| 单词 | iron horse |
| 例句 | The iron horse still rumbled through the tunnel when she woke. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Since the 1950s, America’s once great “iron horse” has suffered under the exhaust fumes of the four-wheeler. Views you don’t get on the freeway … across America by train 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z Those big old iron horses always made for suitably impressive and technologically exciting cinematic subject matter, of course; but they also offered a compelling metaphor for the experience of cinema itself. Clip joint: Taking the train 2012-08-15T16:47:00Z By comparison, iron horses like Mr. Carson and Mr. Letterman made the hosting job feel as if it had the permanence of a public utility. David Letterman Leaves His Successors a Rich Comedic Bequest 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Her sister lost her teeth in 1972 on an old iron horse somewhere near Sheffield. Why Cerys Matthews wants to teach the world to sing 2013-06-01T05:59:01Z The modern world is creeping closer to Cranford, bringing with it the iron horse as well as racier items like the waltz and the female novelist. 2010-01-08T04:05:00Z An iron curtain descended across Europe, not a steel one; it was the iron horse that took to the iron road, the iron lung that faced down polio. Iron Man v Man of Steel: who will dominate? 2013-04-29T12:07:01Z “We are always near our ‘iron horses,’” said Ivan, the pilot, who is back on duty but not flying until he fully heals. Whirring Into Action in Ukraine’s Skies 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z From their arrival in 1851, early settlers knew that hopes for a profitable future rode an iron horse. The railway that saved Seattle’s fortunes — and a young romance 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z They welcomed these roaring “iron horses” at all hours of day and night. Railroad pros pay tribute to late friendly farm couple 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z Cyclists weave through it all, calmly pedaling as they did decades ago when people in China referred to these two-wheeled contraptions as “iron horses” and the country earned the title “bicycle kingdom.” And you thought L.A. traffic was bad: Our correspondents' best stories of learning to drive outside the U.S. 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z See the Frenchman, with his iron horse, his monkey glands. Arsène Wenger should have won more but English football owes him a lot | Barney Ronay 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z As fantastic as it might have seemed at the turn of the 20th century, the idea of supplanting the iron horse with the horseless carriage did catch the fancy of some intrepid men and women. How Americans Fell in Love With Taking Road Trips 2015-08-15T04:00:00Z “We all know when you’re on this trail you got to have an iron horse.” California Chrome heads home after Belmont disappointment 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z As a colleague reminded me, when railroad cars first appeared, they were nicknamed “iron horses.” The El Camino, MOOCs, And The Third Platform 2014-05-08T20:33:00Z Bringing him here had been a throwback gesture, summoning up memories of the iron horses of other eras. Final Victory Eludes Animal Kingdom at Royal Ascot 2013-06-18T17:39:53Z Exterminator went off at 30-1 and won driving in the mud, beginning a career as the iron horse of the golden age. The Rail: Exterminator, a Long Shot to Remember 2013-05-02T14:05:49Z And it was not until nearly four years after he had first poked his head into Utica that the iron horse first thrust his nose into Syracuse, fifty-three miles further west. The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad 2012-03-02T03:00:07.920Z He watched it all pass before him, and if he had ever believed in his father's scheme of an iron way and iron horses he lost faith in it now. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z With the iron horse that stood panting at the door I made in two hours the journey that Winthrop, Endicott, and Winslow took two days to accomplish. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Ten minutes later the great fiery eye of the iron horse shone upon us from a distance, disappeared behind a curve, reappeared again, and came beaming down to the little platform. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z None of the Swazis had ever seen a train before and their astonishment at the great "iron horse," as they immediately called the engine, was almost pathetic. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z It was not until May of the following year that the iron horse first poked his nose into the county of Jefferson. The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad 2012-03-02T03:00:07.920Z Nature shoves men apart with lofty mountains; but man drives his iron horse over the mountains or through them. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z The scientist in the country finds the native life a weird, never-ending mystery, and the iron horse seems a trespasser. An I.D.B. in South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:33.733Z His life may be summed up in two strokes of genius—the first was bringing the iron horse to Stirmingham, as the new town was called; the second was the building lease investment. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z You can’t influence those old desert rats any more than you could lead an iron horse to drink. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z Yet when he arrived there were no signs whatsoever of the iron horse or his special pathway. The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad 2012-03-02T03:00:07.920Z With the sound devils still dancing in my head, I watched the engineer as he rubbed down his iron horse after the hard run. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 4, September 1893 2011-07-21T02:00:22.737Z At last we reach Berlin, and our great iron horse stands puffing in the station, defying man to detect upon him any sign of exhaustion. Odd Bits of Travel with Brush and Camera 2011-05-17T02:00:17.310Z Alas for the poor old travelling carriage long since shouldered out of existence, crushed and smothered under the hurrying feet of the iron horse! Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music 2011-04-12T02:00:25.667Z That being the case we got to uplift ourselves without the help of the iron horse, as the feller said. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z The iron horse was greeted with many salvos of applause, the waving of a thousand torches and, it is to be presumed, with the presence of a band. The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad 2012-03-02T03:00:07.920Z On rushed the iron horse, and as they entered the town the street was illuminated by a conflagration. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z The iron horse will soon be clattering over the sunny plains of the South, to bear the products of its upper tributaries to our Atlantic ports, as it now does through the ice-bound North. Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 2011-02-27T03:00:34.390Z On, on, sped our devoted iron horse, until at last he came to the end of his race in the beautiful city of Cincinnati. Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro 2011-02-11T03:00:26.280Z But spectators along his route gaped at this marvel of modernity, an iron horse that could travel 30 miles an hour and whisk him from city to city with amazing precision. Disunion: Lincoln Moves 2011-02-10T21:37:45Z Undoubtedly they had nothing to do with the disappearance of the "iron horse." The House of Strange Secrets A Detective Story 2011-01-15T03:00:37.173Z Our little iron horse was incompetent to do the work which had been required of it. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z I hear men rave over horses, and marvel at it when I think of the iron horse. The Nerve of Foley And Other Railroad Stories The station was bright and cheerful, and the anchorage for our car was in a delightsome spot, withdrawn in a garden from the noise and confusion so inevitable in the regions of the iron horse. A Flight in Spring In the car Lucania from New York to the Pacific coast and back, during April and May, 1898 There the snort of the iron horse is heard morning, noon, and night. About London They did not have to come in slow sailing ships as in former times, but were brought here in swift steamships, that crossed the seas almost as fast as the iron horse crossed the land. The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read But one day the report spread that the queen had made a journey from Windsor to London by the "iron horse," and then V�ron was sorely pressed. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections The "iron horse" has swept his old nags into oblivion, and two great railroads carry the passengers and packages which he and his brothers of the old Shaniko line transported in the past. In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making The iron horse now does the greater part of the carrying trade, and great railroad bridges span the Father of Waters at several points, and more are coming. A Flight in Spring In the car Lucania from New York to the Pacific coast and back, during April and May, 1898 It had been posted, we were told, a month before, that “two people of the new world” were coming through on “strange iron horses,” and every one was requested not to molest them. Across Asia on a Bicycle Speed, speed, speed, was the thought in the mind of the engineer, and over the track dashed the iron horse and its single car, often at a rate of more than a mile a minute. The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read Thus Mount Saint Helena is not only a summit, but a frontier; and up to the time of writing it has stayed the progress of the iron horse. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) The "iron horse" has never disturbed the inhabitants by his shrill voice, and the rattling of cars has not broken upon the stillness of a summer-day. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 3 September 1848 The iron horse and steel rail are great promoters of civilization. Aztec Land The iron horse has almost eclipsed the "fire canoe," as the Indians picturesquely styled the steamboat. Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo Every inducement was held out to railroad builders to come here and help to multiply the tracks for the iron horse. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses Last year these iron horses trampled out thousands of lives in America alone. Sure Pop and the Safety Scouts With the engine's roar in her ears and its smoke in her nostrils, she sped on, neck and neck with the iron horse. The Biography of a Prairie Girl Down the field they went, the big iron horse shouldering itself irresistibly along, while the ploughs left their dozen furrows of moist, fresh soil, and the blackbirds hopped gingerly behind. The Homesteaders A Novel of the Canadian West It seems all like a beautiful halo—that railway ride to 111 the Ultima Thule of the iron horse—and, like a dream, it is but indistinctly remembered. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure For many years it was not believed that under ordinary circumstances the iron horse could ever compete with the canal boat in rates. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses I hear sweet music in the plashing of the paddle-wheel; and in my ears a nobler sound is the scream of the iron horse than the neigh of the pampered war-steed. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West The locomotive travelling engine, or “the iron horse,” as the people of the neighbourhood then styled it, did the rest. Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson When I first saw the people emigrating through our country and then bringing iron horses there I began to be afraid. The Vanishing Race In our island various cherished antiquities have been often most unnecessarily swept away in constructing these race-courses for the daily rush and career of the iron horse. Archaeological Essays, Vol. 1 The rapid movement of the iron horse seemed to savor of dangerous radicalism, not to say revolution. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses But he kept his seat unmoved and firm as an iron statue on an iron horse. The Farmer Boy, and How He Became Commander-In-Chief Nearly every one prophesied that the "iron horse" would be a failure. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) The white man's medicine is stronger than ours; his iron horse rushes over the buffalo trail. The Vanishing Race The fire in the furnace was burning low; there was little or no steam; the iron horse was spent and lame. Chasing an Iron Horse Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War The conservatism or ignorance of the governments and the superstition of the people combined to throw numberless obstacles before those who proposed to pave the way for the iron horse. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses Strong would hardly waken before that time, and then—she would be flying across the country at the heels of the iron horse. Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter Russia has curbed the violence of the fanatics and the nomads, and the once silent and mysterious land is now traversed by the iron horse. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality My trip here was the first time I have ever been on an iron horse, and there are a great many lessons that I learned from my ride here. The Vanishing Race Besides, the Boers had a strong prejudice against the railroads and regarded the iron horse as a menace to their isolation. An African Adventure The bridge which spans the swiftly-flowing stream O'er which the iron horse, by night and day, With heavy tread speeds on its busy way, Rests not on sand, nor slender post and beam. Gleams of Sunshine Optimistic Poems The iron horse, though they call him ‘she’!” Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana Before the Bokharans fairly realized what was afoot, the iron horse was careering over their level plains, and the shrill scream of the locomotive whistle was startling the saints in their graves. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Every year sees new lines undertaken, or old ones extended, and it will not be very long before the iron horse goes pretty nearly everywhere over the length and breadth of South Africa. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent The iron horse will soon be clattering over the sunny plains of the South to bear the products of its upper tributaries to our Atlantic ports, as it now does through the ice-bound North. The Frontier in American History The iron horse, as has been well said, has always stimulated industry and production beyond his power to carry it. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 Another puff, and slowly the iron horse moved out of its stable. The Iron Horse New ideas and new habits must follow in the track of the iron horse. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality For beyond this the iron horse had not yet penetrated, and the great surging waves of immigration, which soon after rolled over into those fertile territories, had as yet been only little ripples. By Canoe and Dog-Train In the rear car of the six coaches which seemed to follow the monstrous iron horse with dizzy speed, sat an aged man holding a pretty child of four summers, who was fast asleep. Short Story Writing A Practical Treatise on the Art of The Short Story "Here it comes, here it comes," she shouted, and the iron horse came on snorting and panting; nearer, nearer it approaches the bridge. Isabel Leicester A Romance by Maude Alma At length the iron horse came suddenly on an obstruction which filled its driver with deep anxiety and alarm. The Iron Horse And then we talk of the event, and recall the many pleasant things connected with it, when, lo! a whistle, and the loud puffing and snorting of the iron horse! 