| 单词 | English oak |
| 例句 | On a chance we tried an important-looking door, and walked into a high Gothic library, panelled with carved English oak, and probably transported complete from some ruin overseas. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z An “English oak, fruitwood and mother-of-pearl inlaid cupboard, late 19th century” hardly looked promising. Auctions: Art Buying Spree at a British Estate 2011-09-16T13:30:07Z In Adrian Paci's Per Speculum, children sit in the branches of an English oak, flashing shards of broken mirror at the camera. New world disorder at Artes Mundi 2010-03-22T22:30:00Z But his art took root here like an English oak. Grinling Gibbons: the wood-carver who took root in England 2010-09-08T09:51:00Z Some of these include crosses with the English oak, something to consider if you only want a native species. Perspective | The sturdy, steadfast oak is the perfect tree for troubled times 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z English oak also ran through the theme of the funeral, as the queen's coffin was made from English oak wood, which has a notable grain pattern and is now quite rare and pricey. 7 details you may have missed from Queen Elizabeth II's funeral 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z There's medieval art, tapestries, alabasters, stained glass, English oak furniture, Degas and Cézanne, Islamic art, ancient Chinese art and modern sculpture by Rodin. 1000 kids | Art and design museums 2010-03-30T23:05:00Z An English oak ivory and mother-of-pearl inlaid cupboard. Auctions: Art Buying Spree at a British Estate 2011-09-16T13:30:07Z Andrew Leverton, funeral director for Leverton & Sons, which serves the royal family, told The Times, "Oak coffins are now made from American oak. I don't think we could use English oak for a coffin now." 7 details you may have missed from Queen Elizabeth II's funeral 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z They use porcelain votive holders, brass candlesticks and antique English oak barley twist candlesticks. How to create a cozy home that lasts beyond the holidays 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z The coffin is made of English oak and lined with lead - a traditional design choice for members of the Royal Family. Pictures of King Charles in Scotland after speech in Westminster Hall 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z A selection of trees, including honey locust, English oak and hornbeam, will now be planted along South Quay. Great Yarmouth: Authority bans planting of 'hazardous' fruit trees 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z The queen’s coffin is constructed out of English oak, lined with lead and was made decades ago, experts say. What to know about the queen’s lying in state in Westminster 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z George Blanchard, whose family has farmed the land at Bowthorpe Park Farm since the 1940s, said the English oak had "always been part of family life". Bowthorpe Oak: Future of Lincolnshire's huge 1,000-year-old tree secured 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z If he were a tree, it would surely be an English oak. Jack Charlton: a footballing giant who was forever a man of the people | Kevin Mitchell 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z The dominant species is the English oak, Quercus Robur, of around 160-180 years. Sci-fi forest tracks carbon impact - BBC News 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z He imported blocks of pink Knoxville marble weighing as much as 35 tons, commissioned a vault with a door weighing another 52, a massive crystal chandelier and panelling of English oak. 'House of Morgan': a Chinese mogul, an anti-capitalist artist and an icon of Wall St 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z Other species mapped include poplar, English oak and ginkgo. Interactive project maps all 600,000 trees in New York City's urban forest 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z Richard’s skeletal remains, in a coffin of blond English oak inscribed with the sparest details of his life — “Richard III, 1452-1485” — were to be the occasion’s centerpiece. In English Cathedral, Final Rest Nears for King Richard III 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z The design of the coffin, carved from English oak and yew over about three weeks, “is simple but elegant,” Ibsen said. England prepares a funeral fit for a king 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z In 2012, the inspectors and ship builders determined that repair work was needed to the wooden hull, constructed of English oak in the traditional manner. Trees from Berea provide timber for Mayflower II 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z He uses planks of English oak, bent into shape using fire or steam and held together with iron hoops. The last craftsmen in England? 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z What we have is a game with its roots deep in the 19th century, but like a magnificent English oak, continues to spread its luxuriant branches in the 21st century. Tony Greig's Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture – in full 2012-12-29T14:06:58Z English oaks are a symbol of strength and endurance, they grow to more than 30 metres and live for 1,000 years or more. In pictures: National Tree Week 2012-11-23T23:40:54Z The garden incorporates natural materials such as copper, English oak and Purbeck stone. Creating the perfect garden 2012-05-25T01:06:38Z Upon investigation, however, I discovered that while the furniture in question was made throughout of oak, the bulk of the structure was of common wainscoting, and the surface was veneered with English oak. Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition 2012-05-22T15:16:52.423Z "And on that grave where English oak, and holly, And laurel wreaths entwine, Deem it not all a too-presumptuous folly— This spray of western pine?" A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z Except an occasional broad-spreading banyan, I have seen nothing which, standing alone, equals in its solitary majesty the English oak or the American elm. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z In the unconventional style one frequently had what perhaps he might call Internal Features, for example, an Old English oak staircase and gallery. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z It was of English oak, and was found thrown up above the high-water mark upon the rocks at the entrance of the port. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z This fragment is part of a floor timber, English oak, 7½ inches thick; it has been brought on board. In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions 2011-10-10T02:00:18.377Z The choir roof was renewed in English oak, but the bosses and carved angels were boiled in oil and replaced. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Manchester A Short History and Description of the Church and of the Collegiate Buildings now known as Chetham's Hospital 2011-08-26T02:00:28.290Z Here are fine specimens of the peepul tree—the sacred tree of India, massive as an English oak—and groves of mangoes. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z The note rang out clear and high, and somehow sounded strangely unfamiliar among English meadows and English oaks. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Our carpenter pronounced it to be English oak. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z This spring, James Sweat planted saplings on a grassy shoulder of Jewell Street in New Haven — English oak, scarlet oak, northern red oak and pink spire crabapple. Green: Prisons, Then Parks: A Therapeutic Journey 2011-08-02T21:00:42Z The Diamond Jubilee Blended Scotch Whisky will feature a blend of whiskies distilled in 1952 at various distilleries across Scotland and finished in a cask of English oak from the Queen's Sandringham Estate. Queen's diamond dram to go for ?100,000 2011-06-07T14:01:36Z There are said to be nearly fifty species of oak known, but the common English oak possesses these qualities in a far greater degree than any other wood. Arts and Crafts Essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society 2011-05-30T02:00:17.247Z It is neither phantom nor mist, but a ship of sturdy English oak, with masts and spars standing. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z The walls are wainscoted with the brave old English oak, far advanced in its seeming transformation into ebony. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z Spurious Italian furniture jostled with imitation English oak. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z The walls were also of the same blue, while the panelings of the rooms were of English oak. The Ranch Girls and Their Great Adventure 2011-01-13T03:01:17.050Z The USB drives were housed in a case of English oak stained and polished to a high shine then adorned with metalwork such as tiny brass gauges and, in one case, piston and smokestack. 'Steampunks' 2010-03-30T09:15:00Z A few English oaks and other imported trees planted by the immigrants are to be seen, besides some California pines, which are universal favorites in this country. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands In consequence of the scarcity of English oak many foreign timbers, such as Dantzic and Italian oak, Italian larch, fir, pitch pine, teak, and African timbers were tried with varying success. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships As we did near them they lined the road on either side and cheered the King as we passed between these rows of English oaks. With Ring of Shield The chambers were beautifully finished in old English oak carved and stained after a very pleasing fifteenth century model, and the walls were left to the discretion of the incoming tenant. The "Genius" It will be remembered that in the late spring of 1888, anxiety was expressed by certain newspaper correspondents that the English oak would suffer extermination in consequence of caterpillars denuding it of its leaves. A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land There is a bird that comes and sings In the Professor’s garden-trees; Upon the English oak he swings, And tilts and tosses in the breeze. Poems During the first half of the nineteenth century, good English oak had been becoming scarcer and more expensive. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships Among them may be seen English oaks and beeches, American maples and sumachs, Spanish chestnuts, Australian blue-gums, Chinese and Japanese trees and shrubs, tropic palms, and some of the indigenous ornaments of the bush. Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand A grand piano in old English oak occupied one corner, a magnificent music cabinet in French burnt woodwork, stood near by. The "Genius" We thought the colouring was not so rich as that of our English oak woods at this season, being of a paler or more tawny hue, resembling the maple and sycamore. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. Another of the "Iron Duke's" crosses, of stout old English oak, also marks this spot. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 But just then, an English bank under English oaks seemed as good to the girl as ever an Italian paradise. The End of a Coil English oak seemed like a slice of cake to white ants. Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak He drew her before a little unostentatious piece of furniture, that looked certainly as if it was made out of a good bit of English oak. The Old Helmet, Volume II Gloria peered into the box, and saw under the clothes a number of books packed neatly with a box made of English oak. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 Among the oaks, the pin oak, ~Quercus Palustris~, and the English oak, ~Q. robur~, are commonly one-third defoliated while the common white and red oaks are almost immune. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950 And on that grave where English oak and holly And laurel wreaths entwine, Deem it not all a too presumptuous folly,— This spray of Western pine! The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete Hull and decks were of seasoned English oak, and masts of straight Scots pine. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea In unoccupied lands were great patches of wild arum, and suddenly I saw the gaunt Australian blue gum, which flourishes here just as well as the English oak. A Tramp's Notebook The stem is of English oak, and the gunwale of American elm. A Yacht Voyage Round England Canada tried her own oak; but it was outclassed by the more slowly growing and sounder English oak. All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways It is of the Quercus robur kind, or old English oak, the stalks of its acorns being long, with rarely more than one acorn on a stalk, and the stalks of its leaves short. The Forest of Dean An Historical and Descriptive Account It somewhat resembles the English oak in its trunk, branches, and the great mass of foliage which it carries. The Desert Home The Adventures of a Lost Family in the Wilderness But beneath me were the tender green of the birch-like silver tree and the rich young leaves of the transplanted English oak. A Tramp's Notebook Your wine is always bad, but sack is too good to polish English oak. The King's Esquires The Jewel of France At first Canadian vessels were only rated Al for seven years, as compared with twelve for those built of English oak. All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways The orange and fig trees are here as large as a middling sized English oak. An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa The Italian variety is the best for carving: it cuts with something of the firmness of English oak, and is capable of receiving even more finish of surface in small details. Wood-Carving Design and Workmanship For what’s the good of a lot of bamboo-cane when what one wants is a load of good honest English oak, or I wouldn’t say no to a bit of teak.” Fitz the Filibuster The Lantern also is of English oak, and its construction a curious piece of carpentry. Ely Cathedral One sees side by side here, and in Pasadena, trees from almost opposite climes: the New England elm and a cork tree, a cedar of Lebanon and a maple or an English oak. A Truthful Woman in Southern California This is the Yankee; this is the younger branch; but a branch of no base or brittle fiber, but of the tough old English oak, which has weathered triumphantly the tempest of a thousand years. Model Speeches for Practise It would require to be done in a thick piece of wood, say 3 ins. thick, and would be best in English oak. Wood-Carving Design and Workmanship They were actually in custody, and while there were no bars to the doors of their prison, which were of plain, but heavy, English oak, there were bars to the windows. The Moving Picture Boys on the War Front Or, The Hunt for the Stolen Army Films Many parts will be found worthy of attention; the timber work of the Octagon is a very curious piece of carpentry executed in English oak, and very massive. Ely Cathedral Like most of the houses of old London, its lower half was brick, and its upper, English oak. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 432 Volume 17, New Series, April 10, 1852 Nowhere does the English oak grow better than where it grew when William the Conqueror found it at the time he invaded Britain. Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889 They rarely take the same degree of finish as the English oak, but remain somewhat dull in texture. Wood-Carving Design and Workmanship You notice that this observation room is furnished in quartered English oak, and has a luxurious sofa and arm chairs. The Harris-Ingram Experiment Sen. You are i'the right; we must be very friends, i'faith we must; I have an old Dutch heart, as true and trusty as your English oak. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 Fine old timbers they were . . . solid English oak. Nicky-Nan, Reservist Instead of thatch, they now use shingles made from a tree in appearance like a fir, but producing a wood not unlike the English oak. The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (1789) Norway fir nor English oak can resist forever the insidious assaults of the seemingly conquered ocean. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume II Here I also saw the cork-tree in full luxuriance--the caper plant growing amidst rocks--the English oak--the horse-chestnut--broom--magnificent mulberry trees of thirty-five years' growth, umbrageous and green. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 A gigantic wild cotton-tree, to which our largest English oaks were but as dwarfs, rose on one side, and overshadowed the whole level space. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 472, January 22, 1831 The carpenter of the Britannia, an ingenious man, and master of his profession, compared it to English oak for durability and strength. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 1 With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, Etc. of The Native Inhabitants of That Country. to Which Are Added, Some Particulars of New Zealand; Compiled, By Permission, From The Mss. of Lieutenant-Governor King. And on that grave where English oak and holly And laurel wreaths intwine, Deem it not all a too presumptuous folly,— This spray of Western pine! Dickens in Camp The grand old English oak and elm are magnificent trees, in park or hedge-row here. A Walk from London to John O'Groat's The camphor-laurel, which is about the size of an English oak, is the most important of these trees. Among the Trees at Elmridge The wood of the Park is entirely oak—the majestic, dignified, English oak—which covers, in picturesque clumps, the sides and summits of the two billowy hills. Views a-foot I may instance asparagus, kidney beans, cucumbers, rhubarb, apples, pears, figs, peaches, apricots, grapes, olives, gooseberries, currants, hops, gorse for fences, and English oaks; also many kinds of flowers. The Voyage of the Beagle Still green about its ample porch The English ivy twines, Trained back to show in English oak The herald's carven signs. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 It is the half of a gigantic English oak, which was growing in Julius Caesar’s time, sawed through lengthwise, making a top surface several feet wide, black and smooth as ebony. A Walk from London to John O'Groat's It was wainscoted from floor to cornice in old black English oak, curiously and elaborately carved, and divided into long narrow panels. The Inn at the Red Oak It might be so," answered Smith; "but we are built of English oak, and very stout forward, and I think not. Fair Margaret It is admirable to behold groves of a tree, sending forth its branches with the vigour of an English oak, loaded with large and most nutritious fruit. The Voyage of the Beagle It is an evil season when such acorns grow upon English oaks.' Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 Many of the stakes in this, the reader may note with pardonable pride, were of English oak--sharpened at the tip. First and Last A gigantic wild cotton—tree, to which our largest English oaks would have been but as dwarfs, rose on one side, and overshadowed the whole level space. Tom Cringle's Log "Centuries of cultivation have given the English oak a domestic character," while American trees are still to be classed with the wild flowers which bloom beneath their outstretched arms. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne That can only be seen under an English sky, under English oaks and beeches. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies Now we pass an avenue of English oaks; and this brings us to a fine large octagonal building in the Dutch style, which is the residence of the proprietor of Lower Constantia.' The World of Waters A Peaceful Progress o'er the Unpathed Sea There—to judge, at least, from photographs—the Mango must be indeed the queen of trees; growing to the size of the largest English oak, and keeping always the round oak-like form. At Last It is the half of a gigantic English oak, which was growing in Julius Caesar's time, sawed through lengthwise, making a top surface several feet wide, black and smooth as ebony. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 1 Great Britain and Ireland, part 1 For King Alfred had come, and the English oaks were felled, and their gnarled boughs found exceedingly convenient for the curved knees of ships. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 12, October, 1858 They have the solid grain of the English oak, not veneered by learning and the classics; not inlaid with arabesques from other nations, but developing wholly out of the English nationality. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 The park is well stored with English oaks and elms, and deer; and the Tagus makes it an island. Memoirs of Lady Fanshawe, Wife of Sir Richard Fanshawe, bart., ambassador from Charles the Second to the courts of Portugal and Madrid. Nicholas recalled this conversation the next day, as the sturdy little ship of English oak filled her great sails and went blithely out upon the widening estuary of the Thames. Masters of the Guild "They are low and crooked, and they spread themselves over the ground as do our English oaks," the young nobleman informed her. Their Mariposa Legend; a romance of Santa Catalina The chairs were of every period ever sacrificed to flimsy reproduction: gilt, Mission, Louis XIV, Pembroke, and old English oak. Martie, the Unconquered English oak seems incapable of decay even when exposed to the weather, while indoors it takes three or four centuries to give it its best polish and hue. Winter Sunshine These sticks were of no great length, some fifteen feet at the most, of sound English oak. The Monikins The trees, surpassing in size the largest English oaks, are of a species we have never seen before. Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn There is a bird that comes and sings In a professor's garden-trees; Upon the English oak he swings, And tilts and tosses in the breeze. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 And on that grave where English oak and holly And laurel wreaths entwine, Deem it not all a too presumptuous folly, This spray of Western pine! Complete Poetical Works The centre bears evident traces of Saxon architecture, and is as solid as ponderous stone and old English oak can make it. The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon The largest English oak would be a mere pigmy among the giants of these wilds, whose stature is so wonderful that the eye never becomes tired of admiration. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon The hugest English oak would have seemed a stunted bush beside it. Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth Old English oak was used in the dining-room, an American imitation of Chippendale and Sheraton for the sitting-room and the bedrooms. The Financier, a novel He discussed woods with him—rosewood, mahogany, walnut, English oak, bird's-eye maple, and the manufactured effects such as ormolu, marquetry, and Boule, or buhl. The Financier, a novel I found myself in a lofty antique hall, the roof supported by massive joists of old English oak. The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon |
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