| 单词 | electric switch |
| 例句 | Her father told her the lights were activated by electric switches. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Then, like an electric switch being clicked on, he was aware that the room was filled with pale daylight. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Prompted by some obscure modve, he would lure his victims into this room and then throw an electric switch. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt along the wall with his fingers for the electric switch and could not find it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Erik has taught Hanna to speak every language from German to Arabic, but not what function a passport serves, how to turn on an electric switch or what normal kids are like. In Hanna, Saoirse Ronan and Cate Blanchett Put a Feminine Twist on the Bourne Formula 2011-04-07T09:20:00Z The room gets very dark, with the flick of an electric switch that closes the light-blocking curtains. For $805 a night at the Trump Hotel, you deserve what you get 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z We are often advised to not flick electric switches with wet hands, dry your hand first. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z In 2017 a city contractor painted over a work on an electric switch box near an arts college, damaging it beyond repair. Peeling Paint in Hong Kong Reveals Work of Newly Relevant ‘King’ 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z She posted do-it-yourself guides for leaky drains, wall studs, garbage disposals, electric switches and more under the moniker “Trans Handy Ma’am.” #IQuitMyJob The electric switch will need to accelerate, and cities will have to make mass transit more attractive, so fewer people rely on automobiles. Trams, Cable Cars, Electric Ferries: How Cities Are Rethinking Transit 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z “He’s absolutely not human. The electric switch is different with that guy.” Aaron Donald, ‘285 pounds of dynamite,’ is NFL’s ultimate outlier in an offense-heavy season 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z In a grassy area where children play nearby, paint chipping from an abandoned electric switch house contained 16 percent lead. Special Report: Reuters' testing triggers lead cleanup at Fort Knox... 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Crews planned to pull an electric switch to mark the completion of the project. Energy crews power up new solar project in east Georgia 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z The Mercedes’ gear selector—an electric switch, mind you—mimics a mechanical gearshift only because it is familiar, a concession to the ancien régime. 2017 McLaren 570GT Review: A Gas-Powered Sports Car That Should Be Electric 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Transistors, which are essentially an electric switch, require contacts that allow electricity to flow through them. IBM's New Research Could Mean Much More Powerful Computers 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z The Start switch between the seats is a lightly twisting electric switch with a hammered-metal ring. Volvo XC90 T6 Inscription: A Luxury SUV Worthy of Thor’s Hammer 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z The five key features for an accessible home are: a no-step entry, single floor living, wide doorways, accessible electric switches and outlets, lever-style door handles and faucets. Is Aging In Place A Pipe Dream? 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z At the end, not a wire or an electric switch is left.” Islamists Seize Town in Southern Egypt and Attack Christians 2013-09-07T02:32:52Z Mohan explains that a woman can switch on an electric switch attached to the waist of the garment when she feels she is in potential danger. The Anti-Rape Lingerie Up Close 2013-04-10T08:45:00Z In New Jersey, the storm surge swamped the electric switch yards and substations of Public Service Electric and Gas. After Getting Back to Normal, the Big Job Is to Face a New Reality 2012-11-04T17:36:22Z In the event of accident, or at any time when it might be considered desirable, the captain or officer on duty could, by simply moving an electric switch, immediately close all these doors. Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' 2012-04-17T02:00:14.973Z He fumbled with the electric switches and there was suddenly light—light that revealed an enormous gallery, duly receding into distance according to all the laws of perspective. Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z Then Fred went to an electric switch, and the whole furnace tilted till the hot running slag flowed over at the doors, and dripped into the buggy-car beneath, in the pit. Steel The Diary of a Furnace Worker 2012-02-21T03:00:18.360Z “Don’t switch on the light!” the boy pleaded, as Clay stretched his hand toward the electric switch. The River Motor Boat Boys on the Mississippi On the Trail to the Gulf 2012-01-20T03:00:10.933Z I groped for an electric switch, touched it, and flooded the vestibule with light. Lord John in New York 2012-01-04T03:00:30.077Z “But the lamp won’t give any light unless I press the spring,” explained Bart, for the electric switch was thus operated. Bart Keene's Hunting Days or, The Darewell Chums in a Winter Camp 2011-12-11T03:00:12.153Z The room was dark, and he ran his hand along the wall until he found the electric switch. The Gray Phantom 2011-11-04T02:00:21.427Z It is as though I had pressed an electric switch, and had seen a lamp glow in response in some far distant signal station. 