| 单词 | pair of pliers |
| 例句 | Some of the trees were cut in half, as though a huge pair of pliers had snipped off the tops. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He took a piece of flint from his pocket and got the pair of pliers and struck the flint against the serrated jaw. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z In Laila’s hands was a metal spoke she had snapped with a pair of pliers from an abandoned bicycle wheel. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z We changed the channels using a pair of pliers because the buttons didn’t work. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Leo threw a pair of pliers at her. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He drew a pair of pliers from his hip holster. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z This entrance enabled them, armed with a hammer and a pair of pliers, to gain access to the room Trueba had shut. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Taking a pair of pliers from his pocket, he said, “It’s a good thing I had these along or we would have had to cut his foot off.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Once he came upon an old pair of pliers that someone had dropped and left behind. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I chipped his sacred religious item into long splinters using a pair of pliers and a screwdriver. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Angrily growling, “1 don’t know why we came—” Bloom tumbled out with a screwdriver and a pair of pliers to fix the wipers. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A bridesmaid ran next door to borrow a pair of pliers from a neighbor. New Neighbors, New Considerations 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z No. That said, sometimes you need a big pair of pliers to turn a tiny bolt. What “Gone Girl” Is Really About 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z A multicoloured feather duster becomes Captain Flint's parrot, with a pair of pliers for the beak. Swallows and Amazons ? review 2010-12-08T21:30:00Z A parrot made out of a feather duster has a pair of pliers for a beak; cormorants are rustled out of black bin bags. Swallows and Amazons; Get Santa!; The Animals and Children Took to the Streets; A Flea in Her Ear ? review 2010-12-19T00:06:17Z The agony of this young man’s condition is repeatedly cut to — almost in the manner of a Quentin Tarantino cliffhanger when a pair of pliers is retrieved to extract the blackened incisor. Globalization in a white takeout carton: Roland Schimmelpfennig's 'The Golden Dragon' 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z In the same way, if a meal lets you down, taking a pair of pliers and a blowtorch to the restaurant on Yelp might give you a brief lift. How to Complain at a Restaurant? Just Ask Our Critic 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z This prompts Philip to perform some grim DIY dentistry involving a shot of malt whiskey and a pair of pliers. 'The Americans' recap: KGB targets troubled CIA agent 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z If Maher is such an expert on bombs, I suggest that next time an actual bomb is found he step in with a pair of pliers and cut the red protruding wire. Bill Maher, atheist fundamentalist: Why he gives nonbelievers a bad name 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z You could imagine him – or Dancy could imagine him – removing the spleen from some egomaniacal sales clone with an old pair of pliers, while fondly remembering his heroic early days as a young businessman. Rewind TV: Hannibal; The Apprentice; Life of Crime; Murder on the Home Front; Great Artists in Their Own Words – review 2013-05-11T17:00:05Z I could have a whip-round in the Guardian office with a pair of pliers if you like? Ke$ha: 'If I was in a car with you and you said that, I would punch you right in the balls' 2012-12-13T12:56:22Z Dion’s nemesis, the wiseguy Patrick Woijchik, is a dapper, finicky figure out of a Damon Runyon story who somehow carries a huge pair of pliers in his suit, for the extraction of teeth from debtors. Review: ‘Feed the Beast,’ AMC’s Solemn New Restaurant and Crime Drama 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z On the Bible, he has this to say: "A ladder and a pair of pliers and it could have been a different book, folks." Comedy gold: Sam Kinison's Breaking the Rules 2012-12-20T15:37:15Z In another Keogh’s character is seen having her breast sliced off, while a flashback scene shows a child removing a duckling’s leg with a pair of pliers. 'Vomitive. Pathetic': Lars Von Trier film prompts mass walkouts at Cannes 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z Such devices were used by itinerant “dentists” rather like a modern “pair of pliers,” often at country fairs. Ouch, Oh and Oh No! 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z His AK-47 is slung over his shoulder; on his body armour hangs a spoon, a can opener, and a small pair of pliers. Ukraine war: The front line where Russian eyes are always watching 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z “It’s this totally irrational hope that if I’m just a little bit better, I’ll be safe. It’s like having a pair of pliers on your heart,” she said. 