| 单词 | crack of doom |
| 例句 | Then an almighty explosion like the crack of doom. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z No more Hogwarts, no more adventures for Harry, no more life-and-death battles with the forces of darkness, just a long line of repeats stretching to the crack of doom. The age of Harry Potter draws to a close 2011-07-06T10:02:42Z Good work can stretch on until the crack of doom. Oh, the dreaded intermission: Long plays at a time when shorter is sweeter 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z The same year, Castlereagh cuts his throat, and falls into a grave which Englishmen will execrate till the crack of doom. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z Had the genuine text been copied over and over again till the crack of doom, the result could never have been this. The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels 2012-02-24T03:00:31.020Z Once there, and the stone door replaced and mortared in, the irritable old gentleman might sleep the quietest sleep his body had ever enjoyed, to the crack of doom. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z The door, he noticed, was quite smooth on this side, with no handle, and—no key hole; so that any one shut in, as he was, might shout or call till the crack of doom. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z They look as though they’d stand till the crack of doom, but there’s just a chance that if this revolver should happen to go off we might lose them, and that would be awkward. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z So it has been, and so will it be to the crack of doom. Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire 2011-11-15T03:00:23.507Z She planted herself before the old lady, with the wide-apart legs and tense look of one who braces herself to bear the crack of doom. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z Ir�n�'s shriek sounded to Lydia like the crack of doom. The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian 2011-10-24T02:00:18.500Z A stout bag, a stone or two, and the deepest centre of Plane Pond would custody it until the crack of doom. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z On the contrary, Halcott determined he should rest far out in the blue, lone sea, where nothing might disturb his rest until “the crack of doom.” The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z Then women cried aloud, and men looked dumbly into each other's eyes, and awaited the crack of doom. Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster 2011-10-02T02:00:12.020Z It startled him like the crack of doom. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z Ten to one the fool would bungle it, and he might sit and await the return of the fifty until the crack of doom, or until he went back and fetched them up himself. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z Never until the crack of doom might they hear such another report as that which now fell upon their ears. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z When the trumpets come in it is like the crack of doom, and you should hear the way they play the drums. Music-Study in Germany from the Home Correspondence of Amy Fay 2011-09-07T02:00:17.597Z It fills me with courage now, and will instil valour into every Irish heart until the crack of doom. The Whale and the Grasshopper And other Fables 2011-09-05T02:00:18.250Z When she had finished she knew that the revolver shot they had heard at the end of the ball was the sharp crack of doom that had sent Frederick, Huffe out of the world. Pink Gods and Blue Demons 2011-08-31T02:01:22.827Z Every post that comes to our door will startle us like the crack of doom. The Whole Armour of God 2011-07-12T02:00:30.060Z There are some queer currents hereabouts too, which may account for the thing hanging around here till the crack of doom. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z Then they will remain there till the crack of doom. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z He had scarcely uttered the words when a noise like the “crack of doom” was heard: one-half of the barn-floor had disappeared! Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z Malraya! we’re in for it now; a siege till the crack of doom, or till all of us are starved dead. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z Maiden's fears and Suitor's moans, Dead girl's tears and Warlock's groans, Spirits' dust from witches' broom, Drop of froth from madman's spume, Ivy leaf from crack of doom, Simmer! simmer! simmer! Myra's Well A Tale of All-Hallow-E'en 2011-02-28T03:00:33.577Z Thus our ancestors at the latter end of the tenth century waited expectantly for the crack of doom; but the varying emotions with which they awaited it can only be guessed at. What Not A Prophetic Comedy 2011-02-09T03:00:50.423Z For all I know you'll go on being it till the crack of doom. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z It came quick, quick as the winking of an eye, sudden as the crack of doom. The Night Operator In the “Day of Judgment,” a poem of about 120 stanzas, we are given in sublime verses a vivid delineation of the crack of doom as the archangel sounds the last trumpet. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" To the one, it would be the signal of glorious triumph; to the other, the crack of doom. Bert Wilson at Panama "The way I feel now," she said, closing her eyes, "I could ride this way until the crack of doom." Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole At the moment, the crack of doom that is to herald an eternal silence cannot more appal. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel “For my part, I feel as if I could sleep till the crack of doom.” In the Whirl of the Rising It burst upon the unsheltered wayfarers like the crack of doom! Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" "Now, if the water is overhead the crack of doom has come." Black Diamonds We could not have heard the crack of doom. An American Girl Abroad I believe that such a human negation would calmly view the wrecks of worlds and hear the crack of doom at the final rendering, if it did not affect her set. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 My knock at the great door of the château sounded to me like the crack of doom. Francezka Simultaneously there was a low, sullen roaring, the crack of doom, as condensed steam sucked in the heavy steel casing of the locomotive’s boilers and shattered it like an eggshell. Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl A crack like the crack of doom awoke Ivan; not alone awoke him, but threw him violently out of bed and on to the floor, where he lay stunned. Black Diamonds “I do not know,” faltered Mell; “I would trust you to the world’s end, and to the very crack of doom, if you would only tell me.” Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 It was so when men and maids dwelt in a young world; it is so now; and it will be so till the crack of doom. The Silent Barrier I seated myself on the ground, for now I heard low, soft baby calls, and determined to stay there till the crack of doom, or till I had solved the mystery of those calls. Upon The Tree-Tops This was a proclamation in the eighteenth year of his reign; he repeated it in the nineteenth, and he might have proceeded to “the crack of doom” with the same effect! Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 "A child!" she said in a horror-stricken whisper, turning quite pale, and looking as though the crack of doom were coming at once. Is He Popenjoy? And somehow he sensed the presence, somewhere near, of the traitor Dalis! hen that discordant sound again, breaking so swiftly that it fell upon the eardrums of Sarka and Jaska like the crack of doom. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 I tell you, my children, it has killed the poet in me, and it will kill the gods themselves when comes the crack of doom. Melomaniacs This was his house, and he would remain beside it until the crack of doom, shells or no shells. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas Whenever the same word is associated by the parties with different ideas, they may converse, or controverse, till “the crack of doom!” Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 The crack of doom will soon be upon them, and all will perish in the great conflagration. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge We might have petitioned until the crack of doom, before Congress would have broken the chain. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II This choice bit of news, carried at once to the escaped nun, sounded in Sister Claire's ear like the crack of doom, and she stared at Curran, standing humbly in her office, with distorted face. The Art of Disappearing We will leave it where it is now, where it will lie, I dare say, until the crack of doom—behind the overmantel in the servants' parlour, gentlemen, with its back to the wall. Anthony Lyveden If I wrote from now till the crack of doom, I could tell no more than this. Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume VIII, No 25: May 21, 1887 I intend to pass over you until the crack of doom. Summer Snow Storm The Revolution fell upon the Presbytery of Auchterarder like the very crack of doom. Chronicles of Strathearn No Indian chief that day shirked anything; yet the white foe always advanced, and the boom of the cannon sounded in their ears like the crack of doom. The Border Watch A Story of the Great Chief's Last Stand It was not, however, the crack of doom. Space Platform You may stand there till the "crack of doom" the 'prentice is always talking about.' Bristol Bells A Story of the Eighteenth Century Listening for the explosion of the oil was like waiting for the crack of doom. Land of the Burnt Thigh Faith, if you wait for me to read you the names you'll wait till the crack of doom. The Northern Iron Then the vision screens flared from such a light as might herald the crack of doom. The Aliens Then he knew nothing until he was awaked in the early morning by what sounded exactly like the crack of doom. Space Platform Black will be black, and white will be white till crack of doom.' Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales Francis E. Spinner, of New York, said he would never change his vote from me, and Thaddeus Stevens said he never would do so until the crack of doom. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. Then came a thunder crash, or, rather, a series of crashes and flashes, that seemed to imply the final crack of doom. The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers To poor Tom that ringing was the crack of doom. Army Boys on the Firing Line or, Holding Back the German Drive Now it strikes upon the motionless air as loudly as though it were the crack of doom. April's Lady A Novel Though he could prevent the firing, he could not control the voice, and the man gave one mighty shout, which awoke every sleeper as though the crack of doom had come. The Kentucky Ranger Condemned justly or not by the law, both sought their death in a quarrel which is as old as the hills and will last till the crack of doom. Henry VIII. All the morning the artillery fire continued, our reply being strengthened by the "crack of doom imitations" of a couple of monitors out at sea to the north of No. 11. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 No one could hear you if you shouted for help till the crack of doom. The Mask A Story of Love and Adventure There will never be anything quite like it to the crack of doom. The Napoleon of Notting Hill "I'll keep on asking till the crack of doom," Bradley said, in a voice that shook. Dixie Hart The overthrow of English law he looked upon as the impending crack of doom. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights And now the crack of doom is at hand. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life At the rate those two sounders were going they sounded to me like the crack of doom and I was becoming powerfully warm. Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers What we have may be all we can have, if the war lasts five years longer; and they say they are prepared to hold out till the crack of doom. Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War Bell: Michael’s sense itself—a cob Too steady to shy even at the crack of doom: He’ll keep the beaten track, the road that leads To four walls, and the same bed every night. Krindlesyke I wish every train of cars was kindlin'-wood, an' all the engine wheels an' the machine wheels would lock, till the crack of doom!” shouted the bitter voice again. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel When forced to bend it, she was surprised that the crack of doom did not follow. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life I've always made a scoff of superstition, and yet, my dears, a thousand questions in this life of ours must hang answerless to the crack of doom if you deny it standing-room. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady Apparently the silver tabby could wait, just like that, utterly inert, till the crack of doom—or dawn. The Way of the Wild We Virginians will keep on in one groove until the crack of doom unless we are jerked out of it by the nape of the neck. Princess Many a time the impulse came to Bruce to pluck the shining metal and sparkling stones from the saddle-bags and toss them out into the jungle, to be lost till the crack of doom. The Adventures of Kathlyn "What! will the line stretch out to the crack of doom?" The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life But so far as I am concerned, it will stay there and accumulate interest till the crack of doom. Arms and the Woman Like a crippled snake I was forced to drag Shattered flesh till the crack of doom. 'Hello, Soldier!' Khaki Verse The silence might remain unbroken until the crack of doom for any further effort she would make. Princess Bart applied the punk, there was a fizz, a sharp hiss, a writhing worm of quick flame, and then came a fearful report that split the air like the crack of doom. Bart Stirling's Road to Success Or, The Young Express Agent Every earthquake, pestilence, revolution, violent thunderstorm, comet, meteoric shower, or extraordinary gleaming of the aurora borealis, startles them as a possible avant courier of the crack of doom. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life The admiral had not made a copy, and without the key he might dig up Corsica till the crack of doom. A Splendid Hazard People must agree to differ to the crack of doom as to the justice of Catherine's divorce. The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) Mere expressions of a virtuous abhorrence of war will never end war until the crack of doom. New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 But to the girl who stood at the End, looking outward to darkness, those echoes roared like the crack of doom. The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel For a large party, marching under an N.C.O., approached us; and the N.C.O. in a voice like the crack of doom cried "Party—eyes RIGHT!" Tell England A Study in a Generation Some of the pupils were greatly alarmed, and no doubt thought it the crack of doom, or the day of judgment. From Canal Boy to President Or the Boyhood and Manhood of James A. Garfield The country does belong to the Iroquois, and if it was left to me to decide about it they'd keep it till the crack of doom. The Hunters of the Hills About love not altering "when it alteration finds," but bears it out even to the crack of doom. Red Pottage Babcock's long ungratified yearning for the things of the spirit were fully met by these cosey evenings, which he would have been glad to continue to the crack of doom. Unleavened Bread The Heavies warped themselves laboriously into position behind our hill, disguised themselves as gooseberry bushes, and gave an impression of the crack of doom at 2 A.M. one snowy morning. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 7, 1917 In such crack of doom De Launay cannot hear them, dare not believe them; they return with justified rage, the whew of lead still singing in their ears. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 333, July 1843 The fall of Constantinople resounded throughout Christendom as though it had been the crack of doom, and all men held their breath wondering what next might portend. Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean Where it was set running in the beginning of the world, there it will go on running till the crack of doom. The Waters of Edera O there was comfort, father, In love and nearness, e'en at the crack of doom. Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. You might say the same thing to him every morning, at the same hour till the crack of doom, and he would never recollect that he had heard your remark before. Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series What we have may be all we can have, if the war last five years longer; and they say they are prepared to hold out till the crack of doom. Strange True Stories of Louisiana But just as he spoke there came a little noise which was to these three men the crack of doom. Overland That instant was a blast, not to speak irreverently, which sounded like the crack of doom. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 56, June, 1862 There was one thing now written in the book of fate, and sealed as certainly as the crack of doom: no shilling of allowance should ever be paid to Harry Annesley. Mr. Scarborough's Family Which is all very true, yet "the tailor and painter" will continue popular, no doubt, until the crack of doom. The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield It seemed as if I heard the crack of doom and that the world was of a sudden going to pieces. The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss And then a sudden violent storm in the cream-jug, and we are flung into each other's unwilling arms where we cling for safety till the crack of doom when all the milk is spilt! The Obstacle Race However, human nature is the same everywhere, and until the crack of doom sounds mankind will be found undertaking more charity than it can carry through successfully, not only in Dumfries Corners, but everywhere else. The Booming of Acre Hill And Other Reminiscences of Urban and Suburban Life Speak low, speak little; who may sing While yonder cannon-thunders boom?Watch, shuddering, what each day may bring: Nor ‘pipe amid the crack of doom.’ Andromeda and Other Poems Never before had either of the trio heard such a deafening crash and uproar, and little wonder if they thought this surely must herald the crack of doom! The Lost City But when ye heard a great din, then ye must have been shown the crack of doom, and ye shall all die speedily. The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor These sharp words fell upon our anxious hearts like the crack of doom, and made us feel that hope only smiles to deceive. Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom; or, the escape of William and Ellen Craft from slavery He was getting on very well, when once more, close to his ear, came a sound like the crack of doom. Greenmantle When Pete jumped in and threw in the clutch, there was a backfire that sounded like the crack of doom. Jean of the Lazy A Why? because it would mean the crack of doom for me, and if you take it I shall take off my wig.... The Wisdom of Father Brown Well, young fellah, when you do you'll learn that once fairly out on a round, it would take the crack of doom to stop a true golfer. The Poison Belt He talked positively crazy, as if he had the crack of doom in his hands and were prepared to crack it. Michael O'Halloran Their guards kept the gates and bridges as if they meant to hold the place till the crack of doom, instead of being under orders to clear out within the week. Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places But the courage which he lacks his daughters possess to the full; they remain by Prometheus to the end, and share his fate, literally in the crack of doom. Suppliant Maidens and Other Plays A crack from the cottage, the crack of doom. The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea He had a large, square, dogged face, which seemed to promise that he would wait there till the crack of doom rather than abandon a quest. Barlasch of the Guard The crack of doom will not avail to accelerate that relentless deliberation. Alone Between her and the sweet liberty of the rain-washed air a door crashed like the crack of doom. Red Masquerade The crack of doom meant something after all! The Coming of the Friars "As if it could matter to me what anybody had ever said or believed, from the beginning of the world till the crack of doom!" Victory An Island Tale Mr. Wrandall turned a leaf in his book; it sounded like the crack of doom, so still had the room become. The Hollow of Her Hand Through the great doors and out into the plaza beyond was gathered all Thomahlia, reverent, like those waiting for the crack of doom. The Blind Spot It sounds like the crack of doom down here. Galusha the Magnificent Had the sub-committee waited till the crack of doom, it would have made no difference whatever to the general trend of Mr. Keith's sententious irrelevancies. South Wind The millions of South Africa or the Middle West might vainly knock at his own front door till the crack of doom, while Paul the penniless sauntered in an honoured guest. The Fortunate Youth The gold supply would give out as suddenly as it had begun; but sheep would graze there till the crack of doom—the land was fit for nothing else. Australia Felix "Here will I stay until the crack of doom," he answered, with an odd mixture of humour, ardour and ferocity, "unless you consent to listen to me." Love-at-Arms No one bothered himself about the prisoner, who might have slept till the crack of doom, as far as they were concerned. The Puppet Crown You might seek from now till the crack of doom, and not find what ye seek—not though you hack the desk to pieces. The Lion's Skin Each creak echoed like the crack of doom. Thankful's Inheritance Has the crack of doom Turned heaven to hell? made life a living tomb? Polyeucte Now exactly as long as we go on talking like that we shall have war after war, and calamity after calamity, until the crack of doom. Utopia of Usurers and Other Essays They were enough to chain him to Bostil's Ford until the crack of doom. Wildfire She, generous, craves your generous dole; That will not rouse the crack of doom. Poems — Volume 3 To reach this hollow he was obliged to pass through the Parker yard and, although he went on tiptoe, each footstep sounded, in his ears, like the crack of doom. Thankful's Inheritance For tho' I may not live myself To more than a hundred and ten, My quills will last till crack of doom, And maybe after then. New Chronicles of Rebecca Watching it, we felt as ants might feel at the advent of the crack of doom, for its mere height and girth and size overwhelmed us. When the World Shook; being an account of the great adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot Leave us alone, and disturb us for naught an it were not for crack of doom! Cyrano De Bergerac It had come sudden as the crack of doom, that blow—too quick, too unexpected for Jimmie Dale to have lifted a finger to prevent it. The Adventures of Jimmie Dale Then, with a regretful shrug of my shoulders, I added, "Let him live now to the crack of doom!" Dolly Dialogues |
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