| 单词 | luxuriousness |
| 例句 | I took the sandwich and Great Expectations and sank into my bed with the utmost feeling of luxuriousness. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z It yields gently between the teeth and melts with a smooth luxuriousness, its flavour somehow deeper, richer and more profoundly chocolatey. How to eat: chocolate 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z A final drizzle of my best extra-virgin olive oil imparted a rich luxuriousness. Peas on my cottage cheese, please 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z They were as delicious as her childhood memory, the earthiness of the meat offset by the luxuriousness of the sauce. This top chef can trace her passion for cooking to an offal beginning 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z Its over-the-top rococo style was designed to show off the luxuriousness of the French court when its owner brought the chair with her on European travels. Masterpieces of 18th-century French furniture showing at Versailles 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z In stocking feet, you immediately and viscerally–experience the luxuriousness of the pale-hued apartment, whose fine, thin carpets act as bafflingly plush landing pads. A New York City Apartment Receives an Architect’s Touch 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z Once she convinced him that her idea of luxuriousness was attainable through clever planning, he perked up. She Wanted Lavish, He Was Fine With City Hall 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z Of course, Masa also communicates luxuriousness through a nonstop flow of truffles and caviar. Nami Nori Gets Hand Rolls Right, and Other Details Too 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z “I doubt that he was ever really going to use all those billions of dollars. It certainly won’t lead him to cut back the luxuriousness of his lifestyle.” Palaces, super-yachts, Swiss accounts. How rich is Putin and can sanctions hurt him? 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z But for all its elegance and luxuriousness, the house doesn’t take itself too seriously. Whimsical Potomac, Md., estate lists for $9 million 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z This tactile luxuriousness was one of the things that separated him from classic pop painting. Wayne Thiebaud, Playful Painter of the Everyday, Dies at 101 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z The taste of this magic sauce combines the peppery freshness of basil, the tingle of raw garlic, the luxuriousness of olive oil, the savory-umami of Parmesan and the earthiness of pine nuts. The perfection of pesto: a public service announcement 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z "Never Mind" has a bucolic luxuriousness that plays against the darkness of its subject matter. Benedict Cumberbatch brings Edward St. Aubyn's ‘Patrick Melrose’ novels to comic, debauched life The genius of pappa al pomodoro is that it’s a bowl of luxuriousness created from thrift. Got a glut of tomatoes? Make the Tuscan dish pappa al pomodoro 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z In the direct-to-consumer category, its main competitor is Harry’s, a start-up that emphasizes the quality of its products and the luxuriousness of its shaving experience. Dollar Shave Club built a billion-dollar brand with bizarre videos 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z But for all its luxuriousness, Abu Dhabi is only temporary, Dahlan says—a staging area where he now plots his comeback. Exiled in Abu Dhabi, Mohammed Dahlan Dreams of Gaza 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z Women will appreciate the practicality of this gift, in addition to the luxuriousness and beauty of the line. The Ultimate Gift Guide for Someone With Chronic Illness 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z The images accompanying the announcement play up the luxuriousness of Marsala. I'm So Bored With This 'Color of the Year' Thing 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z “You get volume at the scalp and luxuriousness at the ends,” he says, “If you flip your hair, you get more volume.” Easy Summer Styles From The Biggest Names In Hairdressing 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z VAT was a European replacement for the purchase tax, which was charged at different rates according to the luxuriousness of an item. VAT is 40 years old – and now has middle-age spread 2013-03-31T18:35:30Z When modern Europe caught on to vicuña’s luxuriousness last century, poaching brought the species to the brink of extinction. Hunt for the Vicuña: Can This Andean Creature Be a Cash Cow? 2012-12-30T16:35:33Z Dampierre speaks of his companions feasting on pork and peas, and beef and dough-boys, and this nautical coarseness was generally found associated with occasional tropical luxuriousness. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z Masters of the world, and wealthy beyond compute from its manifold spoils, the ancient Romans gave themselves up, in the later days of the Republic, to fashion, luxuriousness, and excesses of all kinds. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z I never knew austerity so resemble luxuriousness—or the other way about, whichever it was. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z An atmosphere of comfort pervaded the room, which despite the luxuriousness of its furnishings made a cozy impression. Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch Two Stories of Jewish Life 2011-09-15T02:00:12.970Z Angers, in spite of its overpowering ch�teau and its unique cathedral, is of a modernity and luxuriousness in its present-day aspect which is all the more remarkable because of the contrast. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z There is a vast difference between an over-degree of luxuriousness and a due attention to the graces. Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) 2011-08-14T02:00:25.307Z While the valleys and the gullies become garden spots of summer glory, the very protection from winds which makes this life possible buries the vegetable luxuriousness in winter under unfathomable depths of snow. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z As usual, when expecting a new arrival of visitors, Mrs. Legare put back her tea hour, and prepared a supper of extra luxuriousness. The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z When the soft, enervating air of Corinth's luxuriousness steals over you like the mild air of Lotus-Land, 'Stand fast in the faith'! The Whole Armour of God 2011-07-12T02:00:30.060Z Jacomina was much impressed at the luxuriousness of Elsie’s surroundings and the quality of the stuff of which her garments were made. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z Mingled with this grateful asceticism was the quaint contrast of a peculiar Spanish luxuriousness. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z I think I was humming slightly as I mounted the stair, which, in keeping with the general luxuriousness that characterized the furnishing of the house, was thickly carpeted even to the fourth floor. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z The passengers settled themselves down to the enjoyment of that absolute rest and passive luxuriousness which characterise board-ship life in fine weather. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z The whole effect of this fresh-looking edifice is of a certain elegance, though in reality of no great luxuriousness. The Cathedrals of Southern France 2011-02-10T03:00:54.597Z As was to be expected, the desk was the only article that displayed a certain luxuriousness. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z A charming little club, but this one has no pretension to luxuriousness, is the Authors' Club in New York. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z Then her course was easy, and it was with a peculiar feeling of luxuriousness that she resigned herself to the motor bus that jolted and shook her tired body until she reached the Arch. A Bed of Roses The luxuriousness of these wealthy women rivalled that of Rome itself. Women of Early Christianity An age was drawing near which, among many other examples of its monstrous luxuriousness, gave birth to efforts to enhance feminine attractiveness--efforts which doubtless were as futile as they were foolish. Roman Women This description of a bed in the latter part of the fourteenth century holds good for the succeeding century, although the bed increased in luxuriousness of hangings. Women of England As she read of the sufferings of these starving people, the thought of her own excess of luxuriousness sickened her. A Manifest Destiny But the superabundant detail of the French Riviera is wanting; the softness, luxuriousness, enchantment. The Galaxy Vol. 23, No. 1 Antique and modern statues gleamed out of the general luxuriousness. A Noble Woman It was a small house, situated on the censor's lands in the Sabine country, where the luxuriousness of the city was unknown. Roman Women The room itself—Lassalle's cabinet—seemed in its simple luxuriousness to give point at once to the difference between the two men and to the parvenu's taunt. Dreamers of the Ghetto The student may read Homer or Æschylus in the Greek without danger of dissipation or luxuriousness, for it implies that he in some measure emulates their heroes, and consecrates morning hours to their pages. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index He had a certain luxuriousness of temperament, not in matters of meat and drink, but in the surroundings and apparatus of life. Beside Still Waters "Doing us proud, eh, Guv'nor?" was Clarence's comment on the general luxuriousness; and his father admitted that "everything seemed to have been done regardless of expense." In Brief Authority The conversation, with its pleasant assumption of untold wealth of power and travel and regal luxuriousness, burned its memory across Norma's mind like a corroding acid. The Beloved Woman The story of Venice is that of Tyre over again,—her wealth, her glory, her luxuriousness, and now her doom. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge Nature was permitted to follow her own sweet will as to form and luxuriousness of growth, filling the air with a mingled perfume of roses, heliotrope, and lemon-verbena. Due West or Round the World in Ten Months His fear had been once that perhaps he was great, and that indolence and luxuriousness alone held him back from exercising that greatness. Beside Still Waters It would ill become us to dilate at length upon the extremes into which their arrogance and luxuriousness led them. The Message Then he would come across a sweeping condemnation of its sensual luxuriousness, its bejewelled chalices, its pompous rituals, the extravagance of its archbishops, and the like. G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study The editor of one of our leading magazines, in a remarkable series of letters, has shown that the wealthy New Yorkers revel in a luxuriousness that is absolutely startling in its license. Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire She dashed an interesting pallor on to her face as she heard the hooting of the Royce, and coming downstairs, stepped into its warm luxuriousness, for the electric lamp was burning. Miss Mapp The overcivilized man who does nothing to counterbalance his luxuriousness is generally a rotter.” The Long Portage Surely this—that simplicity of life, of language, and of manners gives strength to a nation; and that luxuriousness of life, subtlety of language, and smoothness of manners bring weakness and destruction on a nation. On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature When he was finally taken into the office, he was not blinded in the slightest by the luxuriousness of the furniture, the rugs, or the oil paintings. The Goose Man He has no right to run risks, but does not feel it his duty to avoid an unproductive luxuriousness. Psychology and Social Sanity They were amazed by the luxuriousness of the ship. Gold in the Sky My journey back to the line included a stay at a depot where officers were speedily reminded that they had left the smooth luxuriousness of Paris behind them. Pushed and the Return Push There is a Sardanapalitan excess in this bibliographical luxuriousness which refuses to partake with other vulgar mortals in the common harvest of the public press, but must itself minister to its own tastes and demands. The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author All the luxuriousness of his verse has gone, and the lines ring like sword clashing against sword. Figures of Several Centuries His songs abound in warmth of expression, simplicity of sentiment, and luxuriousness of fancy. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Because it had to thank noble and manly instincts for its origin—because it said yes to life, even to the rare and refined luxuriousness of Moorish life!... The Antichrist Oh, how it makes the northern heart, With sluggish current half-congealed, In ecstasy and vigor start To read about this tropic field; The garden of luxuriousness, In winter wearing summer's dress. Poems Vol. IV On this world of the blessed were lavished all the charms so fascinating to the Oriental luxuriousness of sensual languor, and which the poetic Oriental imagination knew so well how to depict. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Some of the Roman Emperors might have had the same luxuriousness and yet the same courage. The Victorian Age in Literature There was no touch of luxuriousness about him, and the adornment of his house was one of the games that he played. Hugh Memoirs of a Brother Pure love is regarded as the creator of all high values, luxuriousness as their destroyer. The Evolution of Love Why worry for an overdress, The acme of luxuriousness, Beyond all envy to possess, Renewed as oft as lambkin fleeces! Poems Vol. IV But, in the long run, the ideal hospital remained—a hospital with which the So-and-So Club in Pall Mall, for all its luxuriousness, could never hope to compare. Observations of an Orderly Some Glimpses of Life and Work in an English War Hospital For the purposes of a home, better a separate dwelling with dry-goods box for table and camp-stools for chairs than tapestried walls, mosaic floors, and all luxuriousness in those modern structures where human beings hive. The Young Man and the World A costly and magnificently imbecile luxuriousness set off the whole piece. Musical Memories In every possible way the Babylonians practised luxuriousness of living, and in respect of softness and self-indulgence they certainly did not fall short of any nation of antiquity. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. But, if the bill of fare was meagre, the bill of costs made up for it in its wealth of luxuriousness. Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) Letters from the Front He was very lonely, he said, and all the elegance and luxuriousness of his handsome house failed to give him pleasure or to make him forget the past. Tracy Park When I was again alone, after several rehearsals I found a way of accommodating the human form to the hybrid receptacle, and was amazed at its luxuriousness. The Princess Passes Nevertheless this interior represented a novel luxuriousness for Musa; for previously, as Audrey knew, he had lived in one room, and there was no bed here. The Lion's Share In the manners of the nobility of this country, French gracefulness and ease were, in a peculiar and interesting manner, blended with the daring heroism of the knight and the luxuriousness of the Asiatic despot. Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations Then came other temptations and allurements; gold, power, unrestrained liberty, an irresistible longing for enjoyment, culminating in luxuriousness, sprawling on a bed of wealth and pride. Abbe Mouret's Transgression The floor was covered with rugs in the softest colors, into which, as Keith followed the solemn servant, his feet sank deep, giving him a strange feeling of luxuriousness. Gordon Keith Wealthy natives display their luxuriousness in vying with one another and with the government officials in the splendor of their carriages, horses, and liveries. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama The politicians of the two kingdoms, Scotland and England, reverting from the severe discipline of the "Protector," launched into every excess of luxuriousness and dissipation. Sketches of the Covenanters Alongside the waggons was a single large brown tent that for luxuriousness might have been the envy of all Gypsydom. Aylwin GREENE, inferior to Peele as a whole, surpassed him however in fertility and aptness of invention, in quickness and luxuriousness of fancy, and in the right seizing and placing of character, especially for comic effect. Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England Jupiter and Semele, with its colossal and acrian architectures, its gigantic figure of the god, from whose august head emanate spokes of light, is Byzantine of a wild luxuriousness in pattern and fancy. Promenades of an Impressionist She moved toward the bed to examine her guest more closely, but her attention was distracted by the luxuriousness of the objects in the dressing case. Out of the Ashes To him these are innocuous days of ease, in which we are falling into luxuriousness with all its weakening influence. The New North The Arabs have neither the ferocity nor the luxuriousness, nor, it should be added, the courage and the genius for administration of the Turkish race. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History George was still disappointed and disgusted; for he had imagined, very absurdly as he admitted, that artistic luxuriousness always implied social dexterity and the ability to energize and reinvigorate diversion without apparent effort. The Roll-Call Eight years of lodging-house life, while yonder lay a sumptuous home adorned with a luxuriousness that had cost his mother and his father-in-law half a fortune! The Torrent Entre Naranjos They really liked it, really loved the intricacy and luxuriousness of it, the heavy exotic language, the thickly painted descriptions, the languorous melody of the verse. English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge She shook her head, with the same austere air of luxuriousness that she had shown over-night when speaking of the weather. Little Dorrit The dainty voluptuousness in a "Serenade" kindles with the luxuriousness of the South. The Poems of Henry Timrod If it had been eighty pound, the luxuriousness of feeling would have been increased. The Old Curiosity Shop She was dressed in the sleek tight-fitting trying-on robe of the professional model, and her figure was superb in its firm luxuriousness. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise The student may read Homer or AEschylus in the Greek without danger of dissipation or luxuriousness, for it implies that he in some measure emulate their heroes, and consecrate morning hours to their pages. Walden But I had to tell him all the Englishman had done, in the way of a holiday, just to shame his own fat, ponderous, inn-keeper's luxuriousness that was too gross. Twilight in Italy "I am tired of walking," said Miss Earle, "I am now going to seek comfort in the luxuriousness, as you call it, of my steamer chair." In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories And so on throughout the day, 'the sustained splendour' being an ever-present luxuriousness that I drink in with a thirst that knows no slaking. Lord Kilgobbin With the advance of civilization the peoples change their mode of life from simplicity to luxuriousness and complexity. Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency She looked back amid the palms, among which grew in a tropical luxuriousness many beautiful blossoms, with birds of brilliant plumage flitting from flower to flower. The Motor Girls on Waters Blue Or the Strange Cruise of the Tartar The luxuriousness of bathing in an ocean having a temperature of 108° is not for the multitude who crowd in reeking cities which the sun touches tremulously and slantwise. My Tropic Isle Evidences of the luxuriousness of their dwelling rooms are visible to this day, in the panelling of some doors and in decorated ceilings. Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present Diana pulled up her horse to look at it, for it was unusually beautiful in the luxuriousness and arrangement of its group of palms and leafy bushes. The Sheik The luxuriousness of the apartment astonished them; and the old man, after examining the walls, inquired why they bore the coat-of-arms of the Emperor of Occitania. Three short works The Dance of Death, the Legend of Saint Julian the Hospitaller, a Simple Soul. He might have had a wife who, on the prevalent tide of gin and orange juice, of inordinate luxuriousness, degraded him with small betrayals. Cytherea The spacious coffee-room, its well-appointed drawing and sitting-rooms, its many bedrooms, have an appeal to those desiring ease rather than the luxuriousness of the modern style. The Inns and Taverns of "Pickwick"; with Some Observations on Their Other Associations, It was elegantly furnished and decorated with large palms set at intervals, quite the equal in luxuriousness, though on a smaller scale, of any of the larger and well-known hotels. The Ear in the Wall She undressed with a certain sense of luxuriousness and pleasure. A Sweet Girl Graduate Dr. Boomer was eating his oysters as a Nigerian hippo might eat up the crew of a doolie, in great mouthfuls, and commenting as he did so upon the luxuriousness of modern life. Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich Marsh's quick eye took in the luxuriousness of the furnishings—and something more. The Sheridan Road Mystery At length, having reached the summit, he turned once more with beaming eyes to look at the lovely landscape which was spread before him in smiling luxuriousness. Frederick the Great and His Family Laimant, a tailor, in debt, furnishing his apartment suddenly with all the luxuriousness of the ancient regime, such as beds at one hundred pistoles etc. The French Revolution - Volume 3 The conveyance that met them at the station had all the dignity and luxuriousness of a private carriage. When God Laughs: and other stories Modern houses might show the tastes and prepossessions of their dwellers, might have caught some passing trick of the hour, or have recorded the augmented fortunes or luxuriousness of the owner, but Scrooby Priory never! Stories in Light and Shadow Here and there little areas of the rudest cultivation broke into a luxuriousness of orange, lime, and fig trees. The Crusade of the Excelsior I was shown up a broad winding staircase of mosaics, into an apartment whose unparalleled splendor burst through the opening door with an actual glare, making me blind and dizzy with luxuriousness. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 The question sinks us back to the luxuriousness of a sunny relinquishment of effort in the direction against tide. The Egoist Together they would see events slipping by them with the cruel luxuriousness of those who, from an inaccessible height, contemplate a flood without the slightest risk to themselves. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse The prevailing tone of the room was old gold blended with green and red, and nothing it contained too forcibly indicated the presence of the courtesan save the luxuriousness of the seats. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola Four automobiles completed the luxuriousness of the family. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse |
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