| 单词 | firebug |
| 例句 | She got off her board several times to inspect the flowers, looking for insects or anything else that might match the words “firebug eyes.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Not with the fire department, which would know right away it was arson and dismiss it as another case of pyromania in a neighborhood crawling with firebugs. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “Didn’t I say the cricketer would ask in his pals? He probably set the fire. He’s a firebug!” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z They think I’m a thief and a firebug. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z And what about the strange coincidence that Shutter Island apparently houses the firebug who caused Dolores’s death? Movie Review | 'Shutter Island': All at Sea, Surrounded by Red Herrings 2010-02-18T15:49:00Z Fitzgerald may also have had Police Chief William Sears in mind, who earlier had let it out that he “feared a catastrophe if the firebug is not apprehended.” Built in 1910 as the Comet Apartments, they became a Star 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Yeun skillfully captures the intriguing yet unnerving nature of a professed firebug. The top 10 movie scene-stealers of 2018, from Awkwafina to Hugh Grant 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z In the Bicentennial story, “The Finishers,” Carney, distraught when one of his tenants is badly injured in a fire set at an abandoned building, sends Pepper on a dangerous goose chase after the firebug. Another first from shape-shifting Colson Whitehead: A crime-novel sequel 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z A man who tried to start two forest fires in southwestern Oregon was thwarted by three bystanders who tied the firebug to a tree until police arrived. Bystanders jump Oregon arsonist, tie him to a tree until police arrived 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Outside, hundreds of bright red firebug beetles jockey for relief from the spring chill in a sliver of sunlight. A new plan for Tour triumph - Ineos' next British talent 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z It’s inevitable that Jennifer will dabble in the same treacherous behavior as her dad: She becomes a punked-out teenager, firebug and pothead. Review | Sean Penn’s ‘Flag Day’ paints a flattened picture of a larger-than-life con artist 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z The emergency was signaled with an alarm that likely was triggered by a concerned citizen or an excited firebug. A 1962 fire reduced the Seattle Armory to a pile of bricks, some of them falling on the viaduct 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z Some, like the radiantly red firebug, mutate aesthetically, their normally symmetrical designs warped and fractured. Chernobyl's Mutated Species May Help Protect Astronauts 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z There’s also a young son who is a firebug - and a cliche. Review: Woody Allen goes in circles with dark ‘Wonder Wheel’ 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z He is a firebug who collects Herb Alpert records and talks about Marx and Nietzsche. New York, from Punk to Trump 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z I’m happy to report this recommendation got a very positive reception when I shared it with the aspiring firebugs in the aforementioned Agile discussion. Changing Cultures Without Burning Platforms 2014-04-29T13:30:00Z The term sounds deceptively friendly, like a character from a children's cartoon, but "firebugs" are the scourge of the southern Australian summer. Firebugs: Australia's dangerous summer arsonists 2013-01-18T08:53:40Z He found no trace of the firebug—can discover no way in which he got out——” “But how did he get in?” asked one of the teachers. The Girls of Central High at Basketball The Great Gymnasium Mystery 2011-11-04T02:00:20.757Z This man Emory was the leader of this choice band of smugglers and firebugs when he came to your son. Boy Scouts in the Northwest Fighting Forest Fires 2011-09-22T02:00:25.017Z They have been looking everywhere for the firebug, and offer a fifty-dollar reward.” Airship Andy or The Luck of a Brave Boy 2011-06-13T02:00:31.130Z They cross de sky like a millions of firebugs. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 3 2011-02-25T03:01:02.913Z Shocking as it sounds that volunteer firemen are sometimes also firebugs, it is not an unfamiliar phenomenon. Firebugs: Australia's dangerous summer arsonists 2013-01-18T08:53:40Z "Perhaps they would have done so if we had not happened to see them crossing the bridge when we were coming up after the hunt for the firebugs." Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z He has everything required to send you to the gallows for the murder of Albert Lemon, and everything necessary in the case against the smugglers and firebugs, too. Boy Scouts in the Northwest Fighting Forest Fires 2011-09-22T02:00:25.017Z “Me, the firebug, me, the thief you accuse me of being!” Airship Andy or The Luck of a Brave Boy 2011-06-13T02:00:31.130Z Each of the firebugs carried a black satchel containing self-igniting chemicals, which were to be dropped on the stairways of the large buildings. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document Despite the prevalence of firebugs, experts say that Australia does not do a good job of understanding or treating them. Firebugs: Australia's dangerous summer arsonists 2013-01-18T08:53:40Z Let the little scoundrel know you've told me; that I'm going to post the policeman, and that he'll get a mighty hot reception if he should try any of his firebug business. An Amateur Fireman Chang received a long sentence for his connection with the murder, and the smugglers and firebugs were sent to prison for ten years each. Boy Scouts in the Northwest Fighting Forest Fires 2011-09-22T02:00:25.017Z And you think I turned firebug out of spite? Airship Andy or The Luck of a Brave Boy 2011-06-13T02:00:31.130Z The sex maniac, the firebug, or the goon who gets a thrill out of beating people. Nor Iron Bars a Cage.... Often, firebugs are unaware of the potentially grave consequences of their actions. Firebugs: Australia's dangerous summer arsonists 2013-01-18T08:53:40Z "And are you allowing to adopt this 'ere kid who is setting himself up as a firebug?" the driver asked when Seth had concluded the story. An Amateur Fireman The remains of many cars lay in heaps along the curve, and the trackmen like firebugs ran in and out of them. Whispering Smith I’ll not say another word except this: they’ll never prove you a firebug, and old Talbot will be sorry for the day he stirred things up and started out to persecute an honest boy. Airship Andy or The Luck of a Brave Boy 2011-06-13T02:00:31.130Z "I mean some one who is a firebug!" The Girl Scouts at Sea Crest Or, the Wig Wag Rescue Patrols are stepped up in areas favoured by firebugs, such as the Adelaide Hills, on the edge of the state capital. Firebugs: Australia's dangerous summer arsonists 2013-01-18T08:53:40Z "Well, what have you done with your firebug?" the driver asked, and such of the men as were idle gathered around to hear the conversation. An Amateur Fireman I shot to hit if they were firebugs, and to miss if they were not. True To His Colors Hang their firebug where everyone can see him, in the middle of the town.” The Cattle-Baron's Daughter "You know they're after the firebug, an' you better watch out!" The Girl Scouts at Sea Crest Or, the Wig Wag Rescue A most hardened wretch, an evident firebug, and probable thief; at once make full confession of the offence. Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2 "You've been mighty good to me, all three of you, an' I only wish I could——" It was impossible for the penitent firebug to say anything more. An Amateur Fireman Merely to agree that it is unfortunate, and virtuously to condemn firebugs, careless lumbermen and indifferent legislators, does not relieve you of the responsibility. Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest Protecting Existing Forests and Growing New Ones, from the Standpoint of the Public and That of the Lumberman, with an Outline of Technical Methods The blame firebugs had put a man with a rifle at the door of their sleeping shed.” The Cattle-Baron's Daughter "I have no further interest in this affair and moreover, I'm not turning firebug—not this year." Kindred of the Dust A notable criminal; a firebug caught in the act, and attempting to escape. Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2 "Your firebug has his chance this forenoon, eh?" An Amateur Fireman On the other hand, the firebug will not fire if he knows it will not be tolerated. Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest Protecting Existing Forests and Growing New Ones, from the Standpoint of the Public and That of the Lumberman, with an Outline of Technical Methods It was arson caused our fire—it was a firebug started it, no spontaneous combustion, as some wad ha' us think. Between You and Me "I'll take back the epithet 'firebug,'" he said, "but I must stick to my purpose of carrying you to Colonel Winchester." The Rock of Chickamauga A Story of the Western Crisis As for this Masajirō, he is not only liar, but would-be firebug and thief. Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2 "Well, please don't get into any more scrapes," sighed Miss Prescott; "what with gipsies, firebugs and rams, our trip has been quite exciting enough for me." The Girl Aviators' Motor Butterfly Time enough in the morning to begin worrying about that lost wheel and trying to figure out who the firebug could have been. The Aeroplane Boys on the Wing Aeroplane Chums in the Tropics He sniffed a firebug from afar, and knew without asking how much salvage there was in a bale of cotton after being twenty-four hours in the fire. The Making of an American Some of the women wore giant firebugs, whose glowing eyes lent a ghostly radiance to hair or lace, at once weird and beautiful. The Ne'er-Do-Well Then came another, a firebug at work in starting a conflagration. Guy Garrick A firebug!—one of the most dangerous of criminals. The Poisoned Pen A light was speeding along the road, heading away from town, and Frank realized that the firebug had seized upon his convenient wheel and was making his escape. The Aeroplane Boys on the Wing Aeroplane Chums in the Tropics I've been over that thing time and time again, and I've felt like I was sort of a firebug myself sometimes. Cap'n Eri How does that suit Your Majesty? till the fun begins when the firebug gets to work again. The Poisoned Pen Above the shrill whistle for more coal I heard a voice shout, "Began with an explosion—it's the firebug, all right." The Poisoned Pen "Then there's a woman in the case, and she wrote the first note for the firebug—is that what you mean?" The Poisoned Pen I mention these fires because they show practically all the types of work of the various kinds of firebug—insurance, revenge, robbery, and plain insanity. The Poisoned Pen Wait till the fun begins when the firebug gets to work again. The Poisoned Pen "And back of the whole thing, sir," I heard him say as he brought his large fist down on the table, "is a firebug - mark my words." The Poisoned Pen A firebug! - one of the most dangerous of criminals. The Poisoned Pen "And back of the whole thing, sir," I heard him say as he brought his large fist down on the table, "is a firebug—mark my words." The Poisoned Pen I mention these fires because they show practically all the types of work of the various kinds of firebug - insurance, revenge, robbery, and plain insanity. The Poisoned Pen "Then there's a woman in the case, and she wrote the first note for the firebug - is that what you mean?" The Poisoned Pen |
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