| 单词 | crake |
| 例句 | The Teacher’s underground birdcages can’t hold their crakes and eagles, and eventually the Akkad boy himself seems like a creature that has flown free. Rumsfeld, Rice and Gonzales make cameos in a dark, comedic novel 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z Winter sun is cold and low,mew the kite and crake the crow,bird of flame, bird of shadow,ballad of blood on snow. Carols for Christmas 2010-12-18T00:07:31Z The Cedar Beach bird was only the second corn crake recorded in New York State since Grover Cleveland was president. The Passion and Peril of Birding 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z For each lucky birder who saw the Cedar Beach corn crake, there are thousands of others who wish they had, myself included. The Passion and Peril of Birding 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z She writes: “Try pronouncing it three times, thus: Oryx oryx oryx. Crake crake crake. You see?” In Margaret Atwood’s Essays and Speeches, Some Hazards of the Trade 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z Corn crakes usually migrate to spend the winter in the grasslands of sub-Saharan Africa. The Passion and Peril of Birding 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z All that is winged, even the grating corn crake, is painted with a mystical birder’s unworldly rose-colored pianistic glasses. Review: The crazy genius of playing Messiaen's 13 bird-inspired piano solos at L.A.'s Audubon Center 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z The catalogue includes rare species such as the Henderson crake, which lives on only one small Pacific island. Birds' genetic secrets revealed in global DNA study 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z On another hunt, the party shot a brace of crake, five pheasant and a pigeon. Why China's 'YouTube' Loves Forbidden Hunting And Shooting 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z He says that birds such as spotted crake, which usually turn up from Africa and are attracted to large pools of water, did not show up last year. Can UK wildlife cope with drought? 2012-02-27T01:23:45Z This fine bird, like the crakes, is very difficult to flush; but on occasion, when burning the cane-brakes to drive out deer, wild cats, &c., we have seen two or three in a day. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z He spoke my name with all the crake gone from his voice, and again it was as if I heard the music of an old song I had known all my life. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z “Crake—crake!” from the thickest of the grass where the bird crept concealed. Greene Ferne Farm 2011-08-14T02:00:22.210Z Afar in the mowing-grass the crake lifted his voice, for he talks more as the sun sinks. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The crakes were called by the aid of a small "crank," and shot as they emerged from the lush summer grass. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z Sometimes, by patience and skilfully anticipating his zigzag motions in the grass, the crake may be driven to the hedge without a dog. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z We could hear blue-jays calling, deeper in the woods, and the occasional “crake, crake, crake,” of a blue nuthatch. A Northern Countryside 2011-04-27T02:00:22.523Z The crake had returned to the cornfield, the cuckoo to the grove, and the nightingale once more filled the dells with its sweet nocturnal music. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z "I want us to crake a bit, sonny," he said. The Birthright A crake calls, now here, now far out yonder. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z The crake’s rules of migration are not easily reconciled with any theory I have ever heard of. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z These two birds are so characteristic of the meadows in southwestern counties that a summer evening seems silent to me without the "crake, crake!" of the one and the singular sibilous rattle of the other. Nature Near London What great pomp and crake then is this they make of antiquity? The Apology of the Church of England I think his intention was to crake disbelief of his rival's sincerity, to throw cold water on his burning professions, perhaps even to question the excellence of his intentions. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 21, 1920 Oh, my good Lord," groaned one of the volunteers, "it's the crake, master! The Ship of Stars In the particular locality which has been described the crakes come early, they enter the mowing grass and remain there till after it is cut; immediately afterwards they are heard in the corn. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Slanderous reproaches, and foul infamies, Leasings, backbitings, and vainglorious crakes, Bad counsels, praises, and false flatteries; All those against that fort did bend their batteries. Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations Between six and seven in the morning the corn-crake actually interrupts the ceaseless iteration of his "Crake! crake!" to partake of a little light refreshment. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 Sir, he shall do well enou', Though he be ruled by neither of you; Therefore crake no longer here, Lest you have on the ear, And that a good knock. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 Ha! crake! can your low stumps venture so deep Into affection's stream? go to, you wanton! A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 The crakes, however, when thus localised deceived no one by their supposed ventriloquial powers; therefore it seems clear that the deception is caused by their rapid changes of position. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z From gab of jay and chatter of crake The dusk wood covered me utterly. In Divers Tones By the edge of the growing corn is heard, iterative and wearisome, the "crake," "crake" of the corn-crake. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 Therefore crake no longer here, Lest I take you on the ear, And make your head to ache! A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 In the narrowest part of the wood between the hedge and the river a corncrake called his loudest "crake, crake," incessantly. The Life of the Fields The attempt to mark the spot is in vain; you think you have it, and rush there, but nothing is to be seen, and a minute afterwards ‘Crake, crake!’ comes behind you. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z After the grass is mown, the crakes leave the meadows and go to the arable fields, where the crops afford them shelter. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The home-field or meadow here is a favourite haunt of the crakes, for like all other birds they have their special places of resort. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Two persons and a spaniel well in hand walk towards the ‘Crake, crake!’ keeping some distance apart. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Crake! crake! nearly day and night; but now the rattle begins, and the bird must take refuge in the corn. The Life of the Fields One summer a crake chose a spot on the ‘shore’ of the ditch of the highway hedge, not forty yards from the orchard ha-ha. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The crake doubtless often cries from a furrow, which would act something like a trough, tending to draw the sound along it. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z When the crake remains a long time in one place, uttering the call continuously, the illusion disappears, and there is no more difficulty in approximately fixing its position than that of any other bird. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The crakes appeared to come earlier, in larger numbers, and to be more contented and make a longer stay in the colder county than in the warm one. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Thence the call has come without a moment's pause, "crake, crake," till the thick hedge seems filled with it. The Life of the Fields But as the crakes, though they will take refuge in a hedge, do not travel along it habitually, this circumstance may be accidental. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z |
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