| 单词 | sharp-nosed |
| 例句 | He paced the concourse, looking for the cousin he’d grown up with, a sharp-nosed girl with the grinning mouth of a comedy mask. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He wondered whether the witch would be old and iron-toothed and travel in a house on chicken legs, or whether she would be thin and sharp-nosed and carry a broomstick. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Fenoglio placed himself behind her as if to cover her back, but the Magpie just looked at Meggie with her sharp-nosed gaze. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She knew him by sight, a sharp-nosed man with cold, small eyes. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z It’s enormous, nearly the size of a commercial liner—except thin and sleek, with an elegant, sharp-nosed design that distinguishes it from the other jets. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Another involved turning the tunnel’s Mach 2 winds on a series of sharp-nosed metal cones to discover the point at which the smooth air flowing over the cones became turbulent. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The accompanying illustration, however, shows a slanting row of identical women — they resemble accordioned paper cutouts — who hold out toads to a sharp-nosed man about to dive off a kitchen chair. Review | A plump, Victorian gentleman who was so very pleasant to know 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z She seems to have abandoned her more decorous abstraction for “Half a Head,” a large sharp-nosed not-quite human creature in deep orange surrounded by, but also constrained by black. At the Shed, Frieze II Takes Off 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Also known as sharp-nosed mackerel sharks, they are usually found in tropical and temperate seas. Dead shark found washed up on beach 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z “I certainly don’t see myself as the hawk-eyed, sharp-nosed, hard military man, leading a battle fleet into the annals of history,” Admiral Woodward told the BBC when he went to war. John Woodward, Leader of British Navy in Falkland Islands War, Dies at 81 2013-08-08T02:59:41Z The dogs are a sharp-nosed but hairy lot, and they certainly keep the family warm. The Gold Diggings of Cape Horn A Study of Life in Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia 2012-03-13T02:00:27.187Z Fortunately the food at Fury Beach had escaped the ravages of arctic animals, though the clever sharp-nosed foxes had scented the tallow candles, gnawed holes through the boxes, and made way with them all. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z One of the pair Hatch had brought with him was a lawyer named Marrow, whose home town was Sedgwick; a sharp-nosed, ferret-eyed man who figured as one of the many "local counsels" for Red Tower. The Wreckers 2012-02-14T03:00:26.817Z Off went Vine, and in a few minutes more a small and sharp-nosed boat manned by four rowers was dancing along into the harbor mouth. The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution 2012-01-09T03:00:21.297Z I noted how confoundedly in the way of the river that sharp-nosed island was; and not only of the river, but of anything coming down the river. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z Saying this, he struck his brothers one after the other with his golden druidical wand, and turned them into two fleet, slender, sharp-nosed hounds. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z A bustling little man, with close-cropped hair and the sharp-nosed face of a fox, was shaking his sword in the faces of the riders. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z The Phantom trailed the spectacled man’s glance to a glass-partioned cubby-hole at the other end of the room, where a bald and sharp-nosed man sat at a desk. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z That long-headed, sharp-nosed cats are the best mousers. The Domestic Cat 2011-09-08T02:00:21.853Z These are long-legged, sharp-nosed creatures, and they always look lean 98 and hungry. Little Folks of North America Stories about children living in the different parts of North America 2011-09-01T02:00:19.377Z She left off looking quite so plain and sharp-nosed. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z Its prow sharp-nosed and long to cleave, pike-like, the rapids' wave, capricious, treacherous. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z Inserting one of the sharp-nosed tools from his metal case, he pried outward, and a narrow portion of the wall swung open. The Gray Phantom's Return 2011-09-22T02:00:27.150Z Just then the landlord's little sharp-nosed, weasel-eyed boy came out and said, in a very subdued tone of voice: Hoosier Mosaics 2011-05-20T02:00:35.173Z Cottontail rabbits played on the snow and sharp-nosed foxes sought them out. The Black Fawn 2011-03-07T03:00:09.513Z He did not come alone, but at the head of a veritable flotilla of birch-bark canoes, laden with a picturesque mixture of Indians, squaws, round-faced pappooses, sharp-nosed dogs, and the household goods pertaining to these. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z Eels, my children," said their teacher, "are long, slender, sharp-nosed, slippery people, with a fringe of fins along their backs, and another fringe along their bellies. Among the Pond People 2011-01-21T03:00:13.507Z He had a sharp-nosed, wax-doll face with a golden yellow beard and eyes cast down in pious modesty, and he was smiling mawkishly. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z Her whole being rebelled against ugliness, and the mere sight of a sharp-nosed, light-eyed woman on a cold day made her uncomfortable. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches Of what use the endless labor of this sharp-nosed woman with glasses over her eyes at the church-house? Anne “The last time I was at General Dunwoodie’s plantation, that yellow, sharp-nosed housekeeper of your mother’s took me into the pantry, and said that the colonel was no despicable match, as she called it.” The Spy Condensed for use in schools A sharp-nosed face peered in, followed by a misshapen body of a man in a dirty blue uniform. The Hell Ship With both wind and current meeting the canoe, no suspicion of his presence catches the scent of the sharp-nosed swimmer. The Story of the Trapper He, called Allen, was a tall, sharp-nosed individual, probably fifty years of age. The Missing Tin Box or, The Stolen Railroad Bonds And once, on a clear, still day, I drifted over a bunch of big, sharp-nosed, game-looking fish that I am sure belonged to this species. Tales of Fishes A sharp-nosed bullet had gone through three rounds of ammunition and stuck in the fourth, during the last rush forward. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War “I shall go half way there,” said a short, sharp-nosed, black-eyed man, who sat reading an eastern paper. The Cabin on the Prairie Much was sitting up with a more rueful countenance than he had when Robin had first spied him on this morning; and little sharp-nosed Midge was busy bathing and binding his cracked poll. Robin Hood Of what use the endless labor of this sharp-nosed woman, with glasses over her eyes, at the church-house? The Wit of Women Fourth Edition It is a little sharp-nosed white fox-terrier, full of fire and life; but not strong enough for a long walk. Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving The rental agent was a sharp-nosed thin-faced type who displayed this refugee from a melting vat without a blush, and still didn't blush when he told me the charges. The Risk Profession And while they talked Billy watched the sharp-nosed gentleman with one eye; and the other eye he kept on a hole in the stonewall nearby. The Tale of Billy Woodchuck Now and then, as a big sea lifted her, the stern would rise high out of the water and the sharp-nosed whaleback for'ard go down as if weighted heavily. The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 The dogs, sharp-nosed, long-backed, and excessively dirty, have laid themselves to rest, curled together in the snow. The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II When he stepped back and closed the door, there stood beside him another man, clean-shaven, lean,265 sharp-nosed and ferret-eyed, whose footstep was almost as light as that of the Swami himself. Jewel Weed He was a small, lean, bony, sharp-nosed Scot who had fled Scotland during the Panic of ’37, landed in New York, and stopped. Unwise Child Livy found the house by instinct; and saw Cherry Pecksniff, now a sharp-nosed old woman, sitting at the back window. Shawl-Straps A Second Series of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag The smell of smoke might reach some sharp-nosed scout over there," said the Texan, "for the wind blows that way. Wild Bill's Last Trail "A pup," gasped the red-faced girl, taking a fresh grip on the wriggling, sharp-nosed little animal, half hidden in the torn skirt of her dress. Tabitha's Vacation "Would you like to meet him?" asks the sharp-nosed Dean. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians The Kate shook, and a sharp-nosed torpedo detached itself from her hull and glided away under the water to meet the vsilhouette of the vessel. The Literary World Seventh Reader Even on the first day disappointment began to wriggle from guest to guest, like a little cold, sharp-nosed snake, leaving its clammy trail wherever it passed. The Guests Of Hercules Sometimes a number of sharp-nosed hogs are tied together and let into a field, and driven from place to place till the whole is rooted up. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America Thus those who sail the ocean highways came to recognize the fact that a conning tower or low, sharp-nosed craft bearing the mystic characters U-9 was a German underseas boat No. 9. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights And turning to his friend, the Major, Mr. Crow said: "Which of these two sharp-nosed rascals did you see first?" The Tale of Major Monkey She was a little, thin, sharp-nosed, impulsive woman, and just at present her nerves were rather in a shaky condition for fear of Zeppelins. The Luckiest Girl in the School They found a sharp-nosed woman cooking corn-dodgers for a family of nine children. Dotty Dimple Out West I almost shouted a warning to the dog as the club descended, but my fears were vain; for the animal sprang aside, and the stick fell heavily upon the sharp-nosed dog of the bushrangers. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia The old woman's face was visible from beneath them: a yellow, wrinkled, sharp-nosed, toothless face. A Reckless Character And Other Stories She was pale with the pallor which means shut windows and furnace heat, a little sharp-nosed, neat-headed woman in brown, whose extraordinarily deep-set eyes were circled with black, like spectacle rims. Winnie Childs The Shop Girl Great, gray plains closed in upon him—dear, familial plains, scarred and broken with sharp-nosed hills and deep, water-worn coulees gleaming barren and yellow in the sun. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories Prescott pointed to a sharp-nosed cylinder, some eight feet long. The Young Engineers on the Gulf Or, The Dread Mystery of the Million Dollar Breakwater Her whole being rebelled against ugliness, and the mere sight of a sharp-nosed, light-eyed woman on a cold day made her uncomfortable for hours. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 He had never liked Brauer and he did not find this sharp-nosed inquisitiveness to his taste. Broken to the Plow Around that prehensile appendage a dozen sharp-nosed, sleek-headed young had entwined their own tails, and were sitting on the mother's back. Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers He was a man of thirty-four or thirty-five years of age, dressed in some grey material, sharp-nosed, alert, with a ruddy, weather-beaten face, and a small, closely cropped, black beard. Tales of Terror and Mystery She fixed a glass upon one of the white, sharp-nosed steam yachts that rode in the distance near Goat Island. The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation The face of the old woman alone peeped out from them; a yellow, wrinkled, sharp-nosed, toothless face. Dream Tales and Prose Poems For as Donald approached the inn-door, the hostess, a sharp-nosed, vixenish woman, charged at him with a very dirty besom and routed him completely. The Yeoman Adventurer The sharp-nosed lady made reply, That she was first to occupy. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes A tall, sharp-nosed young man bawled in my ear, "I say, young 'un, do you know why we're nearer heaven here than our neighbours?" The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction We already had remarked this fact—that in every desolated village cats were thick enough; but invariably the sharp-nosed, wolfish- looking Belgian dogs had disappeared along with their masters. Paths of Glory Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front Yet at that the sharp-nosed craft was making the best of it, leaving a long wake astern, the waves cresting within a few feet of her rail as she swept gloriously forward. Wolves of the Sea Being a Tale of the Colonies from the Manuscript of One Geoffry Carlyle, Seaman, Narrating Certain Strange Adventures Which Befell Him Aboard the Pirate Craft "Namur" And now, you sharp-nosed scoundrel, I want some of your advice! King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays "How long are you going to stay out?" asked Bluewater Bill, as the Ocean Spray plunged bravely forward and the sharp-nosed pontoons, to the boys' delight, clove the water behind without making any noticeable resistance. The Boy Aviators' Treasure Quest A little sharp-nosed woman with black hair and keen eyes even in her old age, Marfa Timofyevna walked briskly, held herself upright and spoke quickly and clearly in a sharp ringing voice. A House of Gentlefolk Before many minutes he had been admitted to the corridor of the Holland Agency by a sharp-nosed individual who regarded him with suspicion. The Voice on the Wire That sharp-nosed rat has made the other angry, and I believe that he will find him some harder task than the seeking of a key from Amram. Pearl-Maiden The youth recognizes the seek-no-further, buried beneath a dozen other varieties, the moment he catches a glance of its eye, or the bonny-cheeked Newtown pippin, or the gentle but sharp-nosed gillyflower. Winter Sunshine Mrs Kirk, a stout, pale, sharp-nosed woman, sly, honied, with something shrewish and cat-like beneath, asked the girls into her toocosy, too tidy kitchen. Women in Love Dressed in a black skirt and a red bodice, with a yellow-and-red bandana handkerchief tied round his black wig, he looked—sharp-nosed, brown, and wrinkled—like the Bohemian Hag of Frith's Derby Day. Crome Yellow So the young man was not suspicious, even when Shirley gave three knocks upon the door, to be admitted by the sharp-nosed guardian of the portal. The Voice on the Wire "That's impossible for the likes of us," said a sharp-nosed old man. Resurrection Still Beatrice sat and watched the new fire, and was glad she chanced to be upon the south end of a sharp-nosed hill, so that she could see both ways. Her Prairie Knight Another, a small, sharp-nosed, sharp-chinned commercial man of some kind, he immediately disliked. The Financier, a novel If Lucretius were the rather pedantic and sharp-nosed Roman of the gem, his wife had little reason for the jealousy which took so deplorable a form. Letters on Literature Hare discerned three grayish sharp-nosed beasts sneaking off in the sage, and he reached back for the rifle. Heritage of the Desert |
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