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单词 butt against
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Jonathan turned, inadvertently smashing the gun butt against the doorframe. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z
I woke up half an hour later, when she sat down on my bed, her butt against my hip. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z
From our hiding spot, we could only see his knees poking up as his long legs butted against another grave marker in front. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z
We turned at the corner where a tall stack of rabbit hutches butted against a stack of dove cages. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
Jutting up squarely from the quiet desert, butted against rust-colored mountains of tumbled boulders, it was something that would have terrified me if I were there alone. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z
Gran pulled the Oldsmobile into her driveway, butted against a lush green lawn on one side and bushes on the other. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
The floor was a patchwork of odd-shaped wooden slats that rose in the middle and dipped toward the front and back doors, where they butted against shiny, worn thresholds. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
They form a circle and shake their butts against me, which makes me laugh. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
I kicked and butted against whoever was trying to pull us apart. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
A dog butted against her leg, and she bent down to stroke him. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
“I often butt against things that people say, ‘Oh, oh, oh, no, no.’ Lorraine Bracco Goes Searching For Her Sicilian Slice of Life 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z
A sheep was casually scratching its butt against a rough stone, a rural English picture from time immemorial. Beyond Stonehenge, searching for Britain’s stone circles
Align a pair of pieces so one side of each piece butts against one side of the other, and bolt them together. Fixing a sagging garden bench 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z
The western border is formed by a stout wall along Via Tor de’ Conti, butting against the forums of Augustus, Vespasian, Trajan and Nerva. Next Stop: In Rome, Monti Is a Quiet Treasure 2011-07-01T17:00:00Z
We can only imagine the possibilities that could have emerged from depicting the character’s steadfast standards butting against the crass, psychologically draining demands of a viewership-driven business. "Frasier" ended perfectly. Why go back? 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z
This migratory motif also appears in a group of six ingenious video “paintings,” each spanning two LCD screens butted against each other. Michal Rovner charts ghostly migrations 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z
In one case, they peeled back asphalt that butted against a charred breadfruit trunk. The trees arrived with Polynesian voyagers. After Maui wildfire, there’s a chance to restore them 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z
The benchmark yield soared as high as 0.54% on Friday, punching through the 0.5% ceiling for the first time after butting against it in previous sessions. Take Five: Much to say in Tokyo (and Davos) 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z
Nasal passages butt against Eustachian tubes and eyeballs. COVID Can Cause Strange Eye and Ear Symptoms 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z
It’s a strange place to find fish, deep in the high desert, where drought-baked earth butts against scrubby mountains. As drought slams California and Oregon, Klamath farmers grow fish to quell a water war 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z
Mars Horizon doesn’t simulate the politics of the world around it, but it does, inevitably, butt against it — whether players choose to manage their agency as a solo operation or use diplomacy. Mars Horizon’s space exploration is more than "seeking new life and blowing it to bits" 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z
Louisiana Cajun songs butted against the Carter Family’s harmonious country. For music archivists, a contemporary dilemma: Should racist songs from our past be heard today? 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z
The dream butted against D.C. bureaucracy, as Hunt recalled that a permit for a launch party was denied because the tunnels weren’t registered with the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs. Dupont Underground’s future uncertain after it misses $150,000 rent payment 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z
This butts against long-standing economic models that predict people are more likely to be dishonest when the potential payout is larger. People are surprisingly honest about returning lost money 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z
Los Angeles producer and guitarist Steve Lacy’s “Dark Red” butts against a buzzing new track by New England/London group Something for Your M.I.N.D. California Sounds: Frank Ocean's radio show, Ann Magnuson's 12-minute op-ed and Kevin Morby's new song 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z
If Billings takes off like the rest of Christian County did, that growth and development could butt against the farms - like Zell’s - that dot the area around Billings. Billings development raises questions about farming future 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z
Loud moments immediately butted against softer ones, and storytelling was often relegated to in-game cinematic sequences, moments in which control was taken from the player. 'Uncharted 4: A Thief's End' serves up action ... and personal issues 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z
No longer was my ice lump isolated, a little island, but it now butted against others. Sergey Ananov: Two days on ice with three polar bears - BBC News 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z
