| 单词 | knobbed |
| 例句 | His knobbed fingers fluttered among the stars and secret signs of his gown, but he would not help the speaker. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He stopped in front, racing the engine and grinning, while he eyed Mama and fingered the shiny- knobbed dashboard gearshift. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Her legs were bent, with great knobbed joints high above her back, and hairs that stuck out like steel spines, and at each leg’s end there was a claw. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Following closely behind them perhaps there would have strode a professional pilgrim, supporting himself on a stout knobbed staff shod like an alpenstock and weighed down with blessed medals, relics, shells, vernicles and so forth. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z You’ll discover the fancifully striped Red St. Lawrence from Maine, the sleek Arkansas Black, the ruby Hidden Rose from Oregon, the pearly Yellow Transparent from Russia and several tortured knobbed russets from Sussex, England. A Book for Your Johnny Appleseed 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z The knobbed Schwalbes are surprisingly quiet on city roads while offering decent grip on trails — but not as much as you’d get from proper mountain bike tires. Cannondale Tesoro Neo X Speed review: the hooligan of e-bikes 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z The knobbed ends keep flopping over, needing frequent fixing. First-time Santa in Seattle tries to ‘bring us together’ 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z Nodosaurs grew thick, spiky armor knobbed with big “nodes,” the origin of their name. Likely footprintof spiky dinosaur has NASA’s Md. campus on cloud nine 2012-08-18T00:40:00Z Round the deity is a fence of knobbed sticks, daubed with filthy slime, and before the god is a flat saucer of red earthenware, which contains the offerings. The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices 2012-04-11T02:00:31.327Z As I spoke a roughly clad man pushed in between me and Mount, swinging a knobbed stick; another man followed, 401 then another. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z The loose soil has been washed away till the country is knobbed or blistered with great granite boulders. Our National Defense: The Patriotism of Peace 2011-12-14T03:00:16.577Z Outside, rubicund Thomas with heavily knobbed cane awaits her. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z Cavity deep, acute, brown, often wavy or folded; Stem short, medium or long, usually stout, sometimes knobbed. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z Sometimes the handle of the tongs had one end elongated, knobbed, and ingeniously bent S-shaped into convenient form to press down the tobacco into the bowl of the pipe. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z The crossbow and lance, the boomerang and knobbed clubs were visible, and all the tools on the bench. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z He had a knobbed stick, capable of dealing a very damaging blow. King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane 2011-06-17T02:00:22.043Z After a short pause a man stole out from the circle armed with a heavily knobbed club, and struck him from behind a violent, smashing blow on the head. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z Cavity medium, acute, regular, green; Stem medium to long, knobbed. American Pomology Apples 2011-10-03T02:00:29.477Z Quick as thought Danster flung his short, knobbed stick with unerring aim, and the bird fell, mangled, its bright plumage scattered over the surface of the crystal pool. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z The size of a man's head, wrinkled and gray as dried-out leather, knobbed with thick spikes. Sense of Obligation 2011-02-09T03:00:52.337Z The great gaol-like gate—knobbed all over like the hide of an Indian rhinoceros—was shut and secured by strong locks and double bolting. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z When hardly more than a lad he could fling an assegai or a knobbed stick farther, and as true, as any man in the tribe. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z Butterflies may generally be distinguished from moths by their habit of holding their wings together above them when at rest, by the feelers which are knobbed at the end, and by the rather slender abdomen. A Guide for the Study of Animals 2011-01-18T03:00:14.913Z Then the executioner would deal him a smashing blow on the side of the head with a heavily knobbed stick, and thus hurl him into the abyss. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z The delicate profile of his face, bespoke the loftiest aristocracy; his knobbed and bony hands resembled a beggar's. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z All butterflies—at least all British butterflies—have knobbed or clubbed antenn�, while the corresponding organs of all our moths terminate in a sharp point. Butterflies and Moths (British) Instinctively he had thus far carried his knobbed stick; this he now flung away over the heads of his three enemies, lest he should be tempted to use it. