| 单词 | oarlock |
| 例句 | Just the slow periodic rack and shuffle of the oarlocks. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z He turned his face to the water, fiddling with his oarlock so the others would not see. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Oars rattled in oarlocks and the distant buzz of a pilot boat wafted across the water to them. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I dropped it in an oarlock and pulled as hard as I could, meaning to move the lifeboat away. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The island rocked gently as he moved farther and farther away from it, the chuckling of the water underneath the boat and the wooden creaking of the oarlocks an unrhythmic lullaby. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I felt with my hands and found the closest oarlock. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She lifted her feet, rested her calves on the oarlocks. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then I rowed and listened to the oarlocks and the dip and scrape of the bailing tin under the stern seat. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Emma clung to me and I clung to the oarlock; behind us Hugh held on to the seat with his arms. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z When they finally stopped rowing in the iron-cold dark of late afternoon and returned to the dock, they had to chip ice off the oarlocks to get the oars out. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z There was little sound out in the middle of the river, except for Moch’s chanting, the rattle of oars in oarlocks, their own deep rhythmic breathing, and their pulses pounding in their ears. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Icicles dangled from the bow, the stern, and the riggers that held the oarlocks. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The third boat was moving in with a creak of oarlocks and he heard an exclamation, ‘Colonel Smith.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z As I bent to the oarlock a weakness ran all through my body. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Bobby Moch recalled, “You couldn’t hear anything except for the oars going in the water ... it’d be a ‘zep’ and that’s all you could hear ... the oarlocks didn’t even rattle on the release.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z There were six oarlocks, U-shaped notches in the gunnel for holding an oar in place, and five oars, since I had lost one trying to push Richard Parker away. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I lost my grip on one of the paddles and it slipped through the oarlock, floating away. Captivated by the Ganges, a River of Souls 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z He asks for another tweak to the angle of his oarlock. Rowing toward Rio: Crew trains for Paralympics 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z With oarlocks muffled and silent, we pushed out into the stream, When a shot rang out on the stillness. Recitations for the Social Circle 2012-01-17T03:00:22.643Z Just before the start, though, an oarlock broke in Washington's boat, deep-sixing the race. Washington-Cal crew: collisions, dead heats and national titles 2011-04-21T02:55:56Z The Kanaka passed him, stooped, and lifted up a long steering oar which he placed in the oarlock aft. The Ice Pilot 2011-03-09T03:00:48.433Z Finally, however, the last knot was tied and Roy, blowing out the lantern, slid into one of the Ferry Hill boats and slipped oars into oarlocks. The Crimson Sweater Between 6 and 7, 8 and 9, on each side, fit in a piece of three-quarter-inch board, which is to hold the oarlocks. Harper's Round Table, July 2, 1895 “We can try at least,” said Grant, and fitting the oars into the oarlocks the four boys rowed slowly about, all the time keeping a sharp lookout in all directions. The Go Ahead Boys and the Treasure Cave No paddle, no creaking oarlock broke the stillness; but ever and anon the booming of a thirty-two pounder from the Point Lévi battery echoed up the river walls. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France And it was just in time, for barely were they hidden when they heard, carried over the water, the dip and splash of two pairs of oars and the creak of oarlocks. Mr. Wicker's Window The men lightly dipped their spear-shaped paddles in the tepid water, the rattan oarlocks squeaked shrilly, and the light prow shot out into the strait. Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines It had no engine, no sails, no rowers at the oarlocks. Fil and Filippa Story of Child Life in the Philippines I sung out and asked them were they practicing for the Harvard and Yale boat race and Dave was that peeved he shied an oarlock after me. Walter and the Wireless At that instant Lucile's keen ears caught the groan of oarlocks. The Blue Envelope Andy was rowing as hard as was his brother until he suddenly jumped his left oar out of the oarlock. Frank and Andy Afloat The Cave on the Island They chose the widest and heaviest of the boats, a stout old tub with two pairs of oarlocks. Tom Slade's Double Dare "You'll have me eating one of the oarlocks in a minute." Pee-Wee Harris Adrift The best oarlocks are fastened to the oars and fit in the sockets with a long pin. Outdoor Sports and Games "Like an oarlock creaking," she told herself, "yet who would be out there at this time of night?" The Blue Envelope "I could eat the oarlocks this minute!" broke in Bobby. Bobby of the Labrador Two pins are driven in the top board of each side to serve as oarlocks. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do Along the beautiful line of brown, swinging bodies went a low growl, a more vicious rattle of the oarlocks. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 But, as luck would have it, scarcely had he started to row his boat again when an oarlock broke, and so it took him the best part of an hour to make the trip. Joe the Hotel Boy Moran and Wilbur, wearied of watching, had turned in again, when they were startled to wakefulness by the creak of oarlocks and the sound of a boat grounding in the sand. Moran of the Lady Letty All was quiet save for the thud, thud, thud of the oarlocks of a small boat approaching our ship and the dismal howl of a solitary “husky” dog somewhere ashore. The Long Labrador Trail I had noticed these dumbly before, but now I drew them eagerly forth from the bottom, and quickly fitted them into the oarlocks. Wolves of the Sea Being a Tale of the Colonies from the Manuscript of One Geoffry Carlyle, Seaman, Narrating Certain Strange Adventures Which Befell Him Aboard the Pirate Craft "Namur" Innis, who had broken his oarlock, sat erect; Wallace, at Number Five, was down. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 A pair of unbelievably heavy oars, cut from a sapling with a hand-axe, trailed in the water from "loose oarlocks." Boy Scouts of the Air on Lost Island The creaking of oarlocks and the dip of paddles was unmistakable. Moran of the Lady Letty So they pulled together with such a frantic stroke that one of the oarlocks was lifted from its socket and dropped into the water. Tom Slade : Boy Scout of the Moving Pictures The faint, rhythmic sound of oarlocks came to his ears. Quill's Window Mechanically he leaned forward to lace the stretcher-shoes, letting the handle of his oar rest against his stomach; mechanically he tried to slide, tested the oarlock. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 He had just painted it and the oarlocks were new this year. Four Little Blossoms on Apple Tree Island I use oars with leather bands, which keep them in position in the oarlocks, and I know by the resistance of the water when the oars are evenly poised. The Story of my life; with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy |
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