'Green Balls' The Adventures of a Night-Bomber 2011-09-13T02:00:34.080Z Mrs Graham touched the electric switch, and immediately the room was flooded with light. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z Raridan waved away the waiter who had been hovering near, and who now went over to the electric switch and threatened them with light. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z He crossed to the wall and laid his hand on the electric switch. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z Her fingers encountered a group of electric switches. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z An instant Verbeck waited; then he stepped into the room, found the electric switch, and snapped on the lights, and leveled his automatic. The Black Star A Detective Story 2011-04-14T02:01:01.883Z The electric switch clicked and the room was flooded with light. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z She opened this, and touching an electric switch, flooded a room with light. Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z He left her and sprang to the table, seeking frantically for the electric switch that would start the machine. Lola 2010-12-24T03:00:35.720Z Penny was so nervous that her hand trembled as she pressed the electric switch. The Secret Pact 2010-12-20T17:12:03.907Z Riley went around the room until he found the electric switch; he threw it, and the room was suddenly brilliant with light. The Black Star A Detective Story 2011-04-14T02:01:01.883Z All these genes are little electric switches that must be tuned. "Roadmap to 100," author says its all about exercise and diet 2010-05-03T19:46:00Z Not that I was as bad as that, but I would have liked to know where the electric switch was, and to have seen the trap before I put my head in. The Window at the White Cat When there was no answer, she reached up and pressed the electric switch. Penny Nichols and the Knob Hill Mystery "Then you were using the electric switch last night instead of the customary lamp, I take it?" The Riddle of the Spinning Wheel "I'll get a light," he muttered as he went; but to let him pass I had leaned against some electric switches, and while his back was turned I tried one of these without thinking. A Thief in the Night Further adventures of A. J. Raffles, Cricketer and Cracksman The electric switch clicked, and Santoine knew that the room was flooded with light. The Blind Man's Eyes The darkness was intolerable: I reached cautiously to the left and found, just beyond the door frame, the electric switch. The Window at the White Cat She turned the electric switch, closing her eyes to blur the shock of the sudden deluge of light. The Ten-foot Chain or, Can Love Survive the Shackles? A Unique Symposium The stewards were pacing the deck, turning on the electric switches. An Unknown Lover He groped along the wall for the electric switch, and found only the shank of it—the hard-rubber button having disappeared. The Destroying Angel The circular fan, placed in the centre piece of the ceiling and controlled by an electric switch on the wall, is the principal type of apparatus applicable to the purposes of ventilation. Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast "I don't want a light," he said, as she put out her hand to the electric switch. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman I saw the chief steward opening an electric switch box in the wall and turning on the switch. Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons Von Stein let his hands rest upon the desk top—a surface covered with levers, electric switches, push buttons, and contrivances the nature of which Parker could not guess. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 Rather it had the appearance of some delicate electric switch. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 Pop had evidently reached the upper hall, when the ruling passion burning even through his fever had led him to grope about for the electric switch. In a Little Town Her companion at the same moment felt along the door-jamb for the electric switch. The Film of Fear The trembling fingers of the young man made some few adjustments, then he left the instrument to take his place by an electric switch. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 It was as though we had come into a dimly lighted room and touched an electric switch. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Eagerly, his hand slipped over the enameled wall and found the electric switch. