| 单词 | compass point |
| 例句 | I hold my hand out, moving it until the compass points due south. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z But all this happened for one basic reason: no matter how many detours and adjustments it made, the caravan moved toward the same compass point. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “I never really thought about it then, but the purity of those tastes became a compass point for me.” | A Peek Inside the Hottest New Restaurant in Paris 2014-01-08T18:57:46Z The first letters of those words are the compass points clockwise from the top. Try old-school navigation by learning to use a magnetic compass 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z The Seattle Symphony’s 2018-19 composer in residence rarely lands on the compass point he initially charted when working on a new piece of music. New experiences shape the music of Seattle Symphony’s composer in residence 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z Hard graft, wariness of high-ups and sympathy for working stiffs became his compass points. A man in full 2014-04-16T04:00:00Z This is a cracking read, and Gill Lewis's moral compass points to true north. Fiction for older children – reviews 2013-07-27T13:00:00Z The core group of 18 live on all compass points of London and vary in age, background and interests too. Olympics diary: tweeting Games Time history 2012-07-25T15:56:00Z He told me that most locals provide directions based on bodies of water, not compass points, so I should learn my Pontchartrain and my Mississippi before setting out. New Orleans celebrates 300 years of letting the good times roll 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z They are known for distinctive rhumb lines that radiate out from various points in the ocean in the direction of wind or compass points to help navigators plot their course. A $7.5-million find: Overlooked Getty estate sale map turns out to be 14th century treasure 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z The clocks on its tower faced the compass points and, instead of numbers, spelled out “WRIGLEY FIELD.” Before Dodger Stadium, L.A. played ball downtown, out of town and even on Catalina Island 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z "I have and will have only one compass point: to protect you." In France, voters' perception of purchasing power could hurt Macron in the ballot 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z The circular device features compass points and two sights. Fire lookouts: The US Forestry Service lookouts watching for fires 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z The sea was at once predictable and unpredictable, different every day, but every day my compass point, my destination. Cold comfort: how cold water swimming cured my broken heart 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z Russell said his wife often jokes that while some people’s compass points to true north, his, on the other hand, points to true crime. 'The Last Narc' director recalls pistol being pulled on him during docuseries exploring DEA agent’s death 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Their compass point was north, towards the United States. Kindness of strangers: A day in the life of the migrant caravan in... 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z The round, 530-square-foot mosaic depicts four compass points over a blue-sky background, the Idaho Statesman reports. Heat, water and trucks are destroying a Boise mosaic 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z They are her compass points to prevent us from losing our way in a mathematical jungle, however beautiful. How the belief in beauty has triggered a crisis in physics 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z Those are in some ways my compass points. Talking to Junot Diaz about 'Islandborn,' his first book for kids 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z Real-world images flash by, the compass points of Dorothea’s life: a couple doing the Charleston, an elephant, New York in the twenties, Louis Armstrong, Humphrey Bogart, a huge night sky. Mike Mills’s Anti-Hollywood Family Films 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z The designers call them “Easter eggs”: The headlamp glass is molded to look like compass points. Jeep Renegade: Built in Italy, Inspired by Moab 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z While gravity pulls down, wind can come from any compass point. New York Above 800 Feet 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z After the largest consultation in the history of the UN, the sustainable development goals provide the new compass point. The planet’s future is in the balance. But a transformation is already under way 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z It’s not a stretch to say the Republican Party revolves around the compass point of the RNC. Exclusive: Republicans Launch Game-Changing Data Center That Will Forever Change Politics 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z Permits come with compass points, directions and photographs of key navigational points. Hike to richly colored geological upheaval along Arizona-Utah border not without danger 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z This magnetic drumbeat dramatically impacts where the compass points -- or if it works at all. Mouse Senses Magnetic Fields Possibly via Quantum Processes 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z The walls are of white oak veneer and the floors are in black terrazzo, with enormous and helpful compass points inlaid at each corner. At the World Trade Center, a View From the Summit of Lower Manhattan 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z Our instinctive compass points to moral north even though we don't always follow its arrow. Closeout: Golf Sins 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z I will let my moral compass point me in the best direction. 9 Power Promises for Happiness and Success 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z Of all the compass points travelers will follow on their getaways from the D.C. area in 2014, the most difficult — for the second summer in a row — will be due south. Summer getaways 2014: Best vacation escape routes for drivers leaving the D.C. area Upon the other arm of g is a slide p secured by a set-screw c, and carrying a compass point e. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Electricity and Magnetism," says: "Gilbert made the discovery that the compass points north and south because the earth is also a great magnet. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z To one of the cinematograph houses inviting from every compass point? Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z Her compass point had been given as east. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z North — a frame of mind as much as a compass point — is near the pastures and orchards of the Hudson Valley but strategically located in the heart of Westchester. | Armonk: A Farm-to-Table Menu That Plays the Edge 2011-01-22T01:56:37Z The bar h carries an adjustable slide z secured by a set-screw d and carrying the compass point f. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z There are many ways to find the compass points, but when a man doesn't know what direction he wants to travel, what good is there in knowing which is north and east? Woodcraft 2010-12-30T03:00:30.337Z The next time you lay out a trail, you take a compass along, and no matter how sure you may be that the compass is wrong, you go where the compass points. Camps and Trails 2010-12-20T17:12:16.133Z Stirling turned the wheel over to the quartermaster after Marr had indicated a compass point, then rolled across the quarter-deck and stood by the green starboard light of the ship, which was turned out. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z There, at one compass point in the middle of Middle America, they went about attesting that there were Muslims for peace. On Religion: Muslim Sect Uses Brochure Campaign to Push for Peace 2010-08-07T01:10:00Z Furthermore, the compass points are apt to spring and fall into the false marks when those marks come close to the true ones. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z The long mountains paralleling one another made it easy to get about without losing the sense of direction, and I kept my compass points merely by familiarity with the ground on which I traveled. Woodcraft 2010-12-30T03:00:30.337Z Any sawed or cut stump will give you the compass points, because the concentric rings are thicker on the south side. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 4 June 1906 Stirling followed the second mate into the galley cabin, and climbed into his bunk with a tired glance at the compass point. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Religion points to the seat of power as a compass points to the pole. The Next Step in Religion An Essay toward the Coming Renaissance That ought to make it clear why the compass points north. Common Science Thus it will be seen that if one knows approximately the time of day he can easily figure out the compass points. Woodcraft 2010-12-30T03:00:30.337Z The watch is often used to give the compass point exactly. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 On September 13th his compass points to the true north, a fact without precedent. Little Masterpieces of Science: Explorers We are only complete when normal in all parts,—a true compass points to the normal only. Philosophy of Osteopathy What makes the needle of a compass point north? Common Science The old skipper knew nothing of square roots or hypothenuses or anything that looked like 'em, and he had always laid his course out by compass points. The U-boat hunters Why the Compass Points North and South.—Now, let us try to ascertain why the compass points north and south. Electricity for Boys When William Thomson tries to place the ultimate particles of matter between his compass points, and to apply to them a scale of millimetres, he is powerfully aided by this faculty. Human Traits and their Social Significance He found a large-scale map of the metropolis and spread it out on the table, true to the indicated compass points. The Secret Wireless or, The Spy Hunt of the Camp Brady Patrol With the same radius put the compass point at the junction of the circle and mitre line, C V, and cut the circle at right and left, viz., ee. Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. "All right," said Doc, and after a while laid out the zigzag courses in compass points. The U-boat hunters From above, below, and almost every compass point on the plan of the ecliptic, they closed in, deadly blasters aimed, gunners ready to fire. On the Trail of the Space Pirates "Either we're wrong or the compass is wrong, Slady," the bewildered Archer had said, and he had forthwith altered the compass points before they discovered the explanation of their singular experience. Tom Slade Motorcycle Dispatch Bearer Captain Hardy got a map of the city, and spreading it on the table true to the compass points, stretched a yardstick across it in the direction indicated by the arrow. The Secret Wireless or, The Spy Hunt of the Camp Brady Patrol With compass point on 3 and radius 3 to 4, describe an arc 4 to 5. Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. Of this argument Tyndall says:—"William Thomson tries to place the ultimate particles of matter between his compass points, and to apply to them a scale of millimetres." Western Worthies A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities To him, these and the like districts are nothing more than compass points of the huge metropolis. Victorian Short Stories of Troubled Marriages The centre of each of these segments lies on a line running through the centre of the spike to the compass point to which the segment belongs. Things To Make Then I struck a match, and in its light made the observation, always taking into consideration the fact that in that part of Europe the compass points sixteen or seventeen degrees west of due north. Three Times and Out This then, is the first of the Christian sciences: division of land rightly, and the general law of measuring between wisely-held compass points. Mornings in Florence The stars gave me the compass points, and I recalled with some clearness the general trend of the coast line as we came up. Wolves of the Sea Being a Tale of the Colonies from the Manuscript of One Geoffry Carlyle, Seaman, Narrating Certain Strange Adventures Which Befell Him Aboard the Pirate Craft "Namur" Nineteen Forty-Five provided the common frame of reference the compass points of the postwar era we've relied upon to understand ourselves. State of the Union Address Accordingly, when she is launched and proceeds to sea, the compass points not exactly according to the magnetism of the earth, but partly according to that of the ship also. Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science Strange people, those foreigners," he may say, and actually does say; "they make their compass point north instead of south. The Civilization of China The goblins in this dreadful sea are making our compass point wrong so as to drag us to destruction. The true story of Christopher Columbus, called the Great Admiral |
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