'Three Score Years and Ten' Life-Long Memories of Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and Other Parts of the West Not the kite-shaped track of new-made trotting records and pneumatic tires, but a track upon which you may pass a pleasant day riding after the iron horse. A Truthful Woman in Southern California From the south a shrill whistle is heard,—another iron horse sweeping up with people and news from the outside world. The Delight Makers The advent of the iron horse had opened up new and hitherto undreamed of possibilities. The Burglar's Fate And The Detectives The latent power of the iron horse could have shot it forth like an arrow from a bow, or have blown the whole station to atoms. The Iron Horse Now the men on the trolley heard the wild, triumphant scream of the iron horse whistling for Hillier. The Last Spike And Other Railroad Stories Those smoking iron horses in Metz are a small sample of what was going on all over Germany while France's frontier-defenders were being given permission to visit Brittany. Foch the Man A Life of the Supreme Commander of the Allied Armies Though I have traveled close to a million miles behind the iron horse I cannot ride backwards on a railroad train. Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into Eight Popular Lectures He was thinking of trekking to Damaraland, and his children would trek still further into the wilderness out of the reach of the iron horse. The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs The cost of this iron horse with its tender was about 3000 pounds. The Iron Horse How I longed for the advent of the iron horse. The Awakening of China After all, there is as much poetry in the iron horses that eat fire as in those of Diomed that fed on men. The Function of the Poet and Other Essays All over the land at midnight, men lean from the saddles of iron horses, peering down the railroad track, ready to die if need be for the safety of those entrusted to their care. Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into Eight Popular Lectures Others besides Captain Ogle also came here on their iron horses, and there was plenty of fun and interest for the lookers-on generally— but no trade and no interest for the speculators. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically When the iron horse was first made, men were naturally in haste to ascertain his power and paces. The Iron Horse She went straight to the big, busy, bewildering place in the Leopold quarter where the iron horses fumed every day and night along the iron ways. Bebee They forced their weak, wheezy little engines up tremendous grades with green wood that must sometimes be coaxed with sage-brush gathered by the firemen running alongside of their creeping or stalled iron horses. The California Birthday Book Passing out on the other end he was badly burned, but still held the rein of his iron horse. Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into Eight Popular Lectures Several ways to bring the iron horse puffing across the plains and up the mountains with his long train of cars had been laid out on paper. Stories of California As we have said, the iron horse began his career in 1830 on the Liverpool and Manchester line—long since become part of the London and North-Western Railway—at that time thirty-one miles long. The Iron Horse As the warriors ride With iron horses and with iron pride— Come, let us laugh into the merry flame. The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala The early voyageurs made their quest in the dugout and the birchbark; and the tools of these are rails of steel and iron horses. The New North The iron horse brought from the East men and women and children, who took the land from the Indians and drove out the game. An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody) Thence the iron horse took us back to 'Frisco, and we sailed all day and all night to Sacramento. The Gentleman from Everywhere The iron horse gave two sharp responsive whistles, and sent forth one mighty puff. The Iron Horse They waited long, and when the iron horse came roaring out of the distance, women fell back and men rolled their quids and looked eagerly up the track. Darrel of the Blessed Isles From the fire junk they boarded the flying iron horse of the Foreign Devils; again they were on the move. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 In 1868 he arranged to build through the Indians' land a road on which ran iron horses that ate wood and breathed fire and smoke. An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody) Now the iron horse works faster and harder than he. Hodge and His Masters He was unlike the iron horse in that respect, although somewhat like him in the rigour of his action. The Iron Horse Many of us have protested vigorously that we wanted to become grimy, hard-working firemen for the sake of having to do with the "iron horse." Stories of Inventors The Adventures of Inventors and Engineers Kind friends are left behind, the kettle hisses, the iron horse snorts, the Hudson is passed, New York is gained, the journey is behind me, bread, butter, and Bohea before me. Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada Thus, Mount Saint Helena is not only a summit, but a frontier; and, up to the time of writing, it has stayed the progress of the iron horse. The Silverado Squatters The stabler of the iron horse was up early this winter morning by the light of the stars amid the mountains, to fodder and harness his steed. Walden It is easy to imagine how the puffs of the iron horse scared the little sorrel and gave him, if possible, more speed. The Bark Covered House Why, then, should not the iron horse, before leaving his stable, take a meal of anthracite sufficient to last him fifty or one hundred miles? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 A friend gave me a lift into Philadelphia, whence the iron horse speedily bore me to the great republican Babylon, New York. Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada The customary huge iron horse was not in sight. Mr. Hawkins' Humorous Adventures Away to Buffalo a car is despatched, and never did the iron horse thunder along its steel-bound track on such a godlike mission. The Canadian Elocutionist Of course, before Cremer got up to us, we all started for the railroad, which was about twenty-five rods to the south, to see the iron horse come in. The Bark Covered House When the last castle was lost in a thicket, we discovered that our iron horse was stopping in the very middle of a field. In and out of Three Normady Inns Having seen the lions of Washington, and enjoyed the hospitalities of our able and agreeable minister, I again trusted myself to the iron horse, and started for Baltimore. Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada And the iron horse is off, leaving the man about town who plays his cards with a winning hand, alone on the platform. A Heart-Song of To-day It is a common, unimaginative metaphor in the United States to call the engine which leads the mighty trains across the country the iron horse; but it is deserving of a nobler figure. The French in the Heart of America The powers of darkness were arrayed against him, fate scowled savagely upon him, disaster blocked his path, the iron horse refused to draw him, but he remained undaunted and determined. Burnham Breaker I like big red apples, and I want to ride on the iron horse! American Indian stories Again we mount the iron horse—time flies—light mingles with darkness—and at nine o'clock I alight at the Royal Exchange Hotel, Richmond. Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada The iron horse had not yet made his advent, and the scream of the steam whistle had never startled the echoes that dwell among the gorges of the Green Mountain State. Wild Northern Scenes Sporting Adventures with the Rifle and the Rod A school-house and church had been built, and a saw-mill was at work on the stream near by, and surveyors for a railroad had just laid out a route for the iron horse. Woman on the American Frontier A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic" The mart-way had changed even before the iron horse charged across the old routes, scorning their pretty curves and dashing in an almost direct line from mountain to sea. Bricks Without Straw Though we rode several days inside of the iron horse, I do not recall a single thing about our luncheons. American Indian stories As the "iron horse" hurries us onward, the ears are assailed, amid the wild majesty of Nature, with the puny cockneyisms of "Rome," "Syracuse," &c. Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada The scream of the steam-whistle has succeeded the old stage-horn, and the iron horse taken the place of those of flesh and blood. Wild Northern Scenes Sporting Adventures with the Rifle and the Rod Washington, and the magic Southland—thither the iron horses would be galloping, their swarthy smoke manes whipped back by the whirlwind, pounding out with clamorous strong hoofs their sixty miles an hour. Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man It impeded the progress of the iron horse, but not for long. Tales of Aztlan; the Romance of a Hero of our Late Spanish-American War, Incidents of Interest from the Life of a western Pioneer and Other Tales We had anticipated much pleasure from a ride on the iron horse, but the throngs of staring palefaces disturbed and troubled us. American Indian stories As the iron horse performs its work, it gradually wears out its pistons, its rods, its wheels, its boiler-tubes, all of which have to be made good from time to time. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects As Sheridan went to the battle, When a score of miles away, He has come to the feast and banquet, By the iron horse to-day. Poems of Cheer There are lands made to be skimmed, tame samenesses of plain or weary wastes of desert, where even the iron horse gallops too slow. Noto: an Unexplained Corner of Japan As the iron horse performs its work, it gradually wears out its pistons, its rods, its wheels, its boiler-tubes, all of which have to be made good from time to time. The Life of the Spider Wrapped in my heavy blanket, I walked with my mother to the carriage that was soon to take us to the iron horse. American Indian stories George Washington, with his right arm upraised, sits his iron horse at the lower corner of Union Square, forever signaling the Broadway cars to stop as they round the curve into Fourteenth Street. The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million For, as the valley from its sleep awoke, I saw the iron horses of the steam Toss to the morning air their plumes of smoke, And woke, as one awaketh from a dream. The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The iron horse gives a sniff of disdain, and easily traverses the same distance, from the Missouri line to the Pacific Coast, in three days. Last of the Great Scouts : the life story of Col. William F. Cody, "Buffalo Bill" as told by his sister They called the steam-engine the 'iron horse' and pretended that they had made the most partial of substitutions. The World Set Free At a small station, consisting of a single frame house with a rickety board walk around it, I alighted from the iron horse, just thirty miles from my mother and my brother Dawée. American Indian stories |
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