| 单词 | martingale |
| 例句 | But the one-button wool jackets and sleeveless coats, with low martingales and just the hint of graceful silhouette, are idiosyncratic without being weird, while the palette of rust, baby blue, taupe and yellow is distinctive. Fashion Review: Small Gestures, Big Statements: The Men’s Collections in Paris — Fashion Review 2013-01-23T22:29:42Z Second, when I barked out instructions — “Don’t step on the girth!” and “Do you see the martingale anywhere?” — he looked at me as if I had just ordered breakfast in Japanese. Spending My Tenderness on Animals 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z This strategy, called the martingale betting system, was particularly popular in 18th-century Europe, and it still draws in bettors with its simplicity and promise of riches, but it is flawed. The Gambling Strategy That's Guaranteed to Make Money and Why You Should Never Use It 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Through indecipherable equations and delightful terms such as “kernel density” and “martingale” properties, they made a simple point: We scare easily, and we stay scared a long time. Opinion | The post-pandemic era needs a return to risk-taking creativity, not lingering fear 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z The rescue team sent harnesses, leashes split in two and a martingale collar home with Ashanti. Trucker gets his beloved dog back after 25 days on the run 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z In gambling, a martingale is a betting strategy involving the punter doubling his bet after every defeat, the theory being that a win would recover previous losses and deliver a small profit. A G4S guard walks into a bar… and other tales from results presentations 2012-08-25T23:06:24Z I would remind "Jermyn" that my observations respecting the martingale were confined to my papers on road-riding, not on hunting, and would also thank him, with my best obeisance, for calling me a rough-rider. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z So while many gamblers will turn a small profit playing the martingale system, the rare gambler will suffer complete losses. The Gambling Strategy That's Guaranteed to Make Money and Why You Should Never Use It 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z The oars on one side were buried deep, the men could not clear them for another stroke, and the threatening martingale rose and fell close astern. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z Don't use a martingale unless your horse is a star-gazer, or else tosses his head so as to be able to strike you. Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle 2012-03-26T02:00:39.977Z In the park, a light, double bridle, or what they call in Ireland a Ward bit, is the best, and no martingale should be required. Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport 2012-03-03T03:00:17.540Z I am rather surprised to see it stated as a fact that both rearing and plunging maybe entirely prevented by using the so-called anti-rearing bit martingale. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z Finitude breaks the martingale in another way, too. The Gambling Strategy That's Guaranteed to Make Money and Why You Should Never Use It 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z When they began to row Marston's boat was drawn back under the yacht's iron martingale. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z Both rearing or plunging, however, may be effectually prevented by the use of the circular bit and martingale, described under the heading "Rearing Horses and Runaway Dogs" in the Field of Nov. 11, 1871. The Barb and the Bridle A Handbook of Equitation for Ladies, and Manual of Instruction in the Science of Riding, from the Preparatory Suppling Exercises 2012-02-13T03:00:14.370Z The mounted horseman device was also struck on heart-shaped martingale ornaments. American Military Insignia 1800-1851 2012-02-04T03:00:18.780Z Both rearing and plunging may, however, be effectually prevented by using the circular bit and martingale, procurable at Messrs. Davis, saddlers, 14, Strand, London. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z Unlike the martingale betting strategy, the Kelly criterion works in practice and proves its worth as a mainstay of quantitative finance. The Gambling Strategy That's Guaranteed to Make Money and Why You Should Never Use It 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z His throat got parched, sweat ran down his face and he gasped with straining breath, but it was better to use his strength than risk the martingale's being driven into his back. Wyndham's Pal 2012-04-04T02:00:54.360Z He whispered regretfully to his solicitor: “If we had got hold of that girl, by George! we might have done some good with her—with a martingale and double bit on.” From Veldt Camp Fires 2011-12-01T03:00:21.397Z Their saddles were fitted with strong martingales and cruppers and with triple girths so that they could not shift. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z Being secured to the breastplate by a standing martingale, it requires no reins. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z Still, if you find yourself placing wagers with odds in your favor, ditch the martingale and remember that the Kelly criterion is a better bet. The Gambling Strategy That's Guaranteed to Make Money and Why You Should Never Use It 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z This, if not a guarantee for their future happiness, is still the best "martingale" the game of marriage admits of. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z But with a martingale, the most insubordinate soon discover that they cannot rid themselves of control. Riding Recollections, 5th ed. 2011-03-10T03:00:52.223Z The martingale system is like a reverse lottery. Numberplay: The Pyramid of Shame 2010-07-12T17:15:00Z The shock hurled him to the deck; but he instantly leaped to his feet again, and as he did so the captain's voice rang out,— "Jump for the martingale, Terry! quick!" Terry's Trials and Triumphs As statesmen they would have risked the fate of a kingdom to secure a good "martingale" at play. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) No martingales, but breastplates and crupper, a huge, heavy saddle, with single hide-girth, over two numdahs, completed the equipment which a thirteen-hand pony, all mane and tail, was trying to get rid of. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Many centuries elapsed, and a good deal of unpleasant riding must have been endured, before the snaffle was supplemented with a martingale. Riding Recollections, 5th ed. 2011-03-10T03:00:52.223Z A seductive variant of the Ponzi scheme is the martingale betting system. Numberplay: The Pyramid of Shame 2010-07-12T17:15:00Z He shot with the pistol, he fenced, he whipped the trout-stream, he went over his "martingale" with the cards, but somehow everything went amiss with him. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Brownlow Gore would marry her, and for a mere five hundred too, for he wants to try that new martingale at Ems; he's certain he 'd break the bank with less. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day "Friendly, indeed!" said Miss Arabel, with a toss of her head that would have snapped a martingale in fifty pieces. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 If you put the martingale on your bridoon rein you can no longer indicate approval. Riding Recollections, 5th ed. 2011-03-10T03:00:52.223Z But imperfect horsemen are not to be trusted with running martingales. A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses With the Substance of the Lectures at the Round House, and Additional Chapters on Horsemanship and Hunting, for the Young and Timid We 'll want a good round sum to try this new martingale of mine. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day So although a martingale spoils hands, it may be used as a defence, that is, supposing the necessity of mounting a high, harsh hand on a susceptible horse. Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding "Oh, Miss Braithways!" she had murmured, rolling her eyes, "you certainly does equalize a martingale!" The Rose-Garden Husband I will suppose you are using the common hunting martingale, attached to the breast-plate of your saddle, not to its girths. Riding Recollections, 5th ed. 2011-03-10T03:00:52.223Z Running martingales require tabs on the reins, to prevent the rings getting fixed close to the mouth. A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses With the Substance of the Lectures at the Round House, and Additional Chapters on Horsemanship and Hunting, for the Young and Timid With that marvellous book a man needed no more in life; there lay all the "cabals," all the "martingales," that years of intense toil and deep study had discovered. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day A low smooth hand is the only true martingale: this will never be acquired as long as an implement is used which tends to permit harsh, high handling with impunity to the rider. Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding The armourer was also set to work on the beach in forging bolts for the martingales of the outriggers. Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage A light-mouthed horse steered by a good rider, will cross a country safely and satisfactorily in a Pelham bridle, with a running martingale on the lower rein. Riding Recollections, 5th ed. 2011-03-10T03:00:52.223Z For hacks and ladies’ horses on the road, a standing martingale, buckled to the nose-band of the bridle, is the best. A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses With the Substance of the Lectures at the Round House, and Additional Chapters on Horsemanship and Hunting, for the Young and Timid To while away the time in this dreary dog-hole, I have been sketching out a little plan of a martingale for the roulette-table. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day When a horse bores to one side, or when he bores with his head stuck straight out, the standing martingale will often be useful for correcting this unpleasant fault. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. A short perpendicular gaff spar, under the bowsprit-end, for guying down the jib-boom, of which indeed it is the chief support, by means of the martingales. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Don't talk foolishness," snapped Captain Mayo "Your old martingale spikes hooked me up. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 Some horses require martingales to keep their heads down, and in the right place. A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses With the Substance of the Lectures at the Round House, and Additional Chapters on Horsemanship and Hunting, for the Young and Timid I 'd have told her—though, I suppose, old Grog would murder me if he knew it—of our grand martingale, and how we mean to smash the bank at Baden. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day The Fitzwilliam girth, which consists of a broad girth with a narrow one over it, is handy with a martingale or breast-plate, through the loop of which the narrow girth can be passed.” The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. Right under the martingale with its sharp spear-like head the lifeboat had to lie. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands "There seem to be other things than a spiked martingale which can pick a man up and keep him away from his own business," he mused. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 Besides, martingales would prevent you from pulling his head round if he should try to jump. A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses With the Substance of the Lectures at the Round House, and Additional Chapters on Horsemanship and Hunting, for the Young and Timid "I tell you, Bauer,—I know it as a fact,—there's just one man in Europe has the martingale, and here's to his health." Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day In order to give adequate command over the horse, a standing martingale, put at a proper length, will be required for this driving on foot. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. These fish are usually caught from the jiboom and the martingale, as they play about the bows of the ship. A Boy's Voyage Round the World "Spikes your excellent father left sticking out of his martingale," he said, a sort of boyish resentment in his tones. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 And reef the spanker boom; Bend a studding sail on the martingale, To give her weather room. The Book of Humorous Verse “Yes,” said Uncle Jack; “a martingale will soon check that habit of throwing up his head.” The Dingo Boys The Squatters of Wallaby Range The standing martingale is dangerous in hunting only when going through gates, as it is liable to catch in a gate post and cause trouble. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. "Didn't I mention the duel?" sighed Jacques, gathering up his reins and looking with languid interest at the martingale. The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 Under all bowsprits on schooners, to guy the headstays, thrusts downward a short spar, at right angles to the bowsprit; it is called the martingale or dolphin-striker. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 The chum signalled all clear, and the would-be bather slipped surreptitiously over the bows, passed along the martingale stays, dropped quietly into the water, and struck out. In Search of El Dorado A bridle or ‘martingale’ unites the two ends of the trawl-beam.” Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel The front girth is first taken up, and then the next one, which is passed through the loop of the martingale or breast-plate, supposing that two girths of equal width are used. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. This gentleman had dismounted, and as he stood behind his horse arranging the martingale, he was for the moment unrecognisable. The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 The amateur riggers who had tinkered with the Polly's gear in makeshift fashion had not troubled to smooth off spikes with which they had repaired the martingale's lower end. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 Then, as the sailing vessel lurched upon them, the boy noted that the seine-master and the fisherman at the stern of the seine-boat leaped for the martingale shrouds and held them. The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries Their bridles, stirrups, and martingales glittered with silver. Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII The famous steeplechase horse, Scots Grey, would never win a race without one of these martingales to keep his head in proper position. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. I have no doubt they thought it very grand to ride on that beautiful pony, with its saddle-cloth of blue and silver, and glittering martingale, escorted by a servant too! Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author He wrung the nose of the horse with a cord, attaching its end below, in the manner of a severe martingale. Recollections of Europe The reins, martingale, and whip are composed of solid silver in woven strands. A Truthful Woman in Southern California Neither breast strap, crupper nor martingale hampered the free movements of the sturdy, stocky little weight carriers. A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier The majority of riding men regard the standing martingale as dangerous—and rightly, for only men with good hands can safely use it. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. She'd swung herself up into the martingale, an' there she'd squatted all the afternoon until we was out o' sight o' land. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates She bent forward to adjust a twisted martingale, and for a moment her face was averted. The Lighted Match There is also another plan adopted with a really bad brute—namely, a crutch of wood or iron fastened to a martingale below, with two rings above, through which the reins are led. Five Years in New Zealand 1859 to 1864 I thought there was something of wild talent in him, mixed with a due leaven of absurdity,—as there must be in all talent, let loose upon the world, without a martingale. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals The standing martingale in no way impedes a horse’s jumping, for horses do not jump with their heads in the air, unless they fear the curb. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. Choosing a favourable opportunity as the vessel dipped, they grasped her martingale, climbed up on the bowsprit, and ran along the bowsprit to the to'gallan'-fo'castle. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates The armourer was also set to work on the beach in forging bolts for the martingales of the outriggers. Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849 Besides, martingales would prevent you from pulling his head around if he should try to jump. The Arabian Art of Taming and Training Wild and Vicious Horses The armorer was also set to work on the beach in forging bolts for the martingales of the outriggers. Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 2 It is a common idea that the chief use of a running martingale is to prevent a horse raising his head too high. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. The shrouds, jibstay and martingale have loops at the masthead and are spliced bare over solid thimbles. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do Ahead of them, the quiet ship shouldered clumsily over the rollers, now gushing down till she dipped her martingale, now swooping up again, sending whole cataracts of water swirling along her waist. A Master of Fortune Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle So much so, that I have said the skiff was pulled beneath her martingale, without a hail! The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas For more than half an hour three men were out on the guys and backropes endeavoring to reset the martingale, deluged over and over by seas, and at last driven in beaten. Overland Some good horsemen, on finding that the running martingale did not perform its supposed office efficiently, have discarded it altogether, and thenceforth have trusted to their hands to act as their martingale. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. He was the one with the bearing rein and the white martingale. True Tilda "The martingale," I heard the men whisper behind me. Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 A round fiery light shot beyond the martingale, and the smoke rolled along the sea, outstripped by a crowd of missiles that were hissing across the water. The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas I felt no uneasiness at the proximity of these two cruisers, for I knew a boat could not live,--our ship fairly pitching her martingale into the water at her anchors. Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" Standing martingale attached to rings of the snaffle 80 47. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. After ten hopeless minutes of it, Daylight slipped off and tightened the martingale, whereupon Bob gave an exhibition of angelic goodness. Burning Daylight At this moment, leaning on the forecastle bulwark, I saw below me Ned Land grappling the martingale in one hand, brandishing his terrible harpoon in the other, scarcely twenty feet from the motionless animal. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea I have been under the martingale of the Frenchman, and you see that I am here. The Water-Witch or, the Skimmer of the Seas Couldn't expect 'em, even in a calm, to be brisk in manning the yards, much less martingales. Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 06, May 7, 1870 He is a good fellow, and his patented martingale for stage horses may be recommended. A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West He shook his head at the martingale, but yielded to the dealer's advice and allowed it to go on. Burning Daylight If you found a martingale for the mother, Vivian, it had been well if you had found a curb for the daughter. Vivian Grey Back came the right hand, then the left, three vicious saws, and the bit was loose and Diablo's head drawn down again close to the martingale. Thoroughbreds The captain or the mate takes his station in some convenient part of the vessel, on the bow or on the quarter, or beneath the bowsprit on the martingale stay. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale In such a guise he feels worthy to tend a piebald horse, caparisoned in crimson silk, with a tight martingale of red and yellow cord. Behind the Bungalow Discovering that his martingale had more slack in it than usual, he proceeded to give an exhibition of rearing and hind-leg walking. Burning Daylight How pleasant Lady Courtown and I used to discourse about martingales! Vivian Grey Do not do so; above all avoid a martingale, if you do. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family One pair of eyes would be enough to satisfy when the martingale parted and the mare reared and toppled backward upon him into the brush. The Little Lady of the Big House It comes with the onset of a "bergy-bit" which smashes the martingale as it plunges into a deep trough. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 And just before he arrived back at the stable he capped the day with a combined whirling and rearing that broke the martingale and enabled him to gain a perpendicular position on his hind legs. Burning Daylight The next moment both horses were on their feet, head by head now, but facing each other, apparently trying to pull apart; but the martingales held. Over Prairie Trails Just then, leaning over the forecastle railing, I saw Ned Land below me, one hand grasping the martingale, the other brandishing his dreadful harpoon. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea And rear she would have, had it not been for the martingale that held her head down and that, as well, saved the rider's nose from her angry-tossing head. The Little Lady of the Big House "The martingale," I heard the man whisper behind me. The Silent Bullet All hands were now employed in setting up the lee rigging, fishing the spritsail-yard, lashing the galley, and getting tackles upon the martingale, to bowse it to windward. Two Years Before the Mast Her back hit the stem and seemed just barely to scrape the martingale, yet the Mary Turner sat down till the sea washed level with her stern-rail. Michael, Brother of Jerry Time, dear friend, time brings round opportunity; opportunity is the martingale of man. The Three Musketeers In their hands they held gold-colored bridles; their martingales were silken: so they came into the land. The Nibelungenlied In lordly wise they rode to Brunhild's hall, their saddles set with precious stones, with narrow martingales, from which hung bells of bright and ruddy gold. The Nibelungenlied One saw the steeds wear narrow martingales of the best of silk, of which tale might be told. The Nibelungenlied His martingale snapped, he learnt what it was to fall. The Nibelungenlied |
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