| 单词 | sea elephant |
| 例句 | From the top of the cliff I looked down at each of the sea elephants and tried to choose the smallest of the six. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought about these things most of the night, but with the sun I was up and on my way to the place where the sea elephants lived. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I did not sleep much the night before I went to the place of the sea elephants. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Far off I could hear the bellow of a sea elephant. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z There were figures of pelicans floating in the water and flying, of dolphins, whales, sea elephants, gulls, ravens, dogs, and foxes. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z It was hard work, much of it a man’s work, but not until I was finished did I go back to the place where the sea elephants lived. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Nor did I kill another wild dog, nor did I try to spear another sea elephant. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps it is not right to speak of young sea elephants as babies, for they are as large as a man. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The skin of the sea elephant is rough, yet very thin, but beneath it are thick layers of fat, and though his body is large, his head is small and makes a poor target. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The sea elephant moves fast in spite of his size, waddling along on his great flippers which he uses like hands. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z To do this at least three men were needed, and even then the sea elephant often dragged the net into the sea and got away. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a good place for sea elephants because they could crawl halfway up the cliff if the day was stormy. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I wished to use a sea elephant s tusk for the tip of the spear because it is hard and of the right shape. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The thing that made me decide on the place to build my house was the sea elephants. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z In the summer once, when I was on my way to the place where the sea elephants lived, I had seen a young dog that looked like Rontu. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Sea lions surround themselves with their harems on the rocky shore, and sea elephants, with their trunklike faces, roll their blubbery bodies on the same sun-splashed rocks. Bahia Bustamante: Argentina?s Secret (and Private) Answer to the Galapagos 2011-03-04T19:59:37Z Dr. Caron proposes that the creature was similar to modern sea elephants. The ‘Alien Goldfish’ Finds a Home 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z The sad news, though, was the disappointment faced by the "Calgary kids excited about the opportunity to see a real live 'sea elephant'". When dead whales went on tour - BBC News 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z Ten shillings were also paid for a 'sea elephant.' Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century 2011-12-18T03:00:20.923Z One species, M. leoninus, the elephant-seal, or “sea elephant” of the whalers, the largest of the whole family, attaining the length of nearly 20 ft. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" They were indifferent to presents; they rejected bread, and the flesh of the sea elephant, but accepted some birds, which they signified their intention to eat. The History of Tasmania , Volume II One enormous sea elephant Fritz made for, just as he was on the point of sliding off into the sea from a little rocky jetty where he had ensconced himself. Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes The girl talked about them for something to say, then she fell to wondering why on a beach like this there were no sea elephants. The Beach of Dreams The many kinds of seals and walruses and sea elephants form still another group displaying similar bodily characters, but differing more widely from the "cat theme" in these differences. The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope I never saw the sea elephant, and possibly this might have been a young female; but there was no appearance of any trunk. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 Even these little creatures, as well as the monstrous sea elephant, appear to keep up a continued warfare with each other. The Book of Enterprise and Adventure Being an Excitement to Reading. for Young People. a New and Condensed Edition. “Fancy all that quantity from one sea elephant!” Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes She knew at once what it was, a sea elephant. The Beach of Dreams He was a Dutch sailor, a native of Katwijk, on the North Sea, whose ship in trying to steal the islanders' sea elephant oil got in too close and was wrecked. Three Years in Tristan da Cunha I judged them to be of that species of seal called by fishermen sea elephants, accordingly I named these islands, Seal Islands. The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant I saw, for the first time, what the settlers call a pod of sea elephants. The Book of Enterprise and Adventure Being an Excitement to Reading. for Young People. a New and Condensed Edition. “Perhaps it will be the last chance we may have of capturing sea elephants!” Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes To eat was almost too much trouble and presently the seal nursery became too long a walk and the little sea elephants at play had lost their power to interest her. The Beach of Dreams Note: the seals in question, distinguished by the English under the name of sea elephants, are sometimes 25 or 30 feet long. The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders Some sea elephants were lying on the beach of the bay that he first entered, and this was named Sea Elephant Bay.* The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant "Wait till you lads encounter a leopard seal, or a sea elephant," said Captain Hazzard, when the boys confided their scruples to him. The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash or Facing Death in the Antarctic We found it necessary to use sea elephant blubber in the stove in order to warm the Shack, and a very small piece put on the fire at intervals always ensured a good heat. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Then she was chasing penguins along the beach, riding on a sea elephant towards that absolute oblivion which is the brand of sleep they serve at Kerguelen. The Beach of Dreams Among them slithered some sea elephants, a type of seal with a short, flexible trunk; these are the giants of the species, with a circumference of twenty feet and a length of ten meters. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea The shores of these islands abound, in the proper season, with sea lions, sea elephants, the hair and fur seal, together with a great variety of oceanic birds. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3 The sea elephants were a bar across the beach. The Beach of Dreams It is from this fact that they derive the name of sea elephant. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 He had given her back that power and, like the sea elephants when they repulsed the penguins, he had given her something to smile over. The Beach of Dreams The baby sea elephants scuttered out of his way and as he came running back he spilt half the contents of the tin. The Beach of Dreams Some seal of the fur and hair species are still to be found on Kerguelen's Island, and sea elephants abound. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3 The great sea elephants had driven them away. The Beach of Dreams Many sea elephant rookeries were now well-formed as the cows began to arrive about the 11th and were soon landing in large numbers. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 She had thought210 the same about the sea elephants till the great battle, and—she had never seen Raft with murder in his eyes making the elements of beef tea. The Beach of Dreams It seemed to her that this coming on to the sea elephant beach was a stage in her great journey that had brought her definitely nearer to the end of her loneliness. The Beach of Dreams The population occupied themselves chiefly in collecting sealskins and sea elephant oil, with which they traded to the Cape of Good Hope, Glass owning a small schooner. