| 单词 | gasbag |
| 例句 | There was still a strong sideways pull from the gasbag, which was now nearly empty, but which as a result was catching the wind like a sail. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He left the basket, the rigging, and the gasbag where they lay, tangled and twisted among the branches. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind was blowing them hard now, and the great gasbag swelled and billowed in the gusts. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z My sisters and I had watched the program every Saturday afternoon, our gasbag of a collie imposing frequent intermissions. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He looked up to check the gasbag and saw it sway a degree or two, leaning toward the hills. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The buoyancy of the gasbag was too great, and the men, haul as they might, couldn’t hold it back. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Their comments, while couched in the blunt language of the anonymous Web gasbag, compelled me to think deeper about the concept of value. Rethinking dining value: Eating at restaurants shouldn’t be only about volume While Trump is the gasbag in chief, it is worth remembering that we have long been living in an era where the lines of serious speech and comedy have been blurred. Enough with “the Colbert Defense”: Why criminals, bigots and jerks cry “satire!” when exposed 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z Hanks, who publicly endorsed Hillary Clinton, has previously referred to Trump as “a self-involved gasbag” but said recently that “America has been in worse places” and was still “the greatest country in the world”. Tom Hanks sends espresso machine to help White House press fight for truth 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z Hanks, who previously referred to Donald Trump as “a self-involved gasbag” and publicly endorsed Hillary Clinton, spoke about the importance of still respecting the US. Tom Hanks on the election result: 'America has been in worse places' 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z And then there’s all that pressure of trying to appeal to widely varying demographics, not to mention dealing with the show’s inherent obstacles: gasbag speeches, too many who-cares categories, etc. Ellen’s the ‘safe’ Oscars host, but will she rise to the challenge? 2014-02-27T20:44:58Z It’s cited out of context all the time as a pearl of genuine wisdom, but in the playing it’s traditionally rendered as just one of the many aphorisms spouted by an old gasbag. Critic?s Notebook: On the Stage, Old Words Are Reborn 2010-12-31T22:25:35Z The knock-down, drag-out she and Will proceed to have in the middle of the office made me question it further: How could these two gasbags command anyone’s respect? “Newsroom”: Aaron Sorkin does “The Daily Show” 2012-06-20T00:00:00Z But patience rewards what might first appear to be self-indulgent monologues — even when he seems like a gasbag, he's proved it's worth hearing him out. 'Hitch-22': the unvarnished, unapologetic Christopher Hitchens tells all 2010-06-22T00:12:00Z At its least attractive, you may grimly flash on the last gasbag you were stuck next to while waiting on some interminable line. ‘Marcel the Shell With Shoes On’ Review: Bigger Isn’t Better 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Don’t feel bad if the answer is no, because in a crowded field, money and name recognition are hard to come by, giving the incumbent gasbag a big advantage. Column: He fooled voters once. Can Sheriff Villanueva do it again? 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z It's just hard to listen to that bloviating gasbag whine and believe that anyone could bother to give him the time of day, much less the power of the presidency. Reports of a "diminished" Trump are greatly exaggerated — he can ride the Big Lie to a 2024 win 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z Same with Albert Gore, a former vice president and current global warming hysteria gasbag. Bill Nye, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez filled with hot air, hysteria regarding climate change 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z And it means little if it mostly exercised by ignorant gasbags. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z One “gasbag,” however, made an effort to say thank you. Did You Hear ...? Bill O'Reilly gets fired, Coachella kicks off and more from the week in entertainment 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z He had, after all, inspired the “conservative gasbag” character that Colbert rode to fame on “The Colbert Report.” Ousted by Fox, Bill O'Reilly leaves a legacy of infuriating and influencing America and the news media 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z The actor also called the president a "self-involved gasbag", adding that he would be voting for Hillary Clinton because she was "wildly qualified" for the role. Grandfather comes out aged 95, and Tom Hanks treats White House reporters to coffee machine - BBC News 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z Honoree Tom Hanks, a distant ancestor of Abraham Lincoln, called Mr. Trump a “self-involved gasbag” and said Mrs. Clinton was “wildly qualified” to be president. Medal of Freedom recipients include several celebrity Trump opponents 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z No matter what the polls and cable gasbags say, he is going to be himself. The Cracked Integrity of Donald Trump 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump, of course, fully understood that nobody and nobody but the most invested political gasbags — not his core supporters — cares one way or the other about Paul Ryan or his primary fight. Donald Trump’s ‘mental illness’ disguised as CNN reporting 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z The title inflation or obfuscation already common on the job market flourishes, especially across international lines; one person’s pundit is another’s gasbag or worse. LinkedIn and the Modern Worker’s Wandering Eye 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z Of course, Trump was embraced by the lunatic right-wing media — Fox News, Breitbart, the radio gasbags. This is how fascism takes hold: The media is turning Donald Trump into just another candidate 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z As Simpson, Cuba Gooding, Jr., captures the football star’s gasbag egotism but falls short of the regal charisma that drew people to him. The O. J. Simpson Trial: Our Not-Guilty Pleasure 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z As a bellwether, the Iowa caucuses are no more predictive than a gasbag on an ethanol high swaying from a bridge in Madison County. ‘How Stupid Is Iowa?’ 