| 单词 | sackful |
| 例句 | So why carry on like a sackful of sick cats just because Herb Clutter got his throat cut? In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z At the produce market he stacked a pyramid of oranges on the top and kept two more sackfuls in the cabinet underneath. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z "Tell him we're shameful mean, and rough as a sackful of nails. Warn him we fear no gallows!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z I felt like he’d handed me a big sackful of rocks. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Dresses and shawls were scattered around, and there was a bag of what looked like medicines, several dozen jewelry cases, a sackful of milk powder, even a small chest of baby toys. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The best part was that we could each gather a free sackful of potatoes to take home. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She did this until she had a huge sackful of wedges, which Omakayas lugged back to the camp. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “As for who will employ you, there is no such thing. Anyone can go and work and be paid by the results—so much for each sackful.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z "In the valley on the other side of the hill. I had my men pick a sackful as we marched past." Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy was by now so full of cake he was like a sackful of wet cement and you couldn't have hurt him with a sledge-hammer. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z He was a smart old fellow and had a sackful of tricks. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She hauled in dirt from the mountains by the sackful, slung over her shoulder, and fertilized, watered, and manicured each bush with exceeding care. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z And when the time came, he gathered a sackful of things and met Ahmad in Greece. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Attacking a pile of graphic novels is not unlike chucking a sackful of baby pandas into a river. Books of The Times: Inventing a Graphic Treatment for the Curies 2010-12-21T17:05:40Z For the first time a sackful of the seeds is to be sold officially at a Sotheby's auction of contemporary art next month. Seeds for sale 2011-01-26T17:25:45Z It has a sackful of bones to pick with the modern world as a whole. ‘The Highwaymen’ Review: Grumpy Old Men on the Trail of Glamorous Killers 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z I suppose it's a good thing that the NLI is releasing this material; it will be like throwing a sackful of nuts to a forest full of squirrels. Bloomsday fans celebrate as James Joyce scholars do battle 2012-06-16T10:02:08Z But before either the gratitude or the barbs, there was simply puzzlement over the identity of a woman who had essentially walked in off the street with a sackful of cash. Megan Ellison, the most powerful new force in Hollywood 2013-02-18T19:56:34Z Both Blur and U2 have a sackful of famous hits to snare the passer-by. Gorillaz at Glastonbury 2010 2010-06-26T00:47:00Z The tape was sent to the eminent conductor Simon Rattle, who no doubt gets sackfuls of such things. Prodigy Ages Into a Merely Young Conductor 2011-02-25T14:57:07Z Here, then, are a sackful of titles sure to make the season bright. Michael Dirda’s holiday book picks 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z They arrive on stage with a sackful of silly short gags, which they then more or less recite. Comedy Gold: Milton Jones's Lion Whisperer 2013-01-24T15:10:33Z "We had sackfuls of letters coming in from children with skin disorders saying that they feel a little bit more confident. That's how savvy she was. So she was so right on so many things." Yvette Fielding says she was bullied on Blue Peter 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z "But a lot of younger people wanted to be in the book… I was getting sackfuls of mail. I'm sure the local postman wondered what the hell was going on." Jim Haynes: A man who invited the world over for dinner 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z A news release from the state conservation agency said boats resumed harvesting oysters by the sackful on Tuesday. Alabama oyster harvest underway after shutdown 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z “It was only when they started receiving sackfuls of correspondence from school kids saying they loved it that we knew we were saved.” Terry Jones obituary 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z I would grab a sackful and bring it over to Beerstar for the perfect drinking snack. From Cambodian doughnuts to roasted corn, White Center has options to satisfy all your snacking needs 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z He’s a 73-year-old man, a grandfather, who throws hourly tantrums that would make a sackful of weasels look calm and centered. Donald Trump is the weakest incumbent president in decades: If Democrats don't screw this up 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Though, rereading, I find that she describes a friend, hardly more graciously, as wearing a T-shirt “which at our age and our weight looked rather like a sackful of puppies”. When feminists insult each other, chauvinists cheer | Catherine Bennett 2018-01-27T05:00:00Z The group who board carry sackfuls of the few belongings they’ve managed to bring with them – a few solar panels, rice and clothes. 'When they began slaughtering us we ran for our lives': Rohingya trapped inside Myanmar | Alex Crawford 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z The mall has sackfuls of Santas: there’s a Santa who knows sign language, and a Santa “by appointment” for people who don’t want to wait. Can the Mall of America survive the retail apocalypse? 