| 单词 | caber |
| 例句 | He’s alive and swinging, despite the best intentions of Brienne and Arya, and breathing heavily, like every interesting character on “Game of Thrones” who carries a caber or defies death. “Game of Thrones”: Start Choppin’ 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z More Scottish than an oatcake in a kilt, this two-day celebration of Blair Castle's private army is awash with sporrans, cabers and bagpipes. This week's new events 2013-05-25T05:00:23Z And, of course, no Highland Games are complete without tossing the caber. Europe’s wide world of traditional sports 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z This is followed by the caber toss and the log straddle, something else to do with logs, and then singing the log song from Ren & Stimpy. The Bachelorette Watch: How Do You Say Love in Croatian? 2012-06-19T12:30:17Z It's a heady hoopla of tossing the caber, putting the shot, and throwing the hammer. This week's new events 2013-05-25T05:00:23Z They were joined by crowds from around the world to watch competitors take part in the caber toss, hammer throw and tug of war. King Charles and Camilla's Christmas card shows pair at Highland Games 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z Crowds from across the globe have attended the Braemar Gathering, the popular Highland Games event, to watch competitors take part in a series of events including the caber toss, hammer throw and tug-o-war. Crowds gather for the Braemar Highland games 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z Athletes from seven countries will be competing in traditional Scottish strength and agility tests, such as the stone throw, hammer throw and caber toss. Bagpipes, dance, athletics return for Highland Games 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z The games at held at The Princess Royal and Duke of Fife Memorial Park, and include competitions such as tossing the caber, hammer throwing and tug of war. The Queen attends Braemar Gathering 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z The competition will feature the stone throw, hammer throw, and caber toss. Highland Games to host heavy athletics championship 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z One of her favourite heavyweight events is throwing the caber. 'More women should toss the caber' 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z One week, it’s a San Diego quarterback throwing a ball backward over his head, a play that Bryce Miller of the San Diego Union-Tribune described as resembling “a drunken, Scottish caber toss minus the kilt.” Sports media: Jumbo serving of weekend football viewing left a bad taste 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z So he imported four men in kilts for an exhibition display of Highland games including the caber toss, which involves throwing the equivalent of a telephone poll end over end. Horseback Wrestling. Bone Tossing. Dead Goat Polo. Let the Nomad Games Begin! 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z About 17,000 spectators were expected to cheer on competitors in the tossing of the caber and tug-of-war contests. Queen attends landmark Braemar Gathering - BBC News 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z Eppihimer was among those tossing the caber, throwing the hammer and wearing a kilt at last weekend’s Scottish Highland Games at the Alaska State Fairgrounds. Anchorage strongman does it all 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z She holds the Guinness World Record for tossing 15 cabers in three minutes. 'More women should toss the caber' 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z Bagpipes, flamboyant kilts and caber tossing are key elements at these events, which enliven Scotland’s relatively brief and unpredictable summers. What to Wear: Your Game Face and a Kilt 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z While there’s no sign the caber toss will join the roster of official sports any time soon, the Games are expanding beyond Kyrgyzstan’s borders. Horseback Wrestling. Bone Tossing. Dead Goat Polo. Let the Nomad Games Begin! 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z Despite President Obama's hopes for Scotland to remain in the UK, the Scottish cultural spirit - which includes pipe bands, sword-dancing, tossing the caber and sheepdog trials - is alive, well and independence-minded in California. American always, Scottish forever 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z Traditionally Highland Games include pipers, dancers and of course the heavy events like tossing the caber. Highland Games: 'Part of our culture' 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Later they were due to toss heavy stones, then cabers. Highland games receive a big lift in California 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z He added: "And now - well last year - they all tossed the caber with some ease unfortunately." 