单词 | cicala |
例句 | Glow-worms and fireflies gleamed like diamonds among the foliage, and outside was heard the splashing of the tiny waves and the shrill cry of the cicala. A Desperate Voyage 2012-03-11T03:00:11.030Z A cicala in the grass outside began his evening note of challenge. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z There is nothing which indicates that he cares for nature in any of its phases, and he calls the cicala a locust. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z A cicala hidden in the heart of a pomegranate flower sang shrilly now and again. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z Close to her ear a cicale chirped, monotonously bright; far off, from every hill, the frogs began their evening singing. What Not A Prophetic Comedy 2011-02-09T03:00:50.423Z From the trees, where the cicalas chirped, to the quiet stars there was nothing but signs and gestures, weeping and sighing. Mashi and Other Stories 2010-12-28T03:00:16.890Z The cicalas whirred in the foliage of the oleanders, and a brown owl screamed in its shikarring flight over the roof of the house. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z We visited Lebanon, and in its grove reposed under the few remaining cedars, listened to the cry of the cicale, and watched the birds of brilliant plumage flitting from branch to branch. Glories of Spain The cicala sang in the flower of the pomegranate, the frog sang by the pond. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z He lounged through the deserted garden, or lay, half-dreamily, in the long, deep grass, listening to the cicala, or watching the emerald-backed lizards as they lay basking in the sun. The Fortunes Of Glencore The call of bird voices echoes through the shade; some shrill and piping and not unmelodious, others harsh, half human, almost menacing; the screech of cicalas too, loud, vibrant, distressing to overwrought and weakened nerves. Haviland's Chum The cicala, too, in the long deep grass, All day sings happily, And I'd venture to swear He has never a care For the odious rule of three. One Of Them I am thinking how often we have sat in the colonnade before our beautiful house, when the fountain splashed in the garden and the cicalas chirped in the trees. A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 The blue campanula of the mountain in reverence bowed its head; the great white lily distilled incense from its deep heart; the cicala shrilled aloud; the Forsaken Bird gave a long note from the thicket. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z He seemed to ask for nothing better than to stroll through orange groves, or lie under some spreading fig-tree, drowsily soothed by the song of the vine-dresser, or the unwearied chirp of the cicala. A Rent In A Cloud Late August or early September, the stunning cicala is shrill,35 And the bees keep their tiresome whine round the resinous firs on the hill. Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning Not a sound to be heard, save the incessant motion of the fan, which is, to this season, what is the cicala to the hot hour of noon. One Of Them "But we do miss the lizards and the cicalas," they would say with a sigh. The Tragic Bride What would the dry cicala know of noontide? Life Immovable First Part The frogs were singing vespers in the ditches, the sharp chorus of the cicalas shrilled on all sides. Little Novels of Italy On shadowy boughs the brown cicalas kept their chattering toil. Platform Monologues Thus we floated down the widening stream of the Po, sleeping when the cicale sang, awake with the stars. The Last Man We have a row of plane trees before the door in which the cicale sing all day, and the beautiful mountains stand close around, keeping us fresh with shadows. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II An orchestra, discreetly subdued but innumerable, of crickets and cicalas, accompanies them in an unceasing tremolo,—the immense far-reaching tremolo, which, gentle and eternal, never ceases on Japanese land. Madame Chrysantheme A silence fell upon the party, so profound that the cicala in the dry hedge shrilled to pierce the ear. The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay The word “cigales,” though really identical with our word “cicala,” seldom means the same thing. Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn As for the frogs, the clamorous noise they kept up sounded absolutely deafening, and so did the shrill, incessant cry of the cicalas. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 101, May, 1876 But when the cicalas had hushed their chirping, all were mustered again for supper; and having blithely feasted, they all addressed them to song and dance. The Decameron, Volume II Others sing in sharp high voices hopping about continually, like cicalas in delirium. Madame Chrysantheme The sound of the river and of the cicala is all the noise we hear. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) Their house among the hills was shut in by a row of plane-trees in which by day the cicale were shrill; at evening fireflies lit up their garden. Robert Browning Brown cicala drily proses, Creaking the hot air to sleep, Bounteous orange flowers and roses, Yield the wealth of love they keep, To the sun's imperious ardour in a dream of fragrance deep. What I Remember, Volume 2 Thyrsis, let honey and the honeycomb Fill thy sweet mouth, and figs of Ægilus: For ne'er cicala trilled so sweet a song. Theocritus, translated into English Verse In the valley resounded the ceaseless whirr of the cicalas, answering each other from one shore to another; the mountains reëchoed with innumerable sounds; the whole country seemed to vibrate like crystal. Madame Chrysantheme Everything that lived or grew, was oppressed by the glare; except the lizard, passing swiftly over rough stone walls, and the cicala, chirping his dry hot chirp, like a rattle. Little Dorrit The sound of the river and of the cicale is all the noise we hear. Life and Letters of Robert Browning The octagon tower casts a shade Cool and gray like a cutlass blade; In sun-baked vines the cicalas spin, The little green lizards run out and in. A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass The same who deemed his hornet's-buzz the true cicala's note, And braved—like you—his better. Theocritus, translated into English Verse In the vast flood of midday sunshine, to the quivering noise of the cicalas, I mount up to Diou-djen-dji. Madame Chrysantheme Till 1884 this was allowed to stand:— The lizard, with his shadow on the stone, Rests like a shadow, and the cicala sleeps. The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson The frogs and cicalas had nearly finished their nightly music. At Last You are to hear a voice that puts to silence all others, as the trumpet the flute, as the cicala the bee, as the choir the tuning-fork. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 The cicalas helped the heat; and the yelling jackals the cicalas. Life's Handicap Gradually, as we advanced further up the green channel, the perfumes became more penetrating, and the monotonous chirp of the cicalas swelled out like an orchestral crescendo. Madame Chrysantheme Not a sound was heard save the light fall of my pony's feet on the soft new road, and the shrill cry of the cicalas. Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose Looking to the south all the trees were green in the fullness of summer, and the day cicala and the night cricket chirruped loudly. Japanese Fairy Tales Let swans and halcyons and cicalas then be mute. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03 In the vast flood of midday sunshine, to the quivering noise of the cicalas, I mount to Diou-djen-dji. Madame Chrysantheme — Complete Moths, mosquitoes, cicalas, and other extraordinary insects of which I don't even know the names,—all this company assembles around us. Madame Chrysantheme You mark that the sun is high, the heat intense, and the silence unbroken save by the cicalas among the olive-trees. The Decameron, Volume I From the adjoining room the faint, monotonous click of billiard balls, languidly played, came at intervals like the dry notes of cicale in the bushes. Colonel Starbottle's Client Late August or early September, the stunning cicala is shrill And the bees keep their tiresome whine round the resinous firs on the hill. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 4 He remained leaning against the wall, staring at the dark water of the harbour; the shrilling of cicalas filled his ears. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard Always, over, in, and through everything, rises day and night from this Japanese landscape the song of the cicalas, ceaseless, strident, and prodigious. Madame Chrysantheme Homer never describes her beauty; we only see it reflected in the eyes of the old men, white and weak, thin-voiced as cicalas: but hers is a loveliness “to turn an old man young.” Adventures Among Books Needless to say that the cicalas around us keep up their perpetual sonorous chirping. Madame Chrysantheme As he advanced in the profound silence, the shrilling of innumerable cicalas in the dry grass seemed positively deafening to his strained ears. Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard |
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