| 单词 | longbow |
| 例句 | The taller of the two Indians points to the muskets, then to his longbow. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z In the half-light of dusk I see them, five of them, crouched on a hill, their naked bodies painted, arrows flying from their longbows. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Even for a crack shot, an unrifled, early seventeenth-century gun had fewer advantages over a longbow than may be supposed. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z They each have a longbow slung over one shoulder. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “How are you and your longbow getting on?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Pelor, the gangly assassin, wasn’t yet strong enough to manage a longbow, and barely made any shots. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z On the walls behind the glass, older weapons had been arranged in an elaborate display—axes, spears, longbows. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Where the pass was so constricted that rangers had to go single file, Squire Dalbridge would take the lead, scanning the heights as he went, his longbow ever close to hand. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Wander back in time and check out a reproduction of a 14th-century English village, games, maypole dancing, minstrels, sheepshearing and authentic medieval crafts including blacksmithing and longbow archery, from noon-5 p.m., The Week Ahead: Opening Day, Hilary Hahn and derby party 2014-04-23T22:19:40Z How are you peacefully pulling back a longbow from across a giant field in the comfort of your bunker? Aaron Paul: ‘It’s impossible not to throw our own emotions into the mix’ 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z "It's about twice as powerful as an English longbow so we are hoping for a spectacular effect." Roman candles 2010-03-11T20:44:00Z Alongside Ötzi, researchers found a copper ax, two baskets, a quiver of arrows, a longbow, several berries, and two mushrooms — making Ötzi's spoils one of the earliest documented incidences of edible mushrooms. The absolute best way to brown mushrooms, according to so many tests 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z Henry's victory owed much to English and Welsh archers, whose longbows wiped out huge numbers of the French. Kenneth Branagh's Henry V: right royal entertainment 2011-07-28T08:00:00Z That image continues to shape popular culture even when no longbows or green tights are in evidence. DVDs: Stealing From the Rich, Sherwood-Style, Over Years 2010-05-22T07:04:00Z The fabric became alive with a “miniature but microscopically detailed battle scene,” complete with silken tents of different colors, “gaily caparisoned horses, soldiers on horseback, their armor glinting in the sun, and men with longbows.” Books of The Times: ‘Hallucinations,’ by Oliver Sacks 2012-11-26T22:26:01Z Might a Miliband, for instance, be suited to leather trousers and a longbow? Robin Hood today would target media, says Russell Crowe 2010-05-12T16:46:00Z The revolver is as iconic for Americans as the samurai sword is for the Japanese or the longbow for the English and Welsh. Guns, Gunfights and the Legends of the Wild West 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z His corpse was preserved as a “natural mummy” until 1991, when hikers found him along with some of his clothing and gear — including a copper ax, a longbow and a bearskin hat. Fresh look at DNA from Oetzi the Iceman traces his roots to present day Turkey 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z Thomas broached a long list of historical figures, including the English King Henry VIII, who the ruling says worried that the advent of handguns threatened his subjects’ proficiency with the longbow. Guns and abortion: Contradictory decisions, or consistent? 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z This contempt would change as the longbow changed warfare. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z One thinks of the longbow used by the English archers at Agincourt in the Middle Ages or the heavily armoured tanks that epitomised the ground combat of World War Two. Combat drones: We are in a new era of warfare - here's why 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z The Iceman’s survival gear included a longbow of yew, a quiver of arrows, a copper ax and a kind of crude first-aid kit full of plants with powerful pharmacological properties. As Earth Warms, Human History Is Melting Away 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z Whether it is constructing an igloo, hunting an antelope, lighting a fire, making a longbow or processing cassava, we learn not by understanding from first principles, but by imitating. How do people learn to cook a toxic plant safely? 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Others bear the names of lost trades, like the Mercers and Bowyers, who traded cloth and made longbows. London's secret billion-pound guilds 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z The longbow was cheap, easy to carry, and deadly. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Archery as part of a deer-management program inevitably evokes images of Robin Hood loosing arrows from his longbow in Sherwood Forest. Deer culling begins in Fairfax County 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z "I shoot arrows too," she told Addy, saying she uses a longbow. NRA shows off its girls: Meet 9-year-old sharpshooter 'Alpha Addy' 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z In his spare time, Mr. Hardy became a leading authority on the use of the longbow in medieval warfare. Robert Hardy, actor in ‘Harry Potter’ and ‘All Creatures Great and Small,’ dies at 91 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Off screen he became something of an authority on the English longbow, his interest having been stimulated when, as a child, he found two of the weapons in the family attic . Obituary: Robert Hardy - BBC News 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z The longbow was as tall as a man, or taller. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z A longbow bolt was found in a wound close to its eye. Abbots Langley 'longbow' horse shooting condemned - BBC News 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z So forget the urban myths about killing Welshmen with longbows or being allowed to herd your sheep over city bridges - here are some real rules you may be breaking without realising it. Odd laws you may unknowingly break - BBC News 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z We will wake up one morning like the French knights at Agincourt wondering how their ranks were decimated by the English longbow. The New Arms Race 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z But it was unexpectedly moving to see the forlorn landscape that he’d been crossing with his longbow and copper axe the day he died. Alone in the Alps 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z The longbow, not chivalry, had won the day. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But if the reasons for why Welshmen fought for an English king are clear, it's harder to explain how they became so skilled with the longbow in the first place. Was the Battle of Agincourt really a victory for Wales? - BBC News 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z All four corners are defended by round towers, not all the same height but each more than two stories tall, topped with battlements - as if longbow archers might appear at any moment. Historic castle goes up for sale in Oklahoma 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z Made from a single piece of wood, traditionally yew, the longbow became famous on the battlefields of Europe in the 14th and 15th Centuries. Ye olde retail therapy: Shopping on history's high street - BBC News 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z He was wearing a leather jerkin and a longbow was found nearby. The Mary Rose crew members revealed 2013-05-30T00:14:44Z The success of the longbow in these battles spelled doom for chivalric warfare. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The boat will visit the site of the wreck where longbow archers will fire arrows in a salute. Trip marks Mary Rose anniversary 2012-10-10T23:12:25Z One of the English military advantages was the longbow and skilled archers. 12 more British quirks in 212 words for 2012 visitors 2012-08-03T06:55:43Z Arguably the most extraordinary is the longbow, a weapon of devastating potential. Ye olde retail therapy: Shopping on history's high street - BBC News 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z But he also had features in his shoulder blades often found in archers, and a longbow and arrows were also found close by. The Mary Rose crew members revealed 2013-05-30T00:14:44Z Bowmen could fire so fast that the longbow has been called the “machine gun of the Middle Ages.” World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z This activity was once so important to British daily life that King Edward III made mastering the longbow compulsory for boys over 14. Olympics 2012: how to get involved in archery 2012-08-01T09:48:00Z Before that period the longbow in England and the crossbow on the Continent were the usual weapons of the chase. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z Gradually superseded by changing tactics and the arrival of gunpowder, hundreds of longbows were nonetheless discovered ready for action on Henry VIII's ill-fated ship Mary Rose, which sank in 1545. Ye olde retail therapy: Shopping on history's high street - BBC News 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z This could have been made by repeatedly pulling a longbow string. The Mary Rose crew members revealed 2013-05-30T00:14:44Z The English introduced the longbow and demonstrated its power in three significant battles: Crécy, Poitiers, and Agincourt. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z An allusion to the English longbow as to a weapon in actual use, gives an appearance of antiquity to this narrative even greater than that which belongs to its date. A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century 2011-12-11T03:00:10.483Z In the 15th Century, as the arms race progressed with the development of new and powerful weapons such as the longbow and crossbow, armour too evolved. Treadmill shows what a drag medieval armour was 2011-07-20T00:41:12Z The longbow here scored its first victory in a pitched battle. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z Showing the marvels of scientific progress, by the 1560s guns were causing more accidental deaths than longbows. 10 strange ways Tudors died 2011-06-14T10:02:59Z The tool kit found near him included a six-foot longbow and a deerskin case with 14 arrows. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The Indian bow is spoken of as weak and "more fit for children than for men," a remark to be expected from the English, who were even then employing the famous longbow. Francis Drake and the California Indians, 1579 2011-05-26T02:00:16.780Z The twang of two thousand longbows reverberated along the line. The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z The cross-bow, it is true, was mostly in use, but the longbow was still much practised. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z A tall man appeared upon the shore of the island, a longbow in his hand. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 8 (of 25) "A man can but do his best," answered Hubert; "but my grandsire drew a good longbow at Hastings, and I trust not to dishonor his memory." Eighth Reader And with him behold a forester of the King—green-clad and carrying a royal longbow. Robin Hood Here is a better—a full-sized English longbow; that is the king of weapons! The Winning of the Golden Spurs 2011-05-17T02:00:18.050Z He saw, just past the end of the line of mounted men, two score or more of archers in blue tunics with longbows slung over their backs. The Saracen: The Holy War First came a whole troop of drummers, beating their drums very cleverly; they were followed by life-guards, with longbows and crossbows. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen From the window Cloudeslee could perceive his mortal enemies the justice and the sheriff; and drawing his good longbow, he shot with deadly aim fair at the breast of the justice. Hero-Myths & Legends of the British Race "I have this right, that you shall obey me!" cried Robin, and he bade Warrenton and Stuteley to seize the man and deprive him of his longbow and quiver. Robin Hood That spring Lake sent out two classes of bowmen: those who would use the ordinary short bow and those who would use the longbows he had had made that winter. Space Prison He had not known that the longbow could be fired again and again so quickly, much more quickly than the crossbow. The Saracen: The Holy War Let not the reader imagine that we are drawing the longbow here, and making these Moors to be more cruel than they really were. The Middy and the Moors An Algerine Story I was very much induced to say “But you do draw with the longbow, and Ceaton only spoke the truth.” Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days Cross bow, longbow, or what you will, most noble. Robin Hood The longbows worked so well that by mid-spring he could detach Craig and three others from the hunting and send them on a prospecting expedition. Space Prison She had shot a longbow for sport a few times in her life, with indifferent accuracy. The Saracen: The Holy War Again the English longbow, combined with superior tactics, gained the day. London and the Kingdom - Volume I He was an Irishman, and though I thought our boatswain could beat any man at pulling the longbow, I must say Captain Staghorn equalled him. Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days Swiftly he slipped an arrow across his longbow and winged it after the flying beast. Robin Hood They had taken one of the powerful longbows with them, in addition to their crossbows, and they killed a crawler with it one day. Space Prison The longbow was a weapon favored by the English. The Saracen: The Holy War The victory was due in large measure to the superiority of the English longbow over the crossbow used by the Genoese mercenaries; but it was also a victory of foot soldiers over horsemen. London and the Kingdom - Volume I Crossbows and longbows went to sea, with good store of Spanish bolts and arrows, until the end of Elizabeth's reign, though they were, perhaps, little used after 1590. On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. He was a slim fellow, not over tall, with a likeable face, bearded and bronzed; and a forester, too, if one might judge by the longbow which he carried. Robin Hood They had their automatic crossbows for quick, close fighting, and their long range longbows. Space Prison Smith was a man of a restless and daring spirit, full of resource, impatient of contradiction, and of a somewhat vainglorious nature, with an appetite for the marvelous and a disposition to draw the longbow. Initial Studies in American Letters "Then Robin he took the sweet pretty babe, And clothed him from top to toe In garments of green, most gay to be seen, And gave him a curious longbow." Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) In each top was an arm chest containing Spanish darts, crossbows, longbows, arrows, bolts, and perhaps granadoes. On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. Unforeseen events, however, upset these schemes and hastened matters, even while Robin was perfecting himself in the use of the longbow under Warrenton and in the art of wrestling with little lithe Stuteley. Robin Hood The first longbow arrow struck a searchlight and its glow grew dimmer as the arrow's burden—a thin tube of thick lance tree ink—splattered against it. Space Prison As for Chang himself, it will be seen with what deadly effect he has been able to use the pen, in his hands a more formidable weapon than the longbow of his ancestor. The Awakening of China Then he lay down on the grass under the trees with his good longbow beside him, and fell fast asleep. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) Flights of arrows from the dreaded English longbow added immeasurably to their distress and bewilderment. In the Days of Chivalry Once Warrenton was started on a dissertation on the virtues of the English longbow there was usually no staying him. Robin Hood The longbows immediately transformed it into a red glow. Space Prison Chang certainly does not hesitate to blow his own trumpet; but I do not suspect him of "drawing the longbow." The Awakening of China Over his back his longbow was slung beside his full arrow sheaf. The Thirsty Sword I am not a brave man, but nobody ever was a surer shot with an Express longbow, and no one ever killed more Africans, men and elephants, than I have in my time. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, January 17, 1891 That slim, feasting smile, shaped like the longbow, was once a big round satyr's laugh, that flung up the brows like a fortress lifted by gunpowder. Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities "In good truth," said more than one lady to Mistress Dale, "if thy husband can handle the longbow as skilfully as the harp, his rival has little show of winning!" Robin Hood Before I proceed to show how our "knight of the longbow" employed his new authority, a few words on the constitution of that august tribunal, the Board of Censors, may prove interesting to the reader. The Awakening of China Promptly did Kenric thrust his sword between his knees and take his longbow from over his shoulder. The Thirsty Sword And most of all he noted the longbow, drawn, in the hands of Theresa's father. The Tarn of Eternity "Fellow," said Prince John, "I guessed by thy insolent babble that thou wert no true lover of the longbow, and I see thou darest not adventure thy skill among such merry-men as stand yonder." Ivanhoe Young Einar Eindridson, ever full of sport and play, had perched himself astride of the yardarm, and there, with his longbow and arrows shot at the seagulls as they flew by. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age The crossbow and the matchlock had supplanted the longbow when Columbus sailed for the New World. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow "Let every man who can draw a longbow, or wield pike or sword, be sent upon the ships," said the knight. The Thirsty Sword They gathered their tools, and her father his longbow. The Tarn of Eternity Not till the development of missile weapons—the longbow, and later the musket—did the foot soldier resume his importance in warfare. Early European History But as soon as Olaf was out of the cabin Thorir rose, wakeful enough now that he was alone, and took from under him a longbow which he placed in the rack. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age We have walls high and strong enough, deep moats, and plenty of munition, both longbow and arblast. The Betrothed In his right hand he bore a longbow, and at his belt were hung a dead hare and a brace of wild moor fowl, whose dripping blood trickled down his sturdy legs. The Thirsty Sword He spoke in a hesitating voice that showed his unwillingness, and Hal exclaimed, 'My longbow is mine own, and so are my feet. The Herd Boy and His Hermit The trappers killed six of them at one volley, and the rest ran away, leaving twenty-three beautiful longbows behind. The Romance of the Colorado River The Story of its Discovery in 1840, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons Olaf and Kolbiorn, who were both armed with their longbows and a large number of picked arrows, as well as their swords, stood side by side by the banner bearer. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age So the French must have fled before the terrible longbows of the English at Cr�cy and Poitiers, for, in fact, we were taking part in just such a medi�val battle. Queen Sheba's Ring "What a deadly thing! no wonder it is driving out the longbow—to Martin's much discontent." The Cloister and the Hearth But at last it came to a trial of skill with the longbow. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age But Klerkon only admired the lad's skill with the longbow, and thought what a goodly warrior he would make. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age |
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