单词 | barrowful |
例句 | When the trap-door was closed, we carried down with great trouble a few barrowfuls of earth, which a skilful hand raked over properly. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z "How could I tell Colonel Vivian was your brother?" said Cecil, playing with a little silver Cupid driving a barrowful of matches on the mantelpiece till she tumbled all his matches into the fender. Beatrice Boville and Other Stories See, there's the old boy now, kneeling down by that geranium bed over there, while his bone-headed assistant, Demetrius What's-his-name, wheels the barrowful of fertilizer down from the shed behind the stables. 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 "Well, I am taking a great many barrowfuls," said Anna, "and I am sure Uncle Joachim was right to buy a place here—he was always right." The Benefactress There came a real old-man flood which carried everything away, and when we cleaned out the bed again, there wasn’t so much as a barrowful of gold-bearing dirt left behind. The Tale of Timber Town After a minute or two they began moving about again, and Alice heard the Rabbit say "A barrowful will do, to begin with." Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. With a Proem by Austin Dobson Yet, as Cleena knew, he had made a considerable opening under the west room and had carried out many barrowfuls of earth. Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life A wave leaped over the bow, falling in the dugout like a barrowful of stones. The Huntress At 10 o'clock a barrowful of turnips is divided amongst three cows, and when these roots are not available, a quantity of peas or bean meal, with a pint of cold water, takes their place. The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock In winter and spring, up to the time of serving with the bull, they get an average barrowful of turnips amongst every three, and no more. Cattle and Cattle-breeders For there, upon the narrow new-made road, between the stripling pines, was a mediæval friar, fighting with a barrowful of turfs. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) Sometimes the gate at the farther side of the stable was open, and a gardener would come through with a barrowful of rubbish to add to the accumulation already in the lane. Mary Gray Into these, green lobsters were tossed by barrowfuls, to be taken out a little later smoking hot and coloured a vivid scarlet. Under the Great Bear After a minute or two of silence, they began moving about again, and Alice heard the Rabbit say, "A barrowful will do, to begin with." Alice's Adventures in Wonderland We stood together one day in 1846 or 1847, and saw the first barrowful of soil removed from the canal bank, near the Crescent bridge, to form the opening which is now the railway tunnel. Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men If it was in bad repair, Davis should see to it; a man with a barrowful of bricks and a shovelful of mortar should be sent down. Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance "If happiness is so easily purchased," he said, "what a pity it is that I did not buy the barrowful!" A People's Man He was watching approvingly a barrowful of lilac and other spring flowers being wheeled along by a flower-seller in the middle of the road. The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton These were first covered with a barrowful of earth and then with a heap of brushwood. Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891 For there, upon the narrow new-made road, between the stripling pines, was a mediaeval friar, fighting with a barrowful of turfs. Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes When all was over, Hyacinth wheeled them away in barrowfuls, wondering greatly what he was to do with them. Hyacinth At length, on the third evening, he carried half a dozen long poles, and wheeled several barrowfuls of short planks, measuring but a few inches over two feet, down to the clump of trees. Gutta-Percha Willie After a minute or two, they began moving about again, and Alice heard the Rabbit say, "A barrowful will do, to begin with." The Junior Classics — Volume 6 Old-Fashioned Tales Put them in any other company you please—wheel them to the equator in a barrowful of gravel, or line their box with sand-paper, and you may leave them naked as they were born! Warlock o' Glenwarlock He filled his calabash and returned; meantime George and Jacky had got together nearly a barrowful of the brown or rather chocolate-colored clay, mixed slightly with the upper and lower strata, the gray and white. It Is Never Too Late to Mend Sucking the corpse of his deceased dudheen, he staggered through his duties with his barrowful of stones and dirt, feeling for the first time that the curse of Adam was upon him. Sixes and Sevens Heaps upon heaps of men, barrowfuls of gold, failed to stop up the hole, which, amid this ruinous luxury, continually gaped under the floor of her house. Four Short Stories By Emile Zola |
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