| 单词 | dead ahead |
| 例句 | Stuart strained his eyes, and suddenly, dead ahead, right in the path of the Wasp, he saw an enormous paper bag looming up on the surface of the pond. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z But dead ahead, not more than thirty miles away, rose the snow-covered basalt peaks of Elephant Island. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “Long Island, dead ahead. Let’s slow down, dear. ‘Dead’ is only an expression.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z In 1958, as the lookout in “A Night To Remember,” he was in the crow’s nest of the Titanic when he reported, “Iceberg dead ahead, sir!” Bernard Fox, Dr. Bombay on ‘Bewitched,’ Dies at 89 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z And here is a warning: spoilers dead ahead. Review: A Family Divide Haunts Heart-Rending ‘Suicide Forest’ 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z Enter its Great Hall and over to the right is ancient Egypt, over to the left is ancient Greece and Rome, and dead ahead are the Middle Ages. The new LACMA: Plans call for radical change to how we see the permanent collection 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z You look dead ahead, you don’t look left or right. Me and my penis: 100 men reveal all 2017-05-27T04:00:00Z Wave season — the time of year when most cruises are booked — is dead ahead. Planning a cruise? Don’t overlook booking flight tickets 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly said in June that alternative burial sites are being provided for families moving their dead ahead of the construction. Historic Cairo cemetery faces destruction from new highways as Egypt’s government reshapes the city 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z I am just wondering, dead ahead, do you think that explaining how the business model of Robinhood works to users is important? How Robinhood’s Aparna Chennapragada is building the future of investing 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z His staggeringly beautiful painting of a young woman, wife of a London courtier, sits dead ahead on the entry wall. Review: Hans Holbein struts his stuff at the Getty Museum 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z And in a news business that is fragmented and hyperpartisan, a similar fiasco may lie dead ahead. Secret Sharers: The Hidden Ties Between Private Spies and Journalists 2021-05-15T04:00:00Z We just think you may be jumping the gun – and it especially concerns us when we are so close to the finish line that we can see it dead ahead. Editorial Roundup: West Virginia 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z Descend, turn left and you’ll see your starting point dead ahead. L.A. Walks: Park-hop in northeast L.A. from Rose Hill Park to Debs Pond and back 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z He hadn’t anticipated the lapped car of Ricky Rudd exiting pit road, dead ahead. Broadcasting Daytona 500, Jeff Gordon recalls past glories and plots NASCAR’s future 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z To launch a horror film with the horror that is a glossy art fair merely telescopes the confused cinematic problems dead ahead. Hollywood takes a ‘Velvet Buzzsaw’ to the art critic. This art critic responds 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z At the court’s other end, Harden stared dead ahead on the Houston bench. Reserves play big role for Clippers in 133-113 rout over Rockets - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z The panoramic view of the harbor included the Statue of Liberty on the far left, the Brooklyn Bridge on the right and the skyscrapers of downtown Manhattan dead ahead. Tugboat Jess Pulls Her Weight 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z Wired asks the obvious question: "How is it possible that one of the most advanced driving systems on the planet doesn't see a freaking firetruck, dead ahead?" California Inc.: Never mind the game — it's Super Bowl commercial time 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z It was the Titanic 1970s, when the first-class party sped on, innocent of the iceberg of Aids that lay dead ahead. 'He was a sexual outlaw': my love affair with Robert Mapplethorpe 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z The AA5 pilot told investigators he suddenly saw "two small lights dead ahead", so he "broke hard left" into clear airspace, but the Chinook took the same course of action. Helicopter and plane in near-miss over Maidford - BBC News 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z Two exclamation points and something resembling a flying sea gull means that there is a very big ditch dead ahead. American bikers prepare for Dakar Rally, the world's most dangerous motor sports event 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z But “there” is now dead ahead and clearly in view. A Washington-Baltimore World Series? For Nationals and Orioles fans, time to dream For one breakneck moment Monday, she looked dead ahead and saw her husband surfing toward her, and then down toward the rocks. Garrett McNamara’s Big Wave 2013-01-31T04:55:00Z The path to a first title since 1988 may well be cluttered, but it is a path, and it is dead ahead. Notre Dame now 8-0 2012-10-28T03:39:00Z And do not lose track of the fact that looming dead ahead is the post-IPO lockup period, which will free up for open market trading a mammoth new supply of Facebook shares. Facebook Shrs Drop Below $20; Why It Could Drop A Lot More 2012-08-02T17:06:43Z Then fifty minutes later Fosterdyke touched Kenyon on the shoulder and pointed dead ahead to a faint object rising above the horizon. The Airship "Golden Hind" 2012-04-21T02:00:26.983Z On the third day after her departure the shallop came again in sight, nosing her way slowly up the harbour against a wind dead ahead and blowing strong. A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z The weather warn't exactly foul weather, and the sea was smooth enough, but all the air there was was dead ahead, and it looked dirty to wind'ard. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The wind was now dead ahead again, and fierce. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z I was paddling along silently when I turned a bend, and a huge dark bulk loomed suddenly out of the water dead ahead of the canoe. A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories 2011-12-23T03:00:10.057Z And he walked straight to his desk, eyes dead ahead like a somnambulist's, unheedful of the men who watched him silently with drawn, anxious faces. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z Turning at the finish of my stroke, I saw that big spray-flipping comber about two lengths away, and dead ahead, looking savager than ever. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z The wind was dead ahead of them, and though they crept in close with the beach they were met by little, spiteful seas. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z The course now changing, the wind came dead ahead, and we rowed down to the dam in a rolling sea, with much exertion. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z On the following day, the sun shone through a clear air, and at noon there was seen, dead ahead, some evidences of black smoke in the horizon. Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck 2011-11-04T02:00:18.377Z As during his dictation of the previous night, he proceeded as if in a maze, with the air of a sleep walker, gaze dead ahead; no triumph in the eyes, only infinite weariness. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z This is bad enough, but the worst is yet to come as we draw near with great velocity to a huge rock which appears dead ahead. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z A few hours later his lookouts reported four vessels dead ahead. Gentlemen Rovers 2011-10-22T02:00:27.907Z But the wind, though slight, is dead ahead for miles, and Jim has a heavy drag. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z That cliff to the right is the Divide, and dead ahead that ridge you see is the Divide turning sharp left and running across to the western range. Boy Scouts in Glacier Park The Adventures of Two Young Easterners in the Heart of the High Rockies 2011-09-22T02:00:22.487Z Holding my hand upwards, I keep the machine dead ahead in a straight line. 'Green Balls' The Adventures of a Night-Bomber 2011-09-13T02:00:34.080Z It was not from the huge rollers the launch was skirting so smartly that this tearing, rending roar came, but from an enormous black rock almost dead ahead. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z By daybreak the breeze had freshened considerably, but veered a bit, and was now dead ahead. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z Suddenly, from across the water, came the sound of a big gun, and a solid shot struck the water dead ahead of the Yucatan. The Blue Grass Seminary Girls on the Water Exciting Adventures on a Summer Cruise Through the Panama Canal 2011-09-05T02:00:21.637Z It blew with a steady and increasing violence, dead ahead; pull as he would, he made little progress, and, to add to his discomfiture, he had to be continually baling. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z I wondered what lay in his brain, and what were his real feelings as he steered the enormous machine dead ahead into the hostile territory. 'Green Balls' The Adventures of a Night-Bomber 2011-09-13T02:00:34.080Z Mile after mile was reeled off, when suddenly a loud splashing was heard dead ahead in the stream. Habits, Haunts and Anecdotes of the Moose and Illustrations from Life 2011-08-23T02:00:29Z The Boilin’-Pot Shallows was dead ahead; below the fog I could see the manes o’ the big white horses flung t’ the gale. Every Man for Himself 2011-08-09T02:00:26.920Z The Sally was making that way, now; the speck was almost dead ahead of them, far on the sea. The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z The ventilators were all shut, but the train was now climbing the Wind River divide, the cold bitterly increasing, and the wind dead ahead. The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:29.180Z For a few minutes the breeze held true, then swiftly veering it blew dead ahead. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z The first rays of the sun, when flung into their faces, did not dazzle their eyes so much that they could not observe an isle almost dead ahead. The Corner House Girls on Palm Island 2011-06-01T02:00:23.043Z There he is, Mr. Emmett! about a half a mile away there, sir, almost dead ahead! Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z It’s dead ahead of us now, but if it doesn’t change, it’ll be right behind us on the last leg of the race. The Go Ahead Boys in the Island Camp 2011-04-27T02:00:26.377Z Will managed to “snap” the three boys straining at that clumsy big steering oar called the “sweep”; with the towboat apparently dead ahead. The Outdoor Chums on a Houseboat 2011-04-13T02:00:14.140Z Suddenly his attention was aroused in another direction by a loud shout of; "Vessel dead ahead, sir!" Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z That made a big difference, and we had vile weather: gales dead ahead, snow, and bitter cold. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z He pointed to a dark grey, indistinct object almost dead ahead, her outlines rendered almost invisible by the trailing clouds of smoke that poured from her funnels. Billy Barcroft, R.N.A.S. A story of the Great War 2011-02-24T03:01:02.917Z The wind was dead ahead, and the waves dashed furiously against her; but she kept steadily on, tossing their spray on high, as if they had struck against the rocks of Eddystone lighthouse. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z Thormählen, exhausted from a leopard hunt the night before, was seated at the end of a long row of chairs, staring dead ahead. Saving the Rhino Through Sacrifice 2010-12-09T22:00:00Z Many scoff at St. Andrews' fishhook design, with every hole parallel to another, with three-quarters of its trouble on the right and the rest dead ahead, hidden from view. Ron Whitten: Age vs. Beauty 2010-05-25T04:00:00Z America’s representatives in Kabul are once again hurtling down history’s highway, eyes fixed on the rear-view mirror, not the precipice that lies dead ahead. America and the Dictators: From Diem to Karzai 2010-04-15T20:16:00Z The next afternoon after the storm we sighted a vessel dead ahead. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document During the latter portion of the day the barometer fell considerably, and toward the evening it blew almost a gale of wind from the eastward, dead ahead of course. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z “Luck took a turn against us again just after dark, for the wind shifted six or seven points an’ started blowin’ strong from dead ahead. Sea-Hounds The pointer swerves from the direction of her starboard bow to dead ahead. Harper's Round Table, September 3, 1895 "Something dead ahead, sir!" he shouted back to the bridge. The Indian Drum A cluster of twinkling lights shone dead ahead, and our travellers' goal was won. Harper's Round Table, May 7, 1895 Costigan traced it, and there, almost dead ahead of them, between them and their sun, nearing them at the incomprehensible rate of the sum of the two vessels' velocities, came another cruiser of the Nevians! Triplanetary “Well, bub, ever see that before?” and the doctor pointed to the gray ocean line dead ahead. Neighbors Life Stories of the Other Half Wind almost dead ahead to a boat from Squire's too, if that made any difference. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Ten Christmas stories Then he saw it—the wet metal hulk rearing up like a massive whale dead ahead. Way of a Rebel Chet saw them dead ahead; he saw the outthrust heads, each ending in a great suction-cup, the row of disks that were eyes blazing above, and the gaping maw below. Brood of the Dark Moon It was coming chiefly from the north-west, dead ahead: the ship had it before her prow, like a line of cliff moving vast and vague. Toilers of the Sea The obstruction he had cleared was dead ahead. The Wailing Octopus From side to side he would swing the glasses and search for anything that looked like a suspicious light on land or water then turn to what lay dead ahead. Eagles of the Sky With Jack Ralston Along the Air Lanes Instantly from a point dead ahead rose another, grooving into the echo of the first in a staccato yelp. Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance Soon after ten o'clock lights were sighted dead ahead. The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror The wind was dead ahead an' the sea was a-tumblin' in as if there wa'n't no land between us an' the North Pole. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers A pull on the sheet and it is full-and-by to the southeast, with Minot's Light looming gray dead ahead in the gray wash of breakers. Old Plymouth Trails “The wind is dead ahead of us here in the narrows and I think I’ll wait till it shifts.” The Go Ahead Boys and the Treasure Cave "The breeze is dead ahead, boys," said Jack. Motor Boat Boys Down the Coast or Through Storm and Stress to Florida He used the iron compass method, just taking a close look at Earth, which was more or less dead ahead of us. The Trouble with Telstar He then took himself off the vessel, the wind was fast veering to dead ahead, ... and, with an aching heart and head, I remained in my berth all day long. Records of Later Life The clouds that had been above them lay dead ahead; the ship was pointing straight upward. Astounding Stories, May, 1931 He told me to keep it steady, dead ahead. Wild Oranges Here and there a man struggled futilely against the force of the storm. n a few minutes the drifting wreck of the Roma came into our view, dead ahead of the limping liner. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 Look—there's an underwater cliff about half a mile dead ahead. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 "The sloop is dead ahead!" hailed Milo, though none on deck could detect anything of her in the blackness. The Pirate Woman The machine gun was mounted on the plane above his head, pointing dead ahead, and aimed by aiming the whole airplane. Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons The white blaze of light dead ahead grew broader. Two Thousand Miles Below I was flying at five thousand, and they hung there dead ahead. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 Over the narrow gulf they shot; the range was short, their target dead ahead—and yet by bare inches they missed! Astounding Stories, February, 1931 The wind outside was dead ahead, and the heavy rollers tumbling in foreboded a still heavier swell as we got further away from the land. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' For the first three or four days we had fine weather, although the wind was dead ahead, having chopped round to the northward immediately upon our losing sight of the coast. Masterpieces of Mystery Riddle Stories He knew only that the valley dead ahead was whirling dizzily—that it sank suddenly from sight. Two Thousand Miles Below The great pillared intersection where Broadway cuts through Sixth Avenue was dead ahead. The Mind Master The octopi submarine, beam on and dead ahead, began to move to port at quickly increasing speed. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 At last it was reported, trending 223 all around both bows, low and with a trembling mirage of pines and mangroves looming up, and a multitude of rocky keys dead ahead. Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life Then he looked through closing eyes to where the third mate pointed—dead ahead, where a white light shone faintly in the darkness. The Boy Scouts Book of Stories But the words were followed by a flash of green from dead ahead. Two Thousand Miles Below The big city I mentioned is dead ahead. The God in the Box “There it is right now, dead ahead of us!” exclaimed Jud, who had a pair of wonderfully keen eyes. The Banner Boy Scouts Snowbound A Tour on Skates and Iceboats It be dead ahead, so we may keep straight on.” The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea As yet, however, the wind has not been enticed, it being, as one of our shipmates from the sister isle put it, "a dead calm, with what wind there was dead ahead." In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 Twenty minutes and seventy-six large breakfast fish later they sighted the island—a little smudge on the horizon, dead ahead. David and the Phoenix And by the time that she had raised herself to the foot of her courses, Leslie had succeeded in bringing her two masts into line, so that the pair were now dead ahead of her. Dick Leslie's Luck A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure To add still further to Captain Leicester’s embarrassments, the trio of ships were rapidly overhauling a fourth, which was wallowing along dead ahead of the Aurora. The Voyage of the Aurora June 14th.—On coming on deck this morning, found the wind had come out nearly dead ahead, and the ship barely heading her course under a topsail breeze, with her yards braced sharp. Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas At 4 a.m., whilst steaming at six knots, the look out man reported land dead ahead. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 Towering until she seemed to increase in stature by inches, she aimed a long and bony finger dead ahead. Sundry Accounts Helmsman, bring the ship to bear on land, dead ahead! The Landing of the Pilgrims My cayuse was headin’ south, with the rustlers pretty near dead ahead, when I come to a patch of moonlight I had to cross. Shoe-Bar Stratton But I managed to avoid getting lost, which surprised me, and after four nerve-wracking hours I finally spotted the yellow-painted X of a registered claim on a half-mile-thick chunk of rock dead ahead. The Risk Profession “I hope we don’t have to buck this wind very long—it’s coming dead ahead.” On the Edge of the Arctic or, An Aeroplane in Snowland Sometimes the wind blew “dead ahead,” and then their day's journey would be only a few miles. Popular Adventure Tales "You're right," said the planter, who had not observed that the strong wind would be dead ahead all the way to the anchorage. Duffels Juarez kept steadily at it for an hour and then darkness began to fall over the channel but not until the island that they were approaching had begun to loom up, dead ahead. Frontier Boys on the Coast or in the Pirate's Power I reached for my knapsack, but I was staring through the viewport, dead ahead. The Night of the Long Knives To sweep gaily on before a fresh, fair breeze, is comparatively easy, but few landsmen can realize the patient assiduity and nautical skill required to extract propelling power from winds determined to be dead ahead. Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. After a few minutes' brisk pulling, the trumpeter had lost so much ground that he was not two hundred yards in the advance, and “dead ahead.” Popular Adventure Tales "Hard aport, sir—ship on the starboard tack—dead ahead," came the cry. The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility The outlines of a lean-to kitchen at the back of the house were looming dead ahead of him when from the corner of the cottage sprang a small terrier. The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights The big whistle boomed again, dead ahead, and so much nearer that it provoked the skipper to lash out a round oath. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 I was confident that the Islander, having the wind nearly dead ahead, would not make much headway against such a fierce wind. Up the River or, Yachting on the Mississippi The Moskoe-strom whirlpool was about a quarter of a mile dead ahead—but no more like the everyday Moskoe-strom, than the whirl as you now see it is like a mill-race. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 So everybody on deck was much astonished when, on a certain morning, the cry came down from the masthead of the Stag Royal of “Land ho, bearing dead ahead!” Across the Spanish Main A Tale of the Sea in the Days of Queen Bess When the explosion occurred, the wind was nearly dead ahead, and we were floating with the current, which was the particular reason why we had come so near being run down by the contestants. Down The River Buck Bradford and His Tyrants But the next whistle they heard sounded dead ahead, and increased in volume of sound only gradually. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 She was sailing with the wind nearly dead ahead, and therefore the breeze was good on deck, and even in the cabins. Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics The wind is seldom dead ahead, but the contrary; and the voices are borne forward or far over the sea, instead of being carried back to the ears of the crew. Ran Away to Sea The Rosabel was at least five miles from the land, still making things very lively on board, when a large schooner was seen dead ahead. The Coming Wave The Hidden Treasure of High Rock The fifth light, dead ahead, now became itself only the fourth, and it was immediately the sole attraction for the watchers in the rigging of the several war police-boats. Ahead of the Army It was dead ahead, which was not exactly to his calculation. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 She could not be seen from the bridge, but, directed by the foretop, the gun was trained on the horizon dead ahead; 11,000 yards was the range. The U-boat hunters But, to my exceeding surprise, we were heading to the westward, and, hull-down about ten miles distant, was another craft dead ahead of us, also carrying a press of canvas. The Pirate Slaver A Story of the West African Coast But the wind was dead ahead, and even fresher than when they had come down to High Rock. The Coming Wave The Hidden Treasure of High Rock The river, always broad and smooth, curved in mighty sweeping bends, so that sometimes the breeze was dead ahead. Gold Seekers of '49 Sometimes the wind blew “dead ahead,” and then their day’s journey would be only a few miles. The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North After idly watching himself and Truesdale appear on the screen, he returned the view to dead ahead, switched it off, and turned to the other panel. This World Must Die! At last came the anxiously awaited hail from the lookout aloft: "Topmasts of a ship almost dead ahead, sir." Dave Darrin After The Mine Layers As the first bars of saffron streaked the east next morning, the reef of the Cruz del Padre hove in sight dead ahead. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver So thickly charged with flying snow was the wind and so dead ahead that despite parkee hoods it blinded us, and the dogs could hardly be forced to keep their heads towards it. Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska After a few minutes’ brisk pulling, the trumpeter had lost so much ground that he was not two hundred yards in the advance, and “dead ahead.” The Young Voyageurs Boy Hunters in the North The steamer was making a letter S and constantly zigzagging, when suddenly the lookout called down that there was a rowboat dead ahead. The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon Barely ten minutes had passed when from a bow lookout came the sharp hail: "'Ware submarine, dead ahead, sir!" Dave Darrin After The Mine Layers For twenty minutes the galliot cleft the waters on her old course, when the look-out screamed: “Hard up!—rocks and breakers dead ahead!” Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver At last, he noticed a slight shimmer, dead ahead. The Players "The wind is dead ahead, and we must beat all the way down." Little By Little or, The Cruise of the Flyaway The Southern Cross was almost dead ahead of us. The Dash for Khartoum A Tale of Nile Expedition Its dead ahead though; but it will blow away the fog, I hope, and we shall be able to keep the yacht moving.” The Three Admirals Obedient to her helm, the Idaho now met "dead ahead" both wind and sea. A Wounded Name “But, look here; uncle says as there’ll be a good deal of wind dead ahead, and I shall have to tack back again, you’re to come with me.” The Lost Middy Being the Secret of the Smugglers' Gap “It’ll either drop to a dead calm at sundown, or swing round and be dead ahead.” Fitz the Filibuster She was dead ahead of us, riding out the gale under steam. Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy He allowed a full hour to pass, and then drawing out the glass, applied it to his eye, sweeping the horizon carefully from dead ahead round to windward. The Pirate Island A Story of the South Pacific “We will keep on as we are going until she bears dead ahead, and then we will edge away after her.” A Middy of the Slave Squadron A West African Story That is to say, there is a large object of some kind dead ahead. The Log of the Flying Fish A Story of Aerial and Submarine Peril and Adventure There's a big planet a few million miles off in line with the main door, and another one almost dead ahead—that is, straight down. The Skylark of Space Costigan traced it; and there, almost dead ahead of them, between them and their sun, nearing them at the incomprehensible rate of the sum of the two vessels' velocities, came another cruiser of the Nevians! Triplanetary About a mile below a warning roar dead ahead told us to make land at once, for it would be far from prudent to attack a rapid in the dark. A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 Everything was dark, not a light showing aboard ship or elsewhere until, about midnight, I saw a glow on the horizon, nearly dead ahead. The Emma Gees "Either that or they have changed their course, and are now leaving us dead ahead." The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island I was none too soon, because dead ahead by a thousand feet or so, they were hauling a second road block out. Highways in Hiding No sign of one yet; but as we enter on our second mile, our lookout cries for the first time: 'A sail! dead ahead, sir!' Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. She's dead ahead sir," answered Greenly, smiling; "her orders being rather more difficult of execution. The Two Admirals All was going well, when suddenly the mate grunted, pointing dead ahead. The Spinner's Book of Fiction Twenty-four hours later the huge rounded bulk of the Sierra Nevada loomed dead ahead. Frontier Boys in Frisco Amid a smother of white foam, almost dead ahead and scarcely two cable lengths away there showed the black and jagged points of rocks, known locally as the "Shark's Teeth." Frank and Andy Afloat The Cave on the Island Suddenly a flash of light stabbed through the murk from dead ahead. Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung There's a star dead ahead, and I guess I'll steer by it. Under the Great Bear "And how long before the main contractors will get here?" he asked, working his twisted nose from side to side as if in the hope of eventually persuading it to point dead ahead. The She Boss A Western Story But now this radiant Easter Sunday morning finds us almost becalmed on the eastern side of Mauritius, with what air is stirring dead ahead, but only coming in a cat's-paw now and then. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. It was a little short of an hour when Frank, who had stood up to stretch his cramped legs, suddenly uttered an exclamation: "Look!" he cried, and pointed dead ahead. Frank and Andy Afloat The Cave on the Island In a few minutes they were able to make it out dimly through the cabin window, dead ahead. Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung "Bandits dead ahead," droned the voice from the radar bridge calmly, "trying to envelop us." The Revolt on Venus "Another sail dead ahead, sir!" called the man on the fore cross trees. A Victorious Union She had reached a position dead ahead of the Arran, so that she no longer suffered from the shots of the latter's broadside guns, and the Bronx was getting the entire benefit of them. On The Blockade Planet Pluto, in her ashen melancholy, lay dead ahead. The Universe — or Nothing The boat was a fine one and carried a light sail, which unfortunately was no use to us, the little wind there was being dead ahead. Five Years in New Zealand 1859 to 1864 But they broke out of the fog bank the next morning to see dead ahead two boats, each pulled by four pair of oars, wearily approaching the course of the coastwise steamships. Navy Boys Behind the Big Guns Sinking the German U-Boats The masthead light is designed to emit light through a horizontal arc of twenty points of the compass, ten on each side of dead ahead. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization At four bells in the morning watch two sails were reported to him, one dead ahead, and the other on the port beam. On The Blockade A sudden gleam of bright-chestnut fur dead ahead, however, stopped him, and he turned back, keeping always to the hedge—towards the covert. The Way of the Wild I would give a year's pay if it would go round dead ahead of us; we should soon pick her up then. The Queen's Cup At about 2:45 A.M., when the flight was 20 miles southwest of Montgomery, the captain, Chiles, saw a light dead ahead and closing fast. The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects The port and starboard lights operate through a horizontal arc of twenty points of the compass, the middle of which is dead ahead. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization The wind on the homeward run was almost dead ahead, and it was necessary to beat from side to side of the channel. Rod of the Lone Patrol It was within half an hour of the time of calling the new watch, in fact, when the bow watch reported: "Sail dead ahead, sir!" The Submarine Boys for the Flag Deeding Their Lives to Uncle Sam With that she settled herself to the task of pulling back into the creek against the wind which was dead ahead. Under Sealed Orders When they looked back, the bluish-white light had apparently closed in because it was much brighter and it was dead ahead. The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects A stiff breeze was now blowing dead ahead, and this Glen thoroughly enjoyed. Glen of the High North It was a rather thick, foggy day, and pretty soon I noted a cunning little rock or two, dead ahead, where they didn't by any means belong. World's War Events Volume 3 Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919. A start was made for the port, but the wind came dead ahead, and the men had to pull the whole way across the inlet, through the Caledonian Canal, and as far as Long Point. 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 “Then it must be dead ahead,” said Holmes. The Pursuit of the House-Boat Being Some Further Account of the Divers Doings of the Associated Shades, under the Leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq. The pilot and the engineer looked out to see a bluish-white light closing in on them from dead ahead. The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects In less than a minute after the report, the sound of a deep, solemn bell boomed in the mist, dead ahead. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 His eyes, too, set obliquely, enable him to command the sea at all points save dead ahead, and it is accordingly from this point that the fishermen approach him. American Merchant Ships and Sailors The wind shifted and came on to blow dead ahead. The Honorable Percival If you had ever read a truly exciting sea-tale, my dear Le Coq, you would have known that interesting things, and particularly signals of distress, are never seen except to larboard or dead ahead.” The Pursuit of the House-Boat Being Some Further Account of the Divers Doings of the Associated Shades, under the Leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq. We were nearly round the loop the River makes about Millwall, and this unknown region before us was Blackwall Reach by day, and Execution Dock used to be dead ahead. London River "About twenty-four hours later one of the ship's officers saw something bobbing on the water a few hundred years dead ahead." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, April 25, 1917 The wind and waves dead ahead, and the whole power of the engines only just able to move the ship against it. The Life of Froude The spray came over the decks, and there was a strong wind dead ahead. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months We laid there all day Monday, July 6th, as the wind, southeast in the harbor, was judged by everybody to be northeast out in George's Bay, and consequently dead ahead for us. Bowdoin Boys in Labrador An Account of the Bowdoin College Scientific Expedition to Labrador led by Prof. Leslie A. Lee of the Biological Department Then when it began to blow, from dead ahead, the old man wouldn't ease her. London River As the light flashed over the water, the lad made out another small motorboat dead ahead, upon which signs of life became apparent. The Boy Allies Under the Sea The brisas or northeasters were dead ahead, and to avoid the force of the winds he took his course inside of some islets. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 09 of 55 1593-1597 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Sunday, May 13th.—The wind was dead ahead, and the sea of that remarkably confused character for which the Mediterranean is famous. