| 单词 | monkey-wrench |
| 例句 | She delivers a satisfying, dramatic climax that represents the comeuppance of 19th-century colonialism, as Naila and the half brothers monkey-wrench the tools of the oppressor. Review | ‘The Old Drift’ is a brilliant literary response to generations of bad politics 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z They’re a frisky if harmless sort of monkey-wrench gang, taking their last rolls with life’s fuzzy dice. After a Cataclysm, the Nature Lovers in ‘Harrow’ Struggle to Stay Sane 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z At Cherry and Martin, guest curator Christopher Eamon means to throw a monkey-wrench into casual assumptions about modern technology, and largely he succeeds. Upended assumptions in "Augment This" at Cherry and Martin Gallery 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z It’s an obvious effort to monkey-wrench Musk’s efforts to juice revenues to pay for the company’s debt-laden $44-billion acquisition, and the vandalism seems to have left its mark. Commentary: $44 billion can buy Twitter, but it can't buy respect 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z However the president is still concerned with getting a favorable trade deal with China which is throwing a monkey-wrench into his party's plans. GOP leaders are getting frustrated that Trump can't "stay on message": report 2020-04-18T04:00:00Z First Lady Nancy Reagan had just said “no,” and law enforcement was enlisted at every level of government to try to monkey-wrench the laws of supply and demand. Alabama editorial roundup 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z Imagine that you’re stationed at a lunar colony, some decades in the future, when your moon monkey-wrench breaks. 3D Printer Makes Structures With Lunar-Like Material 2012-12-05T15:15:39.387Z Now, “grandfather” was not what that word usually means, but an immense monkey-wrench, with jaws on it like a vise. Bert Wilson at the Wheel 2012-01-14T03:00:19.827Z But then I always have to carry so many things, a corkscrew and a monkey-wrench and the key to my hens. In a Mysterious Way 2011-09-25T02:00:17.377Z Along the braces lay the monkey-wrench, hammer, nails, and delectable boxes of fascinating axle grease. Memories of a Musical Life 2011-03-09T03:00:44.777Z The tool happened to be a monkey-wrench, and when a man gets a clip on the head with a thing like that he's pretty apt to keep still for a while. Careers of Danger and Daring Material for mending tires is absolutely necessary—a good monkey-wrench, oil cans, a tire inflator, pincers, and a reasonably good supply of small wire and twine for making repairs where such material is necessary. Harper's Round Table, June 11, 1895 So I got out the pump and blew up the tires, put the monkey-wrench to a few nuts, filled the lamp, trimmed the wick, polished up the bell and the handle-bars, and started off. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes "You sure put the monkey-wrench on me," he continued. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, June 9, 1920 She put back into her overalls and wielded a monkey-wrench in the engine-room. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards A heavy monkey-wrench appeared to rise of its own accord from the floor of the cockpit and come swinging at his head. Raiders Invisible He went below with a monkey-wrench, unscrewed the nut, and let the hook drop off. Tales of the Fish Patrol Close by it lay a small monkey-wrench with which some one had battered the padlock. El Diablo An Irishman having some dispute with a native, the latter seized a monkey-wrench that was near, and killed him. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886 The body was so tight that I had to use a monkey-wrench to button it, and then I couldn't breathe without unbuttoning one button. How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion or, The Funny Experiences of a Raw Recruit - 1887 The monkey-wrench curved through the darkness in a vicious swipe that landed it flush against his jaw; swung back, pounded again like a trip-hammer—again and again and again.... Raiders Invisible But before you start on the road with your monkey-wrench show, you come in here and let me put up a package of those prunes to take along. Peck's Bad Boy Abroad Being a Humorous Description of the Bad Boy and His Dad in Their Journeys Through Foreign Lands - 1904 I hit him in the head with a monkey-wrench. El Diablo Bruce saw the mutiny in his face; also the quick, involuntary glance he gave toward a monkey-wrench which lay on the end of the work-bench within his reach. The Man from the Bitter Roots He paused upon the first bridge to gaze down upon the smooth, hurrying water, and his soul that soul which served the general purpose of a monkey-wrench in adjusting the machine of history spoke aloud. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories Only minutes had gone by since the blows from the monkey-wrench. Raiders Invisible A forceful malediction came from the tug captain, and a whirling monkey-wrench from the hand of the engineer, who had listened from the engine-room door. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea Then he searched in the bottom of the wagon until he found a monkey-wrench which he applied to the nut and twirled dextrously. The Fighting Shepherdess Bring along a monkey-wrench or the first thing to hand. The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective When I told her about the monkey-wrench and the lemon pie, she was just as much puzzled as I was. Just Patty So the second day after my baby grand's arrival I went at it with a monkey-wrench. The Prairie Wife With those tools of the engine doctor—an air of mystery and a monkey-wrench—I unscrewed everything that appeared to have a thread on it, and pulled out the other things. The River and I William came closer and lifting his hand, threw a monkey-wrench at Jan. Prince Jan, St. Bernard Using a "monkey-wrench or the first thing to hand," they placed the Turks, Gros Jean, and the crew of the Belles Sœurs on the casualty list. The Albert Gate Mystery Being Further Adventures of Reginald Brett, Barrister Detective She laid the pie and the monkey-wrench on the counterpane, and shook the bed again, with the insistence of an earthquake. Just Patty He was almost never separated from a monkey-wrench or pliers, and he was always turning a nut or bolt or screw in his grease-grimed fingers. Half Portions Don't you take the monkey-wrench off the safety valve like that. Vandover and the Brute A,—There was also a rope and a monkey-wrench. The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) Now a hatchet, monkey-wrench, monkey's-tail, or gliding fish or wriggling eel, companions of his imprisonment. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 Patty just had time to save the pie—the monkey-wrench went to the floor with a crash; and the crash, to Patty's startled senses, was echoed and intensified from far down the hall. Just Patty So, when we have conceived something for the good of the world and have allowed it to go by default we have dropped the monkey-wrench into the machinery of our preparedness. Laugh and Live Skinski handed me the note with a face as solemn as a monkey-wrench, and I read it: CITY, Sunday P.M. You Can Search Me When he returned with him, she had just eaten the monkey-wrench and the screw-driver, and she was trying to put away a fence-paling. Elbow-Room A Novel Without a Plot Omniscient Jove never used a monkey-wrench, never sought the elusive spark, never blew up a four-inch tire with a half-inch pump. Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile Being a Desultory Narrative of a Trip Through New England, New York, Canada, and the West, By "Chauffeur" At the entrance to the East Wing, they handed Patty her pie and monkey-wrench, and retreated to their own neighborhood. Just Patty He would drop the grease-can or the monkey-wrench to rush to her side. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 All this is automatic, though sometimes the driver has to resort to the persuasive qualities of a monkey-wrench and an oil-can. Stories of Inventors The Adventures of Inventors and Engineers He went below with a monkey-wrench, unscrewed the nut, and let the hook drop off. Tales of the Fish Patrol This was rather like chucking a monkey-wrench into the cerebration machinery of the Paris experts. She Stands Accused I have to wind it with a monkey-wrench. Blix He solved this by finding the heavy monkey-wrench, and using it as a hammer, with the knife in place, thus actually severing the paw complete after considerable trouble. Air Service Boys over the Atlantic Simply because I was using the little patent Bird monkey-wrench last in our shop, and should have put it back in the toolbox belonging to the aeroplane. The Aeroplane Boys Flight A Hydroplane Roundup This monkey-wrench was thrown upon the platform, carried to the elevator into the thresher.… The Desert of Wheat With that square-cut jaw and sawed-off nose, everything about him goin' like this"—the Boy described a few quick blunt angles in the air—"well, sir, he's the livin' image of a monkey-wrench. The Magnetic North That and the strike of the Tigers in Philadelphia threw a monkey-wrench into the machinery, resulting in a tangle which Jennings was unable to straighten out all the season. Spalding's Official Baseball Guide - 1913 Well, dad had forgotten about the monkey-wrench in his system, and I guess we are going to enjoy ourselves here in the old-fashioned way. Peck's Bad Boy with the Cowboys I got hold of a monkey-wrench and knocked him cold. Our Pilots in the Air In one grimy hand he held a large monkey-wrench. The Desert of Wheat The next day, looking for a monkey-wrench under the tarpaulin, he came across the wooden box a California friend had given him at parting, containing a dozen tall glass jars of preserved fruit. The Magnetic North He said: "She makes too much steam—you want to hang the monkey-wrench on the safety-valve!" Sketches New and Old, Part 1. "Don't throw a monkey-wrench in the machinery," begged Hippy. Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders on the Great American Desert Taking my nickelled monkey-wrench into a likely-looking hardware store, I ask the proprietor if he has anything similar. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran He was always influenced by a sentence he had read somewhere about "one of those globe-trotters you meet carrying a monkey-wrench in Calcutta, then in raiment and a monocle at the Athenaeum." Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man Then Mac thrust his hand in between the two, and gave the Colonel a monkey-wrench grip that made the Kentuckian's eyes water. The Magnetic North If I hadn't happened to be bringing the monkey-wrench from the garage to fix that shelf-bolt in the study, I'd never have been able to get even one of them. Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story With a monkey-wrench he removed the two big wheels of the lawn-mower and reversed the pawl in the cogs. Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle, or, Fun and Adventures on the Road Gathering up my tools from among them, the monkey-wrench seems to have found favor in the eyes of a wrinkled-faced brave, who, it seems, is a chief. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran Took the hinges off o' the gate with my monkey-wrench. Such Is Life The Colonel laid great stress on the enormous services of the delightful, accomplished master-mason over there on the beanbags, who sat looking more than ever like a monkey-wrench incarnate. The Magnetic North He drove home its loosened nails with two sharp taps from a monkey-wrench, glanced inside to make certain the dog had not gotten out, and presently hoisted the crate aboard the express-car. Bruce |
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