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3 They were the heads of three sea elephants moving like one. The Beach of Dreams The 'Rachel Cohen' finally left us on the 8th, expecting to pay another visit in December for the purpose of taking off the sea elephant oil procured by the sealers. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The river was almost deserted now by the young sea elephants, except at its mouth. The Beach of Dreams There was something in all this of greater import than the appearance of three swimming sea elephants. The Beach of Dreams But the sea elephants knew nothing of Loneliness or its works, nor did they notice, one morning, that though the sun was shining the figure did not appear at all. The Beach of Dreams As he looked at her now sitting in the sunset this return of beauty struck him as it almost might have struck the sea elephants. The Beach of Dreams The beach was swarming with young sea elephants and many could be seen playing about in a small, shallow lagoon. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 It is bad to be alone, even with sea elephants to183 ward off fears, even with provisions enough for a year and a cave to shelter one. The Beach of Dreams More impossible even than a sea elephant from that far beach where life was real and Paris a dream. The Beach of Dreams Breakfast consisted generally of fish, which we caught, or sea elephant in some form, whilst we had tinned fish for lunch. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Hitherto only still-life photos had been taken, but with the sunlight we were then having, any work was possible, so we determined to have some "shots" at the sea elephants. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Hamilton examined the contents of the stomach of the sea elephant and found gravel, stones, cuttlefish, beaks and "worms" in abundance. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 There he murdered a little girl sea elephant after a short, sharp chase over the rocks. The Beach of Dreams We have sat round the Shack sometimes and only the roar of a sea elephant outside reminded us that we were not, as we imagined, at a Maori "tangi." The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Hamilton killed a sea elephant on the 22nd. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Thus we were obliged to use sea elephant oil in slush lamps. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 "Rookery" appears to me to be inapplicable to a herd of sea elephants, though "pup" supplies a more apt description of the young. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Raft and the girl saw that the sea elephants were herding up into the shelter of the cliffs and that the gulls had vanished as though they had never been. The Beach of Dreams The last variety of hair seal, the sea elephant, varies considerably from the preceding. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The habitat of these monstrous animals ranges over the cold, south-temperate seas; sea elephants are but occasional visitors to the ice-bound regions. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The weekly cook limited himself to three briquettes, and these he supplemented with sea elephant blubber and wood, which he gathered and cut up for use. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Hamilton and Blake were busy at Lusitania Bay during the first two weeks of October securing sea elephant specimens and collecting eggs. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The sea elephants had not only made her able to laugh, they had given her something to laugh over. The Beach of Dreams The subjects of discussion were usually those of environment, and most of our talk centred round sea elephants, sea-leopards, penguins, temperatures, wind, wireless telegraphy, fish, aurorae, exploration, ships, Queensland and New Zealand. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Unlike sea elephants and seals they are solitary animals, and should several of them be found on a small gravelly patch of beach they are seen to be as far as possible from one another. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 On this date we came to the end of our meats, which I had been dealing out in a very sparing manner, just to provide a change from sea elephant and weka. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 The fare consisted of sea elephant's tongue "straight," after which a bottle of claret was cracked and we drank heartily to his future prosperity. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 She had never seen a sea lion, but this dream—one looked something like a lion and something like a sea elephant and something like Raft—with a touch of a carthorse. The Beach of Dreams The sea elephant season was now in progress, and many rookeries were well formed by the middle of the month. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 We found ourselves with nothing but sea elephant meat and sago, with a pound-tin of French beans once a week and two ounces of oatmeal every morning. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Hundreds of sea elephants, mostly of the season's young, lay about in the tussock or amongst the rocks. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 I killed the loathsome bird with the rib-bone of a sea elephant, and Hamilton made a fine specimen of it later on. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Prince Selm had spoken of how the sea elephants fought together on landing. The Beach of Dreams A gang of sealers was landed with a view to obtaining sea elephant and penguin oil. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 We saw thousands of sea elephants along the coast and passed many rookeries of various sizes. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 On the south side of the bay, in a low, peaty area overgrown with tussock-grass, were scores of sea elephants, wallowing in bog-holes or sleeping at their ease. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 A sea elephant was then killed, and the blubber, heart and tongue taken; the first-named for use as fuel and the others for food. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 He had seen men reading books in the fo’c’sle occasionally and old newspapers, but of literature, fictional or otherwise, he had no more idea than the bull sea elephants of astronomy. The Beach of Dreams Ninnis took up his abode in the sealers' hut so that he might the better look after their wants, which centred chiefly on sea elephant meat, and that in large quantities. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 This spot was some eighty yards from the beach and to reach it one traversed an area of tussocks between which sea elephants wallowed in soft mire. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 As soon as the after-hold on the 'Toroa' was cleared, barrels of sea elephant oil were brought off in rafts and loaded aft, simultaneously with the unloading forward. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 It was pleasant to be out of doors, and I walked along to the west coast to see if there were any signs of activity amongst the sea elephants. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 This is the breeding place of the sea elephant. The Beach of Dreams There Hurley obtained some good photographs of sea elephants and of the penguin rookeries. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 At intervals along the shore sea elephants disported their ungainly masses in the sunlight. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 During the afternoon of February 11 Webb came in with the news that a sea elephant was making its way over the rocks near the shore. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Numbers of sea elephants' tusks and bones were revealed, which had remained buried in the shingle probably for many years, and heaps of kelp were piled up where before there had been clean, stony beach. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Look at those sea elephants and the gulls; He leads them about by instinct.” The Beach of Dreams It may be mentioned that sea elephants are sub-antarctic in distribution, and only rarely have these animals been observed on the shores of the Antarctic continent. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 |
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