| 单词 | matchwood |
| 例句 | According to contemporary reports, 80 police officers were called to quell the ensuing melee, which involved both “much of the nightclub furniture being reduced to matchwood” and Liam Gallagher’s front teeth being knocked out. Liam Gallagher: ‘The German police pulled my teeth out with pliers’ 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z “The actual mailbox itself wasn’t damaged, but they reduced the post to matchwood.” Man who fought HOA over $500 mailbox and won says his mailbox was vandalized 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z Many a building was blown to matchwood because of leaking gas. A Canadian City Thrives on Gas, Like a ‘Wealthy Little Country’ 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z Japan on Friday mourns the thousands who lost their lives in a massive earthquake and tsunami five years ago that turned towns to matchwood and triggered the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986. 'Hearts are in pieces' five years after tsunami hits Japan 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z Strong winds reduced people's homes to matchwood, leaving them with nothing, said one survivor, as residents began work to repair homes. Typhoon Koppu weakens, heads for Japan after killing 26 in Philippines 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z “An infinity of people perished,” fishing fleets became matchwood, entire herds of cattle and sheep perished in the raging waters. Op-Ed Contributor: The Impending Deluge 2013-05-31T11:53:22Z One end of each sling was then slipped, and the boat, falling like a stone, splintered to matchwood as she struck the surface of the sea. The Airship "Golden Hind" 2012-04-21T02:00:26.983Z The tree was old, so old and decayed that the upper side of the trunk had worn away altogether, leaving nothing but a hollow, crumbling shell, as rotten and dry as matchwood. A Terrible Tomboy 2012-01-21T03:00:07.003Z She was stove, the timbers bent inwards and cracked, and the bunks alongside the seat of accident were dashed into matchwood. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z The next instant a huge wave dashed the swaying cutter into matchwood, the wind drowning the death shouts of a score of hapless victims. The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes 2011-10-08T02:00:20.880Z The craft had been splintered almost to matchwood. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z Only an engine damaged, perhaps, but that can easily wear a thousand pound; while a hundred’s as good as nothing when a few trucks and coaches are knocked into matchwood. Adventures of Working Men From the Notebook of a Working Surgeon 2011-07-07T02:00:30.453Z Outside the wind was roaring like an angry lion and snapping tree branches like matchwood. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z It had broken hundreds of rifles into matchwood, and flung up the kit of men from deep dug-outs, littering earth with their pouches and helmets and bits of clothing. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z Calmly and coolly they constructed their bridges under a deadly fire, only to see them splintered to matchwood by the guns of the enemy. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 2 (of 10) From the Battle of Mons to the Fall of Antwerp. 2011-02-19T03:01:10.063Z She’ll go up like matchwood, and with all those women and children aboard!” Guilt of the Brass Thieves 2011-01-04T03:01:18.213Z The last man had just got into the water when a heavy swell rolled along, lifted the drifter's bow, and exploded the mine, which blew half the drifter into matchwood. The Harwich Naval Forces Their Part in the Great War The rear of the freight went to matchwood, the 1608, the baggage and two Pullmans turned turtle, derailing the remaining cars behind; but, by a miracle, it seemed, there wasn't any one seriously hurt. The Night Operator The rioters were soon on the spot, and threatened to make matchwood of them if they were not opened. Fragments of an Autobiography Our captain could do no other than obey this grim signal to heave-to, since disobedience would have meant the blowing of the sloop to matchwood by the frigate's broadside of long eighteen-pounders. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois "But if that curtain catches that naked light on the stage, or you see this matchwood gallery begin to blaze, I'll kick out the back of the refreshment buffet, and we can walk away." From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel Then the great weight of the tug would crush the ladder into matchwood. Harper's Round Table, May 28, 1895 The boat, of course, had been knocked to matchwood. A Veldt Vendetta Who can stand against life, the green sea that tumbles round one's limbs and tears up like matchwood the breakwaters one has built? A Novelist on Novels Furniture, tables, chairs, chests of drawers, everything made of wood, is inevitably attacked, and in a single night a strong trunk is often riddled through and through, and turned into matchwood. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 A tree of smaller growth must have given way at last to the enormous strain, whereas a sapling would have yielded like matchwood. Dusty Star The boat went into matchwood and every one of the sixteen men was thrown into the water. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers The fact is, I was thinking of what a blessed instrument of Providence was the prow of the Kittiwake when it knocked my sculling boat to matchwood in mid-Channel and brought me here. A Veldt Vendetta The lances crossed, but that of the Moor broke like matchwood. Legends & Romances of Brittany The hills which surrounded the little town pressed so closely upon it, that by sheer weight they seemed likely to crush its frail houses into matchwood. The Tale of Timber Town Being a frame building and very old it had been like matchwood in the path of the flames. The Banner Boy Scouts Snowbound A Tour on Skates and Iceboats Subsequent flights were less successful; indeed, the next morning the aeroplane crashed from a height of a hundred feet; the two aviators escaped with a few scratches, but the machine was reduced to matchwood. The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force Shell-holes were here, there, and everywhere, and the iron was ripped up and rent as though it had been matchwood. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 And over the hiss as of the sea was the harsh crack of great timbers splitting like matchwood. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time Then there are always mines, contact with one of which may pulverise an ordinary wooden drifter into mere matchwood. Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories As the man turned more fully, and he caught his words, Alex’s jubilant smile vanished. “... enough to blow the whole thing to matchwood, if you place it right,” he was saying. The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity On the rise at the end of the township the flames gleamed as they flared from the wooden building, which burned like matchwood. Colonial Born A tale of the Queensland bush He stood a moment in silence, crunching the wooden laths of the garden fence like matchwood in his fingers, and then said, with sudden resolution, "I know what I'll do." The Manxman A Novel - 1895 The intermingled oars broke like matchwood, and the two ships grappled. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima Portsmouth Station, built almost entirely of wood, blazed up like matchwood; then came the turn of the dockyards at Portsea, which were soon ablaze from end to end. The World Peril of 1910 Vessel after vessel came ashore, and some were torn into matchwood along the beach. Heroes of the Goodwin Sands The ends of big timbers in her hull were ground to pulp and matchwood. Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers The Surawa, on the contrary, heeled over until the sea lapped over the edge of her deck, both her masts snapped like matchwood, and the funnel guys broke, letting the smoke-stack topple into the sea. A Chinese Command A Story of Adventure in Eastern Seas The hand who picked the shortest piece of matchwood had to accept the position of having to take the first two hours; then all the rest turned in. The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century All the vessels that went ashore became matchwood. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Crash! and his frail boat splintered like matchwood. The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance Her bottom was stove in, her planks and timbers were riven like matchwood. Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines But nothing of the kind was visible, and the spars, masts, and other wreckage which had reached the rocks had been shattered into “matchwood” by frequent gales. The Coxswain's Bride also, Jack Frost and Sons; and, A Double Rescue At the back of the pier ten vessels have been pounded to matchwood, and all that remains are a shattered barque, her masts still standing, two brigs, and a schooner, all inextricably mingled together. Battles with the Sea “She would be beaten up into matchwood, all torn and ragged to pieces.” Menhardoc Look! there they go; they’re going to drive their prows right into her, one on each side, and with their length, speed, and weight, they’ll crush in her planks like a matchwood box. Fire Island Being the Adventures of Uncertain Naturalists in an Unknown Track This, however, would never do; the shore was straight ahead, and, at the rate at which we were travelling, twenty minutes would have seen us dashed into matchwood upon the rocks. Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War Her starboard oars snapped like matchwood, hurling the slaves backwards on their benches and killing a dozen on the spot. The Blue Pavilions In two seconds the men had cut her away, but not before she had nearly banged herself to matchwood against our side. Le Petit Nord or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour There was a big three-master did go on the rocks just about here three years ago, and the next morning there was nothing but matchwood and timber torn into rags. Menhardoc The danger was two-fold, for we knew our hospital, which was a cardboard sort of thing, would ignite like matchwood, and if it fell we should not be able to get out of the cellars. My War Experiences in Two Continents The next instant the sharp, copper-bound nose of the tug struck the rowboat fairly amidships, grinding it against the steel side of the freighter, crushing it into matchwood. Dan Merrithew The raft went to pieces like matchwood, and Sconda had all that he could do to manage the boat. Glen of the High North The wall behind him was scarred by splinters, the iron fence in front torn and twisted into strange shapes, the rails crushed to matchwood by the force of concussion. Four Months Besieged The Story of Ladysmith Briefly, from six till two you would have said that the earth was being shivered to matchwood and fine powder. From Capetown to Ladysmith An Unfinished Record of the South African War A large table stood in its way and it demolished it as though it were matchwood. The Master Mystery The walls of fortresses, impregnable for a thousand years, became as matchwood ramparts. Machiavelli, Volume I The strain was terrible, and the rail over which it passed snapped like matchwood. Jess of the Rebel Trail As the girl shook her head he took the wooden trifle from her, closed his hand gently, and, crushing it to matchwood, dropped it soundlessly on to the sand. Desert Love So, too, with the transporters and freighters handling sixty-foot logs as though dealing with matchwood. The Man in the Twilight The boats were all stove to matchwood except one that was lashed on the forward house. Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate" MacDonald had camped before in the basin, and there were tepee poles ready cut, as light and dry as matchwood. The Hunted Woman The great stick was torn from his grasp and broken in two as though it had been matchwood, to be flung aside as the now infuriated beast charged for his adversary's throat. Return of Tarzan So, at least, says Liebig, who states that he found a small piece of matchwood, just extinguished, burst out again into a flame on being immersed in the bubbles given out by these living atomies. Glaucus, or the Wonders of the Shore I had put Stumm to sleep for a bit, but I couldn't flatter myself he would long be quiet, and when he came to he would kick the locked door to matchwood. Greenmantle The long-boat changed, as if by magic, into matchwood where she stood in her gripes. Youth, a Narrative The chair went to matchwood at the bottom, and we rolled apart into the gutter. The Lost World He had ripped up walls and ceilings and torn down irrational matchwood partitions, discovering some fine old oak wainscot and the blackened roof-beams of the original farmstead. The Yellow Streak Here and there lanterns gleamed, and what they showed was the three lifeboats of the Heron—two on one side of the cabin and one on the other—blown into matchwood. Harrigan We are safe enough; we are artillery and plate-armour: and she stands up to us with matchwood and a snail! Alarms and Discursions So he led his lonely life and slouched around on the mountains, throwing boulders about like pebbles, and huge trunks like matchwood, as he sought for his daily food. The Biography of a Grizzly A case of cartridges had been shattered into matchwood, and one of the brass shells lay shredded into pieces beside it. The Lost World It caught the boat fair amidships, and broke it up like matchwood. The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea Your respectable English Wilkinson is an excellent man—but nothing would surprise me less than his reducing your Cayman to matchwood in the next gale.' Phantom Fortune, a Novel Sixteen times the bridges were on the point of completion, but each time they were reduced to matchwood by the French artillery. America's War for Humanity Just as they could not negotiate Deal beach without danger of being reduced to matchwood, so they could not live in the choppy sea kicked up in the Downs by a westerly gale. The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore One of them knocked Summerlee's rifle to matchwood and the next would have crushed his skull had an Indian not stabbed the beast to the heart. The Lost World The crackling sound like breaking matchwood seemed to come from above. The Grey Lady The solid oak and iron went like matchwood. South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition If they tried fire in such a gale the place would burn like matchwood. Huntingtower "Wy, the 'arf o' them's as rotten as matchwood!" he said; and he took a breath of relief, for he knew that gratitude was dead within his soul. The Country House The tenement would go like matchwood, burn like a bonfire, with any kind of a start—and there was no doubt about the start! The Adventures of Jimmie Dale |
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