| 单词 | holdfast |
| 例句 | "We'll stay in the holdfast, with the gates barred," the old man said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Here farmland gave way to forest, the villages and holdfasts were smaller and farther apart, the hills higher and the valleys deeper. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “You in the holdfast. We mean you no harm. We’re king’s men.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z On the benches below, Winterfell men mixed with smallfolk from the winter town, friends from the nearer holdfasts, and the escorts of their lordly guests. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Martyn Rivers had made his camp in the shell of a shattered holdfast, beside a roofless stable and a hundred fresh graves. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "What have the Freys been doing while the Lannisters bum their fields and plunder their holdfasts?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "It's all just fields and farms and holdfasts." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The rest had left eight days past, six hundred men from Winterfell and the nearest holdfasts. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Never saw no wolf could storm a holdfast." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z North of here the kingsroad ran along the Green Fork of the Trident, through fertile valleys and green woodlands, past thriving towns and stout holdfasts and the castles of the river lords. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But the septa could not have known that today's court would be anything but the usual tedious business of hearing petitions, settling disputes between rival holdfasts, and adjudicating the placement of boundary stones. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Arya looked past him, and saw steel shadows running through the holdfast, firelight shining off mail and blades, and she knew that they'd gotten over the wall somewhere, or broken through at the postern. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "Why there? There are a dozen villages and holdfasts just as close." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "He has ridden out with his knights thrice already, to chase down raiders or storm a stubborn holdfast." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A faint wind blew through the holdfast gate. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "They would of done the same for us, but the Sherrer holdfast's made of stone," Joss said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A stranger wearing black was viewed with cold suspicion in every village and holdfast north of the Neck, and men would soon be watching for him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Stone bridges spanned swift, narrow rivers, while small farms spread in rings around holdfasts walled in wood and stone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Homes and mills and holdfasts had risen where once the oaks stood tall. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A spear had taken him through his left calf during the fight at the holdfast. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Tlie man had been taken outside a small holdfast in the hills. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He rode Honor up to the holdfast gates. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "He burned down a holdfast and murdered a lot of people, women and children too." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "If your fields and holdfasts are safe from harm," Lord Petyr was saying, "what then do you ask of the throne?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z There were holdfasts and farming villages along the road south where he might be able to trade the mare for a fresh mount when he needed one, but not if she were injured or blown. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z This empty town frightened her almost as much as the burnt holdfast where they'd found the crying girl and the one-armed woman. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In ones and twos, the holdfast of Sherrer struggled to its feet. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But the man they found bound hand and foot to the holdfast wall awaiting the king's justice was old and scrawny, not much taller than Robb. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A column of riders moved between the burning buildings toward the holdfast. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “You asked after them in villages and holdfasts.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "In holdfasts all across the realm, men lift secret toasts to your health while women sew dragon banners and hide them against the day of your return from across the water." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Oh, look what they did, look what they did. My poor prince. Don't be afraid. I'll ride to the holdfast and bring help for you." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Last night Hot Pie asked me if I heard you yell Winterfell back at the holdfast, when we were all fighting on the wall." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They trotted past blackened fields and burned holdfasts, down to the riverlands and the Green Fork of the Trident. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Each of you will carry a ,chest of letters, and you will deliver one to every port and holdfast and fishing village. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They traveled dawn to dusk, past woods and orchards and neatly tended fields, through small villages, crowded market towns, and stout holdfasts. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "There's no going north. Half the fields are burnt, and what folks are left are walled up inside their holdfasts. One bunch rides off at dawn and another one shows up by dusk." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The holdfast gates were studded with iron nails. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z There was a big kitchen inside the holdfast, though all the pots and kettles had been taken. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Some brown algae have evolved specialized tissues that resemble terrestrial plants, with root-like holdfasts, stem-like stipes, and leaf-like blades that are capable of photosynthesis. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z They are available in 10 designs — with names like “kelp holdfast” and “sponge fingers.” Earthshot Prize: These innovations could win 1 million pounds from Prince William 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z They twirl together with their chosen female under the water, changing colors and linking tails as they pirouette around a shared holdfast. Male seahorses grow placentas to incubate their young 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Imagine, if you will, that instead of forming a red, burning itchy patch on your skin, pathogenic human skin fungi sank a nutrient-absorbing holdfast into your flesh and then sprouted an ornate, club-like structure. These Bizarre Parasites Garden Their Insect Hosts 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z During the fires all I could think of was the word “holdfast”. California burning: life among the wildfires 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z Rotifers are typically free-swimming and truly planktonic organisms, but the toes or extensions of the foot can secrete a sticky material forming a holdfast to help them adhere to surfaces. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The vine also produces holdfasts, and is consequently an excellent tree climber, growing aggressively upward, eventually strangling its host. English Ivy, Spread by Admiring Humans and Hungry Birds 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z Unlike plants, which divide their mass more evenly, kelps are about 80% blade, with the rest of their mass split between the holdfast and the stipe. ‘Redwoods of the sea’ reveal fundamental growth patterns for photosynthesis 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Most are benthic: they attach to rocks, seabed, or other seaweeds with a clamplike structure called a holdfast. The Next Superfood 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z A lower part, called a holdfast, latches to the sea floor. Survey to shed light on presence of bull kelp in Puget Sound 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z The holdfasts are home to brittle stars, prawns and snails, among other creatures. In search of the starfish killer: The quest to save the original keystone species 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z "The greater need of a strong unchanging holdfast--not of the world," he answered reverently; and he lifted his hat a moment from his head and stood in thought. