| 单词 | joss stick |
| 例句 | There was a topmost scent of joss sticks and incense, like the fumes of some exotic smokehouse, but beneath the smoke lay a deeper and much more powerful stench. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Beijingers pray amid gnarled pine trees with burning joss sticks held aloft and shopping bags slung over wrists, while monks offer quiet blessings of beads brought by visitors in hidden corners. What to Do in Beijing 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z People clean the graves and burn items such as joss sticks and paper offerings - sometimes quite large ones - to honour the dead and transmit money and other goods to loved ones in the afterlife. China pays 'virtual' respects to ancestors 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z He visited Longhua Temple in Shanghai and was deeply moved by mounds of ash left from burning joss sticks. At LACMA, Chinese artworks zero in on a single material. Think ash. Or human hair 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z According to the announcer, she presented the king with a tray of flowers and joss sticks, and in return was bestowed traditional gifts associated with royal power. King Vajiralongkorn of Thailand marries his bodyguard, now Queen Suthida 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Early Tuesday, the first day of the year of the pig, hundreds lined up outside famous temples to burn the first joss sticks of the year, expecting it to bring them good luck. AP Photos: Asia greets year of the pig, farewells the dog 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z A recent escapee from the populist True Finns, she carries no discernible hippy tendencies – not a whiff of joss stick. A basic income for everyone? Yes, Finland shows it really can work | Aditya Chakrabortty 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z On some of the short plinths, in front of the headstone, people had placed lighted joss sticks that had long since burned down; only their stems remained, like the surviving bristles of an ancient toothbrush. How Singapore Is Creating More Land for Itself 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z The Chinese believe that burning joss sticks, joss paper, and paper offerings - sometimes quite large ones - honours the dead and transmits money and other goods to their loved ones in the afterlife. Ancient Chinese tomb-sweeping festival goes hi-tech - BBC News 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z Buddhist monks led prayers as well-wishers lit candles and fragrant joss sticks. As Thailand mourns death of longtime king, appeals to respect transition to heir 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z To this day, agarwood features in joss sticks, prayer beads and sculptures, while its oil is distilled for perfume. Trees That Gave Hong Kong It's Name Are Nearing Extinction 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z The police initially said Mr. Zhang’s brothers were suspected of illegally starting a fire by burning joss sticks and paper at ancestral graves. Anonymous Call for Xi to Quit Rattles Party Leaders in China 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z Many Buddhists believe that the incense from joss sticks serves as an aid to prayer and helps worshippers commune with deities and departed souls. Thai health ministry incensed over Chinese New Year joss sticks 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z On the dusty counter are eggs, toothpaste, joss sticks and prawn crackers. The murky world of the illicit jade trade 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z At Bangkok’s Erawan Shrine, where 20 people were killed in August 2015 in the city’s worst bombing attack, mourners placed offerings of garlands, fruit and joss sticks as they paid their respects to the monarch. As Thailand mourns death of longtime king, appeals to respect transition to heir 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Villagers, however, continue to place joss sticks at a makeshift roadside shrine seeking Buddha's blessing for justice, given nagging fears of fresh reprisals and land grabs in future. For China's rising political star, an early test 2013-03-14T03:37:19Z Shops along its High Street selling crystals, alternative therapies and joss sticks easily outnumber those with the shopfronts of major retail brands. The independent coffee republic of Totnes 2012-08-07T10:51:09Z Before their shrines fires were kept constantly burning, and the place was heavy with the pungent odor of joss sticks and incense. Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator 2012-03-27T02:00:19.467Z "Yon believe in your joss sticks, I see, Mr. Lung?" The Bradys After a Chinese Princess The Yellow Fiends of 'Frisco 2011-09-06T02:00:11.117Z For quite ten minutes Ainsleigh continued waving, until the joss stick burnt down nearly to the root. The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z Ray buys some vanilla-scented joss sticks and says: "I'm really sorry about leaving you here." Pass the bucks 2010-12-11T00:02:00Z In the other, a small statue and a big poster of the actor are "worshipped", complete with a chanting Hindu priest and burning joss sticks. Chaplin town 2010-04-20T17:13:00Z They'll be in here before you can light a joss stick. The Gray Mask So Harry stood waiting while the joss stick throwing went merrily on. The Bradys After a Chinese Princess The Yellow Fiends of 'Frisco 2011-09-06T02:00:11.117Z It was distinctly nervous work however, and Olivia started back, as her husband set the joss stick fizzling. The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z The air is full of the scent of joss sticks. For Love of the King a Burmese Masque Ah Sing had gained a glimpse of the proceedings and had promptly barricaded himself in his quarters, where he took to burning joss sticks in wild panic. The Pirate Shark The shrine was thick with the dust of years; the three gods were dishevelled and mutilated; no sheaves of joss sticks were smouldering on the altar. An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma I believe that the movement of the joss sticks in my case is controlled by the spirit of my dead father. The Bradys After a Chinese Princess The Yellow Fiends of 'Frisco 2011-09-06T02:00:11.117Z The joss stick smoked slowly and a queer odour diffused itself though the room. The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z If at dark we twirl a glowing joss stick in a circle, we do not see one point moving from place to place, but we see a continuous circular line. The Photoplay A Psychological Study How often have I envied Hop Lung whin I see him burnin' his priceless joss sticks. Mr. Dooley Says The clouds that resembled the streaky smokes of joss sticks were slowly extending over a clear sky, and by degrees they were absorbed, melted and changed to a faint fog. Botchan (Master Darling) Bates and I will take care that there isn't even a joss stick in the flat before we go to bed. Number Seventeen The joss stick fizzled and burned and gave out its queer smell, which made both slightly dizzy. The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z Got some signal, you bet!" said the driver; "some yeller paper or piece o' joss stick in the road. From Sand Hill to Pine He lit a joss stick long and black. The Second Book of Modern Verse; a selection from the work of contemporaneous American poets Kong Ho," thought this person inwardly, "not in vain have you burnt joss sticks unceasingly, for the enchanting one has said into your eyes that she would love to partake of a little dog. The Mirror of Kong Ho "It is odd, too, that you and the detectives should have noticed the smell of a joss stick in the flat," went on Miss Beale. Number Seventeen Hwei was here on the night poor Miss Wharf was killed, and dropped the joss stick. The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z Hwei went to the shrine and brought forth a joss stick. The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z Then he looked again, Olivia placed the still fizzling joss stick in the fender, and peered over his shoulder. The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z The only peculiar thing, if I may so describe it, about the place, is the scent of a burnt joss stick. Number Seventeen Edith—my niece, you know—could not bear the smell of joss sticks. Number Seventeen At the end there was a shrine with a hideous god set up therein, and before this, smoked some joss sticks giving out a strange perfume. The Mandarin's Fan 2011-06-09T02:00:17.540Z A muttered "I understand—perfectly," showed this, and he did not strive to conceal the alarm which possessed him when Theydon spoke of the joss stick. Number Seventeen The aromatic odor of the burnt joss stick still clung to the suite of apartments, and Forbes noticed it at once. Number Seventeen "Evidently he is not acquainted with the peculiar smell of a joss stick." Number Seventeen |
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