| 单词 | donkey engine |
| 例句 | We baited a big hook, and pulled him in with the donkey engine. Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator 2012-03-27T02:00:19.467Z Start the donkey engine to feed cold water into the boilers. 3d. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z When she finally went down the gangplank the sigh the captain heaved was almost as loud as the exhaust from the donkey engines which were working out the crates of lemons from the hold. The Million Dollar Mystery Novelized from the Scenario of F. Lonergan 2012-03-15T02:00:21.153Z “Heave a link!” shouts the officer, and Shoo Fly and the donkey engine heaveth. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z But get up steam in the donkey engine, and connect the pipes.” The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z The whole logging equipment, including the donkey engine, can be loaded on the truck and trailer and easily moved from one setting to another. Motor Truck Logging Methods Engineering Experiment Station Series, Bulletin No. 12 2011-09-10T02:00:27.273Z One time I thought she seemed easier, and I was able to get the donkey engine going. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z She is lighted by electricity, having a donkey engine which sets in motion a dynamo machine, converting mechanical energy into electric energy. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z You would hardly expect him to have the subtlety of a donkey engine, so to speak, but he might surprise you at times, and he had learned to be very patient with the mate. Where the Pavement Ends The Babel of tongues was deafening, and over and above all the harassing rattle of the donkey engine lowering luggage into the hold. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt The donkey engines are at work, hoisting packing cases and luggage out of the hold. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses And Paul never could endure those “pesky” donkey engines. Paul Bunyan and His Loggers The use of water power, the horse, and sometimes the ox, gave way to the use of the donkey engine. The Everett massacre A history of the class struggle in the lumber industry The Northwestern had got enough steam up for the donkey engine. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers The cabins were stuffy and the clamour of the donkey engine made him restless. The Island Mystery Sea anchors were rigged to lessen our drift and the donkey engine was geared to the first cable drum. Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 What do I care whether you use a double-jointed conniption valve, or a reverse English injector on the donkey engine, so you get the water into them sluices? Connie Morgan in the Fur Country The donkey engine brought it to a point where from seventy-five to one hundred thousand could be turned out, and the steam skidder doubled the output of the donkey. The Everett massacre A history of the class struggle in the lumber industry Philip barely glanced away from the lusty roustabouts working the donkey engines. A Man of Two Countries The clanking and rattling of the donkey engines were plainly audible across the water. The Island Mystery The yacht's donkey engine lowered a hook for it, and swung it over the side and into the hold as daintily as though it had been packed with explosives. Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 One-sixth to be deducted off wire rigging, wire ropes and wire hawsers, chain cables and chains, donkey engines, steam winches and connexions, steam cranes and connexions; other repairs in full. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" The donkey engine too was set at work, and steam fought storm and sea, but this time in vain. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands He heard the clatter of concrete mixers, the raucous grind of the crusher, the scream of donkey engines and the shouts of foremen. Still Jim He roared mightily at the substitution of horses for oxen; he openly scoffed at donkey engines, and would have none of them. The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest At first there had been a pulsing throb of the donkey engine transmitted to us by the sustaining cable. Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 The donkey engine had been kept going, and the water had not hitherto considerably increased, but still it was evident that a serious leak existed somewhere, although where it was had not yet been ascertained. The Three Admirals Yarding is the skidding of logs to the railway or water way by means of these donkey engines. Handwork in Wood Now that almost every drifter which goes into the North Sea has a donkey engine to do the hardest work of the hauling the number aboard the dandies is lessened to nine. Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" "Herring Merchants" "It puffed like a locomotive," said a boy of the donkey engine; "it whistled like the steam-cars, but it didn't go anywhere." How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune It would require a steel cable to hold such a fish and a donkey engine to reel him in! Police!!! The donkey engine was immediately set to work. The Three Admirals Sometimes these donkey engines are in relays, one engine hauling a turn of logs to within reach of the next one, which passes it on to the next until the siding is reached. Handwork in Wood They felled the great trees and dragged them aside with powerful donkey engines to manipulate their gear. The Hidden Places A separate donkey engine is provided for feeding the boiler. Scientific American Supplement, No. 312, December 24, 1881 The anchor comes up clank, clank, as the great chain cable is wound up by the donkey engine, and now we move off silently and smoothly. The Women of the Arabs So they set forth, Carr and Thompson, on a path through the woods toward where the donkey engines filled the valley with their shrill tootings and the shudder of their mighty labor. Burned Bridges Formerly "strings" of oxen or Percheron horses were used, but they are now largely superseded by some form of donkey engine, Fig. Handwork in Wood Away down the valley a donkey engine tooted and whirred. The Hidden Places The seeds of it were scattered on hot, dry, still days by pipe and cigarette, by sparks from donkey engines, by untended camp fires, wherever the careless white man went in the great coastwise forests. Poor Man's Rock In spite of all our gallant little donkey engine can do, it's a six hours job at least. All Around the Moon There was a confusion of wagons and trucks, and the puffing of donkey engines, seemingly anxious to begin lifting big boxes and bales from the dark interior of the ship. Larry Dexter's Great Search or, The Hunt for the Missing Millionaire Cargo was being put aboard the ship, and ever and anon there rose a loud rumbling of donkey engines. Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned The donkey engine puffed, and the sailors stood ready to steer the patient upward, just as you see in the picture. St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878 The axe and shovel and hand lever have given place to gunpowder, the donkey engine, derrick and winch. A Review of the Resources and Industries of the State of Washington, 1909 About the forward gangway a band of overworked stevedores were stowing in the last of the cargo, aided by a donkey engine, which every now and then broke out into a spasm of sputtering coughs. Vandover and the Brute A donkey engine would have stalled trying to pull Johnny around to the front porch, after that bald hint. The Thunder Bird You've got to wind it by means of a donkey engine. Septimus They put him in his box and put a rope round it and fastened the rope to the donkey engine, a little steam-engine which is used for hoisting and such purposes. St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878 I thought of everything from a Zeppelin to a donkey engine but couldn't make it out. A Yankee in the Trenches On the knoll the donkey engine coughed and snorted as it heaved the mighty timbers from the woods. The Rules of the Game Ordered the donkey engine to be got ready for use last night, in case the ship should make more water than the small bilge pumps could throw out. The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter There will be a mule train here by tomorrow with donkey engines and machinery enough to start the work of mine-digging in earnest. The Young Engineers in Nevada Or, Seeking Fortune on the Turn of a Pick How humiliating for a horse to be dragged aloft by a donkey engine! St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878 Another form of distiller is one like the above, but larger, and having a small donkey engine and circulating pump attached thereto. Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885 Then the puffing and snorting donkey engine near the chute tightened the cable. The Rules of the Game Away back in the smoke arose spasmodic coughing of donkey engines, dull resounding of axe-blades. Big Timber A Story of the Northwest "Start gently, and then, if she draws, drive for your lubberly lives," he said to the men in charge of the big donkey engine. The Second Deluge The logs are hauled from the river and sawed into lengths by a donkey engine, which cuts about sixty cords per day, and pulls out fourteen logs at a time. Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 "Yes, we don't have so many resting spells now they use donkey engines as we did when Pat or Mike had to climb the ladder." Further Adventures of Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason Corner Folks Returned to the engine, he replenished the boiler, draining the sacks from the bottom, cast a fleeting glance at the water gauge of the donkey engine, and hastened back to the spring. The Rules of the Game Upon them rested half a dozen donkey engines, thick-bellied, upright machines, blown down, dead on their skids. Big Timber A Story of the Northwest At last the donkey engine was cleared and reinstalled, atop the cliff. The Mystery In Boston there would have been a little donkey engine, and one or two men to look after it all the crew that would have been needed. White Slaves; or, the Oppression of the Worthy Poor This done, and the little vessel's gasolene receptacle filled and her lubricating devices furnished from the supply intended for oiling the "donkey engine" of the Jones, Bill was ready to start. The Boy Aviators' Treasure Quest The donkey engines had been roughly housed in; the machinery protected; all things prepared against the heavy Sierra snows. The Rules of the Game From the water's edge to the donkey engine was barely four hundred yards. Big Timber A Story of the Northwest Then we shut off the donkey engine, and put on dry clothes. The Mystery One donkey engine after another ceased to puff, and the littered decks were cleared. Tom Swift in the City of Gold, or, Marvelous Adventures Underground A donkey engine can work like that, but then it hasn't any brains. Three Acres and Liberty From the harbor and docks outside, muffled by the closed door and windows, comes the sound of steamers' whistles and the puffing snort of the donkey engines of some ship unloading nearby. Anna Christie With his size gang he could not keep a donkey engine working steadily. Big Timber A Story of the Northwest Forward was a rusted-out donkey engine, which we took to pieces and put together again. The Mystery There was the puffing and whistling of the donkey engines as they hoisted into the big holds the goods intended for export. Tom Swift in the City of Gold, or, Marvelous Adventures Underground The sorrel was lathered, and stumbling frequently; Road Runner was pegging away like a donkey engine. Waifs and Strays Part 1 Away back on the logging ground in a greater clearing she saw the separate smoke of two donkey engines. Big Timber A Story of the Northwest Fyfe went away to that area back of the camp where arose the crash of falling trees and the labored puffing of donkey engines. Big Timber A Story of the Northwest There were the donkey engine and the works we had constructed for wrecking--and there beside them, watching us reflectively, stood Percy Darrow. The Mystery |
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