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months Hearing the clamor dead ahead, the fellow at the tiller managed to suddenly shift the course of the advancing boat, and just in time. The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf Every eye was fixed on the Follow Me, which, dead ahead, was scurrying along at a rate which Tom, who had thought he knew the engine thoroughly, marvelled at. The Adventure Club Afloat Then came the sound of a shot from dead ahead and there was a splash between the Glasgow and The Hawk. The Boy Allies Under the Sea Very few of us knew just what was on foot until the "Kid," in passing, contrived to convey the interesting information that a big Spanish fleet had been sighted dead ahead. A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" Monday, April 23rd.—The gale blew as hard as ever, and quite as dead ahead. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months A sharp wind was blowing dead ahead, and we closed the front of the vehicle to exclude it. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Here's the shore on that side and the jetty dead ahead of us. The Adventure Club Afloat "Matter is that there is a submarine dead ahead of us," was his commander's reply. The Boy Allies Under the Sea The wind was dead ahead and blowing fresh and cool, but the sun was hot, and the boatswain's mates were instructed to keep the men in the shade as much as possible. A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" Thursday, May 17th.—The strong fair wind dropped, and then came dead ahead, and off Cadiz we had to get up steam. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months The wind was now dead ahead, and blowing very hard. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter Suddenly he cried out:— "Sail dead ahead, sir!" Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate" The first signal read: "Small vessel dead ahead." The Boy Allies Under the Sea Luckily, the discovery of the strange light, which was just faintly visible dead ahead, occupied the commander's attention for the moment and I escaped further rebuke. A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" Soon it dropped to a calm, and then went round and blew with great force exactly in the opposite direction, dead ahead. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months I smell wood smoke," remarked Thad, after they had gone about a third of the distance; "and as the wind is almost dead ahead the fire must be in that direction. The Chums of Scranton High out for the Pennant The cruiser had pulled up now until it was nearly dead ahead of the American submersible. The Brighton Boys with the Submarine Fleet "I see three now!" called Whopper softly, and pointed almost dead ahead. Young Hunters of the Lake Now, who said it wasn't dead ahead?—tell me that. Cobwebs from an Empty Skull The wind was dead ahead, but not so strong as when we made our previous attempts. A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months And they saw the ball speeding away out dead ahead. The Chums of Scranton High out for the Pennant Late in the afternoon a huge warship was sighted dead ahead and for a time there was a bit of anxious waiting aboard the Dewey. The Brighton Boys with the Submarine Fleet Presently the moon rose, dead ahead of me. An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody) Meantime the southeaster, dead ahead and blowing harder every minute, was sending its seas further and further aft. Overland In another moment I caught sight of it myself—a faint, distant, intermittent twinkle on the horizon nearly dead ahead. Tent Life in Siberia The gleaming black rampart of a large vessel's side had suddenly loomed up dead ahead of him. The Boy Scouts of the Eagle Patrol Ah! here she is, dead ahead as before, but as dim as a ghost. The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet The wind was dead ahead; and the sea was very rough. The Life of Jesus Christ for the Young Harkee, Miles," he said, "the reef is dead ahead of us, but, there is a passage between it and the point. Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" To port a dimming shore line; to starboard, aft, and dead ahead, water and air merged in two boat lengths. Big Timber A Story of the Northwest Looking up, they saw the Ghost dead ahead and right on top of them, and dragging down upon them at a furious rate. The Cruise of the Dazzler Sure enough, dead ahead, a long, low coast stretched across our bow. Pellucidar Down the coast they steamed toward the beach where Billings had made his crossing in the hydro-aeroplane and just at dusk the lookout announced a light dead ahead. Out of Time's Abyss This sort of weather continued for two days and nights, during which we managed to get up as high as Whitehaven, when the wind came dead ahead, blowing a stiff breeze. Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" A single glance at the heavens confirmed my suspicions; the constellations which should have been dead ahead were directly starboard. The Land That Time Forgot The evening was closing in; the Farallones were in plain sight dead ahead. Moran of the Lady Letty It was not until the third day that we raised land, dead ahead, which I took, from my map, to be the isles of Scilly. The Lost Continent That place dead ahead don't strike me as the channel. The Banner Boy Scouts Afloat or, the Secret of Cedar Island Half a mile or so dead ahead a tiny tongue of flame spat viciously in the murk. The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf But I didn't have much chance to enjoy my hatred then, for almost immediately the lookout poked his face over the hatchway and bawled down that there was smoke on the horizon, dead ahead. The Land That Time Forgot Hogan, a very tiny figure, held his flag straight up; that meant "dead ahead." The Cruise of the Dry Dock Do ye catch on to them spruces dead ahead of us? The Under Dog With the sea dead ahead you must not go too fast; otherwise you will dip water over the bow. The Forest Thus are we all pursuing our vocations. 