| 单词 | figure eight |
| 例句 | Then he begins bobbing his head nervously, so that his face makes figure eights in front of me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He was doing his aerial stunts: barrel rolls and vertical figure eights, or whatever he did. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The cotton twine he used for mending net bound the lantern to the mast easily, but Carl put in extra lashings anyway, figure eights laid one over the other, pulled taut and finished crisply. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z At the top of the funnel, the golden bat hung in space performing an intricate, upside-down figure eight. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z What looked like a long silver ribbon shot out of it, which twisted itself into a large figure eight. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Ralph started to whiz around in a figure eight when his tires slipped and the motorcycle tipped; He lost control and landed in icy, dirty water. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Then he puts the cat down on the sand, and while the cat does figure eights around his ankles, Henry lets out a sound like a giant with a toothache. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z She traced a figure eight in the wood. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z If they bust a play, make ’em run windsprints and figure eights but stay with ’em, Lord. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “We make the woman disappear and the fashion appear!” the curiosity of the seagulls who swooped over them in a repeated figure eight. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He weaves across the road in figure eights, then around me in circles, then rides beside me again. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Thistletops erupted, wildflowers wobbled as the bike charged in reckless patterns only a fly could follow: circles, figure eights, zigzags, crazy doodles. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Mom just talks in figure eights, making everything around her dizzy. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z But after a few minutes of nonstop running across the blacktop in a sort of figure eight, my lungs were burning and I had a sharp cramp in my side. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The chauffeur flew a figure eight as he reacted to the General’s furious voice. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I watched coolly as the remaining people paraded, making figure eights around me and their badly bruised automobile. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Pretty soon, we were both making figure eights all over the desk. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z He wriggled his finger in arches that circumscribed a space much larger than his hand, at the same time wiggling his hips in figure eights. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Though “here” isn’t anywhere yet...just a map of packed concrete highways crisscrossing overhead, curving, making figure eights. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Jamie runs his finger around the sand, making figure eights and messy zigzags. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z There were cut lashings of net twine visible there, loose ends dangling, ten or twenty figure eights, cut through cleanly on an angle. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z So I pedal backward and practice riding no-hands, and I make big figure eights like a circus clown to keep slow pace with him as we go. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z His spins and figure eights mimic the naturally occurring forms of the Utah desert. “Blast”: Racing in the Utah Desert 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z I passed the course, despite my atrocious figure eights. Modern Love: Being the Older Woman 2010-07-22T21:24:00Z Who knows if it’s like a figure eight and it swerves back and we connect again. The Head and the Heart are taking over a Seattle landmark Sunday. What inspired the free concert? 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z But given that some of his styles resemble continuous figure eights or French-curved volutes or musical notes or stars with comet trails or Celtic knots or all-over mazes, this seems close to impossible. The Gimlet Eye: Haircuts From the 1980s Are Back 2010-06-17T01:39:00Z Instead of rowers, two Jet Ski riders sent up walls of spray as they cut high-speed figure eights on a recent afternoon. The High Bridge, a Scenic and Serene Cousin of the High Line 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z The next morning I went on a longer and more challenging hike, a figure eight around Egypt Meadow and Bruce Lakes just north of the park — and didn’t see another human soul. The Poconos for a Pittance 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z Comme ça!” he said to another student, as he grabbed her whisk and vigorously traced figure eights in the mixing bowl. A Cooking School in France for Women Living in the Banlieues 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z That night in our suite at the Disney hotel — not a theme hotel, just your standard luxury resort-dorm — the kids ran psychotically repetitive figure eights. Magazine Preview: You Blow My Mind. Hey, Mickey! 