| 单词 | ironwood |
| 例句 | Finally his lord father gave a command, and two of his guardsmen dragged the ragged man to the ironwood stump in the center of the square. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The door to the crypts was made of ironwood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She made a series of perfect cuts down the side of the tree, and then chopped sideways and split from the tree ten perfect wedges of the hard ironwood. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The thickets of ironwood and sentinel and oak that had once grown there had been harvested centuries ago, to create a broad swath of open ground through which no enemy could hope to pass unseen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Arya was in her room, packing a polished ironwood chest that was bigger than she was. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The two wandered a bit until Nokomis found a good ironwood tree. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Will pulled his gairon over beneath an ancient gnarled ironwood and dismounted. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The water in the skins was two months stale, and besides, he’d gotten used to the labor—which involved an ironwood mallet and pounding stakes deep into the sand. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Moch pounded on the ironwood as hard and as fast as he could, the snap-snap- snap of it firing almost like a machine gun in the stern of the boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Pod handed him up his shield, a massive slab of heavy ironwood banded with steel. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Bran could hear the wind in the trees, the clatter of their hooves on the ironwood planks, the whimpering of his hungry pup, but Jon was listening to something else. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z On our way there, we ventured under a canopy of ironwood, feathery fairy plants that were magical in the morning dew. Next Stop: Hiking in Hawaii?s Waimea Valley 2011-12-02T14:36:36Z Inside, cool, the ceiling was vast, supported by tall posts of ironwood, crossbars lashed together with guacamote vine. Memories of Mexico 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Two pieces of gnarled ironwood, from Poston, are not finished artworks at all, but Noguchi hung onto them, as grim mementos. Isamu Noguchi’s Efforts to Improve Life in an Internment Camp 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z “I’d been raised by a father like an ironwood tree,” Farrell says. A crime novel that captures the humanity of a dying town in rural America 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z There are oaks, olive trees, gum trees and something my father calls an ironwood tree. In my father’s Iraq, his garden was a sanctuary 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z In a small town outside of Guadalajara, he found an artist to hand-carve murals into doors made of ironwood. ForbesLife Castles: A Hollywood Mogul's $60 Million Malibu Paradise 2012-10-19T14:00:00Z As we hiked along the coastal bluffs, the pine, oak and ironwood trees were remarkably lush, nothing like the yellows, browns and ochres that typically characterize Southern California. Just 11 Miles Off Coast, California’s Galápagos 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z But what most delighted me was the perfect marriage of ornament and function in an 18th-century ironwood club from Fiji. The Unforgettable Meets the Unimaginable at the Winter Show 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z The decks are made from ironwood, a fire-resistant lumber. As Climate Shocks Multiply, Designers Seek Holy Grail: Disaster-Proof Homes 2023-07-16T04:00:00Z Among them: red maple, red oak, basswood and ironwood. Forest Service Explores Moving Trees to Save Them from Hotter Weather 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z The walk around the foundation’s grounds will include information about planting, pruning, watering, pests and diseases of sycamore, Torrey pine, palo verde, Catalina ironwood and other native trees. 10 plant gurus on how they'll experiment during another dry year in SoCal 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z In that fragile period, it likely would have been sheltered by a “nurse tree ” — typically a paloverde, ironwood or mesquite — that protected it from animals and harsh weather. A centuries-old cactus survived everything. Then summer rains came. 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z What’s more, a combination of dry conditions, deer predation and pollination problems is threatening the island’s ancient ironwood trees, of which there are only about 120 left. Saltwater toilets, desperate wildlife: Water-starved Catalina Island battles against drought 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z Plants saved in several locations for three years for eventual landscaping included saguaro, ocotillo and barrel cactus and palo verde, mesquite and ironwood trees. Arizona replanting cactuses, trees along new freeway’s route 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z Occasionally, a shard of an old ironwood tree shot into the air, a remnant of the primordial canopy of dense rain forest that dominated the land until very recently. Palm Oil Was Supposed to Help Save the Planet. Instead It Unleashed a Catastrophe. 