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z Moths generally either fold their wings or hold them outstretched, their feelers are not knobbed, and their bodies are rather bulky. A Guide for the Study of Animals 2011-01-18T03:00:14.913Z With an exclamation of anger the native drew a heavy knobbed stick from the girdle round his waist, but before he could raise it to strike another figure appeared at the door. Maori and Settler A Story of The New Zealand War Upon two tall pieces of mahogany, ranged up and down with knobbed drawers and recalling in their decorous solidity the buttoned bodices of mid-Victorian matrons, stood high-handled, white marble urns. The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece The narrow Street of the University was blank save for the old man who lay there wounded on the little, knobbed cobble-stones, and the slim, cloaked youth bending over him. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion Let us remember that China is one colossal graveyard—a mighty empire so knobbed all over with graves that the level spaces left are hardly more than alleys and avenues among the clustering death-mounds. The Treaty With China, its Provisions Explained New York Tribune, Tuesday, August 28, 1868 We saw the little Chinese come on with uplifted knife, spitting and glaring like a wildcat, saw the knobbed, bare shoulders and coppery, brute faces of his crew, saw Sutton turning back. Where the Pavement Ends And, so sudden had been the onslaught, that his great knobbed stick lay on the ground, yards away. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising Wing-covers and hind-wings are alike absent, and the latter are represented by a pair of little knobbed organs, the halteres or balancers, which have a controlling and directing function in flight. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" They were each armed with some short spears, a large knobbed stick, and each had a black and white shield, which he held in front of him. The White Chief of the Caffres The feline pushed down a knobbed lever and the steel clamps slid from Dollard's trussed form. Deepfreeze I think your cheek bones will stick up, too prominent, you know, as if your character had knobbed up under your eyes. The Co-Citizens Then the knobbed limbs snapped the white metal tube to a level position. Astounding Stories, April, 1931 Tense, steely fingers flipped to the knobbed control instruments; the gleaming single-seater scout plane catapulted in a screaming somersault. Astounding Stories, February, 1931 He nodded, thrust the knobbed baton into my hand. Lighter Than You Think Hunger and sleepless nights had knobbed his cheekbones and honed his chin to a sharp point. They Twinkled Like Jewels A knobbed tamper which leaves numerous irregular depressions about 2 inches in diameter and three-fourths inch deep is often employed. American Rural Highways Then I saw him reaching with a knobbed claw for a slender silver tube slung to his harness. Astounding Stories, April, 1931 The customary harness which passed around his naked torso supported a double-barreled ironizing electrocution pistol, and also a short, savagely knobbed riot club. In the Orbit of Saturn Just back of the wings is a pair of balancers, short thread-like processes knobbed at the end. Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases The waddy is a heavy, knobbed club about two feet long, and is used for active service, foreign or domestic. 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 Subsiding rapidly in elevation, it becomes a knobbed and bouldered land which includes timber-line and the thin forests of wind-twisted pines which contend with the granite for foothold. The Book of the National Parks They were huge as the one we had seen, with red shells, great ominous looking stalked eyes, luminous green tentacular antennae and knobbed claws on forelimbs. Astounding Stories, April, 1931 The spores sprout and proliferate rapidly, the gray mycelia covering the garden, and at the end of each thread is a little knobbed body filled with liquid. Edge of the Jungle His foot was rolled in bandages and placed on a low stool before him; within reach of his hand was a knobbed blackthorn stick, a bell and a copy of the "Times" newspaper. The Dark Tower Almost eighteen inches long, it curved abruptly to the right and was too thin, knobbed and indented to fit comfortably at any point in a human hand. Watch the Sky The gardener angrily seized his knobbed stick in order to chastise the dog, but his master held him back. Chatterbox, 1906 The handle is unlike any other I have seen, having one end elongated, knobbed, and ingeniously bent S-shaped into convenient form to press down the tobacco into the bowl of the pipe. Home Life in Colonial Days In the place of the second pair they have queer little knobbed rods which are called balancers—something like the out-riggers on your scull, Jim. Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies I rose up, p. 105cut a knobbed stick from the spot as a sort of memento, and began my wanderings. Peter Schlemihl It was the size of a man's head, wrinkled and grey as dried-out leather, knobbed with thick spikes. Planet of the Damned He carried a sheepskin kaross, or blanket, on his left shoulder, and a knobbed stick, or “kerrie,” in his right hand. The Settler and the Savage Immediately behind the wings of flies two curious knobbed organs are to be observed; these are considered to be rudimentary hinder wings by entomologists, and are called the halteres. The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals Having finished their performance, they kneel before him, holding out their knobbed sticks that he may touch them, then, retiring, make room for others. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley In his room was found a large knobbed stick, such as might have caused the wound, with the knob still damp, apparently from recent washing. Kafir Stories Seven Short Stories Leaves with obtuse or rounded lobes or teeth; cup-scales thickened or knobbed at base; stigmas sessile or nearly so; fruit maturing the first year. Handbook of the Trees of New England Reaching into his coat pocket, he drew forth not his trusty revolver, but a small diary with a red cover and a dainty ivory knobbed pencil in the small sheath. Frontier Boys in Frisco Moreover, there are grouped about the bases of these knobbed organs certain rows of vesicles, which contain auditory rods almost identical in appearance with the auditory rods of the grasshopper. The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals The rod moved, the tip rather than the knobbed head being pointed at the body. Key Out of Time As he turned away, Colonel Vaughan caught sight of him, and, stopping the carriage, beckoned to a bystander, who touched his hat with a knobbed stake from the hedge. Garthowen A Story of a Welsh Homestead "The Friend" was a steel-wire hoop, shaped and jointed like a pair of calipers, but knobbed at its points with little metal balls. The Hills of Hingham Naked; athecate; tentacles numerous, all alike, knobbed and grouped in tufts. Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 He made the conditions suggested by Sir Hugh, merely adding that the maces must be smooth and not knobbed, as was customary in the better-class combats of that day. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 18th, 1920 Except for two narrow breaks where it entered and issued forth, the hills pressed all around, steep, grassy hills, fantastically knobbed and hollowed. The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest But by now Lawrence had clubbed his stick and was beating him about the head with its heavy knobbed handle. Nightfall I saw the movement and succeeded in striking the seal on the nose with my knobbed stick. The Pilots of Pomona Sessile forms resting on basal surface or on a portion raised like a stalk; tentacles many; short and knobbed; distributed on apical surface or localized on branched arms Dendrocometidæ h. Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 He had a commanding, heavily knobbed brow, and small grey eyes of intense severity. If Winter Comes But the knobbed stick and the artificial limb puzzled me so completely that I presently overtook Thorndyke to demand an explanation. John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman It being too late in the day when he returns, our departure is postponed till morning, and Osman, with his knobbed stick, performs the office of nocturnal guard yet once again. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Speaking of Vachel Lindsay, his "Handy Guide for Beggars" will bring an itch along the shanks of those who love shoe-leather and a knobbed stick. Shandygaff The animal within the cup may or may not be borne on a stalk, and this stalk may or may not be knobbed. Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 How else could you make people hear who might be cutting a knobbed stick in the copse half a mile away or bathing in the lake? The Amateur Poacher The ferrule of a knobbed stick wears evenly all round; that of a crooked stick wears on one side—the side opposite the crook. John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman The polite man was nursing his elbow in a corner; there were three others left,—the man with the cheery voice, who had no weapon but a knobbed stick, and the companions on the settle. Clementina His long knobbed finger fitted around the lock in a strange but familiar way. Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned The musician strikes these pieces of wood with knobbed sticks covered with skin, which produces a most detestable jargon of confused noise. Observations Upon the Windward Coast of Africa Antennae as long as the body, 11-jointed, first joint thick knobbed, second very small, terminal longer than third, pointed with a blunt tooth beyond the middle. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. I watched it through the thick hedge as it approached and resolved itself into a seedy-looking man carrying a thick knobbed stick. The Uttermost Farthing A Savant's Vendetta Indeed, throughout his face there was something of the knobbed and gnarled character of that monarch of our woods. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 534, February 18, 1832 A row of pencils knobbed with quartz or sard Delighted her. Men, Women and Ghosts They bore a smoothed and handled tree-trunk whose head was knobbed with a huge ball of metal. The Moon Pool His weapons consisted of a stone ax and knife and a heavy knobbed bludgeon of wood. Pellucidar With this final sentence, Bartle Massey gave a sharper rap than ever with his knobbed stick, and the discomfited lads got up to go with a sulky look. Adam Bede Melbury sat with his hands resting on the familiar knobbed thorn walking-stick, whose growing he had seen before he enjoyed its use. The Woodlanders Nay, in his sleepy irresponsibility, he even found himself eyeing the knobbed and clumsy head of his own shabby umbrella, with some faint memories of the ogre's club in a coloured toy-book. The Wisdom of Father Brown There sat Colonel Adams, still unaffectedly dressed as a pantaloon, with the knobbed whalebone nodding above his brow, but with his poor old eyes sad enough to have sobered a Saturnalia. The Innocence of Father Brown Slipping across the water, the English sailors bore away bars of silver, bales of linen, timbers of cedar wood, golden crucifixes knobbed with emeralds. The Voyage Out The heavy wooden bolts began to roll in the house doors, and old Martin prepared to move, by gathering up his blue handkerchief, and reaching his bright knobbed walnut-tree stick from the corner. Adam Bede Then he got violent—tried to get at me with his knobbed stick. Sir George Tressady — Volume II "It must be him I drove a couple of times," said the driver; "he had a knobbed stick." Hunger At a very early age they commence trials of skill against each other in throwing knobbed sticks and imitation assegais. The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day With her arms across his knees, one of her delicate hands began to draw from the other a gold circlet knobbed with diamonds. We Can't Have Everything Entering my small library, I espied Mr. Shrig's knobbed staff lying upon my desk and beside it a letter laid carefully apart from a pile of unopened missives. Peregrine's Progress With his tough, brownish skin, knobbed like the toad's back, his large staring eyes, his parrot's beak, and ugly bag of a body, the Octopus is a horrid-looking creature. Within the Deep Cassell's "Eyes and No Eyes" Series, Book VIII. The knobbed, or numb claw, as it is called by fishermen, is sometimes on the right and sometimes on the left, indifferently. The Book of Household Management Just as the ox came upon him, it laid its head to the ground, and Frank, springing aside, dealt it a tremendous, two-handed blow on the forehead with his knobbed weapon. Clara Hopgood Propped on its long row of low thick-legged columns, its back knobbed with domes, it seemed like a vast warty bug taking a meditative walk. A Tramp Abroad — Volume 07 We had almost reached the wood I have mentioned when Mr. Shrig raised his knobbed stick to point at something that sprawled grotesquely across the path. Peregrine's Progress A mile away the long, flowery slopes ended in a knobbed hill revealed through smoke. Aladdin O'Brien There, on the plush cushion lay merely a round knobbed ring! The Romance of Elaine Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine" Some of the natives near him threatened us with their spears, and waved knobbed sticks at us, but we departed without any harm being done on either side. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, It was Dr. Magnus himself who later on introduced us to Chivers in the common room—Chivers, a little man of Semitic physiognomy, with a hard, knobbed face and a screw of black beard. The Gates of Chance We rode now upon a serpent, a glittering blue metal dragon, spiked and knobbed and scaled. The Metal Monster He shuffled on his hat and caught firm hold of his knobbed umbrella. The Return Its branches are about as thick as crow-quills; they are slightly flattened and knobbed at the extremities. Coral Reefs Jacob Baines took up a heavy knobbed stick which happened to be leaning against the hay-rick, and eyed it with savage meaning. John Halifax, Gentleman Short black trousers clung like attached old servants round his wizen legs; and rusty black gaiters hid all they could of his knobbed, ungainly feet. Armadale At the left and right the knobbed arms, now fully fifty feet in length, writhed, twisted, straightened; flexing themselves in grotesque imitation of a boxer. The Metal Monster When she returned the vicar was sitting in a chair, leaning his chin on the knobbed handle of his umbrella. The Return I know in the lane, by the hedgerow track, The long, broad grasses underneath Are warted with rain like a toad's knobbed back; But here May weareth a rainless wreath. Sister Songs; an offering to two sisters His lean and vigorous hands were hairy, knobbed, and claw-like, like those of men who do their share of labor. Sons of the Soil It is a knobbed, irregular root, and when cooked resembles the ginseng. First Across the Continent The story of the exploring expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6 Quarter being neither given nor expected in these battles, the three prostrate blacks were promptly despatched by the leader of my tribe, the coup de grâce being given with a waddy, or knobbed stick. The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont But he left his knobbed claw behind him; for it never came into his stupid head to let go after all, so he just shook his claw off as the easier method. The Water-Babies |
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