| 单词 | red-hot poker |
| 例句 | It felt, I promise you, as though someone had laid a red-hot poker against my flesh and was pressing down on it hard. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z The film shows the red-hot poker incident as a premonition experienced by the former king, but doesn't state it as fact. Edward II: Derek Jarman's striking reflection on homophobia 2012-08-16T11:00:05Z He is widely believed to have been disembowelled with a red-hot poker, though some historians suggest suffocation was a more likely cause of death. Edward II: Derek Jarman's striking reflection on homophobia 2012-08-16T11:00:05Z Sadly we are not talking with a red-hot poker. RuPaul's Drag Race recap: season seven, episode 11 – Hello, Kitty Girls! 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Gloucester still loses his eyes in that grisly fashion, and in fact Mr. Farr’s production adds the innovation of a red-hot poker to this gruesome scene. | 'King Lear' : The Old, Inexorable Story of a King?s Disintegration 2011-07-17T21:53:11Z Sometimes, as when he imagines shoving the cold end of a red-hot poker up Michael McIntyre's backside, it's vividly inventive. Jerry Sadowitz – review 2012-12-12T17:28:45Z When Cameron accused them of breaking their pledge on student fees, you would imagine they'd just seen Abanazar skewered with a red-hot poker, so immense, so profound, so incredibly loud was their delight. Simon Hoggart's sketch 2010-12-09T00:05:00Z “It felt like someone had taken a red-hot poker out of the fire and stuck it through my chest,” Grantham recalled. A doctor saved a Marine’s life in Vietnam. A photo just reunited them. 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z Clutching a metal version of the red-hot poker flower, she cheerfully raises it overhead, swings and shatters the side windows of cars parked along the street. Review: Forget about 'immersive' Van Gogh. Pipilotti Rist's MOCA show is the real thing 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z One screen takes us through a field of red-hot poker flowers. From Warhol to Steve McQueen: a history of video art in 30 works 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z His grandmother Jeanette Williams reared him after a stepfather struck him in the head with a red-hot poker. Robert Guillaume, Emmy-Winning Star of ‘Benson,’ Dies at 89 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z “Yes; I am going to etch the name ‘Dandelion Camp’ in the wood with a red-hot poker, and sketch the dandelions about the name in pyrography, also. Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp 2011-10-21T02:00:19.027Z "Cool this red-hot poker by thrusting it into a pail of cold water, and it becomes very hard and brittle." Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z The image on one side is a skewed view of nature — a field or garden full of red-hot poker plants, their spiky crimson and yellow flowers shown in human-size close-up, pressed against the picture plane. Review: Forget about 'immersive' Van Gogh. Pipilotti Rist's MOCA show is the real thing 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z He thought that somebody was driving a red-hot poker into his eyeballs. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z Last year in England, in a nobleman's house, a footman beat a small dog, which ran into the offices, with a red-hot poker, and piled burning coals on it until it died in indescribable agony. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z Sausages, property red-hot poker, costume of motley, slippers and spectacle case. Mr. Punch On Tour 2011-05-22T02:00:12.297Z Like a jab in the arm with a red-hot poker, social rejection hurts. Pain and heartache bound together in our brains 2011-04-04T00:08:56Z At Dyersburg a red-hot poker was rammed down the throat of the victim, and he was further mutilated in ways indecent and unmentionable. Your Negro Neighbor 2011-02-14T03:00:35.203Z Ah—h—h! there's another twinge, as if a red-hot poker had been plunged into it. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z He loved her with a burning love, but at this moment the difference between love and hate was as imperceptible as that between the touch of ice and a red-hot poker. Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z Possibly he would merely singe his wife’s hair, burn her feet with a red-hot poker, shiver the glass of the French window, and be content with that to let well alone. Max Carrados 2010-12-24T03:00:32.117Z He once burnt me with a red-hot poker. The Cabinet Minister A farce in four acts In the mysteries of Demeter or Bacchus, in the mysteries of a civilised people, the red-hot poker, or any other instrument of torture, would have been out of place. Custom and Myth New Edition Rheumatic were the knees that once upon a time were bent in the wide laugh of welcome, while in the corner a red-hot poker's vermilion fire was harmless forevermore. Carnival As though a red-hot poker should have kissed a barrel of gunpowder. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) When the zany in the pantomime hides the red-hot poker in his pocket, he cauterizes his person. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 And here, in 1718, De Hightrehight, the fire-eater, ate burning coals, swallowed flaming brimstone, and sucked a red-hot poker, five times a day! Old and New London Volume I Bob, in delight, dragged Winkle into the back room where sat Ben Allen, amusing himself by boring holes in the chimney piece with a red-hot poker. Tales from Dickens My idea is, don't monkey with a red-hot poker and you won't get hurt. Bert Wilson on the Gridiron He straightened up like some one had touched him off with a red-hot poker. The Boy Scouts Book of Stories Then the torturer pressed a red-hot poker against the soles of his feet. The Saracen: The Holy War Or, use red-hot poker, or red-hot nail grasped by tongs or pincers, or red coal from fire. The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) It was no use trying to argue with the clown, and he had seen how he used a red-hot poker. The Talking Horse And Other Tales You ask her to tell you the story, how she came at him with the red-hot poker. It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot I never wist a man yet, would stand a red-hot poker with a woman behind it that meant it for him. Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall The little man took a red-hot poker and pressed it, hissing, against the scar made by the Tartar's arrow and Lorenzo's knife. The Saracen: The Holy War Parliament beat a retreat and dropped the attempt to tax the American colonies, like a red-hot poker. The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, April, 1886 This question presented itself in a moment and was thus answered: A red-hot poker was placed underneath the beam: from it the black wreaths also ascended. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 In a quarrel which took place there, a poor young man was run into the bowels with a red-hot poker, of which injury he died. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10) Once come the catchpoll to mine house,—I wis not on what business, for, poor man! he tarried not to tell me when I come at him with the red-hot poker. Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall “I’ll bear it; but I didn’t know you’d got a red-hot poker up here to dress the wound with.—What! have you got it out?” Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy He had just thrown the stick upon the floor with which he had been beating her, and was drawing from the stove a red-hot poker. Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular Phases of Metropolitan Life This question presented itself in a moment, and was thus answered: A red-hot poker was placed underneath the beam; from it the black wreaths also ascended. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Of a sudden one side of my face felt as if some one had quickly drawn the tip of a red-hot poker from the corner of my eye to my chin. The Paternoster Ruby I reckon he preferred the risk of that to the surety of catching a red-hot poker. Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall Wax can be removed, by scraping it off, and then holding a red-hot poker near the spot. A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School Jack dived down the companion hatch, and in another moment returned with a red-hot poker, which the mate had thrust into the cabin fire at the first alarm. Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships “There’s nothing like the string and the red-hot poker,” suggested Ruby Brand. The Lighthouse I had forgotten all about the red-hot poker. The Paternoster Ruby Jack Shales dived down the companion-hatch, and in another moment returned with a red-hot poker, which the mate had thrust into the cabin fire at the first alarm. The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands “Howld on!” cried Ted, suddenly clapping his hand on the touch-hole, and receiving the red-hot poker on the back of it. The Pirate City An Algerine Tale And thou, my cousin, wouldst kindly awaken me with a red-hot poker. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection “Tie the one end o’ the string to a post and t’other end to the tooth, an’ stick a red-hot poker to your nose. The Lighthouse The cactus is abloom in red-hot poker ends. Europe—Whither Bound? Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921 The rest of us echoed his shout, including Biddy from the kitchen, while she flourished her red-hot poker above her head. With Axe and Rifle “Neb, old lad,” cried Bob, “give a hye to the red-hot poker, and when I cries ‘Sarvice!’ out you runs with it, and hands it to me.” Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea “I wish I was behind him with a red-hot poker,” says one; “I’d make him trot!” Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life Mental pain is worse than physical, so it was really a relief to reach the ground, even though one foot did go over, and a pain like a red-hot poker shot up the leg. The Heart of Una Sackville At length, one daring urchin brought, from the fire-place, a red-hot poker, and began to bore through its sides. A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide Our feet are on the fender, and that fire is felt on our face; but we verily believe our ice-cold shanks would not shrink from the application of the red-hot poker. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 There was a growl from forward, and Neb Dumlow came limping from the galley, along the narrow piece of deck, by where the steam still rose, and flourishing a red-hot poker, hurried to our side. Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea Fiendish laughter has departed with the Middle Ages, but what delights the schoolboy more than the red-hot poker in the pantomime? History of English Humour, Vol. 2 He pointed with the red-hot poker to the door already mentioned as partly sunk in the slope of the ceiling, and then stuck the poker in the fire again. Alec Forbes of Howglen Inhabitants, why isn't his tongue a red-hot poker?... My Neighbors Stories of the Welsh People Next, as on a frozen slide, came the Clown, with red-hot poker, the Pantaloon tripping over his stick, and two Constables wreathed in strings of sausages. Corporal Sam and Other Stories But she did not tell him that she was to be burnt with a red-hot poker, for she thought it might hurt his feelings. The Brownies and Other Tales The poor utility man thought it was a red-hot poker and gave a yell which would have done credit to a South Sea savage. The Rover Boys on the River The Search for the Missing Houseboat I then held a red-hot poker at some distance, and brought it gradually nearer till it came within three inches, when he asserted that he felt it quite distinctly. Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life "There's nothing like the string and the red-hot poker," suggested Ruby Brand. The Lighthouse You might as well appoint a red-hot poker to guard a powder magazine. Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 1, July 31, 1841 Clear above the whirr of wheels, the whizz of clogs, the one word sizzled like a red-hot poker across her chattering consciousness. The White Linen Nurse They've stolen my shoes and socks, and they started to brand me with a red-hot poker. The Rover Boys on the River The Search for the Missing Houseboat "Yes, and I be ready too, massa!" cried the black cook, bringing out from the caboose the red-hot poker. Poor Jack Tie the one end o' the string to a post and t'other end to the tooth, an' stick a red-hot poker to your nose. The Lighthouse In the mysteries of Demeter or Bacchus, in the mysteries of a civilised people, the red-hot poker, or any other instrument of torture, would have been out of place. Custom and Myth But you could no more help lying to him than you could help flinching from a red-hot poker. The Dark House My aunt led the van with a red-hot poker; and, in my opinion, she was the most formidable of the party. Tales of a Traveller And perhaps, after all, the red-hot poker business is rather stale at the end of the Nineteenth Century! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, December 27, 1890 Possibly he would merely singe his wife's hair, burn her feet with a red-hot poker, shiver the glass of the French window, and be content with that to let well alone. Four Max Carrados Detective Stories I saw the doctor try it once at my house upon a red-hot poker, upon which I did imagine it was of the arsenic kind. Trial of Mary Blandy Miss Sally confessed afterwards that she would have enjoyed operating on the man with a red-hot poker: "and I'd have used the biggest poker in the house." True Tilda Tug's eyes were not blindfolded, and he had seen that, though the Crows had waved a red-hot poker before History's nose, they had quickly substituted a very cold rod to thrust down his back. The Dozen from Lakerim Meanwhile Rachel came in to kindle the fire, which was soon effected by thrusting a red-hot poker between the bars of the grate, where the fuel was already disposed for ignition. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall The old Sergeant seizes a red-hot poker And advances, brandishing it, into the shadows. Men, Women and Ghosts I believe I had a delirious idea of seizing the red-hot poker out of the fire, and running him through with it. David Copperfield He straightened up like someone had touched him off with a red-hot poker. Arizona Nights Another suicide in Great Britain swallowed a red-hot poker. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine Running forward, I let go the anchor, caught up the red-hot poker, applied it to the brass gun, and the mountains with a bang, such as had only once before broke their slumbering echoes! The Coral Island A Tale of the Pacific Ocean Possibly there was no red-hot poker handy: but some sticks were forthcoming in a moment, and threatening faces surrounded the poor old wanderer, who waved them back with quiet dignity. Sylvie and Bruno It is claimed that with this alone a red-hot poker can be licked until it is cold. The Miracle Mongers, an Exposé I caught that red-hot poker from the fire, and stuck it so close her baby's face, that the papoose drew back and whimpered. Laddie; a true blue story The clown with the red-hot poker and the string of sausages is all very well in his way. Alarms and Discursions "It might have come to a metallic ornamentation of the ankle, and some amiable 444, who has murdered his grandmother with a red-hot poker and extenuating circumstances, for your companion," murmured Valentine. Birds of Prey "Take a red-hot poker to him!" my Lady again chimed in. Sylvie and Bruno My red-hot poker's in pawn, and I've worn out the sausages. The Harlequinade An Excursion Once I was driven to face a big squaw, and threatened the life of her baby with a red-hot poker while she menaced mine with a hunting knife. Laddie; a true blue story Think of a red-hot poker cut out of a single ruby! Alarms and Discursions I feel as if I had taken hold of a red-hot poker. The Treasure of the Incas Simultaneously a white streak shot from beneath the porch and something like a red-hot poker thrust itself savagely into an extremely tender part of his anatomy. Tutt and Mr. Tutt He can stir with a red-hot poker and he can stir with a feather,—"You pays your money and you takes your choice." Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 27, October 1, 1870 The burn on her face, and on my hand, wasn't any red-hot poker. The Lord of the Sea "No one will notice, and it's pretty shabby since I dropped the red-hot poker and you spilt the treacle-toffee." The Happy Adventurers M’Todd had got hold of the red-hot poker, and was burning his initials in huge letters on the seat of a chair. The Gold Bat Trim, the Poole sailor whose capture is narrated in the foregoing chapter, defended himself with a red-hot poker. The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore This sparkling beverage—essence of oxygen, mark you—would not need to be iced, for the North Pole is as a red-hot poker compared with it. Without Prejudice It was then I learnt the reel vally of a red-hot poker. Number Seventeen Halfway between his ears was a seared spot, as if a red-hot poker had been laid there for an instant. Baree, Son of Kazan The next part of the ceremonial is the delivery of the red-hot poker. Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green Armed with the red-hot poker, a pitcher of ice-water, and several handkerchiefs from the clotheshorse, Nan went back to the barn ready to do her best in this her most serious 'emergency case'. Jo's Boys For, although three months had passed, and they had played golf together until they were as loath to clasp a golf club as a red-hot poker, they knew no one, and no one knew them. The Red Cross Girl That stolid and worthy ex-noncommissioned officer was armed with a red-hot poker. Number Seventeen It was possible also to demonstrate that water could be turned into fire by thrusting a red-hot poker under a bellglass containing a dish of water. A History of Science — Volume 2 The next part of the ceremony will be the branding with the red-hot poker. Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green Moreover, he is an angrier personage than the Clown, and does not experimentally try the effect of his red-hot poker on your shins, but straightway runs you through the body and soul with it. All the Year Round: Contributions Wemmick stood with his watch in his hand until the moment was come for him to take the red-hot poker from the Aged, and repair to the battery. Great Expectations Some hours later he began to dream; he dreamed that his feet and legs were becoming uncomfortable as a result of Sam Williams's activities with a red-hot poker. Penrod and Sam "They mustn't," I cried, and I reeled back into my chair, with a feeling as if a red-hot poker were being run through my head. Rupert of Hentzau "Oh, if that's all you want," said the one Herbert, who by an ill destiny chanced to be present, "'The red-hot poker held before the Cat's nose: When the poker advances the Cat leaps backwards.'" The Mirror of Kong Ho |
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