| 单词 | broadbill |
| 例句 | It could have been a marlin or a broadbill or a shark. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I enjoyed the restaurant’s signature plate of teriyaki wahoo and the house drink, a Bloody Mary of course, while my husband loved trying meka, a broadbill swordfish found in the South Pacific. Bucket-list trip to Bora Bora: It’s not just for celebrities 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z Aside from the frogmouth, other popular birds on Instagram include touracos — fruit-eating birds with striking pigments that are found in Africa — as well as pigeons, magpies and broadbills. This ‘Angry’ Bird Is the Most Photogenic, Research Finds 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z Southampton police say the black and broadbill duck population on Long Island is dwindling. LI town seeks public’s help to fatten up starving ducks 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z This broadbill was seen only on two occasions at the Cocoa Research Station, both times at the edge of the primary forest. Birds from North Borneo University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Volume 17, No. 8, pp. 377-433, October 27, 1966 A little later Captain Dan espied a fin, and upon running up we discovered the huge, brown, leathery tail and dorsal of a broadbill swordfish. Tales of Fishes That would not have mattered if I had not hurt my back in an eleven-hour fight with a giant broadbill swordfish. Tales of lonely trails Many boatmen and anglers believe that the broadbills follow the albacore. Tales of Fishes It was only at this moment I realized I had again hooked a broadbill. Tales of Fishes This broadbill was common at the Cocoa Research Station in cocoa fields and adjacent secondary forest; it was never seen in primary forest. Birds from North Borneo University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Volume 17, No. 8, pp. 377-433, October 27, 1966 Walker, an Avalon boatman, tells of a prodigious battle his angler had with a broadbill giant calculated to weigh five hundred pounds. Tales of Fishes No boatman fears a Marlin as he does the true broadbill swordfish. Tales of Fishes There was something so desperately trying and painful in this fight with a broadbill. Tales of Fishes “He feels like a broadbill, I tell you,” I said to Captain Dan. Tales of Fishes We had learned the last few days that broadbills will strike when not on the surface, just as Marlin swordfish do. Tales of Fishes The broadbill wiggled his tail and slid out of sight. Tales of Fishes All right, fetch on a flock of swordfish, and then some broadbills,” remarked R. C., blandly. Tales of Fishes The first broadbill I sighted had a skinned tail, and evidently had been in a battle of some kind. Tales of Fishes We have yet to see him work upon a broadbill or a big tuna; and that is something Captain Dan and I are anticipating with much pleasure and considerable doubt. Tales of Fishes Captain Dan praised me, vowed I had never fought either broadbill or roundbill swordfish so consistently hard, but he cautioned me to save myself. Tales of Fishes At least I had a remarkably keen appreciation of the defeats in store for any man who aspired to experience with that marvel of the sea—Xiphius gladius, the broadbill swordsman. Tales of Fishes I have not yet seen a broadbill, and fear none are coming this year. Tales of Fishes This experience taught us exceeding respect for the broadbill. Tales of Fishes This is the broadbill, or true, swordfish; and he is even rarer, and certainly larger and fiercer, than the Marlin, or roundbill, swordfish. Tales of Fishes He is the wisest, shyest, wariest, strangest fish I ever studied; and I am not excepting the great Xiphias gladius—the broadbill swordfish. Tales of Fishes It seems reasonable and fair to give notice that broadbill swordfish are not the only dangers to encounter at Avalon. Tales of Fishes A little before noon we passed my friend Lone Angler, who hailed us and said there was a big broadbill swordfish off in the steamer-course. Tales of Fishes He quit, same as he quit the first day out, when I hooked the broadbill and the reel froze. Tales of Fishes We were sure we had a broadbill, and were correspondingly worried. Tales of Fishes It is my great ambition now to catch a broadbill. Tales of Fishes Three summers in Catalina waters I had tried persistently to capture my first broadbill swordfish; and so great were the chances against me that I tried really without hope. Tales of Fishes Moreover, though it is hard to get a broadbill to bite—and harder to hook him—it is infinitely harder to do anything with him after you do get fast to him. Tales of Fishes The word “worked” is not readily understood until a man has tried to pull a big broadbill close to the boat. Tales of Fishes I began to get a conception of the vitality and endurance of a broadbill in contrast with the speed and savageness of his brother fish, the Marlin, or roundbill. Tales of Fishes And I concluded I had been rather unlucky to start on a broadbill at the very beginning. Tales of Fishes We sighted birds, gulls, and ducks floating like bits of colored cork, and pieces of kelp, and at length a broadbill. Tales of Fishes Well, you wanted to hook up with a broadbill! Tales of Fishes We met a sand-dabber who said he had seen a big broadbill back a ways. Tales of Fishes |
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