2011-06-09T14:04:26Z What: The rink, shaped almost like a figure eight, is open for its third season. Just in time for the holidays: Take a spin around an outdoor ice rink in Washington The scent of pine wafted from candle sellers’ booths, people snapped up gingerbread cookies and hot apple cider and ice skaters swirled figure eights around the rink in the center of the market. Small businesses, and shoppers, return to holiday markets 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z It’s also known as the “Eight Burst” Nebula, as it can look like a sideways figure eight from certain viewpoints. Marvel at the first batch of full-color images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z The legacy of the Sex Pistols chases its tail in figure eights, like a roller coaster, or a knot, or infinity. Perspective | The Sex Pistols are still too chaotic for your television screen 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z They look like swirling blobs, making teardrops, figure eights, columns and other shapes. Perspective | Why do flocks of birds swoop and swirl together in the sky? 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z A double Dutch team whirred ropes around elementary-schoolers, and teams of college rollerskaters spun in loops and figure eights on the asphalt. D.C. block party for Jackson celebrates a ‘historic moment’ 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z She once described the image she held in her mind while writing her novel “Look at Me,” about a model, a teenager and a terrorist, as a figure eight. Jennifer Egan wants to save literary fiction from itself 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z “Pretty impressive for so little flying time,” he said as two of the drones did figure eights. At Polish site, Ukrainians train to fly drones for rescue missions and targeting Russians 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Knot strength depends a lot on its material: a beefy figure eight knot in a thin fishing line will never support more weight than the lowly overhand knot in a climbing rope. The tangled physics of knots, one of our simplest and oldest technologies 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z It was draped across the tattooed shoulders of its owner, who was gliding along in slow figure eights. ‘I Wasn’t Quite Finished With the Cigarette When My Car Pulled Up’ 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z “In the mansion, they fly in figure eights,” he said. The Ghosts of Yaddo Act Up 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z In one scenario, the cars drove around a figure eight with a central intersection. Watch just a few self-driving cars stop traffic jams 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z “We’d been doing figure eights, about three, four miles long,” he said in a telephone interview Tuesday. Searchers find the sunken stern of a doomed World War II destroyer off the coast of Alaska 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z While Mora and similar clocks are generally based on the rounded figure eight shape, no two are exactly alike. ‘The clocks that saved a village’ still have stories to tell 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z Breasts move in a figure eight when a woman runs. California, MacArthur Foundation, World Cup: Your Wednesday Briefing 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z Right, and Larry Bird was wearing skates, not Converse, while doing figure eights between jump shots at the old Garden. Pitino, Who Demanded Total Control, Can’t Avoid Accountability Now 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z In the figure eight and merging scenarios, a central algorithm controlled all self-driving cars, experimenting by changing their patterns of acceleration and braking. Watch just a few self-driving cars stop traffic jams 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z The very first skill you learn is how to tie knots, starting with a figure-eight knot, and then a rewoven figure eight and a barrel knot. First time at the rock gym: Here’s how you get started 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z The figure eight station is where they sit on the floor with a wooden figure eight and keep the marble rolling in a figure eight pattern. Pedal desks, sit-and-stand spins help kids focus in school 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z Dr. Murphy said that to produce the figure eight wing paths so similar to those traced by insect wings, the snail rotated its body in a way the researchers hadn’t seen before. A Sea Snail That Moves Like a Flying Insect 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z So for virtually the same policy, Sanders is claiming savings averaging $38 billion a year — and Trump is promising a figure eight times larger. Trump’s truly absurd claim he would save $300 billion a year on prescription drugs 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z As the enormous ships sail in figure eights around the globe, the tanker companies are reaping the rewards, making as much as $70,000 a day, if not more, for their services. An Oil-Soaked Globe as Production Keeps Climbing and Demand Falls 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Then came a variation on the famous Laker drill, which involved passing up and down the court in continuous figure eights, culminating in layups. Bo Ryan Is Weaned to Win in Wisconsin 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z Some of those stations are smiley jumps, figure eights and balance boards. Pedal desks, sit-and-stand spins help kids focus in school 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z Cranston’s stylishness emerged when figure skating competitions still included the compulsory tracing