| 单词 | bolt-hole |
| 例句 | They moved him from one secret bolt-hole to the next, always one step ahead of the king’s men. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Covered with mud from whatever bolt-hole she’d found, but alive nonetheless. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I’d been imagining myself frowning at the crowd from our usual bolt-hole and worrying over whether I’d do well enough in the tournament to impress one of the royal family into granting me knighthood. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He explains that while he maintains a bolt-hole in his adopted Manhattan, these days he prefers living out in the Catskills. Jim Jarmusch: ‘I’m for the survival of beauty. I’m for the mystery of life’ 2019-07-07T04:00:00Z He saw it as a refuge, a bolt-hole in which he could pursue country pleasures and contemplate the beauty of nature; she found it boring and preferred the city. In the Footsteps of Charles III 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z The 58-year-old's writing space is a tiny, rent-controlled apartment six flights up, a perfect bolt-hole, says Cunningham, and five minutes from the loft he shares with his partner of 24 years, Ken Corbett. Michael Cunningham: A life in writing 2011-02-07T08:00:00Z But she also goes off with Benedict to what his father calls their “bolt-hole to escape the unwashed hordes,” a summer place on Corfu. Review: ‘Invincible Summer’ Focuses on Friendships Built to Survive Crises 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z The other team – Richard's – visits his own country bolt-hole, and tries out clay pigeon shooting. Last night's TV 2010-05-14T07:00:00Z These bolt-holes for millionaires are decorated in the sort of style an Ottoman sultan would favor, and are scattered with wide-screen televisions and sunken marble tubs. Marina Bay: Singapore's Flashy New Neighborhood 2010-11-19T14:20:00Z The quiet fishing village seemed a perfect bolt-hole in the second autumn of the pandemic. In Spain, finding peace — and paella — on Mallorca 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Constantine, who doesn't have an agent and spends much of his spare time at a bolt-hole in the Scilly Isles, describes himself as belonging "on the periphery". David Constantine comes in from the periphery to win Frank O'Connor award 2013-07-01T14:17:16Z Almost from the start, Indochine, a bolt-hole just off Astor Place on Lafayette Street, had about it a kind of clubby quality, along with that other lightning-in-a-bottle element: buzz. Indochine: Enduring Club for the Art and Fashion Crowd 2011-09-09T23:34:06Z A lot of wealthy San Francisco internet moguls are buying bolt-holes. The ‘Flight of the Conchords’ Special That Almost Wasn’t 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z “Reclaimed wood has a lot of old nail holes and bolt-holes that tell a little story,” Conta says. Go green — and save money — by using salvage when you remodel 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z This includes such luxury bolt-holes as the all-inclusive Grand Velas Riviera Maya in Mexico or the Hotel Savoia & Jolanda in Venice. Genius travel hacks to earn more points and miles from every dollar 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z At another foundation a bit north, the greenbelt soils were weak, so Liberty ordered a custom spool-shaped steel adapter, so extra-strength bolts could be fastened through wider bolt-holes. Contractor blames red tape for Tacoma light-rail project delay 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z The capsule is believed to have fallen out of the sensor, through the bolt-hole, onto the surface of the truck and bounced onto the road. Seeking a Needle in a Haystack, Australians Find Lost Radioactive Device in Six Days 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z The capsule is believed to have fallen out of the sensor, through the bolt-hole, onto the surface of the truck, and bounced off into the road. Australians Scour Desert for Dangerous Radioactive Capsule Smaller Than a Penny 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z The superrich see it as a “bolt-hole,” insulated from the perils of nuclear war or the pandemic. Your Monday Briefing: COP27 Begins 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z Traditionally a major source of migrant workers in Russia, the country is now adjusting to a new role as a bolt-hole for Russians who oppose the war in Ukraine. Russian emigres in Armenia settle in for the long haul 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Under the money-laundering tolerance of Tony Blair and David Cameron, it was another Monaco or Cayman, an “oligarchia” of property bolt-holes and dodgy dealers, where no questions were asked and only money talked. Britain’s reaction to the Salisbury poisonings plays into Putin’s hands | Simon Jenkins 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z However, preppers, or survivalists, will now have to look elsewhere, with isolated bolt-holes such as the Australian state of Tasmania and some Pacific Islands potential possibilities being discussed by the community. 'Stress is huge': New Zealand's foreign buyers ban brings home scale of crisis 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z One-third of the apartments in midtown Manhattan apparently sit empty for at least 10 months of the year because they are used primarily by the superrich as “an investment, a pied-à-terre, a bolt-hole, a strongbox.” Another ‘Manhattan moment’: Seattle’s new $19,265-a-month apartment 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z One possible bolt-hole might be a nearby African nation. Gambia’s ruler retracts his concession 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, the political fragmentation of Europe created bolt-holes for rebels whose views offended their rulers — often gaining them the patronage of those rulers' potentially hostile neighbours. Economic history: The roots of growth : Nature : Nature Research 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z “My designs are not about showing off or status or diamonds and wealth,” says Castaldo, who prefers to spend weekends away from the city in his bolt-hole by Lake Maggiore, on the Swiss frontier. Behind the Scenes at Italian Jeweler Pomellato 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Sirte was to be the Islamic State's bolt-hole from its bases in Iraq and Syria. Islamic State conflict: The Libyans gaining ground in Sirte - BBC News 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z It said foreign elites have "used the United States as a bolt-hole for looted wealth." The U.S. is emerging as a tax haven alongside Switzerland and the Cayman Islands 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z Massimo went off with Mandy to her family bolt-hole in the Caribbean, Billy held a dinner party which was a qualified success. Anne Enright’s Family Agonies 