain Mugford Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors Every one had the summer look of a boat-race crowd when the Leander is to be pulled off at Henley. Out To Win The Story of America in France I just wanted to tell you that I believe I have been all wrong in my guess about the boat-race affair. The Willoughby Captains It was to have been the crowning festival to the boat-race—the race which now had not taken place. Elster's Folly If the Harvard or Yale student shall come in from the boat-race and apply his athletic strength to rowing the world out of the breakers, we say "All hail!" to him. Around The Tea-Table The Captain and Mr Clare, who were going with us, told Drake they thought that boat-race had proved too much for him. Captain Mugford Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors In trying to explain the change I found in England after war had commenced, I mentioned Henley and the boat-race crowds. Out To Win The Story of America in France Nothing of the treaty of peace between the two captains, of the discovery of the boat-race mystery, of the double expulsion that was impending. The Willoughby Captains In the afternoon, when the boat-race was over, I made bold to call at Hartledon, but the servants said his lordship wasn't in. Elster's Folly A sardonic and travelled seaman, waiting his turn in the corner, hereupon asked how he managed when it came to the Oxford and Cambridge boat-race. Hocken and Hunken However, the finale was not far-distant, but it was postponed until after the boat-race. Captain Mugford Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors "Have you forgotten that Saturday is boat-race day?" Flames Gilks here has just been making a very serious statement about an accident that happened early in the term—the breaking of the line at the boat-race, which he confesses was his doing. The Willoughby Captains This opportunity came in the shape of a college commencement with a consequent boat-race, and all the gayeties that this entailed. Gordon Keith What a nimble agility, what a motive power, in that curt, imperative word!—the pistol-shot which starts the boat-race, the brief, shrill whistle which starts the train. The Bed-Book of Happiness He wandered slowly along, recalling many a fishing frolic and boat-race he had engaged in, until a loud chatter above his head roused him from his reverie. Frank on a Gun-Boat And this boat-race day came to him like a flashing milestone upon the road of life. Flames I say, I think that boat-race business is blowing over, do you know? The Willoughby Captains "And row in the boat-race!" said Esther, flushing with excitement. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People Those small studies and accomplishments took the place in his early training which the cricket-match or the boat-race now take in the school time of Young England. Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character "We want something exciting," said another "Let's have a boat-race." Frank, the Young Naturalist The result springing from these three events was to come as a surprise to Valentine on boat-race night. Flames “There’s one comfort about this match,” said Fairbairn, after a pause, “we probably shall not hear any more of that wretched boat-race now.” The Willoughby Captains I have often felt a sympathy, which almost rises to the pathetic, when looking on at a cricket-match or boat-race. English Prose A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice They're no use unless they work regularly through, as if it was a match or a boat-race. M. or N. "Similia similibus curantur." In Formosa, he gave us a boat-race; and in Lost at Sea, now running at WALLACK'S, he has renewed his former fondness for playing with fire. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 02, April 9, 1870 Such days are Derby day and boat-race day. Flames The tea was a good one, the volume of “Punch” was amusing, and the talk confined itself almost altogether to school affairs, and chiefly to the coming boat-race. The Willoughby Captains A sensational 'Varsity boat-race had given charity its coup de grace, had ushered in the spring, when even the poor must shift for themselves. Roden's Corner Who is the real hero to young Slingsby, who has just fitted himself to enter college—the victor in the boat-race or the noblest scholar of them all? Ars Recte Vivendi; Being Essays Contributed to "The Easy Chair" It is also recorded that in the spring of this year Dilke took his friend, 'at an unearthly hour for one of his lazy habits,' to see the Oxford and Cambridge boat-race. The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1 The day after the boat-race lay under a malign spell. Flames The reader will have guessed from what has already been said that the coming boat-race was every day becoming a more and more exciting topic in Willoughby. The Willoughby Captains On the day of the Oxford and Cambridge boat-race, when Charles rowed three in the winning boat, Densil Ravenshoe died, after two days' illness. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction But neither in the sketches of Slingsby nor in the memories of those Commencement triumphs is there any record of an absorbing and universal and overpowering enthusiasm such as attends the modern college boat-race. Ars Recte Vivendi; Being Essays Contributed to "The Easy Chair" One is tempted to suspect that the whole narrative of the boat-race is filled with pragmatic allusions. Vergil A Biography London, in fact, loses several wrinkles on boat-race day, and smiles itself into a very pleasant appearance of briskness and of youth. Flames Probably no two boys in all Willoughby were more excited over the result of the famous boat-race than Parson and his dear friend Telson. The Willoughby Captains I have seen them at a boat-race fall foul of each other, and after much loud Gaelic, strike each other with oars. The Celtic Twilight "Yes," went on Tilly; "I think it's one of the best books I ever read,—that part about the boat-race I've read over three or four times." A Flock of Girls and Boys One of the most fearful scenes Rosalie ever witnessed was on one boat-race day when Harold appeared with a piece of Oxford ribbon in his buttonhole. This Freedom But no boat-race day had ever stirred him as this one did—found him so attentive to outside influence, so receptive of common things. Flames So the eve of the great boat-race was anything but a cheerful evening for the new captain. The Willoughby Captains Mr. Bopp had never seen such a little piece of earnestness before, and began to think the young lady must be training for a boat-race or the ring. On Picket Duty, and Other Tales Though his love-affair had ended so disastrously, he had achieved his pet ambition, and had been in the winning boat in the Oxford and Cambridge boat-race. Herb of Grace It must have been very like the boat-race Virgil describes in the fifth book of the Aeneid. The Days Before Yesterday There was another pause; then she blurted out: "We church girls always wear Trinity colours at the boat-race." The Getting of Wisdom It was the Saturday before the boat-race, and the excitement of Willoughby was working up every hour. The Willoughby Captains "Well, then, I'll give you an example outside—for the principle runs through all equal chances—take the university boat-race: you have kept your eye on that?" A Woman-Hater And then all the little life which Gerald's remark about the boat-race had produced, was quenched at once. The Duke's Children Shortly after the boat-race, being now nine years old, I went home to England to go to school. The Days Before Yesterday He had woke up from his torpor, and was altogether off his head, babbling about some boat-race on the Cam, and was inclined to be violent. She Let’s see what he says about the boat-race.” The Willoughby Captains Few things in this vale of tears are more worthy a pen of fire than an English boat-race is, as seen by the runners; of whom I have often been one. Hard Cash With regard to the rest of the festivities, besides the pantomime mentioned above, we may notice as something new a boat-race of fifty powerful girls. The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy They had intended that he should execute his resolve after, or before, the boat-race of that evening. Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story He was honorable, in the second place, as having won the highest popular distinction which the educational system of modern England can bestow—he had pulled the stroke-oar in a University boat-race. Man and Wife Willoughby reassembled after the eventful boat-race in a state of fever. The Willoughby Captains Come, old fellows," said Edward, "never win a boat-race on dry land! Hard Cash Why, if this boat-race affair had happened in old Wyndham’s time, do you suppose he wouldn’t have made it right, and found out the fellow, even if it was his own brother? The Willoughby Captains Consequently, after some further progress up-stream, he rested on his oars, and said, “I’ve not been out on the water since the day of the boat-race.” The Willoughby Captains To take a case in point: I can discover no enthusiasm in the nation any thing like so genuine and any thing like so general as the enthusiasm excited by your University boat-race. Man and Wife To save young Wyndham from his bad friends would be worth to him more even than to secure the order of Willoughby, or to discover the perpetrator of the boat-race outrage. The Willoughby Captains He was blind as a bat, and did not care a button about any earthly boat-race, except the one in the AEneid, even if he could have seen one. Hard Cash Riddel,—If you want to get to the bottom of that boat-race affair, you had better see what Tom the boat-boy has to say. The Willoughby Captains “Did you see how cut up he got when something was said about the boat-race?” The Willoughby Captains Must you always be pulling in a boat-race, or flying over a high jump? Man and Wife It was the first after the boat-race, and consequently party feeling was likely to make use of the opportunity to let off a little of its steam. The Willoughby Captains Besides, uneasy as he was about this, he could not help feeling excited about what Cusack had just told him of the boat-race affair. The Willoughby Captains Yes, and now, with a shock that was almost sickening, he recollected that he had had it in his hand that very night before the boat-race. The Willoughby Captains Almost as hot," he said, "as if I was cheering at a boat-race, or wrangling over a betting-book—eh? Man and Wife |
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