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z And the result also speaks to the importance of the kelp’s holdfast, as without it, the redwoods of the sea would be nothing but tumbleweeds. ‘Redwoods of the sea’ reveal fundamental growth patterns for photosynthesis 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z At the surface, Ford held up a loose piece of kelp, shaggy and decrepit with a small holdfast—it was sporifying. The Next Superfood 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Two children were playing on the steps of the lodge, and some linen, dubiously drying in the cold winter air, hung on a line stretched from the window to a holdfast in the opposite wall. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z Giant kelp can grow to 150 feet underwater at a speed of two feet a day, but their weaknesses are their holdfasts, which are sort of like tree roots. In search of the starfish killer: The quest to save the original keystone species 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z A spider's web, a rope of sand, a straw were after this a stronger thing to depend upon, a more sure safeguard, a stouter holdfast for a man in peril! My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z But the bigger kelp gets, the more mass the holdfast takes up relative to the blades—a growth pattern identical to that in trees and other large plants, researchers report this week in New Phytologist. ‘Redwoods of the sea’ reveal fundamental growth patterns for photosynthesis 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Unerring in aim, and secure of its holdfast, it allows its victims no chance of escape, one miserable scream, and their fate is sealed. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z Specimens were obtained from holdfasts or from dredging. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Volume 11, Number 4, December 1919 2011-10-07T02:00:22.027Z The first summer was spent in boring twelve holes in the rock, and fixing therein twelve large irons as a holdfast for the works that were to be reared. Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science 2011-07-19T02:00:21.280Z "No, sir, I have them here; the holdfasts were not finished, but they will be sent over to us this evening, along with the cramps you ordered." Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z In one of these, cunningly hidden by the vine, were small holdfasts, by which an active man might climb to the roof. The Great Mogul They are attached either by a disk-like base or by root-like holdfasts to the rocks or stones on which they grow. The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools Every evening he minutely examined the holdfasts of the hinges and the whole chamber, and I used to say:—"Keep a good watch over me, for I am resolved by all means to escape." Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII That sure knowledge was the foundation of the gay and holdfast spirit they brought to confront importunate life. Stepsons of Light “I am one of that crew,” says Sir Thomas, “that say we possess a far greater holdfast of certainty in the sciences than you will seem to acknowledge.” Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Luckily, his native shrewdness stopped his tongue, else his spoken contempt for the holdfasts might have led to the adoption of other means of securing him. The Great Mogul Josh knew better, because he understood the holdfast nature of the Teutons better than did his chums. The Big Five Motorcycle Boys on the Battle Line Or, With the Allies in France Nasmyth flung a sharp glance at the big iron holdfast sunk in the rock above. The Greater Power You don't remember, either, how mighty hard it was to wedge in the holdfasts for the chain guys stiffening the front of the dam, or how the keys work loose? Thurston of Orchard Valley This is proved by the presence in the walls of many marble plugs and some iron holdfasts, as well as by remains of the moulded base of the facing. Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture He was sucked in to his knees, but instinctively he kept the upper part of his body extended horizontally, his out-stretched hand seeking for some chance holdfast. The Doomsman Pointed stakes or "pickets," 4 ft. high, are planted in rows and secured by ordinary wire to holdfasts or pegs in the ground. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" But for that Culpepper must have drawn upon the boy; he must have been lying then in irons in Calais holdfast. Privy Seal His Last Venture These last two are the best holdfasts of glass within my experience. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. Shake we off these violent holdfasts which engage us and estrange us from ourselves. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics The floor of the conning-tower took an angle of about sixty degrees, and Lennard gripped the holdfasts, of which there were two on each wall of the tower. The World Peril of 1910 The iron bars bent under his blows, the holdfasts were torn from the wall, and the painted board fell into the street. The Northern Iron At all points of peril, however, lines of chain are securely riveted, affording a dependable holdfast; which after rains is indeed absolutely necessary, where a single faux pas would be fatal. Impressions of America During the years 1833, 1834 and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume I. It is curious to observe what instinctive aptitude to curve towards suitable objects, and towards them only, is exhibited in the holdfasts of climbing-plants. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 454 Volume 18, New Series, September 11, 1852 He must have well known his terrible danger, for a sea might in a moment wash him away, in spite of his holdfast. The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley The British seamen exerted all their strength, for at any moment, even if the cable did not break, it might be torn from its holdfast on the wreck. From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure Dead falls the first who meets him front to front, Brave Abas, knot and holdfast of the fray. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor When storms are raging they lash light articles on deck to holdfasts. Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) But now of the holdfast, which is our special subject. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 454 Volume 18, New Series, September 11, 1852 I turned with a sigh from my last hope, and began to pace my narrow prison floor, when my eye suddenly encountered an old rusty nail or holdfast sticking in the wall. The Purcell Papers — Volume 3 Somebody had swarmed up the telephone holdfasts and was getting in through the window. The Crimson Blind Without this holdfast, our vitiated imaginations would refine away language to mere abstractions. Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge If a man plants his feet firmly and wide apart, and holds on with both hands to some staple or holdfast, then the drawing cannot draw. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV No man can steady his life except by clinging to a holdfast without himself. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah The holdfast cannot be a part of the chain. Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms We shall have a holdfast and a mooring. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes "Mind the old saying, 'Brag is a good dog, but holdfast is better.'" Betty's Bright Idea; Deacon Pitkin's Farm; and the First Christmas of New England How fortunate art thou, my lovely lord, That in thy youth may'st reap the fruits of age; And having lost occasion's holdfast now, May'st learn hereafter how to entertain her well. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 Here they froze, making excellent holdfasts for the depot flag. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Haines laughed and, as he took his soft grey hat from the holdfast of the hammock, said: —I don't know, I'm sure. Ulysses Every evening he minutely examined the holdfasts of the hinges and the whole chamber, and I used to say: “Keep a good watch over me, for I am resolved by all means to escape.” Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini |
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