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z On Friday, Swedish prosecutors reversed their long refusal to question Assange inside his London bolt-hole, citing the five-year statute of limitations on some of the allegations against him. Sweden offers to question Julian Assange in London 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z Some wealthy Chinese say they want a bolt-hole overseas because they fear they will the targets of public or government anger if there were more social unrest in China. Wealthy Chinese seek U.S. surrogates for second child, green card 2013-09-22T21:10:35Z And despite the easy availability of bank loans, even today gold is a bolt-hole for millions of Indians. In India, Gold Glitters but Brings Economic Woes 2013-07-16T05:35:26Z Even the deepest and best-concealed bolt-holes have secret escape routes within them. Exploring the mafia's underground world 2013-04-30T23:21:24Z But the next step in stabilizing Mali and pursuing the al Qaeda-allied fighters in their remote desert and mountain bolt-holes near Algeria's border looks like a much tougher task. Analysis: France, Africa face tough Sahara phase of Mali war 2013-02-01T09:26:54Z Love him or loathe him, Assange is certainly a genius at creating provocations and looks set to dramatically divide opinion inside his embassy bolt-hole for weeks to come. Assange Besieged 2012-08-17T15:48:00Z Some cycling events will depart from Hampton Court Palace, Henry VIII's favorite Tudor bolt-hole. Picture-Perfect Olympic Settings 2012-07-22T20:13:38Z In order to attain this end the bricks are laid around the bolt-holes, alternately projected and retracted as shown in Fig. Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants A Practice Treatise Setting Forth the Principles of Gas-Engines and Producer Design, the Selection and Installation of an Engine, Conditions of Perfect Operation, Producer-Gas Engines and Their Possibilities, the Care of Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants, with a Chapter on Volatile Hydrocarbon and Oil Engines 2011-12-28T03:00:31.087Z They had only two sledges; both were made of 2½ inch oak-planks, devoid of bolt-holes or treenails, and having but very few nail-holes. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z All the parts which are shaded in the plan were seldom-used 'hide-ups' and 'escapes,' but the rabbits knew their geography very well, and in times of danger generally had at least one 'bolt-hole' open. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z A man who knows his way there can defy all the police of India's summer capital; so cunningly does veranda communicate with veranda, alley-way with alley-way, and bolt-hole with bolt-hole. Kim 2011-03-13T03:00:25.327Z With U.S. and European officials moving in on tax havens, Zug's role as a favorite bolt-hole for traders is not assured. Switzerland's Corporate Hideaway: The Secrets of Zug 2011-01-02T14:50:00Z For he had been a middle-aged man then, with all the bolt-holes of his successive personal appearances to dodge fantastically in and out of. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z Under such conditions, the extreme reaches of aesthetic coolness and the bolt-holes of military black ops increasingly resemble each other. William Gibson Serves Up Zero History 2010-09-18T17:50:00Z A few inches from where the little rabbit lay gaped a bolt-hole of the hedge burrow, and her instinct bade her creep within into the cool, comfortable darkness. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z Many Taliban fighters are seasonal, and use Karachi as a winter bolt-hole to earn money, often in lowly jobs. In Violent Karachi, Pakistani Insurgency Finds a Haven and a Forge 2010-05-22T01:58:00Z The pink and saffron figures separated as though they had been shot, and disappeared into separate bolt-holes. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel He uncurled himself on the litter of withered grass-bents that formed his winter couch, crept towards the nearest bolt-hole of his burrow, and peeped at the fleecy clouds as they wandered idly overhead. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain We had the utmost difficulty in making the bolt-holes fit, and as each sponson weighs about three tons they were not easy to move and adjust. Life in a Tank Fluff-Button scampered over the brow of the hill, and into a bolt-hole on the other side, where he lay panting. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z The fact that the bolt-hole in the catch is empty also tells the same story. Shelters, Shacks and Shanties My passages run further than you think, and I've bolt-holes to the edge of the wood in several directions, though I don't care for everybody to know about them. The Wind in the Willows When she comes out again it is as a rabbit comes from a bolt-hole when a ferret is just behind. A Poor Man's House At the landward end of the waste, by the foot of the dunes, was an old beam of a ship, harsh with barnacles, its bolt-holes stopped with dust. Old Junk He scuttled through the tortuous windings of the burrow, and through a bolt-hole to the open air. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z The false keel was made to accurately fit the true keel, and was provided with stout copper bolts coinciding in number and position with the bolt-holes in the true keel. The Pirate Island A Story of the South Pacific Besides the horizontal bolt-holes, shown in the photographs, there were vertical bolt-holes, at intervals in all the beams. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 Tests of Creosoted Timber, Paper No. 1168 The fastenings must therefore be stronger, as each plate depends solely on its own; and the resistance of plates must be decreased, either by more or larger bolt-holes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 63, January, 1863 Arthur Miles, posted by the bolt-hole, held his breath at the sound of voices without, by the waterside. True Tilda We managed to close some of the bolt-holes, but we couldn't put our hands near the big ones. Mr. Standfast Its bolt-hole is sometimes three feet deep, generally on an incline. My Tropic Isle Well, really it is a bolt-hole used by those who wish to evade our very astute police. Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo The small boys, after the manner of their kind, quickly vanished through a bolt-hole. The Days Before Yesterday A man who knows his way there can defy all the police of India's summer capital, so cunningly does veranda communicate with veranda, alley-way with alley-way, and bolt-hole with bolt-hole. Kim The very house in which they were was one of the bolt-holes of the wonderfully organized gang of crooks which Il Passero controlled. Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo Although among the commonest of the species, the grey sand crab, which burrows bolt-holes in the beaches, is by no means an uninteresting character. My Tropic Isle |
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