| 单词 | life line |
| 例句 | Her palm lines do not branch into head, heart, and life lines like other people’s but crease with just one atavistic fold. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The camp was where our life lines intersected. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I met, or rather got to know, the lady who threw me my first life line. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He skidded across the deck until his life line caught him short with a jolt. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He’d unraveled a life line from the raft to make single strands for the fishing line. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The way the peach rounds in your hand, soft and curved perfectly against your palm’s life line, a physical embodiment of the peach emoji’s complex multiple meanings. The joy that can still be found in Outside and peaches 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z They show trains moving across a bleak prairie landscape, sending up ribbons of steam that seem to prefigure Still’s “life lines.” Clyfford Still Museum in Denver 2011-11-20T05:00:34Z The pipeline is the country’s life line: 800 miles from Prudhoe Bay in the north down to Valdez, the northernmost ice-free port in the United States. Before the summer rush, a spring road trip through Alaska is just as beautiful 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z You can also shorten or lengthen the cable distance between machine and outlet, so you won’t be the traveler who trips other passengers with your life line. At the annual Travel Goods Show, plenty of pack-worthy products 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z Our hands, some believe, predict our future with a life line etched in our palm. Perspective | The handshake will return. It’s too much a part of who we are. 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z He read my palm and pointed to my life line. 'I thought psychics were full of shit': how a sceptic turned to clairvoyance 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z In some ways Dors's talent was underdeveloped – her real life lines were funnier and saucier than most she was given by scriptwriters. Diana Dors: more than just the British Marilyn Monroe 2010-06-10T22:06:00Z Eventually, Doan managed to grab some branches of bushes underwater and Collins and his crew tossed her a life line. Boy told mom ‘be calm’ before being swept away in floodwater 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z “Why risk losing Medicare, which is your life line?” asked Mark Neuberger, a lawyer with Foley & Lardner who advises health care organizations on employment issues. Hospitals Confront the Fallout From Supreme Court Ruling on Vaccine Mandate 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z "I mean that is their life line without their businesses they are not able to put food on the table," she continued. Why Latinos are eager to recall Gavin Newsom 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z Nothing in their life lines up with them beating up street thugs or blasting away space aliens in asteroid fields. 198X is about the transformational escapism of 80’s arcades 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z And then there was Barbara, bewildered by dementia, whose daughter viewed the day centre she attended as a life line. English 'short-changed on care funding' 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z "Rural communities do need bus services and they are life line for many people. So I felt they deserved a little publicity to attract new passengers." Britain's 'most scenic' bus route revealed 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z The race is a tribute to a life line of mushers and dogs who carried supplies to remote outposts in the early days of Alaska’s non-aboriginal settlements. Alaska's renowned Iditarod race, mired in controversy, to start... 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Soon-Shiong, one of Los Angeles' wealthiest residents and a minority owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, became the latest billionaire to throw a life line to a major newspaper. Los Angeles Times, San Diego Union-Tribune sold to billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z And if it happens to fall off its background branch, it can use its silk to attach a “life line” and pull back up. Go, Baby! These Animal Babies Grow Up Without Any Help from Parents 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z Under the proposed rule changes the IOC would be unable to throw Russia a life line like it did in Rio. WADA fast tracks rules that could bar Russia from Olympics 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z She examined my life line—“You’re looking quite healthy at the moment,” she said, to my relief—then told me to shake my hands out and let them fall into a resting position, facing upward. Margaret Atwood, the Prophet of Dystopia 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z The race is a tribute to a life line of mushers and dogs who carried supplies to remote outposts in the early days of Alaska’s non-aboriginal settlements. Alaska's renowned Iditarod race, mired in controversy, to start... 