单词 | cold work |
例句 | It was wet, cold work; it could even be dangerous. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The rest is bloody, cold work, good for reminding you that despite humanity's attempts to distance ourselves from the brutal realities of nature, survival remains a serious business. A Thanksgiving hunt to remind ourselves that dinner means death 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z It was in a very cold working men’s club, starting at about midday. How we made The Full Monty 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z A truth rarely acknowledged is that on a very busy and bitingly cold working day during fashion week, most journalists and buyers long for a spot of lunch. London Men’s Wear Shows Reflect on Race and Masculinity 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z “It’s cold work,” he said, “and I get cold fast.” As Afghanistan’s harsh winter sets in, many are forced to choose between food and warmth 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Kulzer said he was concerned about his fingers freezing in such a cold working environment, but was relieved that the event would be streamed online, rather than held in person. Finally, Some Good News (Carved From 90 Pounds of Butter) 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z "Oh, quite sure, sir," she replied; "for I washed and whitened the steps with my own two hands, and cold work it was; and I must have seen steps if there had been any." The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z Take this keg over your shoulder, and replenish every man’s can as you pass along, for they will have sharp work to-night, and it is cold work lying in suspense. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z It's cold work, though," Katy replied, "sitting so still out on that ice. The Ice Queen 2012-03-22T02:00:40.843Z On a winter afternoon, faute-de-mieux, shooting wood-pigeons coming in to roost, is a pastime not to be despised, but it is very cold work. Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport 2012-03-03T03:00:17.540Z But it was cold work waiting, so they finally hit on the idea of packing up their sleeping-bags on their backs, and lying in them, under the shelter of some rock or timber-line pine. Boy Scouts in Glacier Park The Adventures of Two Young Easterners in the Heart of the High Rockies 2011-09-22T02:00:22.487Z They had often to breathe on and rub their hands during their cold work. Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:45.217Z That was bitter cold work, but nobody seemed to care where zero was just then. Winter Fun 2011-01-25T03:00:22.297Z To-day, as there was still on the ground the snow of early spring, he wore shoes, but it was cold work plashing about in those slimy pools and the slippery mud among the sedges. Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North This, however, was very cold work, my clothes being in a half-dried, half-frozen condition; and I was just going to give it up, when I heard the faint distant report of a rifle. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 It's cold work living in the flesh, such as I find it—you seem jolly as a hot cinder, and for the matter of that, what am I now but dust and ashes? Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 It was very cold work, standing vidette two hours at a time; in fact, my toes were slightly frosted the first night. In The Ranks From the Wilderness to Appomattox Court House It is pretty cold work walking with the thermometer at 40° Fahr. below zero, and the wind blowing with a velocity of 16 feet per second straight in your face. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I "Honour is very cold work; don't talk to me about honour," said Basil. Diana "Say, it's going to be cold work getting that boat into shape for use," he added, for the sun was going down and the air was keen. Dave Porter and His Rivals or, The Chums and Foes of Oak Hall "My, but this is awful cold work!" said he. The Adventures of Bobby Orde If that ark had been lost, either by being foundered, or being blowed up by Fenians because Noah was an Englishman, it would have been cold work trying to populate this world. The Grocery Man And Peck's Bad Boy Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa, No. 2 - 1883 "Bitter cold work, Charlie," says old Tom Cooper to me: "but," says he, "it's colder for the poor wretches aboard the wreck, if they're alive to feel it." Heroes of the Goodwin Sands It is cold work, however, sitting and watching for the signal to come from the hole, and one cannot help admiring the men’s energy and keenness. Peeps at Many Lands: Norway Let us get her over at once; it is cold work standing thus in the water; and we may as well be comfortable as not!” Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek It's cold work sleeping in the open on an empty stomach, but we must just cheer each other with Tone's byword— "''Tis but in vain For soldiers to complain.'" The Northern Iron It was hard, cold work, but they got it done—the mattress stuffed into the hole and the scantling shoring it up. The U-boat hunters There was good fishing through the ice, only it was awful cold work and not much pay, for fish could hardly be given away. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen Isn't it cold work waiting all alone with the diamonds?' The Gold of Chickaree Constant, and hard, and cold work—at the oars, with the ice-poles—warping, hauling, and shoving. Fast in the Ice Adventures in the Polar Regions It’s mortal cold working here all day, and a man’s spirit’s pretty nigh freezed out of him by the time work’s done. Black, White and Gray A Story of Three Homes Fastening all the frozen ropes was very cold work. In the Forbidden Land Our great amusement at this time was shooting, as boating had become somewhat cold work. Captain Mugford Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors You were well out of it, not coming, for it was precious cold work waiting about, and no fun after all.” Dr. Jolliffe's Boys It had been cold work standing at the door watching the departure of the car, and the atmosphere of the deserted room was not calculated to cheer her spirits. Etheldreda the Ready A School Story "Oh, but it's cold work!" he cried, as he stopped to warm his hands, for the little room on the roof was draughty, and the snow blew in. The Moving Picture Girls Snowbound Or, The Proof on the Film Corrosion.—This steel like any other steel when distorted by cold working is more sensitive to corrosion and will rust. The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel It seemed to him that it was cold work for any one to be so continually on the stairs in December. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 It was cold work, but he had no boat, and so there was nothing else he could do. The Boy Trapper "If it's ready, let us have it upon trust, mother," said Godfrey: "this cold work in the plantations makes a fellow hungry." Mark Hurdlestone Or, The Two Brothers Therefore the seal hunter must stand perfectly still, like a graven image, with harpoon poised, and that is pretty cold work in zero weather. The Story of Grenfell of the Labrador A Boy's Life of Wilfred T. Grenfell It was cold work sitting in the boats. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned I have it nearly filled—fifty men cutting and storing, day and night—awful cold work! The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales It was hard work and cold work and wearing, for it demanded its exact toll for each mile, and was as insistent for the effort at weary night as at fresh morning. The Silent Places An’ doan’t ’e go out in the early dews mushrooming no more, for ’t is cold work, an’ you’ve got to be strong these next months.” Children of the Mist I knew not that ye had such cold work here. Cromwell It's cold work often, but we love it! Harvest Glad enough was I of its warmth, for it is cold work riding bound through the frost. A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex It was fearfully cold work, but everyone working with rare intelligence, we eventually got everything up and repacked the sledge; glad to get in harness again. Scott's Last Expedition Volume I It was almost dark by now, and the wind made it pretty cold work, standing and sitting about in the lane. Bullets & Billets Waiting for wild duck coming into the "spring" on a frosty night is cold work, but very good fun. A Cotswold Village As the night wore on the stable boys found it rather cold work to sit still on horseback. The Red Fairy Book She bruised her hands with hammering, and got cold working in a draft, which last affliction filled her with apprehensions for the morrow. Little Women Grettir said: "That is cold work, and fit for a man to do; but it seems to me rash to trust to the mare, when to my knowledge no one has done so before." Grettir the Strong, Icelandic Saga The airmen themselves were hurriedly putting on helmets and woollen gloves and leather coats, for it is cold work hunting airships at midnight. Paris War Days Diary of an American As the night wore on, the men found it rather cold work to sit so still and quiet on horseback. Popular Tales from the Norse Standing around was cold work and the young hunters lost no time in cutting some dry brushwood and building a fire, on which they placed several of the half-burnt logs. Guns and Snowshoes Or, the Winter Outing of the Young Hunters Then we get among the hills — fourteen thousand feet — fifteen thousand — it will be cold work there, but it don’t look very far on the map.” The Man Who Would Be King But it is cold work talking of pupils when one's soul is full of a beloved woman! Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century It was cold work raising the sail, and we were glad to be marching. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 I tapped 'em last year, as old Mr. Jamison didn't care about doin' it," said the boy, "an' I b'iled the pot of sap down in the grove; but that was slow, cold work. Driven Back to Eden It was cold work poling and paddling down the river, with the current, but against a head wind. Theodore Roosevelt It is cold work, pacing the ramparts so many hours of the night, if one has no good liquor to warm one's heart.' The Mysteries of Udolpho It was cold work, but she gloried in it. The Ruling Passion; tales of nature and human nature It was cold work on the hands and feet. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 With the temperature well below freezing-point, skinning is cold work in the wind, and must be done before the animal has time to freeze stiff. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 |
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