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z He indicated Twitter is examining ways to give people more room to express themselves without polluting the service with gasbags. Twitter appears ready to expand beyond 140-character tweets 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z Carson sounds like a fatuous gasbag on virtually all topics save for neuroscience, but he’s especially bad on foreign policy. Ben Carson is finished: The one-time Republican frontrunner continues his free fall 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z But if you look beyond capital gasbags, and consider the big ideas in Obama’s speech, you can see the inevitability of his philosophy. Seahawks and Obama are showing it’s all about how you finish 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z Bouie noted the speakers whose presence would raise doubts about any political body that invited them to appear — from the vermiculate gasbag Donald Trump to the hucksters Herman Cain and Sarah Palin. GOP’s moronic inferno: The real reason cranks and shills rule the party 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z If you want to look like a gasbag, tote the top buzzwords of 1994 to the office. Revealed At Last: 15 Things You Do That Drive Your Colleagues Crazy 2013-11-26T01:32:00Z The cartoon version of the Affordable Care Act, that much-loathed government takeover of one-sixth of the economy, is now moving from Beltway gasbags and caricaturists into the hands of consumers. Opinionator: Million-Anecdote Baby 2013-06-15T02:33:18Z Most, however, do real work, undistracted by meetings and gasbag colleagues. Working from home: Out of sight, out of mind 2012-10-11T15:07:28Z When they served together in the Senate, Obama saw Biden as a gasbag, a classic example of the dangers of Senatoritis. Joe Biden's Odd Relationship With His Boss 2012-09-06T20:05:23Z The trailing hawser glided over the rounded surface of the gasbag, but none of the men made any attempt to leave the gondolas and secure the rope. The Airship "Golden Hind" 2012-04-21T02:00:26.983Z It was Maynard's fault; he was conceited, and a gasbag, and talked about the wrong things. Non-combatants and Others 2011-04-11T02:00:11.563Z Felton underscored the fine line between fueling a team and being perceived as a gasbag, emphasizing that teammates must first respect a leader before they'll listen. Driven Hansbrough fuels Notre Dame's rise | Up next 2011-01-09T22:38:00Z This year’s story line is that she is a social-media visionary who purposefully circumnavigated the power-alley gasbags and thereby constructed a new campaigning template for the ages. The Palin Network 2010-11-18T18:34:00Z But Gen. Stanley McChrystal didn't suffer military gasbags gladly, the retired major warned. Military Men Divided on McChrystal Ouster 2010-06-24T08:00:00Z The message links to a fundraising page Hensarling's campaign is running -- a fundraising effort that got a boost from Rush Limbaugh this week, when the conservative radio gasbag weighed in on Hensarling's side. 2010-02-03T23:39:00Z The gasbag attached to the tank should be kept under low pressure and, as a pain begins, the patient is told to breathe quietly, keeping the mouth closed. The Mother and Her Child Why, you old gasbag, if I had to stay in the same house with you I'd be tempted to stick a darning needle in you to hear you explode! Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man But these are mere futile belchings of exasperated gasbags, on whom he darts a look of withering scorn, which they discern means trouble if they do not conduct themselves with decorum. The Tragedy of St. Helena Why hadn't that white-haired gasbag, Mrs. Bilton—Mr. Twist's thoughts were sometimes unjust—joined them sooner? Christopher and Columbus The Zeppelin, with its eighteen great gasbags, can suffer almost any amount of attack and still remain in the air. Kings, Queens and Pawns An American Woman at the Front One of the greatest difficulties to be contended with is maintaining the hydrogen pure in the envelope or gasbags for any length of time. British Airships, Past, Present, and Future I’ve put that team onto something else, a kinematics routine for a class of flying spooks that use gasbags to stay aloft—silent and scary. Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom The few enemy planes left to guard the gasbags had been put to flight by the daring raiders. Our Pilots in the Air First comes the typical Russian gasbag, who talks and then talks some more. Essays on Russian Novelists The gasbags were seventeen in number and were twelve-sided in section, giving approximately a volume of 663,000 cubic feet when completely full. British Airships, Past, Present, and Future In rigid airships ballonets are not provided for the gasbags, and as a consequence a long flight results in a considerable expenditure of gas. British Airships, Past, Present, and Future The transverse frames between the gasbags were strengthened, and a number of broken wires were replaced. British Airships, Past, Present, and Future To distribute the pressure evenly throughout the upper longitudinal frames, and also to prevent the gasbags bulging between the girders, nets were fitted throughout the whole structure of the hull. British Airships, Past, Present, and Future This is the very apotheosis of the unctuous gasbag, from whose mouth, eternally ajar, pours a viscous stream of religious and moral exhortation. Essays on Russian Novelists To enable this cover to be easily removed it was made in two sections, a port and starboard side for each gasbag. British Airships, Past, Present, and Future The longitudinal framework was divided by a series of rings, called transverse frames, into seventeen compartments containing fabric gasbags. British Airships, Past, Present, and Future The length of the hull, which in No. 9 was 520 feet, was increased in No. 23 to 535 feet, and the number of gasbags from seventeen to eighteen. British Airships, Past, Present, and Future The gasbags were of lighter composition, all cabin furniture was omitted and the wing car was fitted in place of the original after car. British Airships, Past, Present, and Future The airship will be taken into the shed for overhaul of hull structure, renewing of gasbags or outer cover, and in short to undergo a periodical refit. British Airships, Past, Present, and Future It was designed to withstand the vertical forces and bending moments which resulted from the lift given by the gasbags and the weights of the car and the cabin. British Airships, Past, Present, and Future In the hull were fitted fourteen gasbags giving a total capacity of 100,000 cubic feet. British Airships, Past, Present, and Future The hull was divided by the transverse frames into seventeen compartments each containing a single gasbag. British Airships, Past, Present, and Future The ship is supported in the air by nineteen gasbags which give a total capacity of approximately two million cubic feet of gas. British Airships, Past, Present, and Future |
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