| 单词 | fantail |
| 例句 | For a while it had a clipper bow and a fantail like a destroyer. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z A bird, it had been, about the size of a very small chicken only with a fantail and stubby wings that slammed against its body and made loud noise. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Sideways it skidded through the air, hit an outcropping and flipped; turning several somersaults and bursting into flame, the backhoe sailed down trailing a brilliant fantail of sparks. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The dedication ended with a reception on the new building’s roof deck featuring fantail shrimp, relish platters stocked with kumquats and radish roses, beef bourguignon and mints decorated with The Post’s initials. Goodbye, old Washington Post, home of the newspaper the Grahams built 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z I joined students and teachers to haul folding tables to the fantail, spread out white tablecloths, cake plates, and silverware. Drug search in the Panama Canal: How my high school adventure at sea almost ended 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z The smell from the grill on the fantail was enticing and we dug in as soon as the fish were cooked. Want to Explore Iceland? An Airline Has a Buddy Who Can Help 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z When the end finally did come, it was from the barrels of Navy guns: Sharpshooters on the fantail of the USS Bainbridge picked off the three pirates in a stunning nighttime operation, leaving Phillips untouched. Rescued sea captain writes book on hostage drama 2010-03-31T15:57:00Z At the fantail, we opened the lid of a box that held an enormous cake decorated with flowers and butterflies. Drug search in the Panama Canal: How my high school adventure at sea almost ended 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z And after poor Gilda is killed, her body is not put in a sack to be dragged to the river but dumped in the trunk of a fantail Cadillac. Music Review: An Unsteady ‘Rigoletto’ Rat Pack 2013-01-29T13:33:55Z Rounding out the top five were the kea, kākāpō and the fantail. Bird of Century: Pūteketeke wins NZ poll after campaign by John Oliver 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Of the new species, the Peleng fantail is identifiable by the distinct black scaling below it black breast patch, its clean white throat and unique courtship vocalisation. Flycatchers and fantails: new songbirds discovered on tiny islands 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z His father and his shipmate then climbed up the ship’s stern, got to the Eagle’s fantail and leaped into the water, from where they watched the ship go down. Doomed WWII warship reveals its secrets: How 'the lucky 13' survived the sinking of the USS Eagle 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Just like I as the three-star had to rely on the guys on the back of the fantail the Bainbridge to make the right decision. Transcript: William McRaven 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z I remember meeting Axelrod at the time he was developing a strain of the fantail guppy. The 12.31.2017 Issue 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z As lightning lit the sky, they drank cocktails on the boat’s fantail, according to Ben Bradlee’s book, “Conversations with Kennedy.” JFK’s last birthday: Gifts, champagne and wandering hands on the presidential yacht 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z Towering soldiers wearing wide fantail hats face off across a pair of metal gates on one of the most heavily militarized borders in the world. The elaborate ceremony that says everything you need to know about India-Pakistan tensions 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z When “first call to colors” was bugled just before eight, the band formed up on the fantail to play “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Aboard the USS Arizona—Dec. 7, 1941 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z What Spanish officials and 80 newsmen got to see on the Petrel’s fantail—from 100 ft. away —was a slightly dented, porpoise-shaped, silver-colored tube about 10 ft. long. How the U.S. Lost—and Found—a Thermonuclear Weapon 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z “There’s men burning on the fantail,” he told the cockpit. The story of the helicopter that saved 22 sailors from burning ships was forgotten. Until now. 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z He’s four years old and standing on the fantail with our father and our sister, then two. The World’s Fastest Ocean Liner May be Restored to Sail Again Lincoln is a tangerine-colored fantail goldfish, who whizzes to the top of the tank when he notices humans approaching. The Verge Review of Animals: the goldfish 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z The perimeter fence is lined with coils of barbed wire, over which fantails dart back and forth, pecking at the grass. Unlocking Maori identity: keeping New Zealand’s indigenous people out of jail 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z It was, to borrow Pat Cleveland’s analogy, enough of a look at the business end of a peacock to appreciate what goes into the fantastical fantail of fashion. Ken Downing, Zac Posen discuss the drama of design at the Wallis 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z Fortunately, Gardiner announced that the budget would allow them to go up a few Darwinian steps to the fantail goldfish, selling for $3.19 each. Signature Theatre needed four actors. It found them cheap at the pet store. 