| 单词 | fire bell |
| 例句 | The gunshot was drowned out by the cacophony of fire bells. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z As I fled down the stairs, the clang of fire bells filled my ears. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “The fire bell, like this afternoon. It’s all organized. All the kids’re going to know and none of the grownups. Especially not her.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Katherine’s words about the way I look at him ring like a fire bell in my head. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z It was almost louder than the fire bell. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z My heart was still beating fast from the rush of the fire bell. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did you hear all the fire bells ringing last night?” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a tall fire bell in the cemetery, which alerted everyone. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Or maybe it was more like when the fire bells clang on Cold Sassy’s horse-drawn fire engine and you just got to go chasing after it to where the smoke is billowing up. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z In my dreams, the air was full of smoke and the sound of the fire bell ringing. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z It ended with the ringing of the fire bell in a pattern of 3-3-5, the old telegraph code signifying return to quarters. Firefighter memorial: 'This is sacred ground' 2011-12-22T15:52:00Z Pontypandy's most famous resident actually heard his fire bell chime on Welsh language TV first as Sam Tan. BBC: What's been 'occurring' in Wales for 100 years 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Firefighters there are often rushing out before the fire bell sounds, attuned to listen for a faint click that happens a split-second before the emergency lights switch on. Seattle Fire Department staff shortage forces extreme hours, $37.7M of OT 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z Female firefighter's suicide is a 'fire bell in the night' Fairfax firefighter was sexually harassed, suffered retaliation, agency finds 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z Rep. Bill Pascrell, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee’s oversight panel, called the findings a “five-alarm fire bell for our national tax system.” IRS audits plummet as wealthy escape scrutiny, poorest taxpayers get hit 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z “This momentous question, like a fire bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror,” the aging Jefferson admitted. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z It awakened Jefferson “like a fire bell in the night.” Scared white people acting out is as American as … 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z In one letter, he referred to a debate about expanding slavery as “this momentous question, like a fire bell in the night that awakened and filled me with terror.” Perspective | A visit to Monticello offers a reminder of the enduring legacy of ‘deep rooted prejudices’ 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z A fire bell was mounted on the tower until 1941, and replaced with a siren. Wisconsin water tower preserved, food pantry gets new home 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z For Americans, “sole source of legitimacy” is a fire bell in the night. Who Will Lead the United Nations? 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z This is the issue that had troubled Thomas Jefferson, as he once put it, “like a fire bell in the night”, and it becomes Obama’s starting point. The 100 best nonfiction books: No 5 – Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama (1995) 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z The Friendship Fire Association Museum, on New Jersey Avenue NW, contains some items once in AOI’s collection, including four pieces of wheeled apparatus and two bronze fire bells. On its birthday, this D.C. history group gave some big gifts. 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z On the matter of economic inequality, this study should be our fire bell in the night. The fatal trend among white working class Americans 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z And yet today, 150 years after the Civil War, the fire bells still ring, and we need to ask why. Slavery Matters More Than Ever 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z At this point, a fire bell rang, so they stayed there frozen in their lines for fifteen minutes more. Grade school in the inner city 2012-08-26T16:00:00Z In an 1820 letter, he wrote that “this momentous question, like a fire bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror.” Economic View: Long-Term Unemployment Carries Risks for U.S. 2011-11-26T22:10:53Z If you have ever heard a fire bell boom out in the stillness, you will remember the terror which clutched your heart at the first ominous peal. The Motor Maids' School Days 2011-09-17T02:00:33.303Z But the fire bell was heard only dimly at the two Republican debates in Milwaukee on Tuesday. The fatal trend among white working class Americans 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Nathalie told of the ringing of the fire bell, the exploits of the Sport, and how she did duty at the pump. Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z She had heard nothing—not the shouts at the main house nor the ringing of the fire bell nor the dull roar of flames in the night air. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Still, we should regard the current economic dispute as another fire bell in the night. Economic View: Long-Term Unemployment Carries Risks for U.S. 2011-11-26T22:10:53Z It seemed to Billie, in going over it afterward, that the boom of that big fire bell was like the last trump on the day of judgment arousing the spirits of the dead. The Motor Maids' School Days 2011-09-17T02:00:33.303Z "Silly monkey chaps!" cried Mamma Kinkytail, as she laughed at them, "that is not a fire bell, that is the school bell, for school starts to-day, and you must hurry or you will be late." Jacko and Jumpo Kinkytail The Funny Monkey Boys You touch the fire bell in your own house. A Frenchman in America Recollections of Men and Things Whenever the fire bell rang, Lion was immediately on the alert, barking loudly, as if to spread the dire alarm. Happy Days for Boys and Girls The great siren whistles of the water and light plants began to bellow; fire bells and church bells up in Harvey began to ring, and Grant knew that the telephone was alarming the town. In the Heart of a Fool And as if to verify his words the far-off clang of the village fire bell sounded. The Boy Scout Fire Fighters Why, they'll ring the fire bells, and get the chemical engine out to parade after us. Fred Fenton Marathon Runner The Great Race at Riverport School He heard the clang of the fire bells as the motor trucks came roaring toward the scene. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 The lights were out in Bob's and Betty's rooms, and Bob had just dropped off to sleep when the clang of the fire bell brought him out of bed in a hurry. Sure Pop and the Safety Scouts Selecting from the bewildering display at the counter of summer toilet articles consumed still more time, until finally, realization that it was really lunch time, the fire bell announcing it, brought them all up sharply. The Girl Scouts at Sea Crest Or, the Wig Wag Rescue At 3 a.m., when the whole of Briarcroft was wrapped in deepest slumbers, there suddenly came the great clang-clang of the fire bell, resounding and echoing through the quiet house. The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life Suddenly the bell of the Methodist church began to ring violently; a moment later that of the Catholic convent added its sharp tones, and the fire bell, over by the plaza, joined their clamor. With Hoops of Steel And above all the increasing clamor, the brazen notes of the fire bell continued to clang furiously. The Banner Boy Scouts Snowbound A Tour on Skates and Iceboats Bob jumped to his feet as if he had heard the clang of a fire bell. Sure Pop and the Safety Scouts He lectured on Macaulay, and was reciting from "Lays of Ancient Rome" when the fire bells rang, and in less than five minutes there were only a score or so left of his audience. Some Reminiscences of old Victoria In the upper corridor, not very far from Gipsy's dormitory, hung a long chain which sounded a fire bell. The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life Got a letter from Mr. Lee to Dr. Channing; after getting to bed the fire bells began ringing all over the city. A Journey to America in 1834 Heard him tellin' how he got up last night, thinkin' he heard the fire bell ring, and run plumb into the corner of the bureau. Fred Fenton on the Track or, The Athletes of Riverport School Reaching for the whistle he blew a long blast, and caused the fire bell to be rung, the signal to stand by to abandon ship. Dave Darrin After The Mine Layers Roger had not finished pulling on his clothes when the fire bells began to ring. The Forbidden Trail I remember on one very cold night I was awakened by a fire bell. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History This momentous question, like a fire bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror. Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 The fire bell rang and the whole town woke up and I got lost running through a garden back of one of those swell's houses on the shore. Blacksheep! Blacksheep! Life quickened in the somnolent town as to the sound of a fire bell as he passed; people stood watching after him; came to doors and windows to lean and look. Trail's End At Rushville Flat Rock Creek waters rose with a roar, and clanging fire bells warned the people to flee. The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado In King Alfred's time the curfew was rung at eight o'clock, and called the "cover fire bell," because the inhabitants, on hearing its peals, were obliged to cover their fires, and go to bed. Notes and Queries, Number 187, May 28, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. "Why didn't they ring the fire bell instead of the church bell?" Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Aunt Lu's City Home Cracky, I wouldn't say that we're so smart, but when there's a fire we don't stand wringing our hands as if they were a fire bell. Roy Blakely, Pathfinder Full military band, drum corps of the city militia, 50 anvils, 100 firemen, city fire bells and cannon to be fired from the stand of the leader by use of electricity. Sixty Years of California Song When he turned his in it looked like this: The fire bell was heard ringing this morning about ten o'clock, and soon after crowds were seen wending their way to the Great West Clothing Store. The Cow Puncher On the silence came the sound of fire bells ringing in the distance. The Voice of the People "And why should they ring the church bell, when we have a fire bell?" asked Mrs. Brown. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Aunt Lu's City Home And was not Jefferson prophetic when he wrote that the extension of this divisional line in 1820 alarmed him like a fire bell at midnight? Children of the Market Place Bells from churches and halls, dinner bells, plantation and fire bells, along with stray pieces of metal, were melted and cast into cannon. Historic Papers on the Causes of the Civil War Nobody cares whether the fire bell rang or not, but they do care about the man who was suffocated; who he was, what he was doing there, what became of him. The Cow Puncher The cry crept out on the still night air, and the fire bells began to ring. McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader When I was approaching the post office, fire bells commenced to arouse people who were asking where the fire was. Secret Enemies of True Republicanism On the night of the first fire we were awakened about 3 a.m. by shouting, by the clanging of the fire bell and by the booming of the great bell in the temple yard. The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People The nine o'clock fire bell sent the scouts scurrying for home. Don Strong, Patrol Leader Under such orders, companies have that same rivalry to be first on the parade ground as exists among fire companies in towns and cities when the fire bell rings. History of Kershaw's Brigade "No, hay un fuego.I heard the fire bell." Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America At 10 o'clock the Monumental fire bell struck several deep-toned notes and fifteen minutes later eighty members of the Vigilance Committee had assembled. Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts The prisoner stated, on his preliminary examination, you remember, that, when he stopped to light a cigar from the pipe of a policeman, he heard the sound of a fire bell commencing to strike. Round the Block I was in the lobby of the hotel, a few minutes ago, when I heard the fire bell outside. The Pawns Count It is like a fire bell at night. History of Kershaw's Brigade Then the mayor ordered the fire bells rung and sent runners out over the city calling the people together. The Second William Penn A true account of incidents that happened along the old Santa Fe Trail And then came the clang of the fire bell, and the waiting ranks were terrified. The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys Yes--yes; I do remember, that when I jumped out of bed--which I did the very second that I woke up--and listened at the door, I heard the fire bells striking. Round the Block Slowly recognition filtered into his mind—the fire bells! The Gray Dawn His voice sounded like the clang of a fire bell to the listening man, though it was evenly modulated, cold and steady in its methodical precision. Thoroughbreds Alert at once with the alertness that comes to all boys at the sound of a fire bell or some such alarm, he slid from his bed noiselessly and stole to the window. The City of Fire The fire bell was ringing and all the whistles in the town screaming. The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys A second later the fire bell was loudly clanging and several of the crowd melted away to don their helmets and coats. The Girl Aviators' Motor Butterfly But the Brinkley Court fire bell was too much for me. Right Ho, Jeeves Every one turned out when the fire bells rang. Reminiscences of Pioneer Days in St. Paul In the middle of the night the fire bell rang out wildly. The City of Fire At that moment the bell on School Hall began to clang wildly and a second afterwards the alarm was taken up by the fire bell in the village, a mile away. The New Boy at Hilltop "The excitement of going to Mount Vernon, and your ringing of the fire bell on the boat has made you dream of a fire, Freddie," his mother went on. The Bobbsey Twins in Washington I fear, sir, that I was not entirely frank with regard to my suggestion of ringing the fire bell. Right Ho, Jeeves Now Johnny always kept his fire paraphernalia close at hand, and every time a fire bell sounded he was "Johnny on the spot." Reminiscences of Pioneer Days in St. Paul "As I suppose it was she who ripped out that terrifying yell—-" "That I rang the fire bell to cover," put in Sally gleefully. Jane Allen, Junior A city could count its money every night before goin' to bed, and if three cents was missin', all the fire bells would be rung. Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: a series of very plain talks on very practical politics, delivered by ex-Senator George Washington Plunkitt, the Tammany philosopher, from his rostrum—the New York County court house bootblack stand; Recorded by William L. Riordon And then, suddenly and harshly, like the stroke of a fire bell at midnight, the harmonious chorus of gentle, hospitable thoughts was shattered by one that was discordant, evil, menacing. The Red Cross Girl But, dash it, if we go ringing fire bells in the night watches, shan't we scare half the domestic staff into fits? Right Ho, Jeeves The cry crept out on the still night air, and the fire bells began to mug. The New McGuffey Fourth Reader "Miss Allen," she began in more subdued voice, "I just wanted to tell you it was I who rang—the fire bell!" Jane Allen, Junior But already the private fire bell was clanging out its warning. Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship, or, the Naval Terror of the Seas |
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