9th.—Wind dead ahead! Life in Mexico As the wind was dead ahead, and they had had on starting but two hours of the ebb, it took all day to reach the promontory, and it was night before the point was doubled. The Mysterious Island He was about to announce his discovery to Caradoc when his lense focussed on another grim menace almost dead ahead. The Cruise of the Dry Dock On the rock wall dead ahead a yellow light flashed, and then crept around toward them. The Short Line War The plane bounced, creaked, skidded on the long runners he had fitted to her, and with a lurch came to rest not ten yards from an ugly stump dead ahead. Darkness and Dawn Monday was a fine clear day, but the wind was dead ahead, making hard, dull work with paddles and oars. Travels in Alaska The wind was dead ahead, and an ugly sea running. The Mysterious Island February 13th.—The breeze is freshening and dead ahead…. Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin "I see it, dead ahead!" he remarked, in a satisfied tone. The Aeroplane Boys Flight A Hydroplane Roundup The Moskoe-ström whirlpool was about a quarter of a mile dead ahead--but no more like the everyday Moskoe-ström, than the whirl as you now see it is like a mill-race. Elson Grammar School Literature v4 So I remonstrated; but the guide, as all guides do, went dead ahead, as if I had not said a word. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 The island lay dead ahead of them, dark and still. Boy Scouts of the Air on Lost Island But the real reason is to be found in the Carpathia's log:—"Went full speed ahead during the night; stopped at 4 A.M. with an iceberg dead ahead." The Loss of the S. S. Titanic Its Story and Its Lessons Suddenly, the sun leaped over the horizon and the long crimson rays flashed forward to where, dead ahead, we could see a faint swelling on the skyline. The Cruise of the Kawa "Vessel of some sort dead ahead," the word was passed along. The Boy Allies under Two Flags There, sure enough, dead ahead of them, was what looked like a tiny blue cloud on the horizon, but which Ben's practiced eye had told him was land. The Boy Aviators' Treasure Quest It was a clear day a week later when the lookout announced land dead ahead. The Rover Boys in the Jungle Or, Stirring Adventures in Africa The ship is turned towards the sound until the same volume of sound is heard from both receivers, when the bell is known to be dead ahead. The Loss of the S. S. Titanic Its Story and Its Lessons And suddenly the sweat broke cold on my forehead; for dead ahead, directly in line with their travel, lay the bluish white gleam of Jeos. The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life The engineer, who happened to be an American, did things to the engines occasionally, but he could not keep them running, and, the persistent south winds were dead ahead. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition Suddenly, dead ahead, there loomed up a big black object. Five Thousand Miles Underground Or, the Mystery of the Centre of the Earth On the 27th we sighted a hill dead ahead, which I named Mount Luck, and on the southern side a nice little plain of saltbush and grass—a pleasant and welcome change. Spinifex and Sand And he had the best nose in a fog—seemed as if he could sniff things as they went by or came on dead ahead. The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women For the run was dead ahead, and the girl became vibrant with life, her paddle flashing in and out, while from her lips came sharp, clear cries which brought from Eateese frog-like bellows of response. The Flaming Forest The wind blew as hard as ever; even harder, for it was now almost dead ahead. Cy Whittaker's Place Stiff breeze, and we are fairly flying—dead ahead of it —and toward the islands. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories "Then it must be dead ahead," said Holmes. The Pursuit of the House-Boat The light toward which I had been trying to steer blazed dead ahead, surprisingly near and bright. The Rise of Roscoe Paine He could hear the roar of it to the right of him and to the left, but dead ahead there was only a moaning whirlpool of fire-heated wind and smoke. The Flaming Forest Marion was going dead ahead on the right line, in another moment she would remember the man we passed, and the "black band" letters. The Sleuth of St. James's Square Ten days of this, and on the morning of December 6, at five o'clock, we sighted land "just where it ought to have been," dead ahead. The Cruise of the Snark Steerin' anyways but dead ahead was out of the question, and all I could do was set my teeth and trust in my bein' a member of the church. The Depot Master A few moments later, the lookout called down that we were running into a fog-bank dead ahead. The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire A cautious retreat and change of course cleared me from him, and I was about to start on again full speed when once more I was halted by another rhinoceros, this time dead ahead. The Land of Footprints As he did so, he saw a haze of smoke dead ahead. Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera, or, Thrilling Adventures While Taking Moving Pictures Abruptly, with a roar of sound, Sentinel Rock loomed through the rain dead ahead. The Cruise of the Snark Crescent Island is only thirty miles away, somewhere there dead ahead. South Sea Tales He soon saw that the vessel, with the wind dead ahead, was tacking between the Chateau d'If and the tower of Planier. The Count of Monte Cristo Mostly it was calm, or light contrary winds, though sometimes a burst of breeze, as like as not from dead ahead, would last for a few hours. The Jacket (Star-Rover) He changed the course, and I signalled affirmation when the speck showed dead ahead. The Sea Wolf |
| 随便看 |
|
英语例句辞典收录了117811条英语例句在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的例句翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。