| 单词 | backgammon board |
| 例句 | When the crockery was laid out, I carried my mug through the front room, past the polished tables and backgammon boards, past the beautiful new painting of a meadow full of flowers. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A thousand feet below lay the old Ottoman capital of Bursa, like a backgammon board spread out across the valley’s green felt. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A doctor at the next table looked up from his backgammon board and interrupted the conversation. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They played doggedly on, battling on the backgammon board. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The diamonds of the backgammon board undulated like player piano keys. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z His first stop was T. Anthony, a luggage and leather goods shop on Park Avenue, where he hoped to find a backgammon board. Michael Strahan Is Playing on a New Field 2013-02-01T21:50:50Z The story is taken from your forthcoming novel, “A Gambler’s Anatomy,” which follows Alexander Bruno’s fortunes both with and without his backgammon board. This Week in Fiction: Jonathan Lethem on the Poignance of Backgammon 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Near the red D.J. booth, a young woman in a bandeau sat by herself, pursing her lips and taking a selfie by a wall painted like a backgammon board. Pinball and Other Games at Fishbowl, a New Midtown Lounge 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z From it, guests can rent Vespa Primavera scooters, Polaroid cameras, backgammon boards, soccer balls, picnic kits, Vitamix blenders, panini presses, Ninja air fryers and more. LPs, Vitamix blenders and potted plants: How hotel libraries are getting creative 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z She’s also done oysters, lobsters, prawns, Ritz crackers, pomegranates, a backgammon board — all vaguely retro, often glamorous relics that carry cultural symbolism or baggage. The Ceramists Ushering in a New Era of Surrealism 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Somebody found a marker and drew a backgammon board onto a plastic table; bottle caps were gathered as checkers. Behrouz Boochani Just Wants to Be Free 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z On a backgammon board, a “blot” is a piece that stands alone, vulnerable to attack. Jonathan Lethem: ‘I’ve always thought of myself as a dark writer, but this is utterly different’ 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z We sat opposite one another, about fifty feet from Kilis’s main road, and mindlessly pushed checkers around a backgammon board while scanning the area for Afshar. A Friend in Syria 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z His daughter, Raposa’s grandmother, bought backgammon boards for all the men in the family. Fitchburg man ranked top US backgammon player 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z "See, he has bartered the Fathers of the Church for a set of empty backgammon boards, and lettered them with their venerable names." Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 2/2 A Romance of Real Life 2011-08-25T02:00:33.793Z It is a sad spectacle to behold a unique binding wasted on a book of no more value than a backgammon board. In the Track of the Bookworm 2011-07-19T02:00:23.543Z The two sentinels were seated before a backgammon board, and were throwing the dice when the steward entered. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:29.790Z Between them stood a backgammon board, on which the dice were swimming in ale and wine, and which Berner Kopmand kicked aside to make room for his ponderous foot. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 2 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:26.270Z He pulled out a whisky bottle and backgammon board, but I could not face it. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z Waiter, strongly suspicious that Mr. Walker means skittles, finally awaked to consciousness, and, with a smile of triumph, produces a backgammon board. The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion The Colonel had made a backgammon board, and we used to sit in his tent and play a good deal of the time. In and Out of Rebel Prisons According to the little plan which, in his subtlety, Major Forsyth had suggested, Mrs. Parsons, soon after dinner, fetched the backgammon board. The Hero The backgammon board was brought out, and the two boys had a pleasant evening. Sam's Chance And How He Improved It It now resembles an open backgammon board box, without its two fronts. 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. She played such jolly tunes, she sang like a bird, and whistled like a bobolink, could play checkers and chess and fox and geese, and she brought Jim a backgammon board. A Little Girl in Old New York "Put it away, my dear," he would say of even the backgammon board. Tired Church Members “I know what is the matter with you,” said Crawley, replacing the pieces on a backgammon board at the end of the game. Dr. Jolliffe's Boys Martin and Levi were bent over a backgammon board in Sandy's study. A Son of the Hills He also took a fancy for a backgammon board, but only kept it after a violent quarrel with another pirate. The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers Then it became rainy, and we quarrelled over the old swing and the imperfect backgammon board in the lumber-room, where we were allowed to amuse ourselves. Melchior's Dream and Other Tales Howard and Virginia appropriated the table to themselves where they played with their soldiers and backgammon board. Vandover and the Brute She found a stool and a fire-screen for Mrs. Gaddesden; she held some wool for Mrs. Strang to wind; and a backgammon board was made ready for the Squire, in case he returned. Elizabeth's Campaign We frequently find backgammon boards with backs lettered as if they were two folio volumes. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 286, December 8, 1827 Mr. Gladstone takes down from the bookshelf a backgammon board, which he opens upon a small table somewhat distant from the fireplace. Angels & Ministers Mrs. Sparsit, from her place at the backgammon board, was constantly straining her eyes to pierce the shadows without. Hard Times An hour glass, a pepper mill, a compass, an inkstand, stand for utility, and quaint and twisted musical instruments and a backgammon board for beguilement. A Wanderer in Florence Your grandfather'll come out of it, for he's busy over the backgammon board. Five Little Peppers Abroad During the evening, Joel brought out a backgammon board, and proposed to Harry to play. Facing the World The other table was ornamented with a backgammon board and a greasy pack of cards. Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish. Soon after the lamps were lighted, company began to assemble in the spacious bar-room, where were comfortable seats, with tables, newspapers, backgammon boards, dominoes, etc. Ten Nights in a Bar Room The wooded lanes and strips they had passed were little more in so vast a panorama than the black stripes on a backgammon board. A Woman-Hater Nora returns to her chair and shuts up the backgammon board. John Bull's Other Island The "board" is rather European than Oriental, but it has of late Years spread far and wide, especially the backgammon board. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 09 To the backgammon board at which the good King played for a little silver with his equerries, would succeed faro tables from which young patricians who had sate down rich would rise up beggars. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 3 A lamp was on a pier-table, and a backgammon board on legs before the fireplace. The Lily of the Valley |
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