'I'm the evidence': Anna Kendrick opens up about the abuse that shaped her new film 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z “I carefully drove the bucket to the county oil recycling facility and was reunited with a lost shoe, plus a nice pair of pliers I’d also lost track of,” Mike wrote. Perspective | From Harry Truman: A lesson in paying it forward, one glove at a time 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z One item, a pair of pliers, gives you an extra point, but your character has to pull out a tooth. Inscryption IRL: Creators are making physical versions of cards from the digital game 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z “Over 130 million Americans can’t afford to go to a dentist,” reads the caption as Dabash holds a pair of pliers. They stayed up late for Adult Swim. Now they've gone viral with TikTok's newest trend 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z The chips can be removed via crude surgery, or crimped by a pair of pliers, or disabled by the use of powerful magnets. Puppy mafia: Dognappers exploit demand for pandemic pets in U.K. 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z The chips can be removed via crude surgery, or crimped by pair of pliers, or disabled by the use of powerful magnets. Britain is in the throes of a huge dognapping crime wave. 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z After a while, Durrell wrestled the AMD microchip, an integrated CPU and GPU, away from the circuit board using a heat gun and pair of pliers. The environmental impact of a PlayStation 4 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z A pair of pliers sat on top of the TV set—for changing channels since the knob for that purpose had broken off. Susan Sontag and the Unholy Practice of Biography 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Someone took the pair of pliers from his hands when the applause started in the lobby of the Hall of Records. Man celebrates retirement after never missing a day of work 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z He got a pair of pliers and removed many of the handles for me. ‘We All Put Our Hands Over Our Heads as the Card Passed From One Person to the Next’ 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z Tightening the pin by bending the locking clip with a pair of pliers made the bike silent. Ampler Curt e-bike review: electric doesn’t have to mean big and ugly 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z One of the problems was that if a credit card was inserted incorrectly, people would need to use a pair of pliers to remove the card from the electronic card reader. Faulty parking kiosks cost Maine town thousands in lost fees 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z The £200 tools included a wrap of professional screwdrivers, an expensive pair of pliers and wire cutters and an electricity tester. Cat charity shop sells electrician's £200 tools for £1 - BBC News 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z When her brother broke the brakes on her bicycle, 5-year-old Christine fixed them with a coat hanger and a pair of pliers. The ‘Hidden Figure’ you still don’t know. She’s from Monroe 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z Once he watched his father pull an aching tooth out if his mouth with a pair of pliers. Harry Reid on leaving Senate after 30 years: 'I don't have any regrets' 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z With one pair of pliers in his mouth, and another in his hand, he carefully twisted and wound a single continuous wire, making occasional flourishes with his hand. A Sculptor Reaps the Rewards of Art Deals Brokered in the Bedroom 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Jutting subjected her to "increasingly cruel acts of violence using his belt, sex toys, a pair of pliers and his fists," Reading said. HK court is told banker was using cocaine during murders 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Jutting subjected her to “increasingly cruel acts of violence using his belt, sex toys, a pair of pliers and his fists,” Reading said. HK court is told banker was using cocaine during murders 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z With a pair of pliers in his right hand, he twists, turns and shapes the metal flower. Heavy metal: Teens, college students pair up for welding 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z As workers were snaking a flexible borescope camera through inaccessible areas of the plane, they spotted a pair of pliers underneath the instrument panel. At age 89, the Spirit of St. Louis gives up some long-held secrets 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z An employee handed him a pair of pliers, and he began to operate. Jeremy Scott’s Haute-Kitsch Runway 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z Crosswinds on landings are a constant worry for pilots of the shuttle.Its glide ratio, says one engineer, is not much better than "a pair of pliers." From the Archives: First U.S. Space-Flight Disaster Stuns Nation 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Police also discovered anesthetic and surgical implements, among them a pair of pliers. Danish man caught storing pieces of female genitalia appears in court in South Africa 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z As much as a trowel or pair of pliers, the Tlingit hook is the opposite of the “design-happy” widgets that Evans despised, and that are increasingly omnipresent in our world. This Cooper Hewitt Exhibit Shows Why The iPhone 6 Can't Outperform A Million-Year-Old Handaxe 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z He had a pair of pliers, two screwdrivers and a driver's license and credit card belonging to someone else. Prop. 47's success could help some third-strikers to freedom 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z He then took a pair of