of figure eights, which he called “boring and degrading.” Toller Cranston, a Pioneer on Ice, Dies at 65 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z It featured a Senegalese village, a water chute, helter-skelter and a figure eight railway. Time capsule found at surgeons' hall 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Instead of a simple circle, these rewind and play back again in an endless figure eight. Seven Startups You Probably Haven't Heard Of - But Should 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z “It’s my wife’s lucky number,” the quirky Mr. Robinov initially said when asked why he chose the figure eight. Joining With Rival, Movie Executive Starts Studio 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z A loop here and there, more like a figure eight, follows, and suddenly the capital S is woven right on top of it, following nearly the same path as the first initial before it. The autograph lives on long after the boys of summer are gone 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z But his lackluster scores in the figure eights cost him a chance at international gold. Toller Cranston, a Pioneer on Ice, Dies at 65 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z “People are familiar with the figure eight in the middle of the park and the access roads to get there.” 10 things to do in Yellowstone this summer 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z After you have tried the circle to your satisfaction, try cantering in a figure eight of sufficient size. Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle 2012-03-26T02:00:39.977Z Drivers navigate a figure eight, demonstrate their ability to parallel park, put their car in reverse and perform other tasks over a test of about nine minutes that is monitored by electronic sensors. I Paid a Bribe and Similar Corruption-Exposing Sites Spread 2012-03-07T00:39:46Z And let not the hasty city imagination turn to the hard, salty, saw-dust cake in the shape of a broken-down figure eight which is served with lager-beer in saloons and gardens. Solomon 2012-02-29T03:00:26.127Z “Oh, I haven’t forgotten the figure eight,” said Major Dale, with a laugh, as he struck out. Dorothy Dale in the City 2012-01-13T03:00:12.213Z Let us coin the word: eighty unidecillions, or the figure eight followed by sixty-six ciphers. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z He did the figure eight several times, jumped up and turned half-way ’round and repeated the same, going in the opposite direction, alternately. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z Performing figure eights and skating backward were feats which bordered suicidal nightmares. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z When Falk saw the figure eight hundred he hesitated for a moment. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z Don’t bother,” said Evelyn.—“What are you saying, Bob?—that you can cut the figure eight in——” Audrey turned away with an expression of disgust. A Very Naughty Girl 2011-07-27T02:00:30.947Z Her other arm was already decorated with the figure eight style made from a long green corn leaf. A House Party with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:20.543Z Soon it is up in the air making purposeful figure eights. War Evolves With Drones, Some Tiny as Bugs 2011-06-20T03:31:18Z It was to fly around the field in a figure eight at a height of ninety-five feet. Airship Andy or The Luck of a Brave Boy 2011-06-13T02:00:31.130Z On Conception Day I bet the headman will be tracing the figure eight with his feet on his way home.” The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z Bill leveled off and sent his plane into a series of reverse control turns known as figure eights. Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman 2011-04-14T02:00:39.800Z Meanwhile don’t bother yourself boasting how you’re going to cut figure eight’s around me, with that pirate boat of yours. Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence 2011-04-01T02:00:41.017Z When our ropes were ready, my shivering hands fumbled the figure eight. Between a Rock and a Waterfall 2011-01-15T00:09:00Z The two reeds may then be caught together by the stitch selected for the basket, or the "Navajo" or "figure eight stitch" may be used and the other stitch introduced on the second round. Handicraft for Girls A Tentative Course in Needlework, Basketry, Designing, Paper and Cardboard Construction, Textile Fibers and Fabrics and Home Decoration and Care 2011-01-06T03:00:45.093Z The aeroplane must be capable of executing a figure eight within a rectangle 500 yards by 250 yards, and without decreasing its altitude more than 100 feet at the completion of the figure eight. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1913 2011-01-04T03:01:14.690Z And yet they grew into skilful and expert pilots, and could loop the loop and figure eight in them! Famous Flyers And Their Famous Flights 2010-12-25T03:00:15.953Z Manning normally just walks figure eights in the room for the entire hour. The Lede: Lawyer Describes Solitary Confinement of Suspected WikiLeaks Source 2010-12-21T17:27:17Z PFC Manning normally just walks figure eights in the room for the entire hour. Joe Biden v. Joe Biden on WikiLeaks 2010-12-18T10:19:00Z If there was a pattern, it was a figure eight. Riddle of the Wind at New Meadowlands Stadium 2010-11-24T17:54:00Z Instead, their wings oscillate in a figure eight pattern to produce lift on both the downstroke and upstroke. How Hummingbirds Fight the Wind 2010-11-23T16:24:00Z As darkness fell on a Saturday