| 单词 | kelpie |
| 例句 | Meanwhile the world’s largest kelpie continues to evade capture in Loch Ness and appears to have developed a positive thirst for publicity. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The world’s largest kelpie is found in Loch Ness, Scotland. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Cases in point are the kelpie, whose sole aim in life is to attract humans towards it, and the Pogrebin, which seeks out humans for itself. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The unstinting efforts of this office in persuading Muggles that all photographic evidence of the Loch Ness kelpie is fake have gone some way to salvaging a situation that at one time looked exceedingly dangerous. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The correct means to overcome a kelpie is to get a bridle over its head with a Placement Charm, which renders it docile and unthreatening. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z His kelpie dropped a ball at my feet, tail wagging, and I threw it without thinking. The Invisible Risks of a Town Ruined by Asbestos 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Thanks to farmer James for showing Jodie and me some five week old kelpie pups at the Sydney Royal @eastershow this morning. Australian political race roars to life, with election set for May 21 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z Maggie, a black-and-tan kelpie, was thought to be 30 years old. 'World's oldest dog', 30, dies at home on Australian dairy farm 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z The room filled with the sounds of people swept away by their own breath – one man was barking like a kelpie, and beside me a woman sounded like an episode of One Born Every Minute. The Festival of Really Good Sex: introducing whole new schools of thought 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z To men who believed in kelpie and wraith and the second sight, a belief in witch and warlock was easy enough. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z Did the brownie never come again, or the kelpie? Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z And now I have wandered away to the deep, dark forest itself; and near to a kelpie’s pool, by the banks of a stream, I lay me down to rest. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z The only appellatives I find for it are the word kelp, sea-weed, and the Scottish kelpie, a water-spirit, wherein, as in other words of the same sort, may perhaps lie a word for water. The River-Names of Europe 2011-04-20T02:00:18.983Z Some thought he was a mongrel, between a Jew and an ape; some a wizard, some a kelpie, or a fairy, but most of all, that he was really and truly a Brownie. The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) 2011-03-05T03:00:28.153Z Ah," I replied, "but we must not confound the kelpie and the water-wraith, as has become the custom in these days of incredulity. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 He walks on a little way, and still the kelpie song runs in his brain. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z For a little time he watched the white-crested billows tossing the rockweed and brown kelpie aloft as they swept into the gorge with a solemn roar. Rockhaven Among the Australians this same constellation is called Totyarguil; he was a man who, when bathing, was killed by a fabulous animal, a kind of kelpie; as Orion, in Greece, was killed by the Scorpion. Custom and Myth New Edition Sir W. Scott perhaps alluded to the superstition in the lines: "And the kelpie rang, And the sea-maid sang The dirge of lovely Rosabelle." Notes and Queries, Number 215, December 10, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc "We heard just now of the kelpie, and it is the kelpie that Sir Walter quotes." Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 Why, yonder is the kelpie himself beckoning to him, and the maiden. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z The ocean billows still beat unceasingly against Rockhaven's granite cliffs and toss the rockweed and kelpie aloft. Rockhaven I thought a bogy or a kelpie was devouring me, but it was only Dandy, the old pony. The Madcap of the School But the kelpie came every day, repeating the question, “Will you go now?” and she answered, “I cannot go yet.” Fairy Book Weel, when the hour had gone by—the fatal hour o' the kelpie—they flung open the door, an' cried to him that he might noo gang on his journey. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 The brownie was the poor boy, Corbie; the kelpie was a smuggler; and the dead candles the lights seen at night near the cave in the fairy knoll. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z Below him, where the rock-walled gorge broadened to meet the ocean, the undulating ground swells leisurely tossed the rockweed and brown kelpie upward, as they swept over the sloping rocks. Rockhaven She came down here once as a bit of a girl, dancing over the sands like a water kelpie. Killykinick I skirted them as far off as I could, as though they were the lochans of a nightmare that drag the traveller to their kelpie tenants' arms. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn The kelpie invariably appeared in the form of a young horse; the water-wraith in that of a very tall woman, dressed in green, with a withered meagre countenance, ever distorted by a malignant scowl. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 Surely if we two were seen by any human eyes, it must have been supposed that some gnome, or troll, or kelpie was luring the listener to his doom. The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author What could that be except the kelpie that lives in Cauldshiels Loch, and is just a muckle big water bull? The Gold Of Fairnilee It is what would be called in Scotland a water kelpie. Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships A Story of the Last Naval War In every corner of Christendom some form of kelpie, sprite, troll, gnome, imp, or demon has a place in the mind of the people, much the same as in Pagan times. The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales Weel, when the hour had gone by—the fatal hour o’ the kelpie—they flung open the door, an’ cried to him that he might noo gang on his journey. Folk-Lore and Legends Scotland The scoffer rails at ancient tales Of lake and stream and river; The wise man owns that in his bones The kelpie makes him shiver. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 25th, 1920 Strickland felt a most involuntary startling and thrill—then half laughed to think that he had feared that he saw the water-steed, the kelpie. Foes But the kelpie is usually represented in the form of a horse and not in that of a beauteous maiden. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine He mentions, as instances of popular beliefs that have poetic capabilities, the kelpie, the will-o'-the-wisp, and second sight. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century There were men and women now alive in Nancepean who could tell of this happening to belated wayfarers, and it was Mark who discovered that such a beast was called a kelpie. The Altar Steps And shouts with ribald laughter; He does not see in his cheap glee The kelpie trotting after. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 25th, 1920 There is none but the kelpie waits for.... Foes In my country, night after night have I lain in snow with only my plaid for cover, and heard the spirits call in the icy wind, the kelpie shriek beneath the frozen loch. Audrey Many wonderful exploits are attributed to the kelpie. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. Among the Australians this same constellation is called Totyarguil; he was a man who, when bathing, was killed by a fabulous animal, a kind of kelpie; as Orion, in Greece, was killed by the Scorpion. Custom and Myth And I believed that the kelpie had carried off my bairns, while all the time it was but a few brief miles of sea that divided us! The Thirsty Sword Sometimes I know that in sleep or dream I have been beside a kelpie pool. Foes The Neck, a water-spirit, answering, in Sweden, &c. to the Scottish kelpie, as to its place of abode; but we believe its character is not so mischievous. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 357, February 21, 1829 What he loved and sought was ever the savage, the legend-haunted, the ghoulish, seats and ambuscades of kelpie, hobgoblin, brownie and their kind. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" "Well, in this pot there lived a kelpie." Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood Never since then have they returned, and some said that the water kelpie had taken them and carried them away to his crystal home under the sea. The Thirsty Sword He went down at once to the pool and stood by the kelpie willow. Foes Quite lately a Scotch loch was dragged with nets to catch a kelpie, and the bottom sowed with lime. The Naturalist on the Thames "A water—kelpie," murmured another of the Captain's gigs, a Scotchman. Tom Cringle's Log "A kelpie is an awful creature that eats people." Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood "And now do I believe that they are still at play in the crystal halls of the water kelpie, whence no man can rescue them." The Thirsty Sword "But the kelpie—did you ever see that?" Foes He caught a kelpie, and tied her behind him on his horse. The Celtic Twilight Patty's kelpie costume was a great success, and the girl never looked prettier than as she stood receiving her guests in the pretty green silk gown, trailing with seaweed and shimmering with silver dust. Patty in Paris They tumbled great stones together, and set them up in two rows at a little distance from each other, making a lane between the rows big enough for the kelpie to walk in. Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood The kelpie gave a hideous roar, and turned away to run from the wimble. Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood Large against the long, clean, horizon sweep, they looked the sun-bathed, stone figures of horse and man, set there long ago, guarding the moor, giving warning of the kelpie. Foes It was the summer after the winter-story of the kelpie, I believe; but the past is confused, and its chronology worthless, to the continuous now of childhood. Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood "You see," said Nan, coming into Patty's room one morning, "I don't know whether you would rather say good-bye to your friends in the guise of a kelpie or a pixy or a jelly-fish." Patty in Paris If the kelpie heard them, he could not see them, and they took care to get into the cottage before it was dark, for they could not finish their preparations in one day. Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood Now, the shepherd had a very beautiful daughter—so beautiful that the kelpie wanted very much to eat her. Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood Well, if it will help you out any to have me make a choice," she said, "I'll choose to be a kelpie. Patty in Paris But," said Patty, "I shall then have on a suitable gown that will stand rough usage; but I beg of you, Ken, stop tucking that rug around my delicate kelpie decorations. Patty in Paris Patty smiled at her young stepmother's enthusiasm, and Nan ran away to begin preparations for the kelpie costume. Patty in Paris By the time the sun was out of sight, the smell of the roasting pig had got down the avenue to the side of the pot, just where the kelpie always got out. Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood |
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