| 单词 | frost-bound |
| 例句 | The roads were frost-bound and the trees leafless. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z Amsterdam, and crossing the ice with his cavalry took the Dutch fleet, as it lay frost-bound at the Texel. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z Snow lay on the upper hills, grizzling the brown sheets of bracken, and dappling the green velvet of the sloping ling; the valley below was frost-bound. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z The little cavalcade sped swiftly on, for the frost-bound roads were pleasant travelling, and towards evening a dim mass appeared on the horizon, which presaged a fall of snow. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z There was a quick movement all through the court like a ripple upon still water, and then, absolute silence--the silence of a night frost-bound and empty. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z We were in the midst of the cruel, bitter winter; the earth was frost-bound, hard and cold, even as now. The Diamond Fairy Book 2011-11-14T03:00:18.297Z Amid the serenity of the mountains, as he sent his gaze roaming over the frost-bound horizons, all within him became pure and crystal-clear, his soul a very prism. The Later Life 2011-10-02T02:00:13.037Z Her green eyes shine through the frost-bound floes, and light the depths of the Northern seas.” The Fairies and the Christmas Child 2011-09-29T02:00:12.583Z Here lilies that no hand hath sown Bloom white as foam upon the sea, And elfin bells to earth unknown, Hold frost-bound melody. The Ballad of the Quest 2011-07-06T02:00:44.593Z We shall skim over these frost-bound roads; only we’ll get jolly red noses. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z Surely she had wandered back into the cruel bitter winter, frost-bound and hard. The Diamond Fairy Book 2011-11-14T03:00:18.297Z But finally the crows rode up on the soft winds out of the South, and a benign sun broke the grip of these frost-bound hills, and gradually emptied their pockets of snow. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z The frost-bound earth forbids indulgence in the grand chase; but it gives rare sport by driving the snipes and woodcocks—both migratory birds among the Chilterns—to the open waters of the running rivulet. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z Sometimes it is exported from Archangel, but this port is frost-bound for a great period of the year; moreover, most of the districts are nearer to the Baltic. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z A frost-bound coast, an icy sea, rain, hail, snow and tempest, were the greetings of the telegraph adventurers in their first movement toward Europe. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z Cold, but stimulating and pleasant was the clear, dry air; and our frost-bound world sparkled in the wintry sun. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z Although these numbers are usually on the appliances, in some cases — like a frost-bound refrigerator — they are difficult to see. Shortcuts: That Repair Bill Is Huge, but It Might Be Justified 2010-06-04T19:37:00Z Occasionally the postmen have to encounter the difficulties arising from a frost-bound letter box. The Bristol Royal Mail Post, Telegraph, and Telephone In January, 1754, he returned to Virginia, having in the depth of winter traversed the frost-bound backwoods, and risked his life in crossing the Alleghany river. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical Gone," said the fern, "from your frost-bound touch; Gone from your winter's heart. Provocations Fortunately, the wind veered to the north in the course of the evening; the weather became intensely cold, and in two hours the roads were once more hard and frost-bound. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools The sudden burst of vegetation—the rapid transition from the frost-bound durance of winter to the life and lightness of the young season, have a most exciting and exhilarating effect. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life And outside the area of nominal Christianity how 'frost-bound' our evangelizing love. St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians A Practical Exposition The sight of the familiar scenes had banished the “Dread of the Wild” from the minds of the two men, and their spirits rose as they approached the frost-bound river below their home. In the Brooding Wild It pushes up until the frost-bound trunk denies it further passage and there waits the first brief respite in the air above. Old Plymouth Trails Nevertheless, the foregoing made up the background of his reflections as he listened to more "Alceste," resumed after a short note had been written for Onesimus to carry back over the frost-bound roads to Chorlton. When Ghost Meets Ghost The breached ramparts offered but a feeble defence; the frost-bound earth made it impossible to protect the city by an intrenched camp; and the commissariat department could not sustain a long investment. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France But this actual living spirit of self-sacrificing love—this spirit of real brotherhood—how 'frost-bound' it is! St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians A Practical Exposition Then, when all was ready, the men took their poles and Nick broke out the frost-bound runners of the sled. In the Brooding Wild But there are times when the devastating cold of the Polar regions descends upon the lonely ranges, as it had done upon the frost-bound cañon. The Greater Power Far over the broad, rolling prairies, as yet bare and frost-bound, the sun shone brightly. A Breath of Prairie and other stories Thousands, too, from the country, thinking to escape the dreary frost-bound months of rural life, flock to the city and join the enormous army of the unemployed. The Boy Broker Or, Among the Kings of Wall Street But we might expect to see the whole wintry hemisphere, at any rate, frost-bound, since the sun radiates less than half as much heat on Mars as on the earth. A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition To be sure, Margaret argued, Canada was a very wild and frost-bound country, scarcely the place one would choose to travel over in search of further refinement. 