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China A moment later, like the abrupt lighting of a room when an electric switch is snapped, the mists vanished and Powell felt firm footing again under his feet. Devil Crystals of Arret I must seize the attacker at all costs, and leap to the electric switch, turn on the light—and I shall be saved! Messengers of Evil Being a Further Account of the Lures and Devices of Fantômas The corridor was lighted, but she found the hall, when she reached it, in darkness, save for one tiny light above the electric switch on the wall near the entrance. Bandit Love Norah sat up in bed and felt for the electric switch. Captain Jim A savage can be taught to use a rifle or an electric switch or even a flame-projecter, but this is no proof that he is really civilised. Pan-Islam You, Phil, will make directly for the electric switch, and you will see to it, no matter what happens, that the room is not plunged in darkness. A Woman at Bay Or, a Fiend in Skirts You are all familiar with the electric switch and the light. Standards of Life and Service Four men, workmen, were strolling along the danger points within five minutes, and another moved toward the electric switches which governed that part of the illumination. Boy Scouts in the Canal Zone The Plot Against Uncle Sam When he put his hand on the electric switch, she objected, saying she preferred to be without the lights. No Clue A Mystery Story He hurried across the stage to the fly-ladder, made Jimmy explain things, took notes as he went, wanted to see for himself, pointed to the first batten, to the electric switches. The Bill-Toppers Then discipline and morale are together revitalized almost as if by the throwing of an electric switch. The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 He had found the electric switch and the passageway was illuminated. The Man Who Knew He opened the door of the bedroom and walked into the sitting-room, lighting his way across to the electric switch by means of his lamp. The Green Rust Greatly alarmed, he went back to the wall and felt for the electric switch. The Blonde Lady Being a Record of the Duel of Wits between Arsène Lupin and the English Detective He fumbled about for the electric switch, found it and flooded the room with light. Jack O' Judgment Then closing the door he came into the room, fumbling along the wall for the electric switch. The Blue Wall A Story of Strangeness and Struggle The kitchen was dark, but she knew where the electric switch was, and the next minute the room was flooded with light. Billie Bradley at Three Towers Hall or, Leading a Needed Rebellion Then I recognized the click of a moment before, as that of the electric switch beside my door. The Thing from the Lake Long and narrow, it looked like a kalsomined cave illumined by a lightning bug in a bottle when he turned the electric switch. The Fighting Shepherdess The electric switch was within reach, and his hand shot out. Jack O' Judgment Preferring not to use the self-starter, for the sake of quiet, Ned turned an electric switch which controlled a circuit leading to a contrivance designed by Harry for just such an emergency. Boy Scouts Mysterious Signal or Perils of the Black Bear Patrol One night, being tired, I had turned into bed in a very large, strange room without noting the bearings of the doors or electric switches. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell "Stand here a moment," she said, then going over to the electric switch turned off all the lights. Peggy Stewart at School Tiptoeing across the room, he turned off the electric switch, which threw the wireless room into utter darkness except for the meagre moonlight filtering through an open porthole. The Brighton Boys in the Radio Service She stepped across the threshold, felt along the wall for an electric switch, found it, and flooded the room with light. The Lion's Mouse His hand felt for the electric switch and found it. The Daffodil Mystery I must have mistaken my direction in the dark, for I couldn't find the electric switch. The Hand in the Dark But no one was concerned about him or his feelings when Steingall touched an electric switch and revealed a bound and gagged man fastened to a leg of the bed. One Wonderful Night A Romance of New York "Careful, boys!" shouted Mr. Racer, as he stepped out into the hall from his room, nearest to which the electric switch was, and flashed on the incandescents. Frank and Andy Afloat The Cave on the Island He felt his way silently and softly along the wall, and as he did so his hand touched the electric switch. The Mummy and Miss Nitocris A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension Tarling noted the door—noted, too the electric switch just in view. The Daffodil Mystery A shaded light in an alcove at the head of the stairs threw a dim light down the passage which led off the first-floor landing, but Musard felt for the electric switch and pressed it. The Hand in the Dark She suddenly turned off the electric switch leaving the cabin in total darkness, then drew her sister to the broad swell of windows looking out upon the forward deck. All Aboard A Story for Girls Near the curtained doorway he found the electric switch which regulated the light. The Substitute Prisoner With a gasp she started to her feet, and