As the brothers became more politically active, Koch Industries repeatedly butted against the federal government’s new energy regulations. Quixotic ’80 Campaign Gave Birth to Kochs’ Powerful Network 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z
Refugees poured into this sleepy river town, Mopti, where Mali’s oversized north butts against the country’s more populous south. Mali's Looming War: Will Military Intervention Drive Out the Islamists? 2012-11-12T16:50:21Z
“Old Faithful” had been with Rhode through all four Olympic appearances — butted against her shoulder through more than a million targets — and the mere thought of firing another gun was disconcerting. Kim Rhode captures fifth Olympic medal in skeet shooting 2012-07-29T21:00:44Z
These flanges butt against one another, and are connected by bolts. An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design 2012-03-06T03:00:25.777Z
Monks, friars, pilgrims, palmers, soldiers, excisemen, provost-marshals and men, and mere bad debtors, how can the 'White Hart' butt against all these? The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z
If the troublesome goats butted against a wall, and displaced a stone, he repaired the breach at once to prevent further damage. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z
Thin strips are nailed between layers, butting against the sides of the car to prevent shifting of the load and closing of ventilation channels. The Tomato 2011-11-20T03:00:13.470Z
The old goat wandered restlessly about the room, butting against the door with her horns, and mousing around in the corners, picking up whatever she could find to eat. Iermola 2011-10-06T02:00:40.637Z
A B is the end of the rod which butts against the brass bush C D, which is in two pieces. An Introduction to Machine Drawing and Design 2012-03-06T03:00:25.777Z
The soldiers clashed their spear butts against their shields with a clangor that frightened many of the horses beyond control. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z
Bevis was particularly taught not to throw the butt against his shoulder with a jerk, he was to bring it up with the deliberate motion of “hefting.” Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z
Hence it does not find itself butting against a wall of unforeseen circumstances. Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha 2011-07-04T02:00:25.783Z
He drew a pistol from his belt and swung its gold-trimmed butt against the wooden stopper in the bunghole, knocking it inward. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z
Cuba and foreign investors for years have talked about building new golf resorts, but the proposals often butted against revolutionary ideals and red tape. Revolutionary Cuba Now Lays Sand Traps for the Bourgeoisie 2011-05-25T00:45:18Z
But then that possible lucrative contract extension at Notre Dame butts against fiscal responsibility preached by Maryland's new athletic director. Brey to Maryland a good fit? 2011-05-06T02:44:00Z
The Yale fellows found they were butting against a stone wall every time they tried a rush. Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale 2011-02-03T03:00:10.883Z
The huge waves dashed together, like fleecy rams butting against each other. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z
The foot of the cot butted against the jamb on which the door was hung. The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z
By which proceeding he, ever and anon, run full butt against some tall fellow or other, receiving such abuse as rather kept his philosophy from rusting. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z
The ends of the logs are butted against the window frame and fastened with large nails, driven through the planks into the logs. Woodcraft 2010-12-30T03:00:30.337Z
Frisky calves a week or two old gallumphed about, butting against their stolid mothers. Disputed Deal Puts Yellowstone Bison on Ted Turner?s Range 2010-05-22T02:21:00Z
The nave is covered with a dome raised on a drum, and carried on pendentives, and the apses with hemispherical vaults butt against the nave walls and form externally a very fine group. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil"
He has butted against stone wall after stone wall when he could have seen the opening had he used his eyes. The Bachelors A Novel
At Trevellian Station, on the Lynchburg and Richmond Railroad, on June 11, we butted against the rebel cavalry corps and a division of infantry. Some Personal Reminiscences of Service in the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac
Instead his horns and head butted against the side wall of the snow house, and in it he made a great hole, near the window. The Curlytops Snowed In Grand Fun with Skates and Sleds
"We'd have butted against your radar and bellied into your control tower." Industrial Revolution
He snapped it back in position, held the automatic butt against his side, reached over and pressed the release button. he slide whirred open. Slaves of Mercury
“Wretch!” cried he, rushing towards Cuchillo, with the barrel of his carbine in his hand, as though he did not deign to raise its butt against the executioner. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora
Even the most malicious ram will soon cease to butt against a disregarding object, and will usually find his own head more injured than the object of his blind animosity. Scientific American magazine, Vol. 2 Issue 1 The advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements
Sometimes they drove these oaken benches full butt against the aft bulk head, so as to make the ship tremble again with the noise, like cannon. A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was Captured At Sea By The British, In May, Eighteen Hundred And Thirteen, And Was Confined First, At Melville Island, Halifax, Then At Chatham, In England ... And Last, At Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed With Observations, Anecdotes And Remarks, Tending To Illustrate The Moral And Political Characters Of Three Nations. To Which Is Added, A Correct Engraving Of Dartmoor Prison, Representing The Massacre Of American Prisoners, Written By Himself.
