| 单词 | guy rope |
| 例句 | The wind is strong and gusting stronger, and the corners of the tent strain against their guy ropes, and where the flaps at the two ends come up, he can see trees buck and sway. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z No more comedy hours spent trying to fix guy ropes as the night draws in. 40 Glastonbury sights you wouldn't have seen 40 years ago 2010-06-27T20:30:00Z Especially at Glastonbury, where the ground is about as level as a cattle grid, and you're never more than two minutes away from someone tripping over your guy ropes. Glastonbury 2023: 15 mad and memorable moments 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Hilary Buck, 62, from Bath, fractured her hip on a camping trip with friends last year, tripping over a tent guy rope. Hip fracture care too slow in some hospitals, study says 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z On one windy day, the crew had to briefly abandon their offices when some guy ropes came loose. I'm A Celebrity 2021: Gwrych Castle begins preparations 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z It keeps threatening to fall apart, but then the band pull the guy ropes and the structure returns to its proper shape. 50 great tracks for February from David Bowie, Waxahatchee, J Hus and more 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z It is also linked, by the loosest of guy ropes, to “Falling Upwards,” Richard Holmes’s buoyant survey of ballooning pioneers. The Fanciful Flamboyance of “The Aeronauts” 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z His typically colourful use of language - broadband will be "sprouting" into homes, he hopes to "ping off the guy ropes of self doubt" - is likely to please his existing fan base. The first 24 hours of social media election ads 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z “And like some slumbering giant, we are going to rise and ping off the guy ropes of self-doubt and negativity.” Boris Johnson to become next British prime minister 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z Two people work to thread the net over the poles, and raise and steady the poles with guy ropes. Scientist at Work Blog: The Extinction of Hawaiian Birds 2012-05-29T19:49:59Z Lighting a cigar, Batty unfolded a camp stool which was leaning against one of the guy ropes, and seated himself. Travelers Five Along Life's Highway 2012-03-11T03:00:12.927Z It was some time before we got used to those guy ropes, for we were constantly getting too near and falling over them. Civil War Experiences, 1862-1865 Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Buzzard Roost, Resaca, Rome, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Averysboro, Bentonville 2012-02-15T03:00:31.957Z They chopped away the guy ropes of the tent and slashed the canvas with their knives. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z It also secures the tree in its place better than tying to the stake, for each root acts as a guy rope. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z “A blizzard,” Joe replied, as another gust of wind strained the canvas and rattled the guy ropes. Boy Scouts in Glacier Park The Adventures of Two Young Easterners in the Heart of the High Rockies 2011-09-22T02:00:22.487Z The corporal started in to undo the guy ropes and then exclaimed wrathfully. Short Stories of the New America Interpreting the America of this age to high school boys and girls 2011-09-17T02:00:26.183Z They were round with pole in the center to hold them up, and guy ropes to hold them from blowing over. Civil War Experiences, 1862-1865 Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Buzzard Roost, Resaca, Rome, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta, Jonesboro, Averysboro, Bentonville 2012-02-15T03:00:31.957Z Leaving one to guide his ascent with a guy rope, the rest of us hauled him up to the roof of the chancel. The Young Dragoon Every Day Life of a Soldier 2011-08-31T02:01:26.737Z One of Dartnall's riders then decided to attempt the feat completely naked, narrowly avoiding the guy ropes on his way down. Tattenham Corner 2011-08-27T21:56:01Z Tobin went out and tautened the guy ropes. The Boss of Wind River 2010-12-30T03:00:28.770Z When I stepped outside of the tent next morning, there were three or four bunches of hickory withes standing against the guy ropes of the tent. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. The inside was neatly tapestried with silk, and on all sides of the opening, which looked downward, were strung guy ropes and cross lines. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies They are erected with one center pole, which is always in the way, and have to be pegged to the ground, thus making guy ropes a nuisance rather than a convenience. Campward Ho! A Manual for Girl Scout Camps It is really amusing when it gets windy as every one rushes to their tent to tighten their guy ropes, and when it has been raining some little time they have to be loosened. My Diary in Serbia: April 1, 1915-Nov. 1, 1915 The locks whined and opened as the two men moved out of the Station on the little propulsion sleds, linked to the Station with light silk guy ropes. Derelict And what a threshing of arms, of strength against strength, there is in the storm wind, every wrench tightening grip, to the rocks, some trees even sending down extra roots like guy ropes for anchorhold. Through Our Unknown Southwest He seized the tower guy ropes, and guiding his course by the stems of the leaves, began the ascent followed closely by his comrades, Saddler, Halfrick and Barnit. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies Tie the flaps into position, fasten the corner rope loops in the bottom edge of the tent to nails in the edge of the floor, and proceed to adjust the guy ropes. Campward Ho! A Manual for Girl Scout Camps The weather is still very hot, but we have a good deal of wind; the guy ropes constantly want tightening. My Diary in Serbia: April 1, 1915-Nov. 1, 1915 One of them tripped over a guy rope and sprawled on the ground. The Tale of Old Dog Spot To shorten a guy rope on tent or marquee, gather the rope in the form of two long loops and pass a half-hitch over each loop. How Girls Can Help Their Country His boast was too soon made, however, for before his party could reach the tower, Cardinalis had scampered down the guy ropes to the Brownie raft. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies Something struck the guy ropes of the tent, and I was so frightened I was too weak to cry out. Letters on an Elk Hunt As we drew near, her narrow deck looked to my untutored eye a confused litter of guns, torpedo tubes, guy ropes, cables and windlasses. Great Britain at War He was standing there close by the guy ropes when we were getting ready to let the canvas down. Mr. Stubbs's Brother A Sequel to 'Toby Tyler' When I turn this yacht back to your father not a single guy rope will be out of order. The Pagan Madonna When the soil is so loose that the pegs will not hold at all, fasten the guy ropes to brush, wood or rocks buried in the ground. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition One canvas tent, 8 ft. by 10 ft., in one piece, with floor-cloth.Spare pegs and guy ropes.Mosquito netting. From Paris to New York by Land Two other pirates tailed on to a guy rope and the heavy chest swung toward the bank, suspended in air. Blackbeard: Buccaneer Before him, the lightning luridly showed up the trees on the shore, writhing horridly; and the wet mast and the guy ropes were often wreathed in faint, bluish flames. Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest Men and nurses were moving about in the darkness, stumbling over guy ropes and tent pegs. Mufti Whenever windstorms are expected, the tent pegs should be secured and additional guy ropes attached to the tents. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition The derrick was operated by a 15-h.p. double drum hoisting engine, was held in place by six wire guy ropes, and had a reach such that only one moving was necessary after it was placed. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs These startled pirates let go the tackle and the guy rope and, with one accord, leaped for the pinnace which floated close to the bank. Blackbeard: Buccaneer The breed struggled to his knees, supporting himself by a guy rope. Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest The platform splintered and jolted under her weight, began skidding, then held firm to the two guy ropes remaining. The Native Soil The tent steadied by the remaining men, one at each corner guy rope, will then be raised. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition There were twenty T-shaped posts, which extended perpendicularly from the ground to a height of 28 ft., being secured at top and bottom by a system of guy ropes and posts. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs Seizing the guy rope which was used to haul out the main boom, he ordered all hands forward. Little By Little or, The Cruise of the Flyaway One of the Navahos leaped high to grasp the guy rope of the crane. Bloom of Cactus She was working with fierce energy at the guy ropes, such of them as still clung to their pegs. Priscilla's Spies The large tents were floored with pine boards and along the sides heavy cedar boughs were placed in crotches around which the guy ropes were passed before staking. A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 Just then Bumpus came staggering out of the tent, having tripped as usual on a guy rope in his hurry. The Boy Scouts' First Camp Fire or, Scouting with the Silver Fox Patrol In difficult ground where guns and carts cannot be moved by the teams, they will have to be hauled by guy ropes attached to the wheels. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 Next came a canopy supported by two of the older men but with choir boys on the four guy ropes. On the Fringe of the Great Fight He then inserts a pin in the loop of the front guy rope and drives it in the ground at such a distance in front of the rifle as to hold the rope taut. The Plattsburg Manual A Handbook for Military Training The guy ropes, now thoroughly saturated and having contracted, groaned fiercely as if about to snap. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben When poor Bumpus tried to escape in such a clumsy fashion that he tripped over the stretched guy rope of a tent, he had let go his beloved bugle. The Boy Scouts' First Camp Fire or, Scouting with the Silver Fox Patrol Two poles were stuck up in the sand with a guy rope attached to a peg to keep each in position. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 A gust more severe than any that had preceded it, and of longer duration, had rooted up the weakened tent stakes or broken the guy ropes. The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea Or The Loss of The Lonesome Bar During the inspection, each man stands at attention in front of the corner pin of his own shelter half on a line with the front guy rope pin, unless ordered to the contrary. The Plattsburg Manual A Handbook for Military Training Close by was a tent pitched, the guy ropes tied to long heavy wooden pegs such as are used in India. The Story of the Guides True to his habits, Bumpus tripped over one of the guy ropes holding a tent in taut shape. The Boy Scouts' First Camp Fire or, Scouting with the Silver Fox Patrol Next raise the tent and peg the guy ropes on the four corners first. Outdoor Sports and Games First we tied the guy ropes to the stakes, but later we found it much easier to secure them with tie blocks. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island We should like you to delegate one fellow to each upright pole, one to each of the four corner guy ropes, and then follow instructions as the bugle blows. Camping For Boys A couple of workmen were stretching the last guy ropes of the awning that reached over the sidewalk; every window of the house was lighted. Vandover and the Brute "Now, what next?" asked Cub as he sat down on a camp chair after the last guy rope had been drawn taut and fastened securely to its peg. The Radio Boys in the Thousand Islands Each guy rope had been cut in the middle, so that the cordage could not be used again. The High School Boys' Training Hike The other four boys fell to with a will, reweaving in new guy ropes and erecting the tent again. The High School Boys' Canoe Club Encourage your helpers to loosen the side walls of tent early Friday morning, if clear, and fasten guy ropes so that canvas will dry if damp. Camping For Boys It takes but little pull on the guy ropes to make them taut, and once tightened the bar will be rigid. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do Over the guy ropes it went, under the ticket wagon, into the thick of the lemonade stands. The Court of Boyville Some cords from one of the baggage carts were used as guy ropes to the corners, and a very snug shelter was constructed. Jack Archer Mr. Sharp, a veteran aeronaut, stopped to fasten guy ropes from the airship to strong stakes driven into the ground. Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat, or, under the Ocean for Sunken Treasure This means a constant loosening or tightening of the guy ropes, and the longer the guy ropes the more they will shrink or stretch according as they are wet or dry. Camping For Boys Do not tighten the guy ropes without the bar in place, as to do so will strain the posts in the ground. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do As the balloon was rising with the aeroplane, a guy rope dropping switched around the right wing and broke the tower that braced the two rear wings and which also gave control over the tail. A History of Aeronautics The guy ropes are then payed out according to the directions of the aeronaut, as conveyed through the officer. The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation This operation concluded, they hastily clambered over her sides, sliding down the guy ropes to the ground. A Princess of Mars This may be overcome to some extent by using very heavy corner posts securely driven into the ground and spiking a pole across them, and very short guy ropes fastening to this pole. Camping For Boys Ned was busy with the lanterns, and seeing that the guy ropes were tight, while Frank looked after putting the folding cots up, and getting out the blankets. Frank Roscoe's Secret Or, the Darewell Chums in the Woods But unexpectedly the wearer of the khaki coat passed the tent door and proceeded to the rear where he reached upward to the rear guy rope where hung a towel, or some such matter. The Leopard Woman One of the horrible creatures even--with apelike agility--sprang up into the guy ropes of the bridge, clung there, and discharged an arrow from its bamboo blow-gun, chattering with rage. Darkness and Dawn It was stayed with many steel guy ropes, like the center pole of a circus top. Paths of Glory Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front The tent being thus temporarily secured, all set the guy pins and fasten the guy ropes, Nos. Camping For Boys He retreated promptly, but in doing so tripped over a guy rope and went flat. Andy the Acrobat It cleared at last and the sun shone warm and bright, and then there was another exhibition in camp one afternoon, of clothing and bedding drying on guy ropes. Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 In the morning Billy complained that he could not sleep all night for Caribou travelling by his tent and stumbling over the guy ropes. The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake But at the slightest gesture of his pudgy hand, cranes swung up and down, men hauled upon guy ropes, riveters moved alertly forward with their machines. Out of the Primitive He is not pulled out of line by guy ropes. Tales of the Road They found the latter holding to a guy rope, Andy's head was spinning. Andy the Acrobat Then he saw that the bear had become entangled in the guy ropes, and that he was pulling along with him portions of the burning canvas, attached to the ropes. The Pony Rider Boys in Montana Or, the Mystery of the Old Custer Trail The flapping tent, the straining guy ropes, the strange wild sounds and scents seem to prop your eyelids open for hours. The Shagganappi The inaccurate cylinder, in short, held in position by numerous guy ropes, is a base upon which a solid and definite structure will rise before long. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography Sully's gang are going to cut the guy ropes. The Circus Boys in Dixie Land : or, Winning the Plaudits of the Sunny South He ran towards a guy rope, sprang up, caught at it, and hand over hand rapidly ascended it. Andy the Acrobat Many of the guy ropes holding the big top, had been cut while the performance was going on and most of the canvasmen and laborers were engaged in taking down and loading the menagerie outfit. The Circus Boys Across the Continent : or, Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark The wind whipped in at the open doorway, bulging out the sides of the tent till it swayed like a huge bladder at its guy ropes. The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke The meal was soon over, and Tom busied himself in looking to the guy ropes of the tent, for he feared lest there might be wind with the storm. Tom Swift Among the Diamond Makers, or, the Secret of Phantom Mountain One of them carried the free end of it off to one side and dropped it over a guy rope. The Circus Boys in Dixie Land : or, Winning the Plaudits of the Sunny South By daylight the tents were in place, though men had to be stationed constantly at the guy ropes to loosen them as they strained tight from the moisture they absorbed. The Circus Boys in Dixie Land : or, Winning the Plaudits of the Sunny South "The squadron went out before the guy ropes were cut." The Circus Boys Across the Continent : or, Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark Horses and other animals fell ill, in some instances with every evidence of poisoning; guy ropes were cut, and the cars had been tampered with in the railroad yards. The Circus Boys Across the Continent : or, Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark |
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