| 单词 | prink |
| 例句 | There was a simultaneous smoothing back of the hair and prinking of the dress through the room. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z There wasn’t much “prinking and preening” before the mirror on this morning, that was sure. The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward 2012-02-03T03:00:19.757Z Scant time was given to the godmothers to change their shoes, skirts, and stockings, and to prink. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z Lily had been “prinking up” at the other end of the room while this conversation was going on. The Girls of Central High at Basketball The Great Gymnasium Mystery 2011-11-04T02:00:20.757Z It must be recorded of Amy that she deliberately "prinked" that night. Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z But they went up to their rooms first to “prink and putter” as Tom always called it. Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton 2011-07-17T02:00:32.150Z I came in here just to remind you to begin to prink before dinner or you’d never be ready.” The Corner House Girls Among the Gypsies How They Met, What Happened, and How It Ended 2011-06-14T02:00:19.837Z For a blind lady loves to prink herself as much as one who can see, unless she is self-conceited, and would rather please herself in the glass than others out of it. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z Cochrane led the horses into the little park which prinked the centre of the enclosure, and the young men ascended the steps. A Daughter of the Vine 2011-03-09T03:00:47.790Z How they prinked and flaunted in their pride! The Basket Woman A Book of Indian Tales for Children 2011-03-09T03:00:44.330Z Tina, the betrothed of Nomino�, surrounded with her friends and relatives who joined her grandmother in prinking up the girl, was seated in their midst in the old dame's bedroom. The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code A Tale of the Grand Monarch 2011-01-18T03:00:14.120Z "Mistress Mayow, intending to plead for her husband's life, spent so long a time in prinking herself that by the time she reached the presence of the judge, her husband was dead." Nooks and Corners of Cornwall 2010-12-30T03:00:24.033Z Anxiety, from the moment it began, made me neglect myself—no prinking, no housework, dust powdering my furniture. Woman The clocks had struck two when he reached Leppard Street, and the houses confronted him, their roofs and chimneys prinked with stars. Sinister Street, vol. 2 "If I took as much time to prink as you do I believe I could fuss myself up to look like something." The Bachelors A Novel A chain of "Bungel belles" stretched their thin arms above their heads in a letter O and prinked about on their toes like bantams in a dust road. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole Only a few minutes would be needed, she declared, in which "to prink a bit." A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade And as he sat there she seemed to materialize out of the shimmering radiance of the evening air, prinking and bending forward with an enchanting smile to catch his eye. Command She came out prinking and clicking her high-heeled shoes, and she placed her hand as lightly as a feather upon my arm. Captain Macedoine's Daughter He prinks in his violet robe of fine woven silk. The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres The train stopped long enough to give us a chance to prink up a little; and one fellow had the hardihood to go off and get shaved. Our campaign around Gettysburg Being a memorial of what was endured, suffered and accomplished by the Twenty-third regiment (N. Y. S. N. G.) and other regiments associated with them, in their Pennsylvania and Maryland campaign, during the second rebel invasion of the loyal states in June-July, 1863 They accepted with pleasure and withdrew to prink. The Campfire Girls on Ellen's Isle The Trail of the Seven Cedars They went out into the gardens, Evanthia holding his arm and taking short prinking little steps. Command She'd stand and prink, and fix her hair Around her forehead with great care; And take some time to tie a bow That must, to please her, lie just so. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 During this conversation Edgar was brushing his hair carefully and "prinking" before the glass, for he was anxious to appear as fascinating as possible when he presented himself to Miss Gilbert. Mark Mason's Victory You ought to see the Hunter's Moon, These silver nights, prinking in our lagoon. The Daughter of the Storage And Other Things in Prose and Verse Getting so you fuss if you have square-topped hairpins instead of round, and letting milliners sell you any sort of hats because you are too busy to prink! The Gorgeous Girl I felt inclined to prink in the 94 golden mirror, after the manner of Susie, and exclaim: “Oh, do not say that, Amelia!” The Mistress of Shenstone Come, I will show you now my newest hat, And you may watch me purse my mouth and prink. American Poetry, 1922 A Miscellany What I have to endure, V., waiting while you prink, no tongue can tell. Peggy Hang your wraps in that closet for the time being, make yourselves presentable—there is a mirror on purpose for prinking—and then get acquainted with your new home. The Lilac Lady You look horrid in blue, and you know it, in spite of all your prinking around and pretending. Marcia Schuyler Mr. Gallivant slid into his overcoat, prinked up his scarlet tie, and walked breezily into Wall Street. Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular Phases of Metropolitan Life Many a morning my own toilet consisted of a face wash at the spring, but my guide seldom failed to spend as much time prinking as if he expected distinguished visitors! The Black Wolf Pack She prinked and preened herself just as industriously as she conned her morocco-bound books of devotion. The Brentons How superior he looked when we were prinking, Ruth! The Fortunes of the Farrells Go right away now, and get through with your interview, and I’ll join you in the lounge as soon as I’ve prinked, and gotten my face into order. Flaming June The girls whispered and prinked, and exchanged confidences with self-conscious airs. Brother Copas Many a marriageable maiden who came to view the trousseau went home to prink and blush and watch for the shadchan. The Promised Land Then I am going back to the hotel for an hour's rest and to prink, and afterwards into the Sporting Club at four o'clock. Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo Having thus made public his embarrassment, she ran to the mirror to finish her own prinking. Ralestone Luck You don’t know how to prink, do you?” Flaming June The boys borrowed one of an Indian girl, who was sitting in the shade of some willows prinking herself artistically with an original and intricate pigmentary pattern. Captured by the Navajos There were a number of ladies in this yellow room, prinking themselves before going downstairs. The Butterfly House We often think that the younger women don't do as much work when the gentlemen are coming; they are upstairs so long curling their hair and prinking. The Jamesons She was all prinked up fit to kill. By the Light of the Soul A Novel And, seeing what looked like a party, down flew, with a whir and rustle, a flock of doves, saying, "Coo-oo! how do-oo-do!" and prinking themselves in our very faces. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, September 1878, No. 11 "I'll give you fifteen minutes to prink up in," the Doctor told them; and away they scampered, Polly halting by David's cot long enough to wish he "were going too." Polly of the Hospital Staff "I suppose they all stopped to fuss and prink," said Nora, as she peered through the vines that screened the porch. Grace Harlowe's Sophomore Year at High School The Record of the Girl Chums in Work and Athletics After prinking and overlooking, and congratulating himself thus, for a few minutes, he would stroll off, over the housetops, for another stick. A Wanderer in Holland The shepherd prinked him for the dance, With jacket gay and spangle's glance, And all his finest quiddle. Faust; a Tragedy, Translated from the German of Goethe An audience which night after night watches people dressing and undressing probably gets into an unconscious habit of dressing or prinking itself. Etiquette Many mourn; many think It is not unattractive to prink Them in sable for heroes. Old and New Masters And though I mind my work, I also prink and perk, For Johnny's such a f-a-s-cin-a-ting He! Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners She prinked out its ruffles and pleatings as she went. Cheerful—By Request Heyday, brave prinking this! the fine young blood! Faust; a Tragedy, Translated from the German of Goethe About midway up one of the towers, his statue appears in a niche, where pigeons strut and prink their feathers, undisturbed. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, part 2 Play your part, poor pretty doll; Feast and frolic, pose and prink; There's the Morgue to end it all, And it's later than you think. Ballads of a Bohemian Then the Cardinal went to his favourite sun-parlour, and stretching on a limb, he stood his feathers on end, and sunned, fluffed and prinked until he was immaculate. The Song of the Cardinal It must be recorded of Amy that she deliberately prinked that night. Little Women You with your "Art for its own sake", posing and prinking; You with your "Live and be merry", eating and drinking; You with your "Peace at all hazard", from bright blood shrinking. Rhymes of a Red Cross Man Was there time to make herself look otherwise, and who was there to be pleased when she was all prinked out? McTeague You have seen her when she is laced in her stage costume, when she prinks and prattles, with the paint, and the powder, and her best corset on. A Chair on the Boulevard He will prink; and he will be at his best after sunset. Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes Doña Ximena had her daughters ready to receive them in full noble garments, for since midnight they had done nothing but prink and prank themselves. Chronicle of the Cid "Just because you caught me prinking that once!" Snow-Blind She put her clothes on again and prinked as much as she could. We Can't Have Everything He saw the Eurasian girls prinked out in their best frocks to lure into marriage some unwary Englishman. The Broken Road Why are you prinking so at that mirror? Plays "Now the daisies; and oh, dear me, not one can I find in this poverty-stricken town," sighed Kitty, prinking at the glass, and fervently hoping that nothing would happen to her complexion over night. Kitty's Class Day and Other Stories They sat for a long time without speaking, these two women, watching him preen and prink, a bit of lively blue against the newborn green. Viola Gwyn The half-dozen old maids in upper circles who had long since given up hope began to prink and perk themselves into an amazing state of rejuvenation,—revival, you might say. Her Weight in Gold Dressing over nicely: prinked up as if he came out of a bandbox, or fit to sit upon a cupboard's head. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue Sister asked one night, finding Louise prinking before the hall mirror and Grace counting change from her mesh bag. Brother and Sister You heard the Postmaster was here and so you must prink and prim yourself in front of the mirror—look on this side and that side and all around. The Inspector-General The girls laughed again, and a general rustle betrayed that each was prinking a bit before the titled guest arrived. Jo's Boys Now he'll have to go down to the parlor and send up his name, and that just gives me time to do the necessary prinking. The Register When I descend Towards their brink I stand, and look, And stoop, and drink, And bathe my wings, And chink and prink. Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses The mill lane was prinked with all the June flowers. The Doctor : a Tale of the Rockies Many mourn; many think It is not unattractive to prink Them in sables for heroes. Poems of the Past and the Present Next saw the baby round the spot A mongrel slowly slinking; The wagtail gazed, but faltered not In dip and sip and prinking. Time's Laughingstocks and Other Verses A little cloud then cloaked us, and there flew an irised rain, And the Atlantic dyed its levels with a dull misfeatured stain, And then the sun burst out again, and purples prinked the main. Satires of Circumstance, lyrics and reveries with miscellaneous pieces They also retired to dress; and for half-an-hour there was a washing, brushing, and prinking that would have done any tidy woman's heart good to see. Little Men "As much a mystery to you as it is to us, how you girls can like to gabble and prink from one week's end to the other," retorted Tom. An Old-Fashioned Girl So ducks and I dabbled and prinked in all innocence in the garden, which might well have been the garden of Eden for any hint it gave of a world beyond. Noto: an Unexplained Corner of Japan I am handsomer than my mistress, says a young prinked up baggage, what pity it is I should be her servant, I go as well dressed, or better than she. Everybody's Business Is Nobody's Business Now you go and prink up for dinner. A Millionaire of Yesterday And Polly ran into her own room, to prink also, fearing that her friend might be ashamed of her plain costume. An Old-Fashioned Girl The friends had a social "cup o' tea" upstairs, which Polly considered the height of luxury, and then each took a mirror and proceeded to prink to her heart's content. An Old-Fashioned Girl "I ain't ashamed, for it keeps Maud happy, and will please my sister Kitty; and I think sewing is better than prinking or reading silly novels, so, now." An Old-Fashioned Girl |
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