They had been ordered to stand back while the engine butted against the derailed trucks, but they evidently did not hear the order. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899
A high promontory stretching out into the ocean, almost butting against the bows of his ship! The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea
She held it out to Wade, who broke it with his free hand by pressing the butt against the top of the safe, and spilled the cartridges on the floor. Hidden Gold
The King rushed forward, and butted against Beaumanoir in his haste. A Son of the Immortals
It was the sound of a rifle butt against the door which struck them dumb. The Book of All-Power
“And now, as to those fellows tumbling about there, and butting against each other with their curly pates, and looking more like chimney-sweeps than sailors,” said Adair, “what have they got to do here?” The Three Commanders
Others had red wounds on the ends of their noses where they had butted against the rocks or the timbers of the dam. Days Off And Other Digressions
Slowly Red Ben pushed forward his rifle, bringing the butt against his shoulder. Frank Merriwell's Pursuit How to Win
And I’ve explained how our consolidated plan butts against your old-fashioned principle. Joan of Arc of the North Woods
As an ordinary man would lift a child's airgun, the giant tossed the rifle to a firing position, snuggled the butt against his shoulder, and leaned his gray-bearded cheek on it affectionately. 'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands
Released from Dayton's crushing weight, his small person jounced freely about, or came butting against Discombe's back in the most spontaneous manner possible. Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book
Often she found herself, through her builders, butting against a wall of human perversity and stupidity fairly insurmountable. Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls
It, however, required no actual watching of the low green mounds of water, which seemed butting against the coast, to convince all on board that the Great Eastern was at sea. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships
He, having the butt against his chest at the moment, received a lesson which he never forgot, and was laid flat on his back—as much with fright as violence. The Walrus Hunters A Romance of the Realms of Ice
The creatures, undaunted by our shouts, rushed in, butting against us, and evidently determined to take possession of the tent. Saved from the Sea The Loss of the Viper, and her Crew's Saharan Adventures
Thus encouraged, they rushed forward, firing their muskets; many of them, who had put the butts against their eyes, being knocked over by the recoil as they did so. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley
There was another blow on the door as if something had butted against it, and then a scratching on the rough wood. To Win or to Die A Tale of the Klondike Gold Craze
The end of one member is butted against the face or edge of the other. Handwork in Wood
To prevent cannon from pushing shutters open when the ship rolled in a storm, lower tier carriages let the muzzle of the gun, when fully elevated, butt against the sill over the gun port. Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America
There is no use, no heroism, in butting against the inevitable, yet nothing is entirely inevitable. A Preface to Politics
One of the Baldies upended his tube, rapped its butt against a rock as if trying to correct a jamming. Key Out of Time
Their commander ordered them to charge, when every horse butted against the one next to him. Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris
These strips are filed square at the ends and butt against each other at right angles. Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882
He was the butt against which all parties directed the hate or rage of the people. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution
Then she knocked and sang again, and at length she gave up all hope of their opening the door, and butted against the door with her horns and broke it open. The Women of the Arabs
Maybe it will butt and butt against the tree until it dislodges a limb from high among the branches, and the limb will fall to the ground and crush, shall we say—the waiting wolf? The Gun-Brand
His unconcern was so admirably affected that, to test it, instead of waving him back I lifted my musket very quietly, almost without shifting my position, and brought the butt against my shoulder. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756
As the edges of the strips are slightly rounded, they are filed away sufficiently to form good joints wherever the others butt against them. Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882