pliers and pulled three of the child's fingernails out of their beds. For longtime Montgomery resident, chief's gesture 'spoke volumes' 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z Nelson says a flexible gas line was intentionally removed and a pair of pliers was found near the furnace. Thornton house explosion may have been intentional 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z Her arsenal also includes a pair of pliers. Volunteer’s dedication helps bring back bluebirds 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z On a glass shelf are toothpaste, a toothpick, some cutlery, a razor, a reel of cotton, a needle, cigarettes and a pair of pliers. Hobo culture: Riding the rails 2013-08-15T15:00:17Z No anaesthetic used, just an old pair of pliers used for both extractions and adjustment of dentures... Readers' favourite India curiosities 2013-06-12T00:14:08Z "I had a burst radiator on Thursday but I came back to the paddock, squeezed it with a pair of pliers and said, 'let's go again'," he says. Wet and wild at the North West 200 2013-05-20T10:51:13Z Being limited to those tools is like a carpenter trying to build a house with just a screwdriver and pair of pliers. Monetary policy: How does inflation matter? 2013-04-23T23:43:09Z One year, after seeing two successive batches of 9-day-old bluebirds killed by house sparrows, Scriven said she learned how to close the sparrows’ windpipe with a pair of pliers. Volunteer’s dedication helps bring back bluebirds 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z Led, inevitably, by the man who was born with a pair of pliers and a dilemma. Unloved and unwanted, but Nosa Igiebor salvages derby honour for Betis 2013-04-15T14:35:30Z The screw-holding end of the lever a acts similarly to a pair of pliers, one jaw of which is provided on handle a, while the other is upon the piece to which a is pivoted. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Several items were also available in the room, such as a pole, an extension cord, and a pair of pliers. Our Storytelling Minds: Do We Ever Really Know What's Going on Inside? 2012-03-08T20:15:10.370Z Ralph secured a pair of pliers from the box in the cab, and went up the embankment to where the telegraph wires ran. Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car 2012-02-29T03:00:25.457Z This cell was broken by a pair of pliers and the acid ignited the composition by contact therewith. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z We couldn’t get it out with a pair of pliers, so I had to go over to the hospital to get it cut out.” Geoff Fisken, New Zealand Sheep Farmer and Scourge of Japanese Pilots, Dies at 96 2011-07-17T00:41:02Z Using two pairs of pliers, he destroyed the computer hard drives where the government said he kept inside information, according to last week's complaint. Manager Took Down Friend in Insider Probe 2011-02-17T03:40:53Z Ralston's arm became trapped beneath a half-tonne boulder and the mountaineer survived for five days before cutting himself free with a blunt knife and a pair of pliers. Clint Eastwood and Danny Boyle join Toronto film festival lineup 2010-08-18T14:21:00Z I even heard him rattling a pair of pliers over the binding posts on the receiver. Whispering Wires Curt snipped the wire with a pair of pliers and fastened the end with the first one. Janet Hardy in Radio City "A feller which knows so much about automobiles that he could take a pair of pliers and a lug wrench and go clear to Frisco with nothin' else!" Alex the Great A pair of pliers lay on a nearby bench. The Great Drought It should be pinched in place by a pair of pliers, so that it will stay in any position in which it is put. Boys' Book of Model Boats A clicking of tools followed as the lineman selected a pair of pliers. Whispering Wires Every time the hook was touched Joe winced with pain; but finally Tom managed to break the shank with the aid of the pair of pliers that formed part of the stores. Harper's Young People, July 13, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Seize the bone in a pair of pliers and squeeze out some of the marrow; receive it in a platinum loop, and transfer to a watch glass of dissociating fluid and emulsify. The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. She took a small pair of pliers from her saddle-pocket and deftly untwisted the strands of wire from one of the posts, while Freckles looked on with an expression of intelligent interest. Shoe-Bar Stratton I now figure a most necessary little pair of pliers for dressing the feathers of birds. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. If I could borrow a pair of pliers or shoeing pincers——" "Of course. Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters With a pair of pliers I chipped off a small piece of the edge of the closing lid in two places, one near each end. Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner A pair of pliers can be used to advantage in picking up the hot solder. Elements of Plumbing To avoid the difficulties of disarticulation, Skey recommends cutting off the head of the second metatarsal with a pair of pliers. A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners With a small pair of pliers turn the point downward, pull the wire at the foot, and it is thus clenched and firmly fixed; do the same with the other leg. Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy. You couldn't pull a cotter pin with a pair of pliers if you knew what a cotter pin was. Unspecialist The junction between the stein and the platinum wire is then made permanent by squeezing the aluminium down upon the platinum wire with the help of a pair of pliers. On Laboratory Arts A small soldering iron, with pointed end, should be provided; also metal shears and a small square; an awl and several sizes of gimlets; a screwdriver; pair of pliers and wire cutters p. Electricity for Boys When you are getting ready for this new season, you may find that you will need certain things for your car—perhaps a new tire, or a pair of pliers, or an inner tube. How to Write Letters (Formerly The Book of Letters) A Complete Guide to Correct Business and Personal Correspondence All at once a thought struck Vane, and he jumped up, thrust a pair of pliers, a little screw-wrench and a pair of pincers into his pockets and went out again. The Weathercock Being the Adventures of a Boy with a Bias It had a pair of pliers clutched in one claw. Islands of Space The squares are roughly snipped by means of a pair of pliers or spectacle-maker's shanks. On Laboratory Arts Shutting off the magnet, Arcot picked up a pair of pliers and gripped the little fragment. The Black Star Passes I assented and went forward with him to the baggage car, where he gave me a pair of pliers, a pocket instrument and about eight feet of office wire. Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers There was one fairly small pair of pliers, a small pick and assorted useless junk. The Sky Is Falling By this means the button becomes supported in comparatively pure litharge and when solid can be picked out quite easily with a pair of pliers and in a very clean condition. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. The same result may be brought about by the use of a pair of pliers. On Laboratory Arts He had a Boy Scout knife and a small pair of pliers to open it with. The Fourth R Crabbe, his short legs drawn up under his body, held a pair of pliers in his left hand, while caught firmly in the hook was a child's tiny pin. From the Valley of the Missing A moment later he slid a pair of pliers into his pocket and, wringing the board clear of its fastenings, lowered it to the ground. Berry And Co. The buttons are removed from the cupel with a pair of pliers and then brushed to remove adherent litharge and bone-ash. A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. The usual way is to heat a piece of metal and place it in close proximity to the pallets, or to heat a pair of pliers and clamp the pallet arms to soften the cement. Watch and Clock Escapements A Complete Study in Theory and Practice of the Lever, Cylinder and Chronometer Escapements, Together with a Brief Account of the Origin and Evolution of the Escapement in Horology When he had an airplane of his own, he would find a hundred uses for a pair of pliers exactly like those. Skyrider Bill selected ten good ribs, from which he wrenched off the spreaders with a pair of pliers. The Scientific American Boy Or, The Camp at Willow Clump Island We journey’d on—two lively cads, Were for our custom triers; And in a twinkling we were fix’d Fast by this pair of pliers! Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 1, July 31, 1841 "Have you a pair of pliers in your tool box that'll cut small wires?" The Young Engineers on the Gulf Or, The Dread Mystery of the Million Dollar Breakwater Even so small an article as a pair of pliers, one of the most familiar of tools, had been proved to be capable of patented improvement. Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885 A riveting hammer and a pair of pliers will be needed, also a pair of tin shears and a piece of metal upon which to rivet. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do Given enough wire and a pair of pliers, I believe that he could have built the Eiffel Tower. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 Grabbing up the big monkey wrench, Ned made a dash for the large sliding doors, followed by Tom who had an iron bar, and Eradicate with a small pair of pliers. Tom Swift and His Air Glider, or Seeking the Platinum Treasure A pair of pliers lay upon the window sill. The Mucker If you can't find them, then bring me a pair of pliers. The Crimson Blind They should be twisted tight with a pair of pliers and the ends joined, forming a ring for attaching a cord. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do A little pair of pliers comes in very handy here. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow The next moment he had knelt down, and with a pair of pliers he carried for adjusting the mechanism of his camera severed the wires with a quick snap. The Moving Picture Boys at Panama Stirring Adventures Along the Great Canal I'll spend half my time our first weeks pottering about with a hammer and a pair of pliers. This Freedom From the tool kit of his motor-cycle he took two files of different shapes and a pair of pliers and walked briskly and fearlessly over the uneven ground to the hangars. The Perils of Pauline "Confound it!" muttered Garrick, as a pair of pliers made our second detectaphone die with an expiring gasp in the middle of a sentence of profanity. Guy Garrick Taking a pair of pliers and other tools from a closet in the library, he began removing the electric fixture from the wall. The Romance of Elaine Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine" Take a pair of pliers, and hold the ends of that wire together. The Outdoor Girls at Rainbow Lake Or, the stirring cruise of the motor boat Gem As I have said, I was preoccupied and deep in the machinery; that is, with a pair of pliers I was wrestling with a recalcitrant wire. The Log of the Jolly Polly |
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