on the instant there came the click of the electric switch by the door, and the room was flooded with light. The Swindler and Other Stories The plan usually hit upon is the following: The electric switch that controls the basement light is beside the basement stairway. The Science of Human Nature A Psychology for Beginners Carol withdrew from the covers most courageously when she heard the comforting click of the electric switch, and the reassuring squeak of David's feet on the floor of the room. Sunny Slopes Benton entered his own unlighted room, and then with his hand at the electric switch halted in embarrassment. The Lighted Match An instant later he stepped inside, pulled the door shut after him, and was using his pen-light to find the electric switch. Murder in the Gunroom Then I felt that, whatever the cost, I must go in; and, twisting the key, I pushed heavily at the door, and entered, touching as I did so the electric switch. The Ghost A Modern Fantasy They heard the turn of the electric switch. The Judge "David," she wailed, "I have looked under the bed three times already, but I know something will get me between the electric switch and the bed." Sunny Slopes And after a long while her maid came with a card; and she straightened up in her chair, gathered the filmy robe of lace, and, rising, pressed the electric switch. The Firing Line Olga believed there were some electric switches somewhere but she had forgotten where. The Keeper of the Door She rose from the table, and, going into a corner, fidgeted with the electric switches, turning certain additional lights off and on. The Lion's Share "Oh, well, if he comes--you must judge for yourself, Hutton," said Miss Le Breton, occupying herself with the electric switches. Lady Rose's Daughter A leisurely footfall sounded in the hall, a quiet hand pressed the electric switch by the door, and the room was flooded with light. The Rocks of Valpre She did not turn on the electric switch when she closed her door; the primrose walls reflected the light from the great plate-glass window, with the effect of candle glow. The Rim of the Desert The glow of sunset met her on the threshold, staying the hand she raised to the electric switch. The Keeper of the Door He closed the door quietly and pressed the electric switch. Out of the Ashes He listened intently, tried the electric switch again without success. The Tracer of Lost Persons This time the light was put out, but the Prefect of Police kept his hand on the electric switch. The Teeth of the Tiger Ahead of her in the darkness, she could hear Riatt snapping electric switches which produced nothing. Ladies Must Live Mr. Prohack paused on the threshold, and then his hand instinctively sought the electric switch and pulled it down. Mr. Prohack It was bare boards; and as Rachel felt her way to the electric switches, beyond the dining-room door, her fingers missed the pictures on the walls. The Shadow of the Rope We both stood staring; while he talked, the light had blinked out like snapping an electric switch. Casey Ryan With an unaccustomed resourcefulness, by cutting off the supply of light at the electric switch, he put the entire ward in darkness. A Mind That Found Itself An Autobiography She went boldly snapping electric switches, for her going was a sort of assertion of her right to independent action. The Happiest Time of Their Lives Tom held the electric switch in his hand, and was about to press it. Tom Swift and His Big Tunnel, or, the Hidden City of the Andes In hat and coat and furs she stood a moment, her fingers on the electric switch, her eyes very bright and wide. Emma McChesney and Co. "If you will show me the electric switch, Miss Innes, you would better wait in your own room." The Circular Staircase She had to be broken in to elevators, electric switches, hot and cold faucets, radiators. Fanny Herself Three electric switches were snapped off almost simultaneously outside, and the dining-room was plunged into pitchy darkness. The Crimson Blind Up-stairs she fumbled for the electric switch and missed it in the darkness; a roomful of lightning showed her the button plainly on the wall. The Beautiful and Damned Meeting with no response she walked over to the opposite wall and by the aid of the light in the elevator found the electric switch and turned it on. I Spy Austin's door was open into the hall, but it was dark in his room, and, genuinely frightened, she groped her way towards the electric switch. The Old Gray Homestead The man thrust a hand inside, touched an electric switch, flooding the room with light, and motioned the girl to enter. The Brass Bowl Now he saw the Mother Superior walking leisurely back from the electric switch by the door, and guessed from her placid face that the interval had been momentary and had passed unnoticed. The Shadow of the East Jack groped for the electric switch and found it, making light Belle's room. The Motor Girls on Waters Blue Or the Strange Cruise of the Tartar "Come in, Julie, and turn on the electric switch," directed Kathleen, and blinked as the room was suddenly flooded with light. I Spy His hand seized an electric switch