night, 32 cars, lined in pairs, filled one half of the figure eight to start the race. Danger and Excitement Intersect at Figure Eight Racing 2010-09-19T00:59:00Z The sport lost an edge when compulsory or school figures, including basic figure eights, were eliminated from competition in 1990. Dance: In World of Figure Skating, Winning Leaps Over Art 2010-02-26T23:25:00Z And Jumpo's numbers got all snarled up, until the figure six looked like a nine and the figure eight like a brown cruller which his mamma sometimes made in the lard kettle. Jacko and Jumpo Kinkytail The Funny Monkey Boys Hal and Walter already had their skates on and were cutting circles, figure eights and grape-vine twists on the smooth ice. The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp The Sky Wagon droned smoothly through a series of figure eights as Rick and Scotty inspected every inch of Clipper Cay and its surrounding waters. The Wailing Octopus It demands five solo singers, a dramatic reader, three choral bodies, and an orchestra of one hundred and forty, in which figure eight flutes, seven clarinets, six horns, four Wagner tubas. Ivory Apes and Peacocks “Suppose we put the letter h in place of the figure eight,” he said. The Go Ahead Boys and the Treasure Cave The American fleet was steaming back and forth off Cavite Bay as if bent on leaving such a wake as would form a figure eight, delivering broadside after broadside with splendid results. The Boys of '98 When he estimated about fifty feet had run through, he put on more figure eights around the cleat, then dropped half hitches over to secure the line. The Flying Stingaree It throws itself upon its back, coiled nearly in the form of a figure eight, and begins a series of writhings and twistings and convulsive movements astonishing to behold. Ways of Nature Nearest the ground, about six thousand feet up, are the artillery directors who hover about cutting big figure eights above the enemy trenches and flash back directions by wireless to the British artillerists. Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons Viewed through the microscope, the fiber is seen to be, not a hollow cylinder, but rather a flattened cylinder, shaped in cross-section something like the figure eight. The Fabric of Civilization A Short Survey of the Cotton Industry in the United States The Prince said no more, but looked on in silent amazement while the Funny Man untwisted the figure eight at the point of his nose, and removed a small copper cap which covered the end. Prince Vance The Story of a Prince with a Court in His Box Rick took the coil and faked down the line in smooth figure eights so it would run out without fouling, then made sure the anchor was free and ready to go. The Flying Stingaree The busy little worm works away, laying its threads in place in the form of a figure eight. Makers of Many Things Only a figure eight caught over the top of the calf, in each alternate loop, will do so. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts She lowered her eyes, curled her lips as if performing a vigorous task, and with a gesture of virtuous scorn, as if dancing against her will, she turned and turned, tracing great figure eights. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan As he spoke, he led the way into the house, having put out his light and once more wound his nose up into its figure eight. Prince Vance The Story of a Prince with a Court in His Box The sea-plane, having flown over its objective, turned, describing an elongated figure eight. The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War It was always making half the figure eight in the undergrowth of the jungle. Kari the Elephant Hubert was at the back of the chair, leaning on the bar, while the others stood gathered about, resting from a network of figure eights. Teddy: Her Book A Story of Sweet Sixteen They found she could skate splendidly with a 200partner, that she could cut figure eights, could do the “long roll,” and otherwise give a good account of herself on the ice. A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall "Good for you, Allie!" shouted the younger boy, as he stopped in the middle of a figure eight to applaud her words. In Blue Creek Cañon There was a loose twist made like the figure eight at the back, and in front, rows of dainty puffs and ends of curls, that dropped down on her white forehead. A Little Girl of Long Ago Cords were formed in the shape of a figure eight, closed at the top, and opened at the point nearest the body. The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal Its moon, little more than a hundredth as massive, still weighed in at about eight times ten to the nineteenth—that is, the figure eight followed by nineteen zeroes. Masters of Space Then Frank began circling, and cutting figure eights, wishing to discover just what the biplane could do in that line. The Airplane Boys among the Clouds or, Young Aviators in a Wreck But you can figure on one thing—that you will never become the pride of the pond by starting out to cut figure eights before you are firm on your skates. Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to His Son Being the Letters written by John Graham, Head of the House of Graham & Company, Pork-Packers in Chicago, familiarly known on 'Change as "Old Gorgon Graham," to his Son, Pierrepont, facetiously known to his intimates as "Piggy." With a motion of the head somewhat like the figure eight, the silk worm throws this thread around the body from head to tail until at last it is entirely enveloped. Textiles and Clothing Give it a wave like this, just as if you were making a figure eight in the air, and then try to let your fly fall gently just there.” Three Boys or the Chiefs of the Clan Mackhai Boy Scouts can make the motions on foot, and by a code of circles and figure eights, etc., can signal many things. Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies He sped off, rode free for a moment, threw the brake on and came to a sudden stop, then cut a figure eight over the paving. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life They flew for nearly ten minutes, making wide circles and a big figure eight. The Rover Boys in the Air From College Campus to the Clouds When the gathering threads are in, remove the needle, place a pin vertically close to the last stitch, and wind the thread around it a few times in the form of a figure eight. Textiles and Clothing The airplane circled hawklike, climbed higher, and disported itself in an S or two and a "figure eight," all of which Johnny absorbed as a sponge absorbs water. Skyrider While spinning, the worm moves its head continually from right to left, laying on the filament in a succession of lines somewhat resembling the shape of the figure eight. Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887 Thus the valley takes the shape rudely of the figure eight; the southern part, through one corner of which we had passed before, being occupied by Tegea, the northern by Mantinea. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 Sam handled the machine like a veteran and even showed what he could do by making a small figure eight and a spiral dip. The Rover Boys in the Air From College Campus to the Clouds In one narrow street, I remember, it moved in the exact shape of a figure eight within the week. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man "Who is the girl doing the fancy strokes?" he asked, pointing to Julia Crosby, who, some distance ahead of them, was giving an exhibition of her powers as a maker of figure eights and cross-cuts. Grace Harlowe's Sophomore Year at High School The Record of the Girl Chums in Work and Athletics You may see it falter, struggling with its sense of duty, and then break weakly into a mild figure eight. Living Alone She placed an old china coffee cup without a handle, buttered on outside, in centre of each half of the figure eight, which kept the pretzel from spreading over the pan. Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" Around the field sailed Captain Colby and then made the figure eight three times. The Rover Boys in the Air From College Campus to the Clouds It is made by forming a regular figure eight and then "following round" with the other rope as in Fig. Knots, Splices and Rope Work A Practical Treatise All three were in one brand, and the mere failure to note the lines of difference between the figure eight and the letter S had resulted in repeating the mistake. Wells Brothers The Young Cattle Kings Place braid in form of a circle in greased baking-pan or twist the braid to resemble the figure eight, pretzel shape. The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering; the Favorite Recipes of America, Austria, Germany, Russia, France, Poland, Roumania, Etc., Etc. The pansy beds were in figure eights, the nasturtiums were pruned and ordered into stubby figure ones, while the asters and fall flowers ranged from fours to twenties. Bambi Now for a few circles and a figure eight before we come down. The Rover Boys in the Air From College Campus to the Clouds "About as funny as being pestered by a mosquito buzzing under your nose when you're playing a fish that keeps cuttin' figure eights in a hole the size uh that one there." Good Indian "Girls who have been everywhere, and have lovely clothes, and who won't know a T bandage from a figure eight!" K For convenience of reference these types of dance may be called whirling, circling, and the figure eight dance. The Dancing Mouse A Study in Animal Behavior She could not forget that figure eight, which was the serial number of the next adventure. The Eight Strokes of the Clock Almost all of our flying here was takeoffs and landings and in the air� we practiced spins, slow rolls, snap rolls, and figure eights to get� the feel of the airplane and develop our control. The Biography of a Rabbit When the pilot can make reasonably close right and left turns, he is told to make figure eights. Flying for France With the American escadrille at Verdun Then the land began twisting like snakes under our feet, and cut figure eights, till I felt like soapsuds, and lay down on my face. The Belted Seas Also a chance to live in Washington and cut figure eights in the diplomatic circles. A Fool There Was It read "the eighth," and though Marie's handwriting was scrawly and not very legible, the figure eight was large and plain. Patty's Suitors Around the tank it went, turned, cut a figure eight, as Kennedy manipulated the levers. The Romance of Elaine Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine" There is nothing in the way of a radical step from the turns and figure eights to the real flying machines. Flying for France With the American escadrille at Verdun "I thought so at first, but it looks as if I'll be cutting figure eights on the end of a tent-rope." The Winds of Chance She cut a figure eight, stopped, started again. The Dream Doctor Up there he traveled back and forth, in circles, and in figure eights, desiring to test the machine in various capacities. Tom Swift and His Wireless Message: or, the castaways of Earthquake island |
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