单词 | chirr |
例句 | So it must have simply astonished the dons of Oxford to hear this peculiar Italian, as he dipped and dodged, chucked and chirred, defending Copernicanism as the literal truth. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z A pensive stillness passed while they listened to the hushed chirr of insects in the trees that surrounded the cemetery like an embrace. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z When she wakes, barn swallows are chirring beneath the eaves and music is raining down through the ceiling. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He sings with the men as they paddle, but all they hear is “chirring,” a sound so annoying they threaten to turn him into “squirrel stew.” A Tragicomic Tale of Wanderlust and the Fur Trade, Told by a Squirrel 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z Hot spots continued to smolder on the charred hillside as firefighting helicopters chirred overhead. With California Ablaze, Firefighters Strain to Keep Up 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z The only sounds were the chirring of the cicadas and the occasional hoarse cawing of crows in the treetops at the edges of the field. Cooking is a simple route to joy | David Ferguson 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z The cricket's chirr and the occasional affirmations of the katy-did were the only sounds she heard. The Story of a Doctor's Telephone?Told by His Wife 2012-02-05T03:00:11.420Z Calls, a clearly piped whistle, and a peculiar chirr, often uttered when taking wing; song, short, simple, but rather sweet. Color Key to North American Birds with bibiographical appendix 2011-11-15T03:00:21.677Z Crows and hawks cawed and screamed; kingfishers and squirrels chickered and chirred, but no animal came near the traps. Lost in the Ca?on 2011-09-19T02:00:14.387Z A gray squirrel, frantically harvesting nuts and seeds before deep snow came, scooted up a tree, flattened himself on a limb and chirred when Bud went past. The Black Fawn 2011-03-07T03:00:09.513Z The peace of the after-glow held the hills, the chirring of insects and the shrill sweet calling of birds had quivered into silence. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z Hung with the crimson aigrets of its seeds The purple monkshood bleeds; The dewy crickets chirr, And everywhere are lights of lavender; And scents of musk and myrrh To guide the foot of her. The Cup of Comus Fact and Fancy The air was full of a faint far chirr of night insects, like an elfin serenade, and here and there among the trees pulsed the greenish-yellow spark of a firefly. The Valiants of Virginia Their call for food was a sibilant chirr, and they gave it much oftener than any of the grown-up woodpecker notes. A-Birding on a Bronco I heard the death-moth tick and stir, Slow-honeycombing through the bark; I heard the crickets' drowsy chirr, And one lone beetle burr the dark— The sleeping woodland seemed to purr. Shapes and Shadows It was winter, for all the still air; no sound of bird, no chirring of cicada, no rustle of leaf. The Story of Old Fort Loudon The crickets' chirr 'neath brier and burr, By leaf-strewn pools and streams, When Autumn stands 'mid the dropping nuts, With the book, she shuts, Of dreams. The Garden of Dreams It made him furious, and sent him chirring upstream to find another place to fish, where there were no idiotic bear-cubs who did not know any better than to walk about among his fish. Bear Brownie The Life of a Bear There among the grape trellises, and raspberry bushes, and peach and cherry trees, the locusts chirred and chirred a tireless, vibrating panegyric on hot weather. The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories Now an uneasy head is thrust out, and now a whole tiny body, but it soon reënters in another quarter, and at length the stir and chirr grow still. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 But on leading up his horse within ten or twelve feet of the pin, it gives a little "chirr" and dives down out of sight. Wild Animals at Home There was no insect sound to chirr; No wind to make a little stir. The Garden of Dreams Chewing a sprig of mint, he lay there sprawling, hands clasping the back of his well-shaped head, soothed by the cadence of the chirring locusts. A Young Man in a Hurry and Other Short Stories A mole cricket was chirring in the grass by the old doorstone. Judith of the Cumberlands They have peculiar notes like a clear whistle, and a “chirr, chirr!” which they utter when flying. Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls Along the warm crowded pavement there suddenly piped a liquid, gurgling, chirring whistle, rising and dropping with just the musical trill that floats from clumps of creekside willows at this time of year. Pipefuls From where he stood by the marble bench no sound came to him save the chirring of insects in the grass, the squeak of a bat or twitter of a sleepy bird. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain It was a hot humid night, with the chirr of queer insects outside mocking with weary iteration the lusty snores of the weary farm hands. Blacksheep! Blacksheep! Well, after a while, all of a sudden, he heard a great chickering and chirring overhead. Little Jack Rabbit and the Squirrel Brothers And so I reach, Dear Lord, to Thee, And do beseech Thou givest me The wee cot, and the cricket's chirr, Love, and the glad sweet face of her. Riley Love-Lyrics It has a chirring or fluttering quality, described by Fisher as resembling the noise of a quail flying. Life History of the Kangaroo Rat The soldier stood erect, gray-faced and immovable, his eyes fixed, his teeth set, his hand gripping the pike, till the insects, reassured, began to chirr close about him. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt And so I reach, Dear Lord, to Thee, And do beseech Thou givest me The wee cot, and the cricket's chirr, Love and the glad sweet face of her! Afterwhiles A partridge chirred softly in the pastures up above me, and a wild screaming of sparrows came at intervals from a thorn-thicket, where they seemed to be holding a fierce and disorderly meeting. The Silent Isle The dust rose in thick clouds, the stones rattled from the whirling wheels, the chirr! chirr! of a myriad cicadas filled the air, and the white road glistened in the dazzling sunlight. My Brilliant Career The pup and Carlo in the dark Will start at crickets chirring; But when we hear the old dog bark We know there's something stirring. The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens Frogs were beginning to croak in the distance, and in the long grain here and there, a nocturnal insect chirred and stilled abruptly as the young man passed. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Not the faintest chirring of a cricket broke the silence. The Octopus : A story of California I heard the death-moth tick and stir, Slow-honeycombing through the bark; I heard the cricket's drowsy chirr, And one lone beetle burr the dark— The sleeping woodland seemed to purr. Poems The birds' brief autumn music died away; only the dry chirring of a distant squirrel broke the silence, and the faint tinkle of the cow-bell. The Hidden Children A grasshopper, roosting on a blade of grass beneath, his feet, tumbled off and gave vent to his feelings in a belated "chirr." The Lilac Sunbonnet |
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