| 单词 | lignum vitae |
| 例句 | The stone knocked Merlyn’s hat off as clean as a whistle, and the old gentleman chased him featly down the stairs, waving his wand of lignum vitae. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He closed his book with a bang, leaped to his feet, seized his wand of lignum vitae, and rushed at Arthur as if he were trying to shoo away a stray chicken. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z There he crouched and reached inside the sleeve of his coat for the short, heavy stick of lignum vitae he carried along his left forearm. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z From LA to Edinburgh Macdonald made at least one other sculpture of Parker, a full-length figure carved from lignum vitae, a dark hardwood. Charlie Parker: a genius distilled 2010-03-21T21:30:00Z The scents are created using native flowers — such as hibiscus, lignum vitae, elderflower — from St. Martin, Aruba, St. Thomas and other islands. So, you want to avoid holiday commercialism? These gifts give back to those in need 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z Many hard woods, as lignum vitae, are so heavy that they will not float at all. Wood and Forest 2011-03-01T03:00:42.647Z Still others are lignum vitae, ebony, rosewood, mahogany, cedar, lancewood and many other species. Cuba Its Past, Present, and Future The balls, which are made of some very hard wood, usually lignum vitae, may be of any size not exceeding 27 in. in circumference and 16� ℔ in weight. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" We passed Up Park Camp and the cantonments of the West India regiments, and then through a 'scrub' of dwarf acacia and blue flowered lignum vitae. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses For the most part it was heavily wooded with mahogany and lignum vitae: toward the central portion there was open land, but there was not the least sign of any construction work. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 The difference in color between them is very marked in some woods, as in lignum vitae and black walnut, and very slight in others, 18 as spruce and bass. Wood and Forest 2011-03-01T03:00:42.647Z Andros Island and the Abaco Islands may be specially noted for their profusion of large timber, including mahogany, mastic, lignum vitae, iron and bullet woods, and many others. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Of the trees which have a wide range over the country, especially near the sea-coast, the lignum vitae is of great value. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Ebony and lignum vitae abound; Dr. Livingstone used hardly any other fuel when he navigated the Pioneer, and no wood was found to make such "good steam." The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 It is easy to remember that lignum vitae is one of the hardest woods and arbor vitae one of the softest. Outdoor Sports and Games The other kind has white wood with a small brown heart, but nearly as hard as lignum vitae. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 The mountain slopes are covered with valuable timbers, cabinet and dye-woods, including mahogany, walnut, lignum vitae, ebony, and logwood, and various medicinal plants. The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient May 16.—Felled a tree of the acacia pendula, the wood extremely hard and beautiful; a black resinous juice exuded from the heart, which much resembled the black part of the lignum vitae. Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales And there are dye woods, mahogany and lignum vitae. Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom These trees were for the most part intensely hard wood, a species of lignum vitae, called by the Arabs "babanoose," and were quite proof against our axes. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile This species of wood is exceedingly inflammable, and burns like a torch; it is intensely hard, and in colour and grain it is similar to lignum vitae. The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs |
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