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z He has published a sackful of books laying out the evidence for evolution, against design in nature, and for natural selection as the only mechanism of adaptive evolution. Genetics: Dawkins, redux : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z A chocolate containing thyme oil has so far scored worst, generating "sackfuls of mail". The man who built a chocolate empire 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z They came in by the electronic sackful, if such a thing exists, so let's crack on with those and the first question from Billy Hill. Global development podcast transcript: what's at stake at the G8? 2013-05-24T16:47:34Z He had a sackful of this stored away, and he filled his pipe now with it. Creation Myths of Primitive America In relation to the Religious History and Mental Development of Mankind 2012-03-13T02:00:25.633Z Half an hour later he would have been held a fool who looked twice at an Ovington note, or distrusted a bank into which, rumor had it, gold had been carried by the sackful. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z Her grandsons keep her supplied with the bulbs, which they dig by the sackful from the neighboring hill-slopes and mesas. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits 2012-02-17T03:00:37.163Z On this jungle path, when stolen gold was carried by the sackful, trouble was certain to follow. Prowling about Panama 2012-02-11T03:04:04.040Z But things took a more cheerful aspect when out from a clump of trees rode a rough-looking stockman, mounted on a sackful of bones in the shape of an aged white horse. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z I’m just a sackful of motherhood tied down and repressed. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z “Excepting a sackful of royals,” said the saint, “and on that account thou shalt not come in.” Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z Then I heard of the New Rush being opened, and how men were finding sackfuls of diamonds. Luck at the Diamond Fields 2011-10-06T02:00:43.067Z Evil folk there are—crows and corpse-devouring vultures—who would as readily denounce us to the Emperor for half a sackful of coal as for half a sackful of florins. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z His diamonds, moreover, he counted by the sackful. Stories about Famous Precious Stones 2011-08-31T02:01:42.217Z The youthful King David appeared with his sling and his sackful of pebbles. The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) 2011-08-09T02:00:28.197Z And whenever he has been suffering from some trifling indisposition, or has sustained any family loss or affliction, sackfuls of letters quoting texts of Scripture have been sent to him. The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography 2011-05-29T02:00:07.883Z Morale is maintained by sackfuls of letters from back home, along with plenty of French food. French flagship 2011-05-27T17:07:43Z Every day during the spring harvest, lorries bring sackfuls of roses to factories all around Taif. Flower power 2011-05-14T11:23:10Z So he goes and begs rice from his brother, which his brother gives him very willingly, a good sackful. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z Dr. Pilley found himself visiting Salvation Army stores and buying up sackfuls of used children’s toys to serve as vocabulary items. Sit. Stay. Parse. Good girl! 2011-01-17T21:52:15Z The Mirror needs investment as well as belief, for without it no editor can make real gains: but Wallace brings a sackful of grit and inspiration with him to the office. Media Proprietor of the Year Award 2010 2011-01-02T00:05:14Z Go out of a night there, and get a sackful of birds when you likes.’ Christmas Penny Readings Original Sketches for the Season 2010-12-20T17:11:47.497Z Bobby Moore, leader of the celebrated band who also died tragically early, had his sackful of memories sold by his first wife, Tina, to his beloved West Ham. Tears for souvenirs as Best and Stiles memorabilia go up for auction 2010-10-19T23:06:00Z There two sackfuls of heather were, by his orders, brought in and put on end, with the flower uppermost. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 I told them I would send them a sackful. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open I have Father's old tweed suit and his fishing-boots here, and I brought up a whole sackful of hay yesterday, it's underneath my bed. The Fortunes of Philippa A School Story By means of this vandalism we managed to collect a sackful of efficient fuel, and so warmed the water of the well, which was our only aliment during the day. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] Here she would see a great deal of property—a whole sackful. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series However, we have been promised freedom and a sackful of your treasure if we only deliver you up alive. The Tower of Dago I says to myself, they'll follow the track of that sackful of rocks to the shore and then drag the river for me. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade He had no doubt that the men would murder for a far less sum than the value of that sackful of precious stones. Northern Diamonds It is, therefore, customary to mix the material a sackful at a time in order to reduce the risks of an explosion. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 4 June 1906 But now I can lend her ten, or a whole sackful, for which I'm very glad. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series She showed the tablet to her friends, and they dug down deep in the sand, and found whole sackfuls of baked clay tablets. The Bible in its Making The most Wonderful Book in the World He wasn't interested in walking into banks and carrying off sackfuls of money. All Day Wednesday She did not trudge Flemish roads with the pitiful salvage of her fortunes on her back, nor was she turned out of a cottage 2 in Poland with only a sackful of her household treasures. The Camerons of Highboro In the course of the afternoon a large sackful of letters and newspapers from England was delivered on board, much to our delight. The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' “They must have got a couple of sackfuls away.” The Kopje Garrison A Story of the Boer War ‘Yes,’ said the prince, and gave him his whole sackful. The Olive Fairy Book And the interminable question of caste, banning many things to Cingalese and Tamil, inhibits not the right to gamble upon the contents of a sackful of bivalves. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan When I saw him, I knew he was bringing us a sackful of garden produce. Jewish Children "Rotten apples," answered the hostler; "a whole sackful of them—enough to feed the pigs with." the old man relates his success. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales All went smoothly and he was arrested in Suez roads by plain-clothes men with a sackful of seditious literature for printing broadcast in India. Pan-Islam “I'm not denying she's fond of jewelry,” he said; “but it's too much for half a sackful of turnips.” Humorous Ghost Stories I purchased two great sackfuls of oysters, a thousand in number, which were brought off to the government tug Active by salaaming peons from the government agent's office. East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan Bush tea grew all over the mountain; I could pluck sackfuls of it within fifty feet of my tent. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer But now I can lend her ten, or a whole sackful. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales The merchant gave him the cat, received a sackful of gold, and as soon as he had settled his affairs, started on his way back. Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore After a time the two Arabs joined in the search, and by nightfall a good-sized sackful had been collected. The Dash for Khartoum A Tale of Nile Expedition Yonder in my land this salt is a precious thing; for a basketful, one can obtain a fat cow, for a sackful, two or more young wives! A Rip Van Winkle Of The Kalahari Seven Tales of South-West Africa I obtained twenty full sackfuls, piled them on my wagon, and started. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer When Aspel took up his position people were hurrying towards the hole, some with single book-parcels, or a few newspapers, others with armfuls, and many with sackfuls. Post Haste At length our means of tying became so exhausted that we had to send a messenger back to buy rope from Wali Suleiman, and obtained a large sackful for two reals. Southern Arabia “Then what can I do with this sackful of stuff?” exclaimed Ben, who, having unbounded confidence in his captain, fully believed what he said. The Settlers A Tale of Virginia If you can contrive to take home a sackful of those stones, old man, you need no longer fear money troubles, eh? The Adventures of Dick Maitland A Tale of Unknown Africa The sun was pushing its way into the white clouds which hollowed themselves and then swelled out again, like down and feathers do when you push something into a sackful of them. Marie Claire He tells me he has torn up “sackfuls on ’em” and strewn them to the winds. Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" "Herring Merchants" F is unpronounc’d in mastiff and t is spoken instead of f, in handful, armful, sackful. Magazine, or Animadversions on the English Spelling (1703) Oh, Mr. Fox!" cried the cat, "you with your hundred arts, and your sackful of tricks, are held fast, while I, with my one, am safe. Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1 I had never heard the postmaster say anything but “Only papers, to-day,” or, “I’ve got a sackful of mail for ye,” until this afternoon. My Ántonia "Apples!" answered the man; "a whole sackful for the pigs." Tell Me Another Story The Book of Story Programs No doubt the second sheet had been lost with those “sackfuls.” Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" "Herring Merchants" In spring the dandelions here are pulled in sackfuls, to be eaten as salad. Nature Near London I am master of a hundred arts, and I have a sackful of cunning tricks in addition. Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1 And the ordinary Woodblocks, which were so plentifully represented in that sackful, are now catalogued at from 50s. to £9 apiece. Stamp Collecting as a Pastime Tumble Paolo into a quiet grave—into the river with a sackful of old castings at his neck—there would be peace then, and freedom. Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster Those new Winterbournes have sackfuls of money—and a chronic invalid or two always in the family, I'm told. Mrs. Red Pepper I wish we had a sackful o' them. Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three Such is the hot nature of cloves, that when a sackful of them is laid over a vessel of water, some of the water is very soon wasted, but the cloves are no way injured. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time But when a sackful of fresh shavings was placed where he could see it, Monarch voluntarily left his bed, went to another part of the cage and watched the removal of the pile without interfering. Bears I Have Met—and Others In a war with the Turks he killed a large number with his own hands, and brought, on his shoulders, a sackful of heads, which he rolled out at the feet of his general. The Empire of Russia But as to a nest—there is no difficulty: I have a sackful of feathers in my wood-shed. The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck He was attended by his cook, and had brought with him a sackful of provisions and his feather bed, which came toiling up the hill in a cart. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 And, when he was desired by some to give thanks for his meat, he said, 'Take a sackful of prayers to the mill, and shill them, and grind them, and take your breakfast off them.' The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 You know it is harder to catch and to keep a young girl than a whole sackful of those lively, hopping little creatures which are my horror. The Dangerous Age If a sackful of red-shelled nuts were spilt on the crown of his head, not one of them would fall on the floor, but remain on the hooks and plaits and swordlets of their hair. The Harvard Classics, Volume 49, Epic and Saga With Introductions And Notes On this occasion, however, they came by special train from Belfast and were marched in military order to the Mansion House, where some sackfuls of policemen's brand-new batons were distributed amongst them. Ireland Since Parnell This particular sackful was "ripe"; it was over ripe and had been for some time. Triple Spies It appeared hard to believe that anyone could find pleasure in packing about a sackful of heavy rocks on a hot day. The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone There's a lot to eat, and if I'm not in clover I'm certainly in feathers,—you should see the immense sackful of them in a dark red sateen bag on my bed! Christine Though a sackful of wild apples were flung on his crown, not an apple would fall on the ground, but each of them would stick on his hair. The Harvard Classics, Volume 49, Epic and Saga With Introductions And Notes When a number of natives came on board to trade, he thought it a capital joke—after business was over—to roll out on the deck a sackful of the heads of their slain kinsfolk. The Long White Cloud He walked through Maryland and Virginia, driving before him an old "flea-bitten grey" horse, loaded with a sackful of books; crossed the Alleghanies, and came down along blazed trails to the Holston settlements. The Winning of the West, Volume 2 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783 This is not one of the celebrated caves in the department, consequently the visitor with thoughts fixed on bones may carry away a sackful if he has the patience to grub for them. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine The man at the village shop said he would put me up, so I took off my knapsack and sat down on a sackful of cattle cake while the bacon was cooking. The Ghost Ship Could I get up whence you came down, they might be gathered by the sackful. Gulliver of Mars BUT as to a nest—there is no difficulty: I have a sackful of feathers in my wood- shed. A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories But as to a nest—there is no difficulty: I have a sackful of feathers in my woodshed. The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter "Then I can not use the deer this year," said Claus, thoughtfully, "for I shall not have time enough to make my sackful of toys." Life and Adventures of Santa Claus "I'm not denying she's fond of jewellery," he said, "but it's too much for half a sackful of turnips." The Ghost Ship I had never heard the postmaster say anything but 'Only papers, to-day,' or, 'I've got a sackful of mail for ye,' until this afternoon. My Antonia The savant therefore went to work, and when he left in the evening he took with him half a sackful of flints and bones. Two Summers in Guyenne The gritty cinders will irritate the lips and tongue, will dry up the moisture of the mouth, will interfere with the breathing, and there will be no nourishment in a sackful of them. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah But prose is like a sackful of loose material, heavy and unwieldy, incapable of being lifted as you please. Glimpses of Bengal Selected from the Letters of Sir Rabindranath Tagore His friend stated the object of their visit, and handed the sackful of gold to the gentleman on the sofa. The Voyage of Captain Popanilla What will you give me for the sackful? Children's Classics in Dramatic Form Encumbered as he was with a double armful of girl and a fairly heavy sackful of papers he yet made good time to the corner of the nearest corral. The Heart of the Range But if you try to nourish yourselves on it alone, then, as I said, a sackful of such ashes will not stay your appetite. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah This is only a sackful, and not full at that. The Everlasting Whisper These girls arrive in troops from their native villages among the hills, carrying on their heads a sackful of the flour of dried beans and a lesser quantity of dried chestnuts. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 02, December, 1857 Now I can lend her ten or the whole sackful. Children's Classics in Dramatic Form He saw himself pouring out sackfuls before his enraptured girl. The Magnetic North One old chief raised some wheat one year—I presume his squaws did all the work—and he gathered several sackfuls, which was made into flour at the agency mill. Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 One of our native boys rode in and offered to get a sackful of plover for the table, and getting the sack he took me up on his horse behind him. Far Away and Long Ago "Rotten apples," answered the hostler; "a whole sackful of them—enough to feed the pigs with." Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 2 The troll then gave the old man a sackful of money, and laden with this he betook himself homewards. The Pink Fairy Book I am master of a hundred arts, and have into the bargain a sackful of cunning. Household Tales by Brothers Grimm Day and night the poor fellow raved and always about that confounded orchid, the loss of which seemed to weigh upon his mind as though it were a whole sackful of unrepented crimes. Allan and the Holy Flower Good Halimah, Livingstone's cook, had made ready a sackful of fine flour, such as she only could prepare in her fond devotion for her master. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley But now I can lend HER twenty, or a whole sackful. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 2 From under ground there comes, by the basketful and sackful, a sort of round root. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography "I have a sackful of letters to parents." War and Peace She had to get a sackful of air into the organ before it could make music. Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! Saxon got a sackful of the fish, and was compelled to make two trips in order to carry them home, where she salted them down in a wooden washtubs. The Valley of the Moon The foreman had sent him over here with a sackful of letters for the post, and to bring back the week's mail for the ranch. Lin McLean Money could be made out of them, and he would wait and take a sackful of it into the South Seas. Martin Eden |
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