| 单词 | shapeliness |
| 例句 | A narrow scarlet sash, emblem of the Junior Anti-Sex League, was wound several times around the waist of her overalls, just tightly enough to bring out the shapeliness of her hips. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z No other company of dancers exudes such stylistic authority, such emphatic sense of ’twas-ever-thus tradition, such three-dimensionally sculptural shapeliness in motion. Mariinsky Ballet Concludes Brooklyn Run With Chopin 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z Indeed, a pervasive danciness, a rhythmic shapeliness even in slower moments, is a mark of a good performance. Yo-Yo Ma Wants Bach to Save the World 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Noble hammered a vivid chordal solo to keep up the heat, and Fishwick improvised with typical shapeliness, though he was somewhat swamped by the melee. Zhenya Strigalev – review 2012-06-15T17:40:01Z He spoke of my toes in particular: their contours, shapeliness and perfection. How these 5 little words can jump-start an illicit sexual affair 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z "Sorry to Disturb" was first published in the London Review of Books as a memoir, but its shapeliness and dramatic arc draw so heavily from fiction's toolbox that it passes as either. Hilary Mantel's short-story collection long on controversy 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z As Timon, Mr. Thomas treats the language with intelligence and a consistent shapeliness that impresses. | 'Timon of Athens': A Dinner of Water and Stones for Those Friends Who Don?t Come Through 2011-03-02T03:01:04Z But almost more striking than the knife-edge introduction was the shapeliness Mr. Barrett brought to the first movement’s gentler, more lyrical sections and the refined shaping of the Andante. Music Review: Mitsuko Uchida Plays Mozart at Caramoor 2010-06-27T21:49:00Z They abound in real melodies — melodies with musical shapeliness, a capacity to soar and the potential to move the listener. Opera Review: Pablo Neruda and His Mailman, This Time Sung 2010-12-14T13:59:19Z The show-tune shapeliness of her melodies is often a sardonic frame for grim sentiments, to be faced with a ballooning bass line and a self-conscious smirk. Best Albums of 2019 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z After the crystalline shapeliness of the Britten, the four movements of Brahms’ Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in A minor, Op. Britten dazzles at Seattle Chamber Music Society festival 2013-07-16T19:09:15Z Her sense of theatricality, in both the flair of her performance and the shapeliness of the piece, was impeccable. Q&A: Seattle dancer-choreographer Catherine Cabeen 2011-04-25T23:32:57Z “Mercy of a Rude Stream” is something of a shaggy beast; at 1,300 pages, it lacks the shapeliness, the arc of “Call It Sleep,” sprawling across episodes and decades instead. Finally, in one volume: Henry Roth's 'Mercy of a Rude Stream' 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z What lifts this album above the other is the shapeliness of Springsteen’s tunes, catchier than they’ve been in years, and the vivid images in his lyrics. Review: Bruce Springsteen and Madonna strike a pose, with varied results, on new albums 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z “What matters to me even more than the shapeliness and the dance of language is what the poem discovers deeper down than gracefulness and pleasures in figures of speech.” Linda Gregg, award-winning poet of lines like ‘chiseled marble,’ dies at 76 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z The horseshoe chair shown here illustrates the shapeliness and hand-carving that appealed to the era’s aspiring classes. Before and After: A Chinese Antique Gets Modernized 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z "They share forms of passion and obsession, careful observation, desire to find shapeliness, and beauty to understand our world." Live updates from the global March for Science 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z The wrinkled face of the old basket-weaver was a familiar sight in the market; but Joel could hardly recognize the once crippled form, now restored to its original shapeliness. Joel: A Boy of Galilee 2012-03-24T02:00:17.137Z He would have made his shapeliness what he made his unshapeliness—something ridiculously amusing. The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces 2012-03-12T03:00:26.180Z The young rake stretched his legs out before him and cast his eyes down their shapeliness. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z These forms have given the models for a hundred familiar and commonplace works, which caught a little gleam of their glory, squaring to shapeliness some town-house of the West, or Southern bank or church. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z They are the open intimation of the shapeliness and majesty of the unseen soul within. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z Even in the wreck of his ideal, it was an added bitterness to think that limbs whose shapeliness had never even occurred to him, should be made a public spectacle. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z But thus far he had only seen Georgette seated, so that he had no opportunity to admire the shapeliness of her figure or the grace of her carriage. Fr?d?rique; vol. 2 2011-12-19T03:00:37.437Z These forms have given the model for a hundred familiar and commonplace works, which caught a little gleam of their glory, squaring to shapeliness some town-house of the west, or southern bank or church. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z At fourteen years of age she had not heard of the man whose grey eyes and perfect shapeliness of body she inherited. The Story of Louie 2011-10-26T02:00:27.053Z They were unmistakably North American in their shapeliness. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z From one view, Ladislaus accepted this as the sequel of the incident in the bath-room; from another as admiration for his shapeliness. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z When these types of tissue lose their elasticity, the breasts lose their natural shapeliness and become droopy. Sports bras provide more support as designers focus on athletic women 2011-08-15T19:25:18Z He who drives fat oxen should himself be fat, and similarly she who writes of the feminine form should have some pretensions to shapeliness herself. The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z And is there not something of the serpent in the beauty of all graceful women?—something of undulating shapeliness, something of silent fascination?—something of Lilith and Lamia? Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z That Captain Ross should notice a girl's feet was glad news; her own feet being not merely tiny, but of a gratifying shapeliness. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z He was dressed in the ordinary miner's garb of the Southern mines, perhaps a little more cleanly than the average miner by reason of his taste, certainly more picturesque by reason of his statuesque shapeliness. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z How pleasant Muriel found it to stand under, to lean against, to delight her eyes with its shapeliness, and bathe her sight in its ocean of colour! A Practical Novelist 2011-02-19T03:01:38.957Z Miss Valdervant is a beautifully moulded girl, but her shapeliness is not unique. The Awful Australian 2011-08-11T02:00:14.850Z My soul! my left shoulder will ache for a week with the strain of her exceeding shapeliness.” The Great Mogul In the full light of the chandelier she looked down at the firm white shapeliness of her arms. A Bed of Roses I am old, I am alone, shapeliness and warmth are gone from me, the couch of honour shall be no more mine; I am miserable, I am bent on my crutch. Ideas of Good and Evil If indeed thou art a goddess of them that keep the wide heaven, to Artemis, then, the daughter of great Zeus, I mainly liken thee for beauty and stature and shapeliness. Tales of Troy and Greece If indeed thou art a goddess of them that keep the wide heaven, then to Artemis, the daughter of great Zeus, I mainly liken thee, for beauty and stature and shapeliness. Greek Women Margaret Duff represented some simplicity of attitude, some generosity of spirit, some shapeliness of form, some comeliness of feature,—it was not more. The "Genius" Thor stood behind her, holding the basket, and noticing, as he had often noticed before, the slim shapeliness of her hands. The Side Of The Angels A Novel She was upright as a young pine, with the shapeliness that comes from perfect bodily equipoise. The Truth About Woman Mawg was sitting on the next branch, a good spear’s length distant, and glowering at A-ya’s lithe shapeliness with eyes of savage greed. In the Morning of Time A gentleman, struck by its beauty and shapeliness, exclaimed: "What a beautiful arm!" Greek Women There was plain magic in the curl of a lock of hair, the whiteness or roundness of a forehead, the shapeliness of a nose or ear, the arched redness of full-blown petal lips. The "Genius" She had taken off her gloves, and her pretty hands, ornamented with dainty rings, were displayed in all their shapeliness and delicacy. The Tale of Timber Town She had noticed a refinement in his speech and manner, and also the shapeliness of his hands, which the Fairy had been considerate or forgetful enough to leave unaltered. In Brief Authority He not only "cuts down" books, impairing their shapeliness and ruining them for sale, nay, even cutting off lines, but he is apt to lose fly-leaves, with imprints, and rare autographs. The Private Library What We Do Know, What We Don't Know, What We Ought to Know About Our Books Nothing could exceed the loveliness of her skin, the whiteness of her even teeth, or the graceful shapeliness of her form. Doctor Jones' Picnic She had changed from a lean shapeliness to a swollen, somewhat uncomely object, but she made the best of a bad situation. The "Genius" Darkness seemed to dilate upon the sky like an image in the midst of a mirage, expanding into superhuman dimensions—then rapidly losing its shapeliness, and covering the vault above densely and confusedly. Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf He took it and pressed it warmly, looking at it, marveling at it, for the glove on it could not conceal its shapeliness or its smallness. The Range Boss He carried with him the irrepressible trimness and buoyancy of youth, with his smooth, sallow face, his neat black moustache and his shapeliness of outline. The Book of All-Power But she noticed far more keenly the strength and massive shapeliness of the hands themselves. The Return of Peter Grimm Novelised From the Play For over and above its own shapeliness—which surely was reason enough—Katherine's hand was well worth winning from the worldly point of view. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance She had dark, flashing eyes, pearly teeth, full ruby lips and feet and hands that were of fairylike diminutiveness, as well as miracles of grace and dainty shapeliness. Monte-Cristo's Daughter It is to forwarding that a book owes its shapeliness, its firmness, its flexibility, and its durability. The Booklover and His Books There was a shapeliness of the legs and a fineness of the mud-checkered coat that seemed familiar. Pushed and the Return Push As if to compensate for losses in size and shapeliness, the Mountain presents the most important phenomena of glacial action to be seen in the United States. The Mountain that was 'God' Being a Little Book About the Great Peak Which the Indians Named 'Tacoma' but Which is Officially Called 'Rainier' His eyes were running approvingly over her perfect figure, noting the straightness of the back, the fine poise of the head, the shapeliness of the slender hands. The Daffodil Mystery Albert admired the hands of the girl, which no amount of work could quite rob of their essential shapeliness. Other Main-Travelled Roads He did notice the hands of the girl, however, so white and graceful; no amount of work could quite remove their essential shapeliness. Wayside Courtships What sense was there in the making of such a creature that clothed itself like a bolster, without any freedom or entertainment or shapeliness? Here are Ladies But it seemed to these not too discerning eyes that she was otherwise of an attractive shapeliness. A Boswell of Baghdad With Diversions If the total effect of his book is inconclusive, it is all lucidity and shapeliness in its parts. The Craft of Fiction She started at the unexpected sound of his voice, yet uplifted the welcome water to her mouth, while Hampton, observing it all closely, could but remark the delicate shapeliness other hand. Bob Hampton of Placer I hope there is no harm in saying that I had, even before this, noticed the shapeliness of her arm. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 Hence an admirable clearness and shapeliness in the criticism of France. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 I saw the pink in her cheeks, the crimson in her lips, the white of her neck, the glow of her abundant hair, the shapeliness of brow and nose and chin in that first glance. In the Days of Poor Richard The greatness and shapeliness of his head could not be overlooked. Children of the Market Place Its shapeliness together with her beauty of face and figure were instantly swept up by his appraising glance. The Cab of the Sleeping Horse Chester saw their soft shapeliness, and noted also that there were no rings on them. Story of Chester Lawrence I deal in pure conceits of my own; which have a shapeliness and a unity, however unsubstantial; but you, Braid-Beard, deal in mangled realities. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I A noble stream by mute comparison, pursuing its course unwavering; interrupted but now and again, to the vast expansive ocean of shapeliness, of unity. Original Letters and Biographic Epitomes The lovely curve of the throat, the shapeliness of the hand, even the pretty adjustment of the kerchief, lend added touches to the charm of the youthful figure. Jean Francois Millet They seem a race without a single beauty, possessing neither stature, nor colour, nor length of hair, nor even plump shapeliness. Five Nights I am old, I am alone, shapeliness and warmth are gone from me; the couch of honor shall be no more mine; I am miserable, I am bent on my crutch. Selections from the Prose Works of Matthew Arnold I kissed the dear hands that long since had given to heavy toil their beauty and shapeliness. D'Ri and I There was no denying its shapeliness; presently she removed it, and, stooping, slowly drew it on her foot. The Maid-At-Arms There seems a chance for real shapeliness if the foundations are all honest—doesn't there? The Bent Twig They were pretty hands, of a shapeliness delicate and fine. Alice Adams "There's no reason why it shouldn't fit, you know," thereby winning the house-maiden's undying adoration, and adding much to the shapeliness of the garment. A Fair Barbarian With its interrelation of figures and interweaving of themes, the Cabellian "Biography" assumes the solidity and shapeliness of a fugue, a composition in which all the voices speak with equal precision and recurring clarity. Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes He held her arm, not unconscious of its round shapeliness, as he helped her down the rather steep bank through the dense gloom. Keith of the Border She was a large, robust person, laced to sufficient shapeliness, and she was well and simply dressed. Indian Summer The current from the south pares the spit, preserving its shapeliness. Tropic Days Beholding her in this graceful posture, so vivid with life and youthful strength, all slim shapeliness from wind-kissed hair to buckled shoe, she seemed the spirit, nay the very embodiment, of this fair midsummer morning. Peregrine's Progress In all the known world there were no two finer specimens of human shapeliness than the tyrant who ruled and the woman whose wits and daring had so long preserved him from his enemies. Caesar Dies Small is she and slender, yet in her sweet and slender shapeliness is all the beauty of all the women that all men have ever loved—" "Small, say you, Giles—small? Beltane the Smith By this I refer to physical beauty in the Medician sense—health, shapeliness, power in beautiful poise, and seemingly more powerful in repose than in energy. The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth He had a keen eye for beauty, shapeliness and comeliness everywhere, in porcelain, in furniture, in dress, in a well built yacht, in a well appointed regiment of horse. Lectures and Essays "Because you don't know—" "There you are quite wrong!" said I, patting the hand I still held and noting its strength and shapeliness. Peregrine's Progress While the planks in the floor were worn and the uprights battered and whittled out of their pristine shapeliness, they were but grandchildren to the parent building to which they clung. Green Fancy They make wax houses of beautiful shapeliness, and they rear their little ones with great wisdom and care. Friends and Helpers Any suggestion of a curl must have produced an effect of effeminacy, whereas that neat, plastered wave showed the shapeliness of his head, and gave him a touch of manly decision. Winding Paths Daisy dropped her own party frock on the floor and showed little interest as Patty picked it up and daintily fingered its frills into something like shapeliness. Patty's Butterfly Days Now though, after my first startled glance, I kept my eyes averted, I could not help being very conscious of these white feet as they splashed and dabbled beside me and of their slim shapeliness. Peregrine's Progress But now the shapeliness had gone; the waist-line no longer existed, and there were no more crinolines to create it artificially. The Old Wives' Tale He was so firm, and shapely, with such satisfying, inconceivable shapeliness, strange, yet unutterably clear. Women in Love It must be ground down to smooth unbroken planes, harmonious curvings, shapeliness—harmonies of arc and line and angle! The Metal Monster Look at the shapeliness of my shape and my semblance! The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 12 [Supplement] "Never you mind, my chick," he growled, leering upon the girl's shapeliness with evil eyes. Peregrine's Progress He replied, "O Vicar of Allah, these be no dogs, but two young men, endowed with beauty and seemliness, symmetry and shapeliness, and they are my brothers and the sons of my father and mother." The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 09 You have taught women to value their own youth, health, shapeliness, and refinement above all things. Man and Superman She turned them about and remembered the shapeliness of the stockinette jerseys smocked and small and clinging that she had worn at school. Pointed Roofs Pilgrimage, Volume 1 So came I where she lay, her wet draperies clinged fast about her; and standing above this stilly form I looked down upon her slender shapeliness yet feared to touch her. Black Bartlemy's Treasure Then it was he saw her ragged homespun skirt and a few inches of brown, bare ankles, strong and round, and crude worn-out moccasins that failed to hide the shapeliness, of her feet. To the Last Man “But perhaps,” he said, “you are no mortal woman, but some goddess who favours the Trojans, and if indeed you are a goddess then I liken you to Aphrodite, for beauty, and stature, and shapeliness.” Tales of Troy: Ulysses, the sacker of cities So true it is that the gods do not give every gracious gift to all, neither shapeliness, nor wisdom, nor skilled speech. The Odyssey Done into English prose This statuette has no grace, no shapeliness, according to the canons of your wonderful Western art. The Illustrious Prince We are guided back to admiration of the measure and moderation and shapeliness of the Augustan age. Hearts of Controversy If indeed thou art a goddess of them that keep the wide heaven; to Artemis, then, the daughter of great Zeus, I mainly liken thee, for beauty and stature and shapeliness. The Odyssey Done into English prose |
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