and he pulled it desperately. Lost in the Air He adjusted some levers, turned two wheels, threw over electric switches, and there came a perceptible jar to the projectile. Through Space to Mars Or the Longest Journey on Record In the darkness his hand sought and found the electric switch by the door, and pressing it the room was flooded with soft shaded light. The Shadow of the East One man leaped for the electric switch to turn out the light, but Frank reached him at a bound and felled him to the floor. Army Boys on German Soil Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs While the janitor was fumbling for the electric switch, Bob stepped softly in after him, and as softly closed the door behind him, just as the janitor switched on the light. The Long Chance The cap had been drawn over his face and the leather straps buckled on his wrists legs, The warden put his hand on the electric switch. The One Woman He turned another electric switch, but still the room remained in darkness. Cappy Ricks Retires She crossed to her desk and placed her fingers on the electric switch. Roast Beef, Medium There were two tiny dials, a regulating device, some sort of an automatic electric switch, and what looked like a steel storage tank; all on a watchlike scale. The Devolutionist and the Emancipatrix She touched the electric switch as they glided off. The Great Impersonation Gordon locked the doors, placed the blower over the flickering embers in the grate, and put his hand on the electric switch. The One Woman But Harley stared critically at an electric switch which was placed on the immediate right of the door and then up at the silk-shaded lantern which lighted the room. Tales of Chinatown Monty swung the light about, but the other threw on an electric switch. The Voice on the Wire The man had thrown an electric switch which had completed a circuit from the metal mat to the door-knob through my body and then to the light and power current of high power. The Romance of Elaine Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine" He touched the electric switch and the room was suddenly in darkness. The Tempting of Tavernake They stepped from the study, and Gordon turned the electric switch, filling the room with a blaze of light. The One Woman A moment later Kennedy had found the electric switch and flashed up the lights. The Treasure-Train There he was familiar enough with the apparatus and levers to be able to turn the electric switch. Five Thousand Miles Underground Or, the Mystery of the Centre of the Earth Then it was that Claire found the electric switch, with her groping hands, and pressed the button. Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story Then quite suddenly Mrs. Rasselyer-Brown, unable to stand the tension any longer, pressed an electric switch and the whole room was flooded with light. Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich Marsh lit a match and located an electric switch. The Sheridan Road Mystery The little German, suddenly galvanized, had leaped away from the trunk, not toward me and the door beyond me, but toward the electric switch. The Firefly of France Mr. Sharp jumped forward from the motor compartment, and, passing on his way the electric switch, he yanked it out, stopping the machinery, and the great propellers. Tom Swift and His Airship This done, and it had all been done in a couple of seconds, he worked the electric switch of the syren, which screamed out quickly once, twice, thrice. The Man "I'll get a light," he muttered as he went; but to let him pass I had leaned against some electric switches, and while 'his back was turned I tried one of these without thinking. A Thief in the Night: a Book of Raffles' Adventures The girl withdrew; and Helen, as the door closed, pressed the electric switch. The Yellow Claw Drawing a long, long breath Kent felt his way back to the electric switch and pressed the button, lighting both the wall brackets and the table lamps. The Red Seal Then, with a shout to Tom to disconnect the electric switch, the man turned off the power from the motor. Tom Swift and His Airship "Do you know where the electric switch is?" When a Man Marries Stepping into a small shed, he turned an electric switch, and a motor the size of a fruit box hummed into action. The Valley of the Moon A hand, of old ivory hue, a long, yellow, clawish hand, with part of a sinewy forearm, crept in from the black lobby through the study doorway and touched the electric switch! The Yellow Claw The instant Ned answered as he did, and warned Tom, the young inventor slid his hand under his pillow and pressed an auxiliary electric switch he had concealed there. Tom Swift and His Giant Cannon, or, the Longest Shots on Record Then the man ran to the electric switch on the wall, and snapped that into place, establishing a connection. Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers, or, the Secret of Phantom Mountain Upstairs on the first landing, Jimmie Dale opened a door, closed and locked it behind him—and the electric switch clicked under his fingers. The Adventures of Jimmie Dale |
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