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z The sound of the screws on the fantail as the ship would lift her stern.” At War Blog: A World War II Destroyer's Demise in Mexico 2012-04-11T21:28:54Z It was of various forms, and Swift says:— “We who wear our wigs With fantail and with snake.” England in the Days of Old 2012-02-18T03:00:17.863Z The lower lip has two small and inconspicuous lateral lobes and one large central one, which is like the ruff of a fantail pigeon and daintily fringed with white. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z Yes; I've got some pouters at home, but I only brought the fantails here. The Little Princess of Tower Hill 2012-02-06T03:00:11.547Z As it turned out, Bryan, who was unfazed by the small swarm of adults taking selfies while he selected their fish, could find only three fantails orange enough for callbacks. Signature Theatre needed four actors. It found them cheap at the pet store. 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z One of them wore a fantail cap, and held a shovel and dust-basket. The Man with the Book or, The Bible Among the People. 2011-12-19T03:00:47.530Z He stood for a moment gazing upwards at the strutting fantails. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z Mixed-species flocks of monarchs, fantails, myzomelas and whistlers were common in this habitat, and we often caught multiple members of each group in one net lane. Scientist at Work Blog: Magical Days on Panamoti Island 2011-10-11T16:03:18Z "Do you like fantails?" asked Ralph, looking full at his little cousin. The Little Princess of Tower Hill 2012-02-06T03:00:11.547Z It is brought up carefully and wound onto the large reels on the fantail. Scientist at Work Blog: The Sounds of Going Home 2011-10-06T20:54:49Z Darwin noted the great disparities among the English carrier, short-faced tumbler, pouter, fantail and other breeds. Remarkable Creatures: A Lesson of Genealogy: Looks Can Be Deceiving 2011-05-23T21:43:17Z Capacious dovecote! where carrier-pigeons and fantails and croppers, intermingled with the more ordinary, bill and coo, ruffle and smoothen their feathers, and bend their versicolor necks to the same corn. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z "I begin to hear young sailors' voices from the fantail and they're singing, `Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead.'" Complaints About Female 'Captain Bligh' Began Early, Says a Navy Chaplain 2010-03-06T14:05:00Z He stroked the donkey and the dun-coloured pony and watched the fantail pigeons in snowy circles against the pale blue sky. Sinister Street, vol. 1 At last the pied fantail could bear it no longer, and he suddenly exploded with a loud guffaw. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II In years gone by Pauline had kept white fantail pigeons; but now they no longer interested her and she gave them away in pairs. Plashers Mead A Novel All the crew who could be called from deck and engine room and firehold were struggling at the fantail, under the direction of the captain, to throw off the cars. The Indian Drum "They were jumping for joy and singing on the fantail." Complaints About Female 'Captain Bligh' Began Early, Says a Navy Chaplain 2010-03-06T14:05:00Z He could see the fantail pigeons of Cobble Place circling below. Sinister Street, vol. 1 At the word "dovey" Michal suddenly recollected her favorite fantail pigeon, which she had put into her pocket, and she begged Barbara to take out the poor creature and give it meat and drink. Pretty Michal The ubiquitous twins were in the stableyard when he rode in, raiding the corn bin for sustenance for their fantails. The Squire's Daughter Being the First Book in the Chronicles of the Clintons The car crashed into the box car, splintered it, turned it, shoved it, and thrust it over the fantail into the water; the flat car, telescoped into it, was dragged after. The Indian Drum The latter have twelve feathers in the tail, while the selected race from which the fantails came had between 28 and 38 feathers in the tail. A Critique of the Theory of Evolution Nothing at Basingstead Minor seemed to have changed in five years, from the dun pony to the phloxes in the garden, from the fantail pigeons to the gardener who fed the pigs. Sinister Street, vol. 1 One patio we noticed full to repletion of tame pigeons, blue, black, white, and mottled fantails. Aztec Land This sum the defendant consented to enlarge to fifteen pence, provided the artist would agree to draw him in "full fig:"—red velvet smalls—nankeen gaiters—sky-blue waistcoat—canary wipe—and full-bottomed fantail. The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. Corvet's cry sent men with bars beside the cars as the fantail dipped into the water; Corvet, again leading his crew, cleared the leader of those madly charging cars and ran it over the stern. The Indian Drum The normal grand-parental type of 12 feathers was recovered in F2 but the higher numbers characteristic of fantails were not recovered. A Critique of the Theory of Evolution But this is probably due to weak power in the fantail rather than to any unusually strong power in the pouter, for I have observed that barbs also preponderated over fantails. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) As she spoke she held out a lump of sugar to a pretty white fantail which came flying to receive it. The Time of Roses In these experiments the cross was made between black barbs and white fantails. Mendelism Third Edition Now the stern again descended; a line of cars swept for the fantail. The Indian Drum For myself, I am convinced there was a fantail deer, and that it has far more rights as a species than the dozen or more ‘species’ of bears which our Washington scientists keep on finding. The Young Alaskans on the Missouri Descriptions of the habits of one or more well-known varieties—pouters, fantails, homing pigeons, etc. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study The equivalent of 850 pounds of T. N. T. is estimated to have exploded in and upon the Cassin's fantail; this includes the charges of the torpedo and of both depth mines. World's War Events, Vol. II The F1 birds were all black with some white splashes, evidently due to a separate factor introduced by the fantail. Mendelism Third Edition He got off two more cars; yet the deck only dipped lower, and water washed farther and farther up over the fantail. The Indian Drum For it would be easy to imagine the enlarged crop of the pouter, or tail of the fantail, as of some use to birds in a state of nature, having peculiar habits of life. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 They believe that it would be easier to raise a pouter or fantail pigeon from crossing two distinct species, neither of which possessed the characters of these races, than from any single species. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. Drop some white sail-cloth over the yacht’s name on her bows, and on the fantail. The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive He is about the size of a fantail pigeon, his colour a bright orange and his wings and tail appear as though fringed; his head is adorned with a superb double-feathery crest, edged with purple. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure A cheer rose as the car cleared the fantail, dove, and disappeared. The Indian Drum Did he ordain that the crop and tail-feathers of the pigeon should vary, in order that the fancier might make his grotesque pouter and fantail breeds? Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 In those races which present some remarkable deviation of structure, such as in the tail of fantails, crop of pouters, beak of carriers and tumblers, &c., the other parts remain nearly unaltered. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. "Only about half a dozen, but all of them have fantail tomahawks and clubs." Edward Barry South Sea Pearler To give a simple illustration: the fantail and pouter pigeons are both descended from the rock pigeon. Evolution, Old & New Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin At the farther end, on steps leading into the garden, a peacock looks wonderfully appropriate, and some white fantails strutting in front of the heavy walls add very much to the picture. Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts Then the imperial eagle, the eagle with the fantail, came, and soared over the people. Myths and Legends of the Great Plains How could crossing produce, for instance, a pouter or a fantail, unless the two supposed aboriginal parents possessed the remarkable characters of these breeds? The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. The fantail has not only more tail-feathers than any of the three hundred and forty existing species of pigeons, but more than any of the eight thousand known species of birds. On the Genesis of Species On the roof a few white fantails; a spaniel near the door; and a great business of rooks in the sky. A Boswell of Baghdad With Diversions It was of various forms, and Swift says:— "We who wear our wigs With fantail and with snake." At the Sign of the Barber's Pole Studies In Hirsute History A second later, the window in front of me was splashed with blood as the headless neck came down on our fantail. Four-Day Planet In fantails, the length and number of the caudal vertebr� have increased. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. There is, of course, some limit to the number of feathers of which a tail useful for flight can consist, and in the fantail we have probably reached that limit. On the Genesis of Species Your uncle Dan dragged a mattress out of it and dropped it over the stern, away down onto the fantail, scores of feet below. Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi The surf, dashing in under her fantail, had more power than McGuffey's engines, and, foot by foot, the Maggie proceeded to dig herself in. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates It is beautifully woven, and, like those of the white-eye and fantail flycatcher, covered with cobweb; this gives it a very neat appearance. A Bird Calendar for Northern India In fantails the degree of divergence of the two arms varies in a remarkable mariner. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. Did He ordain that the crop and tail-feathers of the pigeon should vary, in order that the fancier might make his grotesque pouter and fantail breeds? On the Genesis of Species But the guards of the ladies' cabin ran round the stern, as they do on this boat, and her fantail, below, stretched still farther aft. Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi Again, the wild rock pigeon seems to be the ancestral form from which the fantail and pouter and carrier-pigeon with their diverse characters have taken their origin. The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope The fantail flycatchers occasionally sing their cheerful lay, but at this season they more often emit a plaintive call, as if they were complaining of the cold. A Bird Calendar for Northern India In Egypt the late Abbas Pacha was a great fancier of fantails. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. The model fantail should have a nervous jerky motion and never be at rest. Outdoor Sports and Games In Summer the black-robed dignitaries and white choristers, themselves not more than larger rooks and fantails, passed slowly across the green Close to their dutiful worship. The Altar Steps The fantail and pouter pigeons are two very distinct and unlike breeds, which we yet know to have been both derived from the common wild rock-pigeon. Darwinism (1889) King-crows, bee-eaters, fantail and grey-headed flycatchers seek their quarry on the wing, making frequent sallies into the open from their leafy bowers. A Bird Calendar for Northern India Fantails, with the same; but the croup in some was bluish or pure blue: Mr. Wicking bred blue fantails from two black birds. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. In pigeons alone there are carriers, pouters, tumblers, baldheads, beards, dragoons, barbs, jacobins, Antwerps, turbits, owls, orientals, damoscenes, capuchins, fantails, trumpeters, swifts, Lahores, Burmese, Scandaroons, magpies, nuns, Archangels, runts and so on. Outdoor Sports and Games If we, who wear our wigs With fantail and with snake, Are bubbled thus by prigs; Z——ds! who would be a rake? The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 He crossed some white fantails with some black barbs, and the mongrels were black, brown, or mottled. Darwinism (1889) The sunbirds, the fantail flycatchers, the orioles, the golden-backed woodpeckers, the white-breasted kingfishers and the black partridges call as lustily as ever, and the bulbuls continue to twitter to one another "stick to it!" A Bird Calendar for Northern India In many breeds there are only seven ribs, as in seven out of eight skeletons of various tumblers, and in several skeletons of fantails, turbits, and nuns. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. Stella was a good sailor, and she rather enjoyed it when the Chickamin began to lift and yaw off before the following seas that ran up under her fantail stern. Big Timber A Story of the Northwest Two fantail pigeons of purest white, sitting in a dark yew tree that overhangs the stream a hundred yards away, make the prettiest picture in the world against the dusky foliage. A Cotswold Village At nine o'clock went to the Vatican; two large fantails with ostrich feathers; ladies penned up; Pope; cardinals kiss his hand in rotation; address in Latin, tinkling, like water gurgling from a bottle. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume I. In a corner of the room was a crazy old French bed-stead, with a man lying on his back upon it in a ragged pilot jacket, and rough oil-skin fantail hat. The Uncommercial Traveller Seeming never to need sleep himself, he would reappear, with a tied-up broken head, in fantail hat and velveteen smalls, like an accursed goblin, at the most unholy and untimely hours. Our Mutual Friend The woolly heads made a run for me, each with a long-handled, fantail tomahawk with which to hack off my head. Stories from Everybody's Magazine It has given rise to numerous very remarkable varieties, such as the carrier, fantail, nun, pouter, tumbler, etc. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section P and Q He is about the size of a fantail pigeon, his colour a bright orange and his wings and tail appear as though fringed; his head is ornamented with a superb double-feathery crest edged with purple. Wanderings in South America And how the fantail pigeons, very rotund denizens of that city, cooed as they walked gingerly—tiles being cold to pink feet on a frosty morning—up and down in the early sun! Gone to Earth The fantail could hide behind its own fan. Concerning Animals and Other Matters The former had now veiled his splendour in a due suit of working clothes, crowned with a fantail hat, which he took off, however, to wave us farewell with his grave old-Spanish-like courtesy. News from Nowhere, or, an Epoch of Rest : being some chapters from a utopian romance But this is probably due to weak power in the fantail rather than to any unusually strong power in the pouter, for I have observed that barbs also preponderate over fantails. The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 Just as I got up to the door, a horse came galloping up, and passed me; a man jumped down, and taking off a fantail hat, came up, very gravely, to help me down. Burlesques I am getting quite a 'chamber of horrors,' I appreciate your kindness even more than before; for I have done the black deed and murdered an angelic little fantail and pouter at ten days old. Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 The frequent presence of fourteen or even sixteen tail-feathers in the pouter may be considered as a variation representing the normal structure of another race, the fantail. The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition Awakened, however, by the cry of a black fantail, she nipped Maui in two. An Anthology of Australian Verse PIGEONS, origin of. -classified table of breeds of. -pouter. -carrier. -runt. -barbs. -fantail. -turbit and owl. -tumbler. The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 In fact, the redstarts are the tiny fantail pigeons of the forest. Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things With respect to the ONE point of the tail feathers, it is of course in relation to the wonderful development of tail feathers in the adult fantail. Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 But to use such an expression as trying to make a fantail is, I have no doubt, in most cases, utterly incorrect. The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition |
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