He butted against the wall, and then pounded the earth with his feet in the fury of his wrath. Across India Or, Live Boys in the Far East
He saw what a wall he was butting against. The Colossus A Novel
Slipping out of bed to grope for flint and steel wherewith to strike a light, with soul-rending shock he ran his forehead full butt against the open door of his room. Stories of the Border Marches
The bulls ran and tried to stop it, butting against it, but it crushed their heads. Blackfeet Indian Stories
It is braced on four sides with pieces 2 in. square and 2 ft. long, butting against short stakes. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do
There was very little firing after the first sputter; but there was the crash of butt against barrel, the short cries of stricken men, and the roaring of the officers. The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales
Benton followed, and again the donkey shuddered on its foundation skids till another log laid in the chute, with its end butted against that which lay before. Big Timber A Story of the Northwest
As the bodies butted against the side of the galley he hooked up one or two and found no trace of a wound. The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies
Barney heard the rattle of accouterments—the clank of a scabbard—the scraping of gun butts against the walls. The Mad King
He had wheeled the mule about, and had started to return on his tracks, grinding his teeth fiercely, inclining his head forward as though butting against a wind that would beat him back. McTeague
You butted against the wrong man, Perry Jounce," muttered Barkswell, "when you attempted to frighten me from my plans. Five Thousand Dollars Reward
I miss a signal, big stick butts against something solid; biff! goes the line and maybe cuts a man plumb in two. Big Timber A Story of the Northwest
The dunce objective is the dunce butting against his neighbor's study-door,—intruding, obtruding, protruding his insipid folly and still more insipid wisdom at all times and seasons. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860
When human thought comes, if I may so say, full butt against a stark, staring contradiction like that, it is no proof that either of the propositions is false. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke
Then a stone breaks loose on the fjeld opposite; it butts against a rock and brings that down as well; a few faint thuds are heard. Wanderers
The office was very still, except for two bluebottle flies butting against the ceiling and buzzing up and down the window-panes. Life at High Tide
So now Charles bluntly attacked the Colonel again on the military aspect of the situation, which was merely butting against a stone wall. The Yeoman Adventurer
But enough provisions remained to give the entire crowd a dinner; and feeling refreshed after this, they were ready to start back with the current, a much easier task than butting against it. The Strange Cabin on Catamount Island
One day the chaplain ran full butt against Mr. Kemp in the corridor. Prisoner for Blasphemy
Ere he has gone a hundred yards, a mass of dripping oil-skins runs full butt against him, knocking him against the bank; and, by the clank of weapons, he recognises the coast-guard watchman. Two Years Ago, Volume I
He dropped his papers temporarily on the sidewalk, and, lowering his head, butted against his young enemy with such force as to double him up, and seat him, gasping for breath, on the sidewalk. Jack's Ward
Jane Anne grew clumsier, tumbling over things, and butting against her more agile sister. A Prisoner in Fairyland
The War Department continued, however, to butt against the wrong end, even after the success of the other way had been demonstrated. The Romance of the Colorado River The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons
And now our tiny craft butts against the pier, and we ascend from the Jesuit river and stand on British soil. Gala-days
With the Testudo elegans of India, it is said "that the combats of the males may be heard at some distance, from the noise they produce in butting against each other." The Descent of Man
"It is what went before—and what comes after that—" He did not quite finish what he meant to say, breaking off short, as though his thought had butted against a solid obstacle. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard
What avails it to butt against the fates? Divine Comedy, Norton's Translation, Hell
Monks, friars, pilgrims, palmers, soldiers, excisemen, provost-marshals and men, and mere bad debtors, how can 'The White Hart' butt against all these? The Cloister and the Hearth
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