| 单词 | carpet tack |
| 例句 | She’d pull out an old scarf that would fall to pieces in her hands, or open a box that proved to be full of bent carpet tacks. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Subsequent sections — in different places, at different times, with different characters — continue this pattern: intensely compelling confessions that seem wholly realistic, except for those incongruous moments of fantasy that poke through like carpet tacks. Review: ‘The Bone Clocks,’ by David Mitchell Each conveys a message, some strongly: One has fake vomit spilling over it; another is studded with dangerous-looking carpet tacks. EMP Museum celebrates the ultimate rock 'n' roll garment 2012-11-10T22:05:40Z Duct tape and carpet tacks were ripped up, and the team lifted an enormous floor cloth painted with cobblestones and folded it faster than most people can manage a fitted sheet. The Met’s Herculean Task: 4 Operas in 48 Hours 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z To drive that point home, they continue: “The governors’ action is like driving a carpet tack with a sledgehammer: it gets the job done but overall is more destructive than beneficial.” Top medical journal calls out Christie for “unfair and unwise” Ebola quarantine 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z The governors’ action is like driving a carpet tack with a sledgehammer: it gets the job done but overall is more destructive than beneficial. How Unscientific Ebola Steps in U.S. Could Help Spread Virus Elsewhere 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z “The governors’ action is like driving a carpet tack with a sledgehammer: it gets the job done but overall is more destructive than beneficial,” the editors wrote. No unity over Ebola monitoring of travelers Foundation officials chose a brilliant red background to match original fibers that were recently found, clinging to a carpet tack, hidden beneath a remodeled threshold in the Dining Room. Fredericksburg’s Kenmore residence sees upgrades 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z She lifts a screwdriver from behind her ear; carpet tacks fall from her hair. Steven Millhauser: “Thirteen Wives.” 2013-05-20T04:00:00Z During an otherwise uneventful stage through Cathar country, someone scattered carpet tacks on the road and reminded tour fans of the old days, when foreign riders were beaten up by natives of la France profonde. Graham Robb on the thrill of le tour 2012-07-20T21:55:14Z For a day, though, the Tour de France was the center of nuttiness when a spectator apparently threw carpet tacks onto the course, causing multiple flat tires. Leading Off: Penn State and the Problem With Heroes — Leading Off 2012-07-16T15:20:38Z You almost forget that there is such a thing as eating; you can look at food without any more desire for it than you have to swallow marbles and carpet tacks. The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z You could just see him fluttering against a white cloud, and looking no bigger than the head of a carpet tack. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z It yields sixteen per cent. a year dividends, with over eighteen million dollars of undivided surplus—and that business was built on carpet tacks alone! Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z “The Williamses’ bed was full of carpet tacks and Mabel Hinton fell over a cord stretched across her door and sprained her wrist. Molly Brown's Junior Days 2011-07-14T02:00:11.180Z They were sharp-pointed steel things with a broad base, looking like enormous carpet tacks. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z This event was ruined last year by a saboteur armed with carpet tacks, but will this year be greeted more favourably by locals? The bike podcast: Rebecca Romero, electric bikes and the Etape Caledonia 2010-06-01T06:00:00Z If you find the smallest thing—even a carpet tack—attached to the post, get back into your seat at once and cut off townward as fast as you can make the car travel.” Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories It was an ordinary carpet tack, such as they were about to make, but with a crimson-covered top. Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z So with every blooming thing That has power to soothe or sting; Ships or shoes or sealing wax, Carrots, comets, carpet tacks. A line-o'-verse or two To prepare for moving them, pieces of thin muslin about half a yard square is as good as anything, secured by carpet tacks. Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained I don't know when I ever saw a chap so anxious to melt right down into a corner and be mistaken for a carpet tack. At Good Old Siwash Lay this on the plaster and turning it over the edge of the block, tack it on the back with carpet tacks, beginning in the center, at top and bottom. Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration "Maybe there are covered carpet tacks," observed his friend, with but languid interest. Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z The upper berth in a sleeping car is the same relation to comfort that a carpet tack is to a bare foot. Skiddoo! We found afterwards, however, that he had actually fastened the thick sheets of gold to the wall with carpet tacks. The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont The improved carpet tack is after all but a peculiar combination of body and head and barbs. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1178, June 25, 1898 He's stole ever since—everything from carpet tacks to a load of hay," snapped the constable, "till folks don't stop to think he's stealin'. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul Each man, before he left the room, slipped a handful of covered carpet tacks into his coat pocket. Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z Here are two things any man can find in the dark—a carpet tack and a limburger sandwich. The Silly Syclopedia And they believe that a child can digest everything from carpet tacks to fried steak, so whenever Willie hollers they think he's hungry, and try to plug his throat with a banana. Old Gorgon Graham More Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son A few steps farther brought one in sight, filled with carpet tacks. The Harvester Brass rods are ornamental, rather too much so, and carpet tacks are provoking, both in putting down and taking up the carpet. Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife Never try to kill flies or drive carpet tacks with the sceptre. Remarks When I hadn't anything else to worry over, I used to lie awake at night and speculate on the purpose of those carpet tacks. The Mystery He had a huge wad of clay beside him and was making it up into little wee gods no bigger than carpet tacks. Following the Equator, Part 6 Lad, seeking peace and solitude in his piano cave, would discover his rug, there, cleverly scattered with carpet tacks, points upward. Further Adventures of Lad He began his list, as I remember, with three dozen undershirts, a gallon of pennyroyal for insect bites, a box of assorted fish hooks, thirty pounds of tea, and a case of carpet tacks. The Mystery |
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