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Fish and Wildlife Service to bring back native habitat and endemic species such as the island fox, the island scrub-jay and the Santa Catalina Island ironwood. A sudden change in Ryan Zinke’s travel plans cost taxpayers nearly $2,000, documents show 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z A lizard darts across the rocks as we pick our way across bullet casings and exploded ordinance on the military range, round ironwood trees and thorny mesquite. Missing in the US desert: finding migrants dying on the trail north 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z In his proclamation designating this 129,000-acre site in mid-2000, Clinton said the Ironwood Forest presents a "quintessential view of the Sonoran Desert" and pointed to vegetation including its "ironwood, palo verde and saguaro." Trump team nears decision on national monuments 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z Keeping company with the ironwood trees are mesquite, paloverde, creosote and saguaro. Here are the national monuments being reconsidered under Trump 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z The artefacts lie there under the ironwood tree where people rested for shade, along with empty water bottles and plastic bags and clothes. Life and death on the Mexican border 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z The new junk is made of Southeast Asian ironwood and teak and cost about $1.3 million to build. On Deck With China’s Last Junk Builders, Masters of an Ebbing Craft 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z The Arizona Department of Transportation says the plants being removed from the path of the South Mountain Freeway include ironwood and mesquite trees and ocotillo and barrel cactuses. State relocating plants along route of new Phoenix freeway 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z Rough seas slammed onto shores lined with boulders, palm trees and ironwood trees. Hawaii: Exploring the sea cliffs and sad stories of Molokai 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z Forestry Service, ironwood trees from 12 regions, including Guam, were planted on Bernard Watson’s farm in July 2012. Sole specimen of native Guam tree survives typhoon 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z You'll learn about the towering ironwood forests that surround them and the family’s rare and valuable skill for turning that wood into the best shields and boats in the seven kingdoms. The Game of Thrones video game is off to a slow, but promising, start 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z The rocky ridges support species not typically found in a northeastern Minnesota forest - ironwood, oak and basswood. Plans set in stone, trees at Lake Vermilion park 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z The tinka or ulutoa is a reed four feet long fitted into a pointed head carved out of ironwood, and about four inches long. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z On the mountains are extensive forests of pine and a species of oak; and in various parts occur the locust, ironwood, cypress or Bermuda cedar, palmetto and many kinds of palms. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z Twelve years ago, many of Guam gago or ironwood trees began slowly dying from what later would be called ironwood decline, Schlub said. Sole specimen of native Guam tree survives typhoon 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z And Ee-ee-toy had them get stakes of ironwood, and sharpen them, and all stand in a row with their stakes in their hands at the bottom of the canal. Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights Being the myths and legends of the Pimas of Arizona 2011-11-21T03:00:13.817Z The young man notices the travellers' worn appearance, and invites them to sit down "in this fair meadow, under these ironwood trees," to rest and eat. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z The hop hornbeam has habits like the other ironwood and an equal reputation for the hardness of its wood. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z What a thrill ran through him as he grasped the pair of heavy ironwood sticks which were put into his hand, and felt himself once more a free man and to a certain extent armed! The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z One of the approaches Dr. Schlub has taken to reduce the impact of ironwood decline is to identify resistant trees. Sole specimen of native Guam tree survives typhoon 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z So they ran around again, and they brought him the long open earthen vessel with handles at each end, used for roasting, and with it they brought the charcoal which is made from ironwood. Aw-Aw-Tam Indian Nights Being the myths and legends of the Pimas of Arizona 2011-11-21T03:00:13.817Z She was engaged in felling a young ironwood tree, the stem of which was about fifteen inches in diameter. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z Knowlton's ironwood is found nowhere but in a thick grove on the southern slope of the canyon of the Colorado in Arizona, about seventy miles north of Flagstaff. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z I quickened my pace, and there, at the foot of an immense ironwood, I discovered a necktie. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z The right-hand scull was heavy as if made of ironwood, the blade broad and spoon-shaped, so as to have a most powerful grip of the water. The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies 2011-05-27T02:00:19.437Z Without megaherbivores to keep them in check, broad-leaved tree species such as black ash, elm and ironwood claimed the landscape; soon after, buildups of woody debris sparked a dramatic increase in wildfires. Lost Giants: Did Mammoths Vanish Before, During and After Humans Arrived? 2011-01-10T07:45:13.207Z The exquisite cabinet work of the Escurial, in Spain, was made of wood from the forests of Cuba—mahogany, ebony, ironwood, cedar, and what not. The History of Cuba, vol. 1 A pair was building a nest on July 19, 1962, in an ironwood tree about 10 feet above the ground. Birds from North Borneo University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Volume 17, No. 8, pp. 377-433, October 27, 1966 Well, it was a very good place, for no one would ever dream that jewels were hidden up there in the ironwood. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z All being quickly arranged and the beds made, Creede threw an armful of ironwood upon the fire and they sat down to watch it burn. Hidden Water Across the great room the girl raised a steady hand, indicating a desk of gigantic size, of ironwood or lignum-vitae. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China The studs were of hard ironwood, and were each by tenon and mortise fastened into six ironwood trees forming the upper wall plates. The Story of John G. Paton Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals It is believed to have been named as above by some of the earliest Australian settlers on account of the extreme hardness of its bark; but it might with equal reason have been called ironwood. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia We knew the main timbers only—beech, oak, elm, maple and hickory and ash, blue beech and ironwood and hawthorn. Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation Mesquite and cat-claw and ironwood, tough as woven wire and barbed at every joint, these were all that were left except cactus and the armored sahuaros. Hidden Water This was a clearing at one time, years and years ago," Charley said, "see, there is an ironwood stump there that still shows the signs of an axe. The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades The roof was supported by four huge ironwood trees, and a fifth of equally hard wood, sunk about eight feet into the ground, surrounded by building at the base, and forming massive pillars. The Story of John G. Paton Or Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals Cinnamon and clove scent the breeze which whispers mysterious secrets to the swaying plumes of the tall sago-palms, and dies away in the delicate foliage of tamarind and ironwood tree. Through the Malay Archipelago She gathered ironwood and catclaw while he watched her vigilantly. Crooked Trails and Straight Clinch had halted—always the mechanics!—close to a great ironwood tree. The Flaming Jewel As a result it was nearly sunset by the time we halted in a mixed growth of hickory, ironwood and ash on the banks of a tiny creek. A Virginia Scout He had always admired the hard bark and metallic resonance of the ironwood, but he hated the poplar—"popple" it is called in Joralemon, Minnesota. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life Other fruits in winter can be experimented with, such as that of box elder, black ash, birches, tulip tree, buttonwood, ironwood, blue beech, and occasionally a maple. Seed Dispersal Wafa stepped into a canoe, and, seeing that the others were preparing to follow him, he struck out swiftly, manœuvring his ironwood boat to the very waters from whence a scared fisherman was frantically paddling. The Keepers of the King's Peace Nunn cut me a stout ironwood cudgel as a handy weapon. Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude Clinch had halted — always the mechanics! — close to a great ironwood tree. The Flaming Jewel They went down the road to a mossy place where the ironwood trees leaned out over a stream. Old Ebenezer There is attached to it a round piece of ironwood of almost 4 inches in length, and 1½ in diameter; this again is secured in a broad strap of leather to cross the mouth. The History of Tasmania , Volume II The boys then began to make combs from a specie of bamboo, and from the ironwood tree. The Wonder Island Boys: Conquest of the Savages His throne was a log of white ironwood standing on its end, from the upper portion of which the stumps of three thick branches expanded, thus giving it the rough semblance of an arm-chair. Kafir Stories Seven Short Stories Bows were made of hickory, ash, ironwood, or zanzi, the last being greatly preferred. Omaha Dwellings, Furniture and Implements Thirteenth Annual Report of the Beaurau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1891-1892, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896 pages 263-288 Finally it came out on a level stretch of ground, partly covered with a chaparral of greasewood, ironwood, and paloverde. Frank Merriwell, Junior's, Golden Trail or, The Fugitive Professor In addition to teak, which provides the bulk of the revenue, the most valuable woods are sha or cutch, india rubber, pyingado, or ironwood for railway sleepers, and padauk. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" They built a fire of dead ironwood upon which they boiled coffee and fried bacon. Steve Yeager The 'Speedwell' once had carried a cargo of ironwood from Singapore for a temple up the Yangtse-kiang. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Vast and gloomy cypress, bay, swamp palm, ironwood, and other tropical woods reared their columnar trunks, from out a dark and noisome undergrowth, to an immense height. Ralph Granger's Fortunes The ironwood was heavy as stone, while the cedar, being light and elastic, lent buoyancy and suppleness, all that we could wish for. Voyage of the Liberdade The ironwood capstan bars clanked to that seaman's music of running sailors. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade The houses of those immediately on the banks are built on piles of ironwood timber, and each has before it a floating raft for the convenience of washing. The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants Behind them straggled a dozen villagers, men armed with long ironwood sticks of combat. Caste Leaf: Doubly serrated; otherwise the same as that of ironwood. Studies of Trees The planks for the bottom were of ironwood, 1¼ X 10 inches. Voyage of the Liberdade All hands are hailed to the capstan, and every one of my fine gentlemen grasps an ironwood bar to hoist the monster home. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade It was gajewa, a war club, beautifully carved and polished, made of ironwood about three feet long, and with tufts of brilliant feathers at either end. The Hunters of the Hills It was of the hardness of ginger, and filled a large tanoa, or wooden trough of ironwood. White Shadows in the South Seas The ironwood, however, has a characteristic bark that peels in perpendicular, short, thin segments, often loose at the ends. Studies of Trees The heaviest of these is the black ironwood of southern Florida, which is more than thirty per cent. heavier than water. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 He thrust an ironwood bar across the gaping jaws. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade The bodies are of teak, ebony, or ironwood, with seats of marble, and with a disk of marble in the back. The Old Franciscan Missions Of California His club of ironwood, its edge sharp and toothed, he grasped with both hands; he widened his foothold and threw his body forward to withstand a shock. White Shadows in the South Seas The color of the bark in the ironwood is brownish, while that of the blue beech is bluish-gray. Studies of Trees No timber, except ebony and ironwood, which are too hard, and those which are strongly impregnated with camphor or aromatic oils, which they dislike, presents any obstacle to their ingress. Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 But there was in the old miller a Covenanter fiber tough as ironwood. The Second Generation This cradle was securely fastened by strips of buffalo-hide to four poles of ironwood and cottonwood, about twelve feet in length. A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs of the North American Indians Then the warriors made ready their u'u of polished ironwood, and filled their baskets with stones, and made ready the spears. White Shadows in the South Seas The buds of the ironwood are greenish with brown tips, while the bud of the blue beech shows no green whatever. Studies of Trees The forest trees are elm, pine, spruce, maple, ironwood, linden, cherry, oak, and beach. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers The wood is light-colored, and extremely hard and heavy; hence the name of ironwood. Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 Tawabinisáy then burned out the wood from the axe, retempered the steel, set the new helve, and wedged it neatly with ironwood wedges. The Forest With this I have shot three hundred and one yards with a moderate wind at my back, using a Paraguay ironwood bow five feet two inches long, backed with hickory and weighing sixty pounds. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow An ironwood club is kept in each toldo for this gruesome work. Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America On his way he saw an ironwood pole in front of the room, went up to it, and began to dig under it. Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 The ironwood or Casuarina quadrivalvis is sometimes observed to produce the same anomaly on its smaller lateral branches. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation The ironwood did not grow very big and had a twisted trunk. The Biography of a Rabbit These we conveyed on board in our little boat, after having carved our names on a chip of ironwood, thus:— The Coral Island A Tale of the Pacific Ocean The right-hand scull was heavy, as if made of ironwood, the blade broad and spoon-shaped, so as to have a most powerful grip of the water. Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies The ceiling was of ironwood, and the planks of the floor were of a wood called lampong, which resembles cedar. Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 I made a great heavy pestle of the wood called ironwood. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03 — Fiction By the exercise of main strength, and the leverage afforded with a strong ironwood handspike, he succeeded in rolling both those barrels into the cave and uptilting them, and leaving them standing high and dry. The Wolf's Long Howl Their bedsteads were rough poles of ironwood, supported by posts driven into the ground, and partly upheld by the projection of the logs at the angles of the wall. Lost in the Backwoods This cradle was securely fastened by strips of buffalo-hide to four poles of ironwood and cottonwood, about 12 feet in length. An Introduction to the mortuary customs of the North American Indians The umbilical cord is cut with a knife or a sharp piece of ironwood, and the afterbirth is buried. Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 Here, weaving his way among the ironwood that grow thickly in this section of the desert, for the first time since the commission of his crime he felt safe. The Long Chance Here, placed upon the ground, were a number of boxes made of imperishable ironwood, and on the top of each box sat, or rather lay, a mouldering and broken skull. Allan and the Holy Flower A sparrow trilled from the swaying top of a purple ironwood, and from grass, and fence-rail, and awing, meadow larks were fluting everywhere, but the song of no wood-thrush reached his waiting ear. The Heart of the Hills Here ironwood sinks and pumice stone floats, which must strike the curious spectator as a queer freak on the part of Dame Nature. The Mystery of a Hansom Cab The gondola-like boats of ironwood that attract the attention of the stranger on his first visit to Bandjermasin, come from this place. Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 My riflemen now knelt down and fired at the puffs of smoke as they issued from the impenetrable ironwood zareebas. Ismailia Beside the sword and the spears the only weapons commonly used are heavy bars of ironwood, sharpened at both ends and flung so as to twirl rapidly in the air. The Pagan Tribes of Borneo To do this he turned into a road that wound through a magnificent forest, at first of oak and butternut, ironwood and beech, then of densely growing pines. Painted Windows At one end of this lower ledge grew a hardy shrub of the ironwood species, and above it a scrub pine leaned horizontally out over the ravine. The Spirit of the Border Kapatongs are made from ironwood; they are of various kinds and serve many purposes. Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 He then replaced the ironwood floor with other material, and after that nobody who slept in the room was affected in a similar way. Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 In the case of a chief the log is of ironwood, some three feet or more in diameter and some thirty feet in length. The Pagan Tribes of Borneo |
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