| 单词 | hoarfrost |
| 例句 | Hodor walked with one eye frozen shut, his thick brown beard a tangle of hoarfrost, icicles drooping from the ends of his bushy mustache. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His jaws closed on matted fur slick with hoarfrost, on a limb thin as a dry stick, but the one-eyed wolf clawed at his belly and tore himself free, rolled, lunged for him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His hair fell from beneath his helm in a heavy braid touched with hoarfrost, and the blacks he wore were so faded they might have been greys. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Summer dug up a severed arm, black and covered with hoarfrost, its fingers opening and closing as it pulled itself across the frozen snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z All about the yard, dead men hung half-frozen at the end of hempen ropes, swollen faces white with hoarfrost. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The paths were treacherous with black ice, and hoarfrost sparkled in the moonlight on the broken panes of the Glass Gardens. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Black spruce trees draped in white rose up from the ground like crystals of hoarfrost. Chasing the Northern Lights in Alaska 2014-01-03T19:30:21Z I wonder if it’s hoarfrost on the ground. Ha Jin’s Self-Revealing Study of The Chinese Poet Li Bai 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Always say thank you, but remember, you get to choose whether you say it warmly or glistening with hoarfrost. Carolyn Hax: How to play the bad hand life deals you 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z The 1959 watercolor shows the moon just edging above the horizon with the sky so cold that the stars seem to have frozen to the firmament like hoarfrost on a window. Perspective | I grew up in Upstate New York. It took the art of Charles Burchfield to help me rediscover the beauty of its winters. 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z Stars illuminate the darkness as a thin coat of hoarfrost begins to form on the grass outside my window. A book at bedtime: the rise of sleep story apps 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Exhalations seem to suspend in the rarified air, and on sunny days, the atmosphere shimmers with a million microscopic flashes, a hoarfrost with nothing to cling to but exposed skin and hair. Astrophysics and stale beer: What life is like working at the South Pole 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z Because if you two look at your reflection in a mirror, what you’ll see is a commitment in progress — a bond forming like hoarfrost that is variously permanent. Alienation is the most powerful online brand 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z The snowstorm is over but New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is warning about a “furious hoarfrost bearing down upon us.” People across the Northeast US deal with snowstorm 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z The cool observation fell like a chilling hoarfrost on the girl's innocent joy. Fickle Fortune 2012-03-20T02:00:13.167Z Avoid the rains, snows, hails, drizzles, mists, hoarfrosts, and other lean fare that fall upon the wanderer’s back. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z Their horses were sweaty, and the hoarfrost clung to the sweat. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z If I take a walk into the garden I find that the hoarfrost brightens everything, and that the tiniest object, even a blade of grass or a withered leaf, is worthy of being admired. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z In fact, they were riding along a strip of country on which the long dry stems of steppe-grass were covered with hoarfrost. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z Patches of white might here and there be seen bearing witness still to the night's hoarfrost; but beneath, amidst all this mist and rime, a great work was going on. Fickle Fortune 2012-03-20T02:00:13.167Z The sun arose and thawed the thick hoarfrost that had crusted over the shrubs and the grass, and still she lay moaning between frequent swoons. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z The snow-shoes rattled and rumbled over the beaten road; the snow creaked under our boots; the cold hoarfrost stuck to our faces like down. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z Those elm trees along the side of yonder field are clothed with a winter foliage of hoarfrost. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z They stood and glanced upward, their mouths agape, their whiskered faces white with hoarfrost. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z His basic fur was jet black, but single white hairs were so scattered through it that he looked as though he were sprinkled with hoarfrost. Swamp Cat 2011-03-06T03:00:20.453Z The air was keen, although there was no wind; and the hoarfrost hung from the bushes and dried grass-blades, while there was a rime of it the length of the balustrade to the beach. Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall Or the Mystery of the Haunted Boathouse 2011-02-14T03:00:33.337Z Here and there the patterns were close enough to resemble the fine lines which we sometimes notice in the hoarfrost on windowpanes. Fossil Ice Crystals An Instance of the Practical Value of "Pure Science" On the gray maple’s crusted bark Its tender shoots the hoarfrost nips; Whilst in the frozen fountain—hark! Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The fields and meadows were glittering brightly with morning hoarfrost, a chilling sight; for everything freezes quickly when without a sheltering cover of snow. Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. I. Bring from Pohjola the hoarfrost, Ice from out the frozen village. Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two Thumb scrambled up, and he and Nod hobbled off softly together to where the cataract hung like a shrine of hoarfrost in pillars of green ice from the frozen snows above. The Three Mulla-mulgars Trees and bushes were covered with hoarfrost and looked like a forest of white coral, while on every twig glittered frozen dewdrops. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series Then in a moment all the trees were covered with hoarfrost, so that they looked like white coral. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series Clouds none, cool west wind, slight hoarfrost on the meadows. My First Summer in the Sierra On thy sledge bring thou the hoarfrost, On thy sledge the ice convey thou, From the slopes of rugged mountains, From the lofty mountains' borders. Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two Some, there were, that had fallen, uprooted by the fury of passing hurricanes; these lay like the scattered bones of a dismembered giant, age-blackened, and painted with hoarfrost by the brushes of moonlight. Isle of the Undead The crisp hoarfrost that whitened the frozen ground sparkled in the mellow beams, like twinkling stars, descended to earth, and drinking in with rapture the clear light of their native heaven. Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion How would it be, do you think, if, just for a change, one could follow one's nose to Germany and bury it in snow or hoarfrost? The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 Words fell away from them; they let the fire grow pale from neglect, and gray ashes came over the dwindling coals, like hoarfrost upon the bright salvia against a garden wall. Claim Number One If the deposit of moisture is in the form of ice instead of water it is called hoarfrost. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" As the steam rose in clouds it again encountered the prevailing cold, and was changed into rime or hoarfrost, which, layer by layer, filled up the great central space. Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas The hoarfrost had written the alphabet of the coming winter—there was promise of snow. The Vanishing Race Clothed in white are all the people, Like the forest in the hoarfrost, Under like the golden dawning: Over like the morning twilight. Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes The huge south polar cap of hoarfrost melting, blackening the soil with brief moisture, while the frost line retreated toward the highlands. The Planet Strappers When the sun touched the trees in the morning when the hoarfrost had disappeared, they inserted tubes of bark, rolled tightly, and caught the sap in the troughs. A Little Girl in Old Quebec She went on in a voice which seemed to have hoarfrost on it: "But the fact is, I am not in the habit of eating with the help." The Dude Wrangler He fancied there would be hoarfrost on the trees in the morning. A Michigan Man 1891 The night had been cold and damp; the grass was found wet in the places sheltered from the current of wind, which had elsewhere formed hoarfrost over the field. Byeways in Palestine James Russell Lowell has a noble poem entitled Prometheus, beginning,— “One after one the stars have risen and set, Sparkling upon the hoarfrost on my chain.” Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Thus treated, it will not let the hoarfrost enter it. The Ten Books on Architecture In winter this forest is left to the snow and hoarfrost, and cold, cairn beauty holds it fast for many days. Denmark For about four and a half miles of the ascent the drum worked well; and the hoarfrost, with which the rails were thickly covered, showed good contact. Scientific American, Volume XXXVI., No. 8, February 24, 1877 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. Along the walk, the pebbles Are each a precious stone; The grass is tasseled hoarfrost, The clover jewel-sown. Child Songs of Cheer There was a hint of hoarfrost under the bushes. A Popular Schoolgirl His warm fingers slicked with melted hoarfrost, and as they skated over the crypt, it sang a pure, high crystal note like a crippled flying saucer plummeting to the earth. Super Man and the Bug Out The highest summit of the mountain region, is below the line at which snow is ever formed in this latitude, and it is disputed whether an evanescent hoarfrost even is sometimes seen upon it. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 4, October, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy C, the congealed vapor or hoarfrost, forming the first flower of various shapes. Scientific American, Volume XXXVI., No. 8, February 24, 1877 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. Here too, almost at my right hand, perched a score or more of robins, bright-dyed, warbling elvishly in chorus as if the may-boughs whereon they sat were white with hoarfrost and not buds. Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance Oh how sweet on fair spring morning, ’neath its cloke of hoarfrost peering, ’Tis to see the tiny blossom with its smile the earth adorning, Oh yes ’tis sweet, oh yes ’tis sweet. Welsh Lyrics of the Nineteenth Century Then I saw a strange sight, in the shape of ice on puddles and white hoarfrost. In the Ranks of the C.I.V. What matter that the hoarfrost and famine would banish us from your side and drive us far away to more fruitful lands? Romance of the Rabbit A delicate hoarfrost still made white the shade, and sparkled all over the sombre leaves of some fine yew-trees that grew outside the garden wall. Fated to Be Free Thursday night was so cold that the St. Charles was skimmed with ice, and hoarfrost lay white on the fields. The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World Worried, thwarted, frozen to death by the hoarfrosts of Paris, he took the road back to Rome in November, 1642, on the pretext of going to fetch his wife, and did not return any more. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 It was as cold as ever; the earth was all grey and silver with the hoarfrost, and the day began to break in the east with many colours of purple and orange. The Black Arrow For your sake we will love hoarfrost and famine. Romance of the Rabbit Sir 43:19 The hoarfrost also as salt he poureth on the earth, and being congealed, it lieth on the top of sharp stakes. Deuterocanonical Books of the Bible Apocrypha Birds awoke in the woods, and hoarfrost lay white on the crisped grasses. The Trail Book The sky was cloudless, the earth was white with hoarfrost, the atmosphere was crisp and cool, and we took deep breaths of it that sent the blood tingling through our veins. The Long Labrador Trail Such a hoarfrost, as is very uncommon here or anywhere, and whose full effects can never be witnessed after sunrise, occurred several times. Excursions "Nay, my dear Sitgreaves," said the youth, taking his hand, "you see there is no fever about me; look, is there any of Jack Lawton's hoarfrost on my tongue?" The Spy Then the old count took the torch and held it in his outstretched, trembling hand, but when Diedrich pressed Jurand's chest with his knees Zygfried turned his head and looked at the hoarfrost covered wall. The Knights of the Cross or, Krzyzacy Surprised at trembling, though it was with cold, Who ne'er had trembled out of fear, the veterans bold Marched stern; to grizzled moustache hoarfrost clung 'Neath banners that in leaden masses hung. Poems The sun had climbed the sky, burning up the hoarfrost and mist, so that the houses opposite had become clearly discernible. The Far Horizon Maciek's and the child's faces were hard, as if they had been cast in wax, hoarfrost lay on his lashes, and frozen moisture stood on the child's lips. Selected Polish Tales At length the sun arose, and its beams glistened on the edges of the cliffs above, whose sapless stalks and rugged masses were covered with hoarfrost. Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker The nights were still, the mornings rimy with hoarfrost. The Desert and the Sown I set off late, late autumn out of doors, the mist lies over the fields, the hoarfrost of old age covers the road before me, and the wind howls about the approaching grave.... The Possessed (The Devils) Not till I saw what looked like hoarfrost dropping from the side of the Fall was the problem explained. The Yosemite The air was fresh and cold, tiny atoms of hoarfrost were flying about. Selected Polish Tales Ymir fed upon the cow's milk, and she, in turn, got what nourishment she could by licking the salt and the hoarfrost from the ice. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4 As the cow licked the briny hoarfrost, the large, handsome and powerful Bure came into being. Norwegian Life My feet benumbed by midnight wanderings through the heaviest dews that ever fell; my wig and my linen dripping with the hoarfrost dissolving on them! Lady into Fox On that particular night the window was covered with a heavy hoarfrost, so that it was quite impossible to see from outside what was going on within, or vice versa. The Making of an American It seemed as if the hoarfrost still continued to form. Over Prairie Trails This sport delighted him, "with the mirror darting its intermittent beams under the rays of the morning sun amid the general scintillation of the dewdrops and crystals of hoarfrost hanging on every blade of grass." Fabre, Poet of Science Zakhar held back his horses and turned his face, which was already covered with hoarfrost to his eyebrows. War and Peace The huge trees stood there leafless and covered with hoarfrost; the beautiful hedgerows which surrounded the old churchyard wall were withered; and the gravestones, half covered with snow, were visible through the openings. The Sorrows of Young Werther What is it? asked the children of Israel at one another when they saw a small round thing, as small as hoarfrost, upon the ground. Bunyan Characters (3rd Series) A slight haze filled the air, not heavy enough to blot out the stars; but sufficient to promise hoarfrost at least. Over Prairie Trails The trees and shrubs, draped by the rich arabesques of the hoarfrost, threw whitish reflections which enabled the watcher to see the gray lines of the squads in motion. The Chouans Hussars, ladies, witches, clowns, and bears, after clearing their throats and wiping the hoarfrost from their faces in the vestibule, came into the ballroom where candles were hurriedly lighted. War and Peace The face seemed, perhaps, darker, more lowering than it was, because of the white hair piled like hoarfrost on his head. Catherine De Medici It was shrewdly chill in the grey November morning, a hoarfrost lying white on the fields. A Monk of Fife To-day, however, they all lent their stalks to support the hoarfrost, to double and quadruple its total mass. Over Prairie Trails Presently it grew still darker, the sun disappeared and, glancing first at his companion and then at himself, Maskull noticed that their skin and clothing were coated by a kind of green hoarfrost. A Voyage to Arcturus A huge campfire was blazing brightly in the midst of the snow, lighting up the branches of trees heavy with hoarfrost. War and Peace The ground from the steps to the river was covered with snow and hoarfrost, the water of the river looked black and deep. The Count of Monte Cristo |
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