| 单词 | pouter |
| 例句 | He always marched about with his chest stuck out like a pouter pigeon, and he called out “On the word One—” on every possible occasion. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Yes; I've got some pouters at home, but I only brought the fantails here. The Little Princess of Tower Hill 2012-02-06T03:00:11.547Z Human evolution is not so simple or so conspicuous a thing as the evolution of the pouter pigeon. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z Persis herself was like a pouter pigeon strutting and preening her high breast. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z Her wide hat and buttons only were black, and from her bosom projected an enormous frill, very white against the red cloth, that gave her the appearance of a pouter pigeon. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z Even the little foot and slender ankle, freed by relaxation from the jealous skirt, helped to emphasize differences wide as those between a hummingbird and a pouter pigeon. The Mystery of The Barranca 2011-05-25T02:00:16.720Z Darwin noted the great disparities among the English carrier, short-faced tumbler, pouter, fantail and other breeds. Remarkable Creatures: A Lesson of Genealogy: Looks Can Be Deceiving 2011-05-23T21:43:17Z They are even shaped differently, having waists like wasps and bosoms which would resemble those of pouter pigeons if pouter pigeons' bosoms did not seem to be a part of them. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z As she threw her hat and cloak in a corner, she caught sight of a pair of pouter pigeons fluttering from the ceiling, holding a corner of the bed-canopy in their half-open bills. The Undying Past The pouter pigeon, brave in his iridescent waistcoat, perched upon her other shoulder, and Lynn straightened himself to look at her. The Master's Violin And all about fluttered grey pigeons and white pigeons, fan-tails and pouters and many more the names of which Roy quickly forgot. The Crimson Sweater Mr. Cordal was vainly struggling with a voluminous starched shirt, which as he bent seemed determined to give him the appearance of a pouter pigeon. Patricia Brent, Spinster McGraw does not like to have any of his clubs beaten by the minor leaguers, because the bushers are inclined to imitate pouter pigeons right away after beating the Big Leaguers. Pitching in a Pinch or, Baseball from the Inside He wore a beautiful white waistcoat and sat there, with his chest out, his white hair rising into a crest, looking exactly like a pouter pigeon. The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary "Do you see the pouter pigeon?" asked one pigeon of another. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series "You look like a pouter pigeon," said Judy, "what have you got stuffed in there?" Molly Brown's Sophomore Days Short jackets with close half-sleeves were worn with the neck and breast covered with a cambric buffant that borrowed a mode from the pouter pigeon. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" La Violette swelled up like a pouter pigeon on hearing this taffy from the great detective, and bowed profoundly, his black eyes gleaming, as he took a cigarette and lit it. The Adventures of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons Being one of the exciting episodes in the career of the famous detective Hemlock Holmes, as recorded by his friend Dr. Watson He is so conscious of his bigness, and makes chests at you like a pouter pigeon. A Diplomatic Adventure His chest jutted out like the breast of a pouter pigeon and he wore the solemnly self-conscious expression of a peacock on parade. Officer 666 He puffed up like a pouter pigeon and shouted: "Heil Hitler!" A Yankee Flier Over Berlin He was in there, grinning and throwing out his chest like a pouter pigeon.” The Spoilers of the Valley Obsessed with this thought, he strutted up the aisle like a pouter pigeon. Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight The young man stepped back, and Rachel, after the manner of a pouter pigeon, nestled her chin on her breast, in her endeavour to see how the watch looked in wearing. The Tale of Timber Town Thus pigeon-fanciers have gone on selecting pouters for length of body, and we have seen that their vertebr� are generally increased in number, and their ribs in breadth. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) “Why,” explained Spider, “Bobolink keeps on swelling out his chest like a pouter pigeon every time somebody happens to mention his deer, and I’m afraid he’ll burst with vanity soon.” The Banner Boy Scouts Snowbound A Tour on Skates and Iceboats Whether the game was worth the candle, I was not to be bullied out of my privileges by a clown swash-buckler who aped the characteristics of a pouter pigeon. Desert Dust "Do you see that pouter pigeon?" said one to the other. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen They get such dreadful attacks of mumps, their throats being distended by the fish, which are alive, when the birds seem as if they were pouter pigeons. The Life of Gordon, Volume I But this is probably due to weak power in the fantail rather than to any unusually strong power in the pouter, for I have observed that barbs also preponderated over fantails. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) Fil thought a minute, pursed his chest out like a pouter pigeon, and replied to the great admiration of Filippa, who was a very loyal sister: “I shall be a Senator, or President.” Fil and Filippa Story of Child Life in the Philippines Descriptions of the habits of one or more well-known varieties—pouters, fantails, homing pigeons, etc. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study After the lapse of some millions of ages, these constantly forking growths will have taken on a diversity to which that of the pouters and fan-tails is trifling. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 For it would be easy to imagine the enlarged crop of the pouter, or tail of the fantail, as of some use to birds in a state of nature, having peculiar habits of life. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 They believe that it would be easier to raise a pouter or fantail pigeon from crossing two distinct species, neither of which possessed the characters of these races, than from any single species. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. He made her think now of a sort of pouter pigeon. Jewel Weed To give a simple illustration: the fantail and pouter pigeons are both descended from the rock pigeon. Evolution, Old & New Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin The neighbourly throng was at this moment augmented by the appearance of two ladies who fluttered out on the porch of a rose-trellised cottage, like small, proud pouter pigeons. Sally of Missouri Did he ordain that the crop and tail-feathers of the pigeon should vary, in order that the fancier might make his grotesque pouter and fantail breeds? Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 In those races which present some remarkable deviation of structure, such as in the tail of fantails, crop of pouters, beak of carriers and tumblers, &c., the other parts remain nearly unaltered. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. Let us recognize it as an exquisite creation of art, not of nature, as wonderful as the pouter pigeon or the saffron rose. The Education of American Girls What does Sadie do but pass her out the glad hand and coo away, like a pouter pigeon on a cornice, about being tickled to see her again. Shorty McCabe In looking at her one was irresistibly reminded of a pouter pigeon strutting along on its short little legs, preening its sleek little head to and fro above its protuberant breast. Flaming June Did He ordain that the crop and tail-feathers of the pigeon should vary, in order that the fancier might make his grotesque pouter and fantail breeds? On the Genesis of Species The two arms of the furcula in pouters diverge less, proportionally to their length, than in the rock-pigeon; and the symphysis is more solid and pointed. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. Some are carriers, some pouters, some tumblers, some trumpeters; and yet all are descendants of the Rock Pigeon which is still extant. What is Darwinism? The dumpy little figure, swelling like a pouter pigeon's, was so irresistibly ludicrous that Shelby forgot his troubles and threw back his head in a gust of laughter. The Henchman He kept pigeons of every sort—tumblers, pouters, carriers, Belgians, dragons… the subdivisions, when you came to them, were endless. Wandering Heath "About three—four weeks," replied the pouter pigeon, with calm unconcern; "ever since Mr. Krauss went to Singapore." The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma In a pouter, the furcula had not been lengthened proportionally with the increased length of the body. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. There is far greater difference between a pouter and a carrier pigeon, than between a Caucasian and a Mongolian. What is Darwinism? He pleaded "not guilty," and strutted on the lawn with his thumbs in the armholes of his waistcoat and his suspected breast as much in evidence as a pouter pigeon's. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm Again, the wild rock pigeon seems to be the ancestral form from which the fantail and pouter and carrier-pigeon with their diverse characters have taken their origin. The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope In pigeons alone there are carriers, pouters, tumblers, baldheads, beards, dragoons, barbs, jacobins, Antwerps, turbits, owls, orientals, damoscenes, capuchins, fantails, trumpeters, swifts, Lahores, Burmese, Scandaroons, magpies, nuns, Archangels, runts and so on. Outdoor Sports and Games How could crossing produce, for instance, a pouter or a fantail, unless the two supposed aboriginal parents possessed the remarkable characters of these breeds? The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. He was a dignified, ruddy little gentleman, clad in a well turned cutaway that fell from his highly convex middle like the wings of a pouter pigeon. The Fur Bringers A Story of the Canadian Northwest The fantail and pouter pigeons are two very distinct and unlike breeds, which we yet know to have been both derived from the common wild rock-pigeon. Darwinism (1889) Old Lady Carraden, where Mr. Parker had once been under-butler, had gone in for pouter pigeons; and Miss Baker had heard tell of a nobleman who had a carpenter's shop of his own. The Necromancers These birds are very different in appearance, the pouter, for example, has the power of inflating his crop until it puffs out in front as large as a baseball. Outdoor Sports and Games In pouters, with their elongated bodies, there are thirteen or even fourteen, and, as we shall immediately see, an additional number of caudal vertebr�. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. "That's the way it is," he assured her, solemn as a pouter. A Man Four-Square No doubt to the pigeon-fancier this would seem but the first lisping of knowledge, and he would not think much of our acquaintance with pigeons if we could not tell a carrier from a pouter. The Pleasures of Ignorance Our number was not, however, lessened by their desertion, for we received, at nearly the same time, from another friend, a pair of beautiful "pouters." Our Farm of Four Acres and the Money we Made by it Taken absolutely, instead of comparatively, immaturity designates a positive force or ability,—the pouter to grow. Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education This has occurred in the case of the pouter, turbit, and trumpeter, for these highly improved breeds are now left without any links closely connecting them either with each other or with the aboriginal rock-pigeon. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. It has given rise to numerous very remarkable varieties, such as the carrier, fantail, nun, pouter, tumbler, etc. The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section P and Q Those old fellows puffed up like pouter pigeons, and giggled and primped like a lot of school girls! The Lady of the Decoration So much water had fallen in it that it was swelling up like a pouter pigeon, or like the bowl that held the Chinese Lily, when he dropped pebbles in it. Half-Past Seven Stories If you wish to breed pouters, you cannot do worse than intrust them with the care of their own eggs. The Book of Household Management In a similar manner, if the vertebr� had been visible and had been attended to by fanciers, assuredly an additional number might easily have been fixed in the pouter. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. We loose the pouter, the tumbler is forgot, and we get slaty-gray men and women ruled by ruffed Jacobins. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers Out of the blue rock pigeon he develops the pouter or the fan-tail; he chooses out, generation after generation, the forms that show most strongly the peculiarity that he wishes to develop. An Introduction to Yoga He swelled up like a pouter pigeon; and shook his fist at the door. The Scotch Twins The most common pouters are the blues, buffs, and whites, or an intermixture of all these various colours. The Book of Household Management There are styles demanding that beginning at the neck you should curve out, like a pouter pigeon. Idle Ideas in 1905 Thus pigeon fanciers have gone on selecting pouters for length of body, and we have seen that their vertebrae are generally increased not only in size but in number, and their ribs in breadth. The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 And with a spasmodic bridling-up, she pointed to the bouffante which used to stand up stiffly round her withered old throat, and stick out in front like a pouter pigeon. John Halifax, Gentleman Pigeon, female, deserting a weakened mate; carrier, late development of the wattle in; pouter, late development of crop in; domestic, breeds and sub-breeds of. The Descent of Man I will cry "peccavi" when I hear of the Duke or you attacking breeders for saying that man has made his improved shorthorns, or pouter pigeons, or bantams. Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 I am getting quite a 'chamber of horrors,' I appreciate your kindness even more than before; for I have done the black deed and murdered an angelic little fantail and pouter at ten days old. Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 But this is probably due to weak power in the fantail rather than to any unusually strong power in the pouter, for I have observed that barbs also preponderate over fantails. The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 The frequent presence of fourteen or even sixteen tail-feathers in the pouter may be considered as a variation representing the normal structure of another race, the fantail. The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition PIGEONS, origin of. -classified table of breeds of. -pouter. -carrier. -runt. -barbs. -fantail. -turbit and owl. -tumbler. The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 What I wanted to show was that in reference to pre-ordainment whatever holds good in the formation of a pouter pigeon holds good in the formation of a natural species of pigeon. Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 |
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