| 单词 | pouter pigeon |
| 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 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 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 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 “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 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 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 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 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 "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 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 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 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 He swelled up like a pouter pigeon; and shook his fist at the door. The Scotch Twins There are styles demanding that beginning at the neck you should curve out, like a pouter pigeon. Idle Ideas in 1905 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 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 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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