| 单词 | piano wire |
| 例句 | It was appallingly little and flimsy—an open cockpit biplane with wooden struts, tied with piano wire. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Poisoning, verbal abuse, neglect, decapitation by piano wire: These are just a few of the sins committed by mothers in horror movies. When Moms Attack 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Running a bow, strung with piano wire, through a serrated cutout produces a dark, metallic moan. To Express the Sound of a Country’s Soul, He Invented New Instruments 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z A fan of American genre movies, Mr. Congo is shown in the film graphically re-enacting how he strangled political opponents with piano wire or beat them to death, in scenes that are florid and horrific. The Carpetbagger: A Death-Squad Leader Feels Honored 2014-01-16T17:23:25Z But Audition – a man's leg is laboriously removed with piano wire – may not be the place to start. Five films to avoid during surgery 2013-04-24T12:40:26Z There’s also a dusty upright piano, whose presence is echoed by an upstage forest of ropes that resemble piano wires. ‘Into the Woods,’ Stripped Down by Fiasco Theater 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z I would have wanted the man to be strung up with piano wire, or at least given a very long jail sentence. Simon Hoggart's week: biffed by backpacks borne by zombie hordes 2013-06-21T17:59:09Z It’s a world that in the mind’s eye might, in fact, be going on inside that piano: The woods are framed by giant strands of piano wire, verdantly illuminated by lighting designer Christopher Akerlind. Once upon a time, there was a fairy tale musical for grown-ups . . . 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z She’s a tabula rasa, taut as piano wire as she tosses out withering rejoinders like beads at Mardi Gras. The Plight of the Aggrieved, Rich Manhattan Liberal 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z In essence “L-Carrier” is an installation of piano wires from 3 to 70 feet long, amplified and struck with mechanical beaters triggered by input from a remote Web page hosted by Turbulence, a Web-art initiative. Music Review: Eli Keszler’s ‘L-Carrier’ at Eyebeam in Chelsea 2012-06-10T22:00:27Z Twang! … piano wire fun in Audition When it comes to cinema, sound is often sight's neglected sister. Clip joint: shocking sounds 2010-07-07T15:41:00Z Crumb’s aggressively nontraditional scores — a vitrine of which were displayed outside the Coolidge Auditorium on Saturday — and his unorthodox approach to the instrument rubbed Rorem like steel wool on piano wire. Review | In the music of two vastly different pianists, echoes of Ned Rorem 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z She also looked as tight as piano wire, struggling to let her natural power flow and missing swing volleys and approach shots by the bunch while laboring to move laterally. Serena Williams exits Wimbledon — possibly for the last time 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z There was a suggestion that he may have been planning to kill or injure Mr Lewis by garrotting him with piano wire. How in-car technology helped catch crossbow killer 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z Back at the lab, they will carefully cut the plastic coring tubes open, run a piano wire down the length, and split the soggy mud open like the two halves of a book. Scientists Brave Arctic Perils for Climate Science 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z Gorier crossover hits like 1999’s critically hailed “Audition” — which made audiences cringe and cower with deft use of piano wire — turned Miike into an international ambassador of Asian extreme cinema. With 'Blade of the Immortal,' Takashi Miike delivers his 100th film 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z Alsup taught himself piano, but, dissatisfied with the sound, modified the instrument by pressing thumb tacks into the hammers that strike the piano wire. How the judge on Oracle v. Google taught himself to code 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z He can be as emotionally taut as a piano wire. A Long Hardwood Journey 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z At three-thirty on Thursday afternoon he packed a knapsack with a hunk of bread, a pair of gloves, a roll of piano wire, and an extra pair of pants. “The Republic of Bad Taste” 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z From the ends of these is stretched taut a piano wire. 150 Years Ago: Camera before Film 2013-06-02T14:15:00.157Z A hook, eyelet, or other device by which a piano wire is so held as to limit the vibration. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Were the taut, skinny piano wires that manipulated the steering-gear and the plane durable? Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z Twisting piano wires wound with copper flail like hair being whipped by a storm, framing a face that once attached a piano leg to its case. | Westchester and Connecticut: ?Piano as Art? Exhibition in White Plains - Review 2012-02-12T00:36:50Z He strung the piano wire between two railing posts, across the second of the wooden steps to the back porch. “The Republic of Bad Taste” 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z Watch the line, and you will see defenders fall down in pursuit as if the Texans strung the field with piano wire. The Fifth Down: Playoff Matchups: A Lot of Offense, a Little Defense 2012-01-06T12:00:32Z She tests that trust by severing a foot with piano wire and employing a method of needle probing we might call eye-cupuncture. Happy Halloween: TIME's 25 Scariest Horror Movies 2011-10-31T21:35:13Z Mr. Dykshoorn was buried with his “divining rod,” a thread of piano wire that served, as he wrote in his book, “as an aid to my concentration” during case work. Marinus B. Dykshoorn, Psychic, Is Mourned in Bronx 2011-10-10T00:51:19Z Watch-springs might be made out of pewter, bells of tin, and piano wires of solder, for these metals are made stronger by the extreme cold of liquid air. The Story of Great Inventions 2011-10-05T02:00:16.353Z Bradley, a 24-year-old midfielder, is strung tighter than a piano wire and can be too sensitive for his own good — hardly an ideal combination when the favoritism accusations were in full voice. Goal: U.S. Soccer's Regime Change: Winners and Losers 2011-08-01T01:10:10Z Wrought iron and cold steel can be forced like wax into different forms, and a rod of steel may be drawn through a die to form a piano wire. Inventions in the Century 2011-07-20T02:00:14.643Z "They may look frail but in the full-sized machine they are the strongest piano wire." The Boy Scouts of the Air in Indian Land 2011-04-11T02:00:11.027Z We learned how to disassemble giant wheels of Parmigiano cheese into manageable bits using piano wire. City Room: Praise From Afar for the Park Slope Food Co-op 2011-03-07T16:25:37Z On one side ferocity, devilish cunning, strength, muscles like piano wire, and lightning speed; on the other, enormous power, cool courage, and dagger horns that if once well placed would disembowel the cat. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z Suddenly the pool exploded into motion, the water frothed and flashed white and the line in his hand sang like a piano wire. What Rough Beast? Even Effie—taken off guard, all the fears that had been drilled into her twanging like piano wires—shrank from the skeletal-seeming shape beside her, held herself to it only by desperation. The Moon is Green This machine consists of a cylinder around which are wound about 300 fathoms of piano wire. Lectures in Navigation The wire, about as thick as a piano wire, looked frail, but at last after a slow and tedious descent a safe landing was made amid the wondering natives. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country I broke all the teeth out of the comb because it was never intended to be pulled through a thicket of piano wire. Highways in Hiding "We'll have to get some piano wire for those broken poles." The Rover Boys in the Air From College Campus to the Clouds One stroke of the knife severed the remaining rope, already drawn as taut as a piano wire. The Border Boys Across the Frontier Behind me I heard the whirr of the piano wire as Brown started the electric reel. Police!!! The wind that whistled through his tension wires and canvas made his own body vibrate like the piano wires. Georges Guynemer Knight of the Air New pallet springs may be made of piano wire, using old springs for a pattern. Piano Tuning A Simple and Accurate Method for Amateurs The framework of the biplane was of bamboo, held together by stays of piano wire, and the planes themselves were of canvas, especially prepared so as to be almost if not quite air proof. The Rover Boys in the Air From College Campus to the Clouds By the time I could even roll over and open my eyes, they had me cuffed: ankles and wrists in zapstraps that were so tight, they felt like piano wire. Eastern Standard Tribe "We'll be out at sunrise with our reel of piano wire and take soundings," he said. Police!!! A large quantity of rusty piano wire, says a news item, has been found in a valuable milch cow at Boston, Lines. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-08 The lariats stretched like piano wires under the strain, and as the cowboys had taken up positions in a sort of triangle they could keep the bear from making any sort of rush. The Outdoor Chums After Big Game Or, Perilous Adventures in the Wilderness Both professed to be quite satisfied that it was to be attributed to acoustical affinities of vibration between the wicker-work and certain of the piano wires, and indeed this seemed the only explanation possible. The Lost Stradivarius Paine has been too busy to work up the matter—that piano wire made in this straight method could be drawn up to and kept at pitch, without approaching very near the elastic limit. Scientific American Supplement, No. 520, December 19, 1885 All wiring is done with No. 16 piano wire. The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do Instead of the bicycle frame, he built a triangular keel of pine strips and strengthened it with tightly strung piano wires, the whole frame, though sixty feet long, weighing but 110 pounds. Stories of Inventors The Adventures of Inventors and Engineers He had to admit to himself that his nerves seemed to be about as taut as piano wires. The Slim Princess You will next need some spools or hanks of No. 6 linen shoe thread, metal sockets, a supply of strong piano wire, a quantity of closely-woven silk or cotton cloth, glue, turnbuckles, varnish, etc. Flying Machines: construction and operation; a practical book which shows, in illustrations, working plans and text, how to build and navigate the modern airship Nevertheless, these kites, in their present form, have carried instruments to heights of upwards of two miles, the restraining line being fine steel piano wire. The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation The whole frame is braced with piano wire set diagonally between the struts. British Airships, Past, Present, and Future After he had finished his fillings, he made a hook broach from a bit of piano wire to replace an old one that he had lost. McTeague After that, we stretched thin piano wire across the cellar, about nine inches from the floor, at such a height that it should catch anything moving about in the dark. Carnacki, the Ghost Finder A roll of No. 12 piano wire, twenty-four sockets, a package of small copper tacks, a pot of glue, and similar accessories will be required. Flying Machines: construction and operation; a practical book which shows, in illustrations, working plans and text, how to build and navigate the modern airship Coils of piano wires, thus sprinkled, will keep from rust for many years. Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby Only for a second, however, for the next minute she would vanish in the trough of a huge comber, and then they could hear the strained towing cable "twang" like an overstretched piano wire. The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash or Facing Death in the Antarctic The remaining sections were easily laid on 'the "horses" and then came the bolts and the bracing with piano wire. The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure With a quick slash of his flint knife, the young reporter severed the rope at which the canoe was straining till it was taut as a piano wire. The Boy Aviators in Africa For this purpose the No. 12 piano wire is the best. Flying Machines: construction and operation; a practical book which shows, in illustrations, working plans and text, how to build and navigate the modern airship Selecting several sizes of piano wire of great strength, to use as extra guy-braces on the Butterfly, Tom re-entered his electric car, and hastened back to the intelligence office, where he had left his friend. Tom Swift and His Wireless Message: or, the castaways of Earthquake island There is not a nerve in his body which does not twang like a piano wire. For the Term of His Natural Life Less than half-way along, an icy chill entered into his veins, and his nerves quivered like piano wires, for a soft crying of his name came, eerie, through the silence, and terrified the hearer. The Yellow Claw I have only to send a message, and get some piano wire, and then I'll call back here for you. Tom Swift and His Wireless Message: or, the castaways of Earthquake island This is where the No. 12 piano wire comes in. Flying Machines: construction and operation; a practical book which shows, in illustrations, working plans and text, how to build and navigate the modern airship |
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