| 单词 | breast-deep |
| 例句 | He forded the Some where it was crossed by the telegraph-line, and the water was but breast-deep. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z The rains had left much of these rolling downs too wet for shelter, many of the thickets and patches of "scroggy" wood being breast-deep in water. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z They waded on, breast-deep, and presently were out of their depth again. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z Placing his bundle upon the top of the box, he pushed it before him out into the stream, and was soon breast-deep. The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade 2011-04-23T02:00:05.477Z Having only a halter, I could not hold her, and, knocking me against the branches, she ran through the woods, splashed into the river, missing the fording-place, and never stopped till she was breast-deep. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 On home and field the hills look down, On stream and vistaed wood; And breast-deep, with disordered hair, Fair in the wildrose tangle there, A sudden space she stood. The Garden of Dreams "Come on, men!" cried the Doctor as his athletic figure plowed forward through the breast-deep water. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 They had ropes out and were hauling at them from the bank, while some of their number were breast-deep in the rushing water, pushing the dugouts against the stream. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 The Seine was in flood and the water breast-deep on the bridge over which they had to ride. Life of St. Vincent de Paul The Japanese infantry forded the Ai breast-deep, and, swarming up the heights, drove the Russians from these strong positions. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Her bowsprit dove under, burying Jim almost breast-deep, spoiling his aim. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good Beaching it, the crew spring out on the pebbly strand—some not waiting till it is drawn up, but dashing breast-deep into the surf. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea Life was sweet, and I could have cursed my bitter fate as I stood there, breast-deep in the water, trying to shelter Flora with my body. The Cryptogram A Story of Northwest Canada He struggled forward breast-deep, waist-deep, knee-deep, in the black water. The Northern Iron My well-trained steed followed without hesitation, and in another instant we were both breast-deep in the flood. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse The mounted officers took up one and sometimes two men beside them, and the horses struggled bravely through the cold, rapid, breast-deep current. The Long Roll It was one rush, splash, and hurry, for the water was not breast-deep, and by a desperate effort he kept up as his feet reached the rugged, heavily-scoured stones at the bottom. Nic Revel A White Slave's Adventures in Alligator Land Between them and the barren slopes to the northward rolled the swollen Platte, its shallowest fords breast-deep. Under Fire With something like a score of the strongest men just behind him, Clark plunged into the ice-cold water, breast-deep. Stories of Later American History The men galloped over the bank, leaped out of their saddles, and without a thought of drowning, plunged breast-deep into the water. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Small attacking bodies capture such an outpost, wading breast-deep—drowning when wounded—in the stagnant water. Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front The snow fell breast-deep, and was followed by a pelting rain which killed his mules by scores. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 I was saddling the mules when the cackling of geese in the creek announced the coming of the Hon. Samuel Budd, coming with his chin on his breast-deep in thought. A Knight of the Cumberland He waded out, breast-deep, almost, and the next moment the sun-burned bricks melted down like sugar and the big building crumbled to a ruin and was washed away in a twinkling. Roughing It, Part 3. Although usually almost dry, the water was now coming down it breast-deep. With Buller in Natal, Or, a Born Leader When the poor of Lyons were driven from their homes by the flooded Rhone, Louis Napoleon urged his horse breast-deep into the tide to see with his own eyes that his people were thoroughly rescued. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 They have floating desks and tables, and they read or lunch or play chess in water that is breast-deep. A Tramp Abroad — Volume 05 By day progress meant wading ankle-deep, knee-deep, breast-deep, with an occasional spurt of swimming. Alice of Old Vincennes Farther along the table, Tam was already breast-deep in the stream of conversation. Such Is Life Finally, on the 23d of February, a supreme effort carried the troops across the Horseshoe Plain, breast-deep in water, and out upon high ground two miles from Vincennes. The Old Northwest : A chronicle of the Ohio Valley and beyond Set him breast-deep in earth, and famish him; There let him stand and rave and cry for food: If any one relieves or pities him, For the offence he dies. The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus |
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