单词 | narwhale |
例句 | The whalebone of the mediæval writers, which is described as very white, is doubtless the ivory of the walrus or of the narwhale. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z With marvelous patience they make their own thread by drying and stripping caribou or narwhale sinews. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z The body of the narwhale is covered with a layer of blubber, of about two inches in thickness. Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal; or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition, in the Years 1850-51 And there we hunted the walrus, The narwhale, and the seal; Ha! 'twas a noble game! Lyra Heroica A Book of Verse for Boys While elephant's tusks provided ivory for the southern races, the more northern peoples used the walrus and narwhale tusks. Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance And there we hunted the walrus, The narwhale, and the seal: Ha! 'twas a noble game, And like the lightning's flame Flew our harpoons of steel! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 10, August, 1858 And there we hunted the walrus, The narwhale, and the seal; Ha! 't was a noble game! Selections from American poetry, with special reference to Poe, Longfellow, Lowell and Whittier But in the meantime I would have to look for this narwhale in the northern Pacific Ocean; which meant returning to France by way of the Antipodes. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea And there we hunted the walrus, The narwhale, and the seal; Ha! 't was a noble game! The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow He would have seen it as his sworn duty to destroy a contrivance of this kind just as promptly as a gigantic narwhale. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea In essence, the narwhale is armed with a sort of ivory sword, or lance, as certain naturalists have expressed it. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Some of these teeth have been found buried in the bodies of baleen whales, which the narwhale attacks with invariable success. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea A supreme challenge had been issued to the giant narwhale, and the latter had no acceptable excuse for ignoring this Summons to Appear! Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea For its part, the narwhale mimicked the frigate, simply rode with the waves, and seemed determined not to forsake the field of battle. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea "Or in other words, on our gigantic narwhale." Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea "Even so, Ned, people mention vessels that narwhale tusks have run clean through." Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Nothing remotely resembling a gigantic narwhale, or an underwater islet, or a derelict shipwreck, or a runaway reef, or anything the least bit unearthly! Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea "No, sir, it's apparently a gigantic narwhale, and an electric one to boot." Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea "That explains perfectly all that bellowing we heard, when our so–called narwhale lay in sight of the Abraham Lincoln." Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Indeed, were we likely to encounter the narwhale in such a cramped strait? Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea At six o'clock day began to break, and with the dawn's early light, the narwhale's electric glow disappeared. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea You see, my friend, it's an issue of the monster, the notorious narwhale. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Either Commander Farragut would slay the narwhale, or the narwhale would slay Commander Farragut. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea The common narwhale, or sea unicorn, often reaches a length of sixty feet. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea In New York preparations were under way for an expedition designed to chase this narwhale. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Off the Falkland Islands on June 30, the frigate came in contact with a fleet of American whalers, and we learned that they hadn't seen the narwhale. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Yet everyone still felt confident of success, and not a sailor on board would have bet against the narwhale appearing, and soon. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea That explains the phosphorescent glow from this so–called narwhale that so puzzled us scientists! Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Seemingly, the moment this enormous narwhale came up to breathe at the surface of the ocean, air was sucked into its lungs like steam into the huge cylinders of a 2,000–horsepower engine. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Undoubtedly the latter's encounter with the Abraham Lincoln, when the Canadian hit it with his harpoon, had led Commander Farragut to recognize the narwhale as actually an underwater boat, more dangerous than any unearthly cetacean! Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea |
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