'Lizbeth of the Dale From its beetling crags the Castle of Sagan looked out that night with many luminous eyes over the crowding black pine woods and away across the frost-bound, melancholy marshes of the frontier. A Modern Mercenary They drove on without a word, the frost-bound road ringing under the horses’ feet, the stars above smiling sympathetic indulgence at this last repetition of the old, old tale of man. A Breath of Prairie and other stories Rush from the loaded woods the glittering showers; The frost-bound waters can no longer flow. Original sonnets on various subjects; and odes paraphrased from Horace A difficulty which may also be pointed out in connection with irrigation as a means of disposing of sewage, is the impossibility of carrying it on during frosty weather, when the land is frost-bound. Manures and the principles of manuring But when her tapering horns are turned towards the north, passion becomes frost-bound, and seldom thaws till the genial season again approaches. Moon Lore On that bleak site at the foot of an outstanding pine two or three men with picks and shovels were hurriedly digging in the frost-bound earth. A Modern Mercenary It closed reluctantly, with a loud shrilling of its frost-bound hinges and frame. A Breath of Prairie and other stories How gloriously above thee gleam The planetary train, And the pale moon with clearer beam Chequers the frost-bound plain; The sparkling diadem of night Circles thy brow with tenfold light. Enthusiasm and Other Poems The stillness became an effort at last, but it was resolutely preserved till the frost-bound gravel resounded with wheels. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster It was the feast of St. Thomas, the sky gray blue, with a pale, cold-looking sun, the Queen's highway frozen into an iron hardness, and the pools and ditches frost-bound. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea Everything seemed so hard and frost-bound, that nature looked as though her fetters were rivetted for ever. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 The greater waterfalls, however, are those which indirectly carry off the water from the snowfields, the mountains capped with perpetual snow; for, except during the frost-bound months of winter, these falls are always full. Peeps at Many Lands: Norway Snow had fallen during the earlier hours of the day, and, the surface of the ground being frost-bound, it, though by no means deep, remained unmelted. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance During the day the sun shone out bright and powerful, but the nights continued to hold the forest frost-bound. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 If she had papers they were to be met with presently; otherwise, conjecture would be mere imbecility in the face of those white and frost-bound countenances and iron silent lips. The Frozen Pirate She walked out into her favourite meadow—now lying in the silent, frost-bound mistiness of a January day. Olive A Novel On board the Investigator, frost-bound in the Bay of Mercy, things went as merry as the proverbial marriage-bell. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries "Let her go," said Tricotrin quietly: and in a little while they did so,—the girl stood bareheaded and motionless in the snow like a frost-bound creature. Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida From every hillside, from every frost-bound plain, the smoke of spring arose, and through the air there breathed the spirit of the reincarnated life of the world. The Tory Maid The ground was covered with snow to the depth of several inches, and the roads were, for the most part, frost-bound. Three years in France with the Guns: Being Episodes in the life of a Field Battery A hard sky and a hard ground—frost-bound ringing earth under rigid ice-mailed trees. The Fruit of the Tree Though she did not realise it, something long frost-bound in her mind was yielding, shifting, breaking up. Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron Once more to the frost-bound valley Comes April with rain in her jar; I can hear the vesper sparrow Under the silver star. More Songs From Vagabondia It was a perfectly still night, frost-bound and motionless. None Other Gods In these January days our earth, snow-clad and frost-bound, seems like a huge ball of ice. The Investment of Influence A Study of Social Sympathy and Service Paris was steeped in great darkness and starlight, and the cab made slow and painful way through the frost-bound streets. Mike Fletcher A Novel Should the soil be frost-bound wheel out manure and lay it in heaps ready to be spread and dug in where seed-beds are to be made. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition This was the way he helped to support that little fiction of the man of deep and strong emotions, frost-bound in an implacable reserve. The Tysons (Mr. and Mrs. Nevill Tyson) Klaus attempted to give his animal ease; but let Whiteface tug as she would, the cart stood still as if it had been frost-bound. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 Even now, though he surface was thawed, the soil beneath was still frost-bound, making the task of fortificationextremely difficult, if indeed the French would give him time for it. Montcalm and Wolfe Inland, hill and river lay frost-bound, white with snow, and already the pinch of winter had begun to make itself seriously felt amongst the sheep. Stories of the Border Marches None marvels why upon the shore The storm-lashed breakers beat, Nor why the frost-bound glaciers melt At summer's fervent heat; For here the cause seems plain and clear, Only what's dark and hid we fear. The Consolation of Philosophy The birds forsook their frost-bound nests, and sang cheerily in the clear morning air. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance He was quite sober, and looked preternaturally grave as he opened the little gate and stepped out into the frost-bound street. Flames Also, he always brought with him a draught of caller air, like one coming into a close and fire-warmed room out of the still and frost-bound night. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 Your fettle is prime, lad; Though we're frost-bound now, open weather must come, At least after Easter; and, beauty, when we stir. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 21, 1891 At the farthest extremity of the smooth ice, which ended at a little frost-bound waterfall, they came to a stop. The Second Violin He stooped to pick up a stone, in order to shy at the dogs, but found the earth frost-bound, and was disappointed. The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2 Yet Kenric knew that what he had seen was no illusion, but that Aasta the Fair lay lifeless in her frost-bound tomb. The Thirsty Sword Four hundred men are clumping along the frost-bound road, under the pleasing illusion that because they are neither whistling nor talking they are making no noise. The First Hundred Thousand The ground on each side of them shone white and hard in the frost-bound silence. The Knave of Diamonds Now comes a discordant squeaking of iron axles that have not been greased, and the jolting sound of wheels passing over ruts whose edges are hard and frost-bound. Hodge and His Masters The human mind could not conceive a more infinite bigness than this gleaming frost-bound waste stretched to the horizon beneath the blazing winter sun. Where the Trail Divides I found the fiend had pursued his journey across the frost-bound sea in a direction that led to no land, and exchanging my land sledge for one fashioned for the Frozen Ocean I followed him. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction His eye roamed over the wide prospect; and the leafless trees, the bare hedges, and the frost-bound fields seemed pleasant in his sight. Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire Not far is it hence in measure of miles that the mere expands, and o’er it the frost-bound forest hanging, sturdily rooted, shadows the wave. Beowulf It was a Sunday morning and black figures moved among the paths, placing flowers on the frost-bound hillocks. The Touchstone But in my soul's high belfry, chill The bitter wind of doubt has blown, The summer swallows all have flown, The bells are frost-bound, mute and still. A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass However, it was enough for the horrid, frost-bound sensation which had gripped me about the chest to pass off. The Secret Sharer Unhappily, the White Sea, by which, since the time of Ivan IV, the English had entered Russia, is frost-bound in winter. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 The larks sang at last high up against the grey cloud over the frost-bound earth. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies Here poppies that no hand hath sown Bloom white as foam upon the sea, And elfin bells to earth unknown Hold frost-bound melody. The Miracle and Other Poems It persists because too much of what we call virtue is negative, and selfish, and frost-bound,—cold storage virtue,—the poor piety which terminates in a trembling anxiety to save our own souls. Joy & Power Spring comes again, and the freed flowers are springing From the cold, frost-bound earth; And on the budding trees the wild birds singing, Hail Nature's glad new birth! Lays from the West All are silent—almost speechless— and even the current of their thoughts is frost-bound by fear. The Caesars Poor though I am in my own sight, I know That thou hast winnowed, sweet, what best I am; Upon my restlessness thy ample calm Hath fallen as on frost-bound earth the snow. A Lover's Diary, Complete Out of this snow-smothered, frost-bound valley there was but one trail. The Iron Trail Two weeks later, when the new year was frost-bound, Lydia received this letter from her sister. Thyrza Then her rigid face unstiffened from its gray frost-bound expression, and the features dropped into the relaxed look of despondency, so unusual to their sternness. North and South The snow-fall had ceased,—the wind had sunk—there was a frost-bound, monotonous calm. Thelma It was a silent frost-bound coast upon which they had set foot. This Country of Ours Who could be frost-bound in this land of fire? The Garden of Allah All through Fort Rouge, lying among its snow-laden trees, across the frost-bound Assiniboine, all through the Hudson's Bay Reserve, there was no sign of life, for it was long past midnight. The Foreigner A Tale of Saskatchewan Are there not other joys, Like frost-bound bulbs, that yet shall start and bloom? Poems of Cheer "A hare's track, a lot of tracks!" rang out Natasha's voice through the frost-bound air. War and Peace And the doctor passed at a gallop through the village, whose lights shone across the white frost-bound road. Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) Black and frost-bound was the earth under the cruel east wind. Half a Life-Time Ago The deserted quays looked very white and dry in the moonlight and as if frost-bound in the sharp air of that December night. Some Reminiscences Yet through it all you felt the influence of the icy esprit that leaves the most spontaneous feeling frost-bound and stiff, that checks the most generous inspirations, and gives a sharp ring to the laughter. The Firm of Nucingen However, it was enough for the horrid, frost-bound sensation which had gripped me about the chest to pass off. 'Twixt Land and Sea |
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