| 单词 | broken-backed |
| 例句 | Someone trying to climb the bookcases had pulled out a whole section of books and spilled them in broken-backed confusion on the floor. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He reviewed his math, his physics, his English, struggling for long hours with his broken-backed books, and as the boat rocked and pitched he set out two main goals for himself. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z For another, it is divided, albeit haphazardly, into zones – broken-backed art books here, shrunken tubes of paint there – with a few feet of clear floor between. Jenny Saville: 'I want to be a painter of modern life, and modern bodies' 2012-06-09T20:46:38Z Still, the two of them can't disguise the fact that this is not so much a broken-backed play as a spineless one: its subject keeps slipping away. Cause C?l?bre; Rocket to the Moon ? review 2011-04-02T23:09:47Z Arad has the advantage of having designed the table, a curious, broken-backed affair that sinks in the middle as if it's been quake-damaged, and sends the ball spinning in unpredictable directions. When Cat's Eyes met Ron Arad 2011-08-16T20:31:00Z Ms. Moffat, who refers to Forster as Morgan the way his friends did, casts intensive new light on what she calls “the mystery of Morgan’s strange broken-backed career.” Books Of The Times: ?A Great Unrecorded History? of E. M. Forster by Wendy Moffat 2010-05-17T22:28:00Z In any case, to be an interim prime minister in this broken-backed parliament is almost meaningless: Corbyn would only have permission to call an election or do whatever parliament required. If Boris Johnson quits, MPs should back Jeremy Corbyn to avoid no deal | Polly Toynbee 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Britain still has a Tory government and a Labour opposition, both broken-backed. The EU election changes nothing. May’s deal is still the only way forward | Simon Jenkins 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z But there are also some over-long, broken-backed stories in here too. Books that are delightfully strange, frightening and have parent issues 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z It was gaudy, it was kitsch – the rotting flowers in their shrouds, the padded hearts of crimson plastic, the teddy bears and dolls and broken-backed verses. The princess myth: Hilary Mantel on Diana 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z “Baiji is a symbol of this … and so the country stays like a broken-backed man.” Iraqi forces took Baiji from Islamic State, but the former boom town may be doomed 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z Is the company broken-backed with financial obligations that should be passed on to suckers in the private sector? Royal Mail privatisation: don't tell Sid – warn him 2013-07-10T22:11:59Z You've wrecked yourself through your own folly, and now would inflict your broken-backed morality on me. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z But the moment markets started to fret about Italy in July, the strategy looked broken-backed. Europe?s debt crisis: Fudge, the final frontier 2011-09-08T08:47:55Z Why should the Lord take the prop of my age, the one joy of a broken-backed cripple? The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z A black feather adorned in a very broken-backed manner his Glengarry bonnet. A Practical Novelist 2011-02-19T03:01:38.957Z The allegoric form, long-winded and broken-backed, survived late in Henry More’s and Joseph Beaumont’s verse disquisitions on the soul. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z "How do you know?" asked Bella, sitting down on a broken-backed chair with a sudden sinking of the heart. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z The ash-covered floor was packed hard, and still wet from the gusts of rain that had swept in through the open door and the broken-backed roof; stained, too, from the leakage of the casks. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z At these words Gregory Boksa changed his limping, broken-backed attitude and suddenly straightened up. The Baron's Sons 2010-12-20T17:12:02.667Z He was a broken-backed little fellow, as vain of his person as a peacock, and accordingly we always called him Humpy Harlow, with the spirit of gentlemanlike candour which characterised all our conversation. Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 He rose to his feet, his arms writhing like disjoined, broken-backed snakes across his scarred chest. Astounding Stories, June, 1931 The furniture consisted of a deal table, of home manufacture, with its legs sunken in the earthen floor, and a few stools together with the broken-backed chair on which the visitor sat. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z The bridge, over which we passed, was very pretty and not very shaky, nor by any means so broken-backed as are the greater number of Turkish specimens. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 The judge asked a pertinent question or two as Catherine unfolded the great scheme; then he drew a check-book from under a broken-backed dictionary. The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted After he understood their fears better he shamed them into savage energy by his laughter, and since the broken-backed man had gone overboard, took his sweep and set his muscles to work. Nuala O'Malley These little snippets of information and faits-divers have always a disjointed, broken-backed appearance; yet, readers like them. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) On a broken-backed horsehair sofa Gertrude lay, face down, her nose buried in a faded pillow. The Camerons of Highboro In the filtered moonlight, a white blanket of broken-backed volumes spilled across the entire lower floor. Small World His eyes wandered over the broken-backed books—some were indeed 'dictionaries in distress.' Ghetto Comedies In one corner dismally reposed a literary junk heap—old magazines, broken-backed works of reference, novels once unanimously read but now unanimously forgotten. Counsel for the Defense It has, however, a curious appearance, and a fleet of bawleys at anchor resembles nothing so much as a flock of broken-backed ducks. A Chapter of Adventures Think me a broken-backed cornstalk if you must. Captain Desmond, V.C. Their dash across Belgium in the previous year explained the mobs of broken-backed, split-heeled and fleshless wrecks we met in the paddocks along the Meuse. The Sequel What the Great War will mean to Australia The basin is full of broken-backed men-of-war whose old black bones are being disjointed and dragged asunder here to make strong knees again, just because they are black and well seasoned. The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" After he has had time to force you into a marriage with your broken-backed old lover. Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter "Let me pass, Emmanuel," she said to a broken-backed, stunted broker, who was hanging some filthy rags on a string which stretched across a narrow lane. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 One morning, as Caper was walking out of the inn-door, he nearly tumbled over a little, sun-burnt, diminutive donkey that had a saddle on his back, resembling, with this on him, a broken-backed rabbit. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Richard pushed the crackling, stiffly-folded parchments, the letters frayed and yellow with age, the broken-backed, discoloured diaries and order-books, away from him, and sat, his elbows on the table, his chin in his hands, thinking. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Almost immediately afterwards the boy who had been sent for firewood came up with a vicious-looking black and yellow serpent squirming, broken-backed, on his stick. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer She accepted Clo's suggestion to sit on the bed, which was more comfortable than the one broken-backed chair. The Lion's Mouse He himself said of them: “Perhaps not more than nine-tenths stand straight on their legs; the remainder are in quite angular attitudes; a few even sprawl out helplessly on all sides, quite broken-backed and dismembered.” A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 I’ve a broken-backed lexicon to this day which often used to fly across the room at his devoted head, and which he as regularly picked up and handed back to me. Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life This stove, a small stand resting against the wall, a broken-backed chair, and a low, narrow bed covered with a ragged patch-work counterpane, were the only furniture of the apartment. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. Think me an overwrought fool; a broken-backed corn-stalk, if you choose. The Great Amulet There was one old, broken-backed chair, which he offered her, and sat down himself on a rough bench, with a sorrowful, embarrassed expression on his pale, interesting features. Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems Out to the broken-backed shack rode Pierre le Rouge, Pierre the Red, as every one in the north country knew him. Riders of the Silences How it would lessen profanity, and broken wagons, and broken-backed horses! Samantha at the World's Fair Things were thrown here and there, to be taken up, or again cast aside, as the whim arose; while the broken-backed chairs and crazy table bore the marks of many a conflict. Jack Sheppard A Romance We found ourselves the owners of two large bedsteads and two dilapidated chairs: everywhere in the house we had caught glimpses of broken-backed chairs, witnesses either of poverty or riot. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 The first room in which he found himself was empty of all furniture except a pair of broken-backed chairs. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West But, forsooth! your breast and your fallen chest, full well resembling a broken-backed horse, provoke me; and a body flabby, and feeble knees supported by swollen legs. The Works of Horace He drew a broken-backed chair to the table and set to business. The Rules of the Game The boatman with the rat-like face twists the long broken-backed oar, churning the yellow water, and we creep forward steadily. Profiles from China And now the old books, broken-backed and disembowelled, lie under foot, and none so poor to do them reverence. The New North “No, I fear there is no hope of that; but I do not think an old broken-backed invalid ought to engross this great house.” The Three Brides Alec guesses a lot of broken-backed chairs and a desk with the hinges off. Strawberry Acres Ned made a quick dash for the door, tipped the assistant manager over a broken-backed chair which stood in the way, and passed into the outer office. Boy Scouts on Motorcycles With the Flying Squadron He pointed to a broken-backed ruin which stood on the point of land that jutted out onto the waters of the lake, a crumbling structure slowly blackening with time. Trailin'! These little snippets of information and FAITS-DIVERS have always a disjointed, broken-backed appearance; yet, readers like them. Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 2 She sat down upon a broken-backed chair--the only one the room contained--and holding Toto in her arms waited patiently until the clock struck four. The Emerald City of Oz He went gray in the fire-light, and--he was a brave man who knew his death when he had met it--from beside his foot he lifted up the broken-backed snake on his spear-point. The Trail Book Out to the broken-backed shack rode Pierre le Rouge, Pierre the Red, as everyone in the north country knew him. Riders of the Silences But for me it would have been the despicable, broken-backed, disjointed, inharmonious figure five hundred and fifty-four. Alarms and Discursions A small, rusty cookstove with no fire—a rude table with no cloth—a rickety cupboard with its shelves bare save for a few dishes—two broken-backed chairs—that was all. Helen of the Old House He took his seat in a broken-backed chair; drew forth a huge red bandanna handkerchief; wiped his forehead; and said quietly:— "I expected to meet a friend here to-night, gentlemen, instead of—" "Enemies?" interrupted Mohun. Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee Not far ahead, however, were two broken-backed ridges intersecting the course, and a detour had to be made to the south to cross them higher up. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The speaker indicated a broken-backed rocker encumbered with damp clothes, newspapers, and books. The Ne'er-Do-Well The dim light coming from a little kerosene lamp with a smoky chimney fell on a dismal, cluttered room, a bare, greasy wooden table, and two broken-backed chairs, with little 'Lias in one of them. Understood Betsy To search with ease, and in the best manner, the observer should have what among astronomers is familiarly known as a "broken-backed telescope." Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science To our young Raphael the simple cabin, from its homely sagging door to its broken-backed roof, covered with rotting shingles, was nothing less than an enchanted palace. The Fortunes of Oliver Horn Nevertheless he is broken-hearted; and I am very good-natured too, and I am broken-backed. The Last Chronicle of Barset After inquiring politely if the smell of burning would annoy her, the Crown Prince drew a rather broken-backed "F," a weak-kneed "W," and an irregular "O" in the corner and proceeded to burn them in. Long Live the King! Not one of its wriggling, broken-backed streets has handsome shops in an unbroken row. Put Yourself in His Place |
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