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z For the Suskinds, it was a life line back to their son. Documentary turns Disney-loving autistic man into a star 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z In the meantime, her famous name remains a life line: only 11 percent of Americans are unfamiliar with Mrs. Clinton. Inside the Beltway: 1 percent of Republicans use pot 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z “It was like a life line to sinking men,” he said later. What was good for Germany in 1953 is good for Greece in 2015 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z In a clear acknowledgement of the dire state of Greek finances, the European Central Bank, the European Commission and the International Monetary Fund agreed to throw the indebted nation financial life line for four months. Greece Offered Four-Month Lending Deal, Contingent On Structural Reform 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z Some in the market are willing to speculate that the International Monetary Fund has agreed to extending their financial life line to Yats’ struggling economy. Market Bets On Peace Deal And New Bailouts In Russia-Ukraine Mess 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z Reverse Mortgages are not for everyone but they offer a life line if the bulk of your net worth is locked up in your home. The Stakes Are Even Higher When Planning For Women. Here's What You Can Do. 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z “It was like a life line,” Dr. Capretto, a native of Vandergrift who borrowed money from the foundation while he attended the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in the late 1970s. Foundation restructures to ease student debt 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z After the EZB's less than brilliant advising role in Cyprus banks are still on an ELA life line and capitalized by LH planes full of cash. Decoupling: One expensive euro 2013-04-02T21:13:07Z Eager hands draw the two last voyagers over and cut the now useless life line. Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator 2012-03-27T02:00:19.467Z She had not reckoned with the life line and with the little 61 fellow in her arms had come in violent contact with it. The Automobile Girls at Palm Beach Proving Their Mettle Under Southern Skies 2011-11-26T03:00:16.047Z Professor Daniel Vaughn was one whose life lines ran nearly parallel with those of the late Professor C. S. Rafinesque, whose eventful history has been so graphically written by Professor R. Ellsworth Call. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z Seizing our axes, we cut many other anchor holes in the ice, doubly secured our life lines, and shifted with our boat to the edge of the berg turned to the wind. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z Of course, in the storm everything was lashed fast, life lines were stretched about the decks, and only the necessary routine work and duties were performed. Two Boys of the Battleship or For the Honor of Uncle Sam 2011-06-07T02:00:13.313Z With her bundle flung over her back by a strap, she grasped the improvised life line and slid safely to the ground. Back at School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-14T02:00:10.887Z "The buyer could expand capacity at Stansted ... that flexibility and what extra can be extracted from car parking, retail and airline fees is its long-term life line." Ferrovial poised for fresh investments after sales 2011-04-18T11:34:37Z “You have a very long life line, Mr. Lucky Lefthindfoot, and lots of money,” she said with a grin, “and you’re going to have lots more.” Billy Bunny and Daddy Fox 2011-01-29T03:00:21.820Z On two occasions during the previous winter I had thus gone through, but the life line had saved me. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z It was only after we had passed well up Channel, near Dover, that the wind eased and we could venture on deck without clinging to life lines. London Days A Book of Reminiscences 2011-01-03T03:01:01.297Z Your life line is good—yes, I see a long life for you. Betty Lee, Sophomore 2010-12-24T03:00:29.270Z Quandt scraped enough money together to provide BMW a life line, and today his descendants still own nearly 47 percent of the carmaker. BMW's Ultimate Driving Machine Is a Tiny Little Electric Car 2010-09-23T21:00:00Z Stuck I'm my office in Mauritius - your feed is my life line, we don't have a red button or any buttons for that matter. Live - French Open 2010-05-28T08:59:00Z If it broke, and the life line was not quickly jerked, our fate would almost certainly be sure death. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z It should be equipped with spring board, diving tower and life lines, and moored in deep water, not too long a swim from shore. Campward Ho! A Manual for Girl Scout Camps It was as though she were catching at a life line in the swirling current of events that had engulfed her. The Social Gangster In the other he drew the coils of his life line and air tube. Where the Pavement Ends He darted out on the lower boom, grasping the life line strung along its length for protection to the sailors passing over the boom. The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward or, Winning Their Grades as Petty Officers L, Eyes to which air pipe and life line are secured. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" These should be equipped with life lines looped around the outside of the gunwhale, ring rowlocks, and an air tank placed under the bow and stern seats. Campward Ho! A Manual for Girl Scout Camps The young absorb the elements of the future, the old dispose of them; within these life lines is practical manhood. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. He tugged at his life line, but it drew loose in his hand. Where the Pavement Ends A moment more and the life lines shot out, a half dozen wet and angry fishermen being hauled aboard the motor boat. The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward or, Winning Their Grades as Petty Officers L, Eyes to which air pipe and life line are secured. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" He, standing in the middle of the Gorsedd circle, where the triple life lines met, implied by his action that the three emanations which had their root in the dual Ced-Celi, focussed themselves in him. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations But it was taking too much of a risk, to try to get from the little cake to the big one without a life line. Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North All the loose threads of coincidence were being plaited into a single cable, and the cable was my life line. The Portal of Dreams They really occupy the spaces left by a continuous waved body or life line, which they serve to define. Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 3-188 The small eyes at the top of the helmet are for securing the diver’s air pipe and life line in position and preventing them from swaying. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" The life line was trailing from his waist to the bitt––the clear white sea was up to his middle and racing over the taffrail. The Seiners The highjacker dropped the magnet of his life line against the hull and started to turn around. Satellite System The men lay to windward on the deck, or grouped in clusters around the masts, or hung to the life lines which had been passed in every direction. Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main The first shock had been similar to that which a diver feels when receiving no response to a tug upon the life line. The Web of the Golden Spider Maybe you can give us something to do with all of your life lines, and buoys and such things. The Girl Scouts at Sea Crest Or, the Wig Wag Rescue Prepare, tie and throw a life line a distance of 25 feet. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts And the affrighted girl clung to it with desperate tenacity, as a drowning man to the life line. Heart of the Blue Ridge Be careful to hold to the life lines and go slow when the boat heels over. The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless Or, the Dot, Dash and Dare Cruise The Saloniki railway was the life line of Serbia, it was also the natural route for a retreat, if the Austro-German attack became too heavy. The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers Now I would lay something good that our life lines will not cross more than once more.” A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 The life line was usually hitched around the diver’s waist. Madge Morton's Victory We can analyze material bodies but we have to stop at the life line for more knowledge. Philosophy of Osteopathy Because they can't pull any harder on the life line than they have been pulling for fear either of breaking the line or of injuring the diver. Joe Strong, the Boy Fish or Marvelous Doings in a Big Tank Dependent, an orphan, and destined for the priesthood—those were his life lines for the next ten years. Flamsted quarries Johnny tied his life line to the WD cylinder and then jetted clear of his artificial cloud, positioning himself so that it formed a partial screen between himself and the sun. Far from Home She knew the signal for more fresh air, and gave two hard, quick pulls on her life line. Madge Morton's Victory Things were at length put to rights; spare spars were lashed to the remaining staunchions—life lines were stretched along the deck, fore and aft. Archibald Hughson An Arctic Story The waves began to carry him away, and a life line was thrown to him with a buoy attached. And Judas Iscariot Together with other evangelistic addresses In yielding to his weakness, he knew he was deviating from the life lines he had laid with such forethought for his following. Flamsted quarries He did not want Mussolini to get a stranglehold upon Gibraltar, one of the strategic life lines of the British Empire. Secret Armies The New Technique of Nazi Warfare But she cast one long backward glance at the watery world into which she might never again descend, as slowly, steadily, the boat tenders pulled up her long life line. Madge Morton's Victory Thus, the German advance was not only doomed to delay, but at least 100,000 troops were needed to garrison a hostile country and to protect the life lines running to the rear. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 However, the trailing end of his own life line was still attached to his belt. The Pirate Shark It was not pleasing to contemplate, because the winning of Alice Van Ostend was, to use his own expression, in a line coincident with his own life lines. Flamsted quarries Three sudden jerks of the life line held in the hands of the anxious Tom, recalled Paul to his work. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World Had she the strength to pull her life line once again? Madge Morton's Victory The life line is very short, the head line good, but running too far down into the mount of Luna. Cicely and Other Stories It was impossible to reach it without a life line, as I had already learned to my cost, and the next problem was how to get one there. Adrift on an Ice-Pan The rain came down in pailfuls, and soon all the boys were singing "Throw out the life line, some one is sinking today." Into the Jaws of Death Two of the crew turned cranks to force air down to him, while Paul seated in the stern held the life line. The Story of Paul Boyton Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the World He felt, rather than saw, Madge jerk her life line twice, but it never dawned on him that her signal for more air might fail to be answered. Madge Morton's Victory The life line here came into use for the first time. The Meadow-Brook Girls in the Hills The Missing Pilot of the White Mountains I am running a life line right round her, sir. The Queen's Cup And I don't want to get in a position where I'd have to be looking for somebody to throw me a life line. Burned Bridges If a girl who some day "means to" should read this chapter let her seize at once the only life line which can ever save her. The Girl and Her Religion Straightway he gave the signal to ascend; three sharp tugs at his life line. Madge Morton's Victory The former trail led them around a jutting point of rock, then over boulders, irregular slabs and crags, obliging them to pick their way with caution and cling to the life line. The Meadow-Brook Girls in the Hills The Missing Pilot of the White Mountains You knew I didn't love you—that I was worn out and desperate and clutching at the life line you threw. Big Timber A Story of the Northwest Angle, Rigger's Longitudinal Dihedral—Ditto, but substituting "chords" for "neutral life lines." The Aeroplane Speaks In the name of God, and Jesus Christ his Son, I throw you the life line. The Troll Garden and Selected Stories For two days he clung to the ticker tape as to a life line. The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation The climbers kept a firm grip on the life line, for a misstep here would mean a bad tumble, and might take others down also. The Meadow-Brook Girls in the Hills The Missing Pilot of the White Mountains "Your life line is good," pronounced the spinster, "but as it divides toward the end you will probably die in a country different from that of your birth." I Spy A specimen of the nut pine, whose nuts are used for food by the Indians, is only 15 inches in diameter, and yet its life lines show its age to be 369 years. Scientific American Supplement, No. 360, November 25, 1882 Now, Mrs. Petticoat, this line extending from the Mount of Trilby to the outer side of the sole is the life line. Ptomaine Street Instead, as Colin Powell noted, the Coalition Forces cut off the head and life lines to the Iraqi Army in the field and then set about killing it. Shock and Awe — Achieving Rapid Dominance My ears sucked it in as if it was a life line to which my soul was clinging, and I dimly understood my eagerness to catch the sounds. The White Waterfall It is the dry rot that weakens the life lines. Their Yesterdays He stopped quickly and picked up the severed end of the life line. The Perils of Pauline Several life lines had been stretched around and he clung to one of these. The Rover Boys in the Jungle Or, Stirring Adventures in Africa With the exception of his copper helmet, the signal line around his wrist, and the life line about his waist, he was ready to go under water. The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women It would really be amusing if it were not so tragic, to see patients driven to the edge of the great divide and then see the innocent doctor throw out an impotent life line. Appendicitis The Captain pointed out one thing after another, the cork jackets and life-preservers, the gun for shooting the life line across a stranded vessel, the life car hanging from the roof, and the "breeches buoy." Cap'n Eri As they did not have to look out for life lines or air hose they could enter, and even go below decks, in comparative safety. Tom Swift and His Undersea Search, or, the Treasure on the Floor of the Atlantic He took off the light sails, shortened right down to storm canvas, spread life lines, and waited for the wind. South Sea Tales Thus Ned and Koku could leave the submarine, walk about on the floor of the ocean as they pleased, and return, unhampered by an air hose or life line. Tom Swift and His Undersea Search, or, the Treasure on the Floor of the Atlantic |
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