| 单词 | round-backed |
| 例句 | Further along, one could see where the street passed over a round-backed bridge and on into more rural surroundings. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, following the street further along to where it runs over the little round-backed bridge, I could see the mist rising from the river, obscuring almost entirely one of the bridge-posts. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Just then a very stubby, round-backed, quick little red beetle with black spots walked off a broom stem on to Mary's hand. Insect Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:36.600Z Here the moor fell away on every side--a dark sweep of waste bounded by uncouth round-backed hills, which rose shapeless and grey, with never a graceful outline or soaring peak to break the horizon. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z The great-aunt was seated in her little, round-backed armchair, sipping her "night-cap." The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z The ugly things wander at their own sweet will, and are tall, round-backed, thin wretches, who run like race horses, and are no respecters of persons. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z As the door closed the physician sat down in his round-backed chair, resting his long, wrinkled hands upon the arms. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z At a distance, some of the masses of rock appear round-backed; and in certain points of view, the crest of the ridge seems to consist of mammillary peaks. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea Galatea appeared again immediately, accompanied by a little round-backed man, who looked much older than his forty-years justified. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 The gap in the forest proved to be a long, lane-like opening through the trees, which covered only the sides of a round-backed ridge. The Red Moccasins A Story The flare of light came from below—from a single window this time—and there sat Bohlmier in a round-backed chair, with Big Slim resting against the table edge and swinging one leg. Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist As far as the eye could reach, the rushy tufted moorland extended, bounded in the distance by lofty, round-backed hills. A New Illustrated Edition of J. S. Rarey's Art of Taming Horses With the Substance of the Lectures at the Round House, and Additional Chapters on Horsemanship and Hunting, for the Young and Timid The Melville Range approaches within three miles of the coast there, and presents a few short conical summits, although the hills composing it are mostly round-backed. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea At his summons a round-backed, middle-sized man, with shaggy hair and clouded mien, appeared. An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story The reduction must be made by rubbing on sandpaper, and a clean, straight tapering effected, as a bridge, where you can discern a round-backed slope, is bad—looks so and is. Violin Making 'The Strad' Library, No. IX. There were several lots of pigs, of a bad but probably hardy sort—mostly black, round-backed, long-legged, and long-eared. The Huguenots in France He was a strange, almost a deformed figure, short-statured, round-backed, with a large head, no neck, and a long rod jutting out from between his shoulders. The Last of the Legions and Other Tales of Long Ago At Bloody-fall, a round-backed ridge of land, seven or eight hundred feet high, crosses the country. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea I asked him to take a seat, and seated myself in my round-backed writing chair beside my desk. The Idler Magazine, Volume III, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly Helen took a hand-glass from the table and leaned forward in the low, round-backed chair—faithful copy of a fine classic model. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Miss Pinnegar, a poor, patch-cheeked, rather round-backed figure with grey-brown fringe, stood as if she did not quite know what to say or do. The Lost Girl Rixa pompously blew out his cheeks and put back his shoulders in a way he had to convince himself he was not getting old and round-backed. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure Two lofty ranges were fronted by a lower line of round-backed hills, in which we perceived the strata to be horizontal, and the stone of a yellow colour. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea She was a little old lady with a confiding smile, and he a bent and round-backed man with a long, forked beard. Sonnie-Boy's People Ay, lass, but not with a round-backed drift like that at the bottom. Silver Lake But poor Miss Pinnegar after this looked older, and seemed to get a little round-backed. The Lost Girl Finally he returned to the round-backed chair which stood against the desk, and faced his patient across the room. The Independence of Claire The hills in this part are lower, and more round-backed than those we passed yesterday, exhibiting but little naked rock; they were covered with lichens. Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819-20-21-22, Volume 2 Miss Windsor was standing alone, in a corner of the room, by a little round-backed sofa, and smiled a greeting at Geoffrey. The King's Men A Tale of To-morrow Out of the obscurity in the back of the store an old man's narrow bristling face peered, watchful as a cat, his body hunched up in a round-backed arm-chair. Pembroke A Novel The bare, round-backed, chalky or rocky ranges, which here continually succeed one another, are divided only by narrow tortuous valleys, which run chiefly towards the Euphrates or the lake of Antioch. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. In the upper blue rested a few peaceful clouds, changing from silver to pink, from pink to pearly gray, and on the skyline crouched in a purpling haze the round-backed mountains of another county. Bylow Hill Davenant declined the cigar, but seated himself near the desk, in one of the round-backed office chairs. The Street Called Straight A small, round-backed man, with a shag of black hair upon his face, was sitting by the window. The Rocks of Valpre At eight P.M. we were abreast of the south-west end of the island called Cape Resolution, which is a low point but indicated at a distance by a lofty round-backed hill that rises above it. The Journey to the Polar Sea I love the river, and the wide bridge, and the old castle keeping watch and ward, and the pends through which you catch sudden glimpses of the solemn round-backed hills. Penny Plain One black gap in the long line of grey, round-backed airships marked the position from which the Vaterland had come. The War in the Air Then we would come out on long ridges where oak and hickory shouldered one another like the round-backed billows of the lake after the storm. The Trail Book Lastly, in a round-backed chair, cross-legged, twirling his thumbs, twinkling with comfortable repletion, sat Prosper's friend of the road, Brother Bonaccord of Lucca. The Forest Lovers The hills in this part are lower and more round-backed than those we passed yesterday, exhibiting but little naked rock; they were covered with lichens. The Journey to the Polar Sea Yes," said Pamela, "they are a great comfort, the unchanging things—these placid round-backed hills, and the river and the grey town—to us restless mortals…. Penny Plain He was a strange almost a deformed figure, short-statured, round-backed, with a large head, no neck, and a long rod jutting out from between his shoulders. The Last Galley Impressions and Tales It drains a high pastoral country lifted into long, round-backed hills and rugged, wooded ranges by the subsiding impulse of the Catskill range of mountains, and famous for its superior dairy and other farm products. The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton Against the wall were arranged sturdy round-backed wooden chairs, each of which could have received the landlady's person without a quiver of a spindle. Fran The floor was covered with a bright, new rag carpet, and there was a horse-hair sofa in the corner, and two or three stiff, round-backed little chairs, the seats also covered with black horse-hair. Viola Gwyn Paramore is seated in a round-backed chair, on castors, pouring out tea. The Philanderer He sat in a round-backed wooden chair at an ordinary table, on which were several volumes ranked on end, a large blotter, and an inkstand. The Crown of Life On the water which overflows from a stretch particularly cross-seamed and gullied, some lumps are floating, some round-backed reefs. Under Fire: the story of a squad Mr. Lord sat in his round-backed chair, smoking a pipe, on his knees an evening paper. In the Year of Jubilee In a round-backed chair at a distance from the table sat an old man with a wooden leg, a fiddle on his knee. Thyrza By the hearth, in a round-backed wooden chair, sat a grizzle-headed man, whose hard features proclaimed his relation to Eve, otherwise seeming so improbable. Eve's Ransom Down the middle was a long table, with benches beside it, and a round-backed chair at each end; other seats were ranged along the walls. Thyrza Whilst speaking, she had partly moved the horse from the fire and placed a round-backed chair for the visitor in a position which would have answered tolerably had she meant to roast him. Thyrza |
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