'Light' caber prompts complaints 2013-09-12T12:51:18Z Thousands of spectators gather every year to cheer the competitors in events such as tug-o'-war and tossing the caber. In Pictures: Queen at Braemar Games 2013-09-07T16:20:11Z Although he plays up his roots by donning a kilt or tossing the caber - a Highland sport involving throwing a giant wooden pole - he has impeccable credentials as a German conservative. German state's "Mac" tries to blaze trail for Merkel third term 2013-01-15T14:55:43Z The Duke accompanied the Queen, who is patron of the Games, to watch traditional events, including the tossing of the caber and the tug of war. In pictures: Royals at Braemar 2012-09-01T16:13:30Z I began the fun with the hammer and broad jump; I kept it up with the pole vault, the caber and the fifty-six; and I finished it with the high jump and the shot-put. Dick Randall The Young Athlete 2012-01-04T03:00:45.467Z Brawny Scots, tall, wiry Highlanders, are already trying the weights of the great caber, the stones, and the hammers. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z Among other 'strong-men' contests, which have long been favourite sports in Scotland, are tossing the caber and putting the stone. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli At these games the Ninety-Third carried off all the first prizes for putting the shot, throwing the hammer, and tossing the caber. Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-59 Including the relief, siege, and capture of Lucknow, and the campaigns in Rohilcund and Oude Chobham Olympics, your games are all done, The last close is wrestled, the last race is run, The stone's "put" away, to the leap-frog there's truce, And the ultimate caber is pitched to the deuce. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) I heard Byfield expostulating, apparently in vain: for I awoke next to find that Sheepshanks had stumbled over me while illustrating, with an empty bottle, the motions of tossing the caber. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) This game requires great skill and strength, and it is seldom indeed that more than one man succeeds in tossing the caber fair and square. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z The Scotchmen ran races, and tossed the caber and walked the greasy pole across from the capsized dock to the Inverness. The End of the Rainbow Well, they 'tossed the caber,' they 'put the stone,' they had wrestling-matches and other trials of strength, Rob the while surveying the scene with a critical eye, and reckoning up the proper number of marks. The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols The Kassias were fond of games, such as tossing the caber, putting the weight and throwing the hammer, apparently a tribal institution. Ranching, Sport and Travel He shall toss the caber from Land’s End to Forthside, cheered by the plaudits of the intervening taverns and furthered by their bounty.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) Tossing the Caber.—The caber is a small tree, perhaps a larch with the branches all off. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z In this the object is distance alone, the same caber being used by all contestants and the toss being measured from the tosser's foot to the spot where the small end strikes the ground. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" ‘That ought to be good enough,’ said Logan approvingly, while the hammers and the caber, under Mr. Macrae’s directions, were thundering on the door of Blake’s room. The Disentanglers It was like Donald Dinnie at the Highland Games: when he has thrown the hammer or tossed the caber, the spectator hardly takes notice of the next competitor. Prince Fortunatus The Baron had seen the caber tossed, and he shook his head. Count Bunker: being a bald yet veracious chronicle containing some further particulars of two gentlemen whose previous careers were touched upon in a tome entitled the Lunatic at Large Soon, the Englishman who had tossed the caber was sparring with the dramatic critic, Hazard and Hall boxed in fantastic burlesque, then, gloves in hand, looked for the next appropriately matched couple. The Valley of the Moon The winner is he who tosses with the best and easiest style, according to old Highland traditions, and whose caber falls straightest in a direct line from him. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" The caber is the heavy trunk of a tree from 16 to 20 ft. long. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" It is often brought upon the field heavier than can be thrown and then cut to suit the contestants, although sometimes cabers of different sizes are kept, each contestant taking his choice. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" "They are preparing the caber, Baron," he remarked genially. Count Bunker: being a bald yet veracious chronicle containing some further particulars of two gentlemen whose previous careers were touched upon in a tome entitled the Lunatic at Large An English writer beat him a dozen feet at tossing the caber. The Valley of the Moon Tossing the caber is usually considered to be a distinctly Scottish sport, although "casting the bar," an exercise evidently similar in character, was popular in England in the 16th century but afterwards died out. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" He then raises the caber and gets both hands underneath the lower end. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" |
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