| 单词 | short-handled |
| 例句 | Yoshoto, in a beautiful, black and cerise silk kimono, was sweeping die floor with a short-handled broom when M. Yoshoto and I entered the instructors’ room. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Together they cut the sheaves all day, bending and cutting with short-handled scythes. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Then she bustled around the room, muttering, sweeping the windowsill with her short-handled broom, straightening the bags of rice and flour and sugar on her shelves. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z They had brought along a couple of short-handled trench shovels, a duffel bag packed with American clothes, and a suitcase with money sewn in its lining. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z The boats were moved and steered with short-handled paddles that had broad leaf-shaped blades. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Freshly coifed women with short-handled pocket books lingered in the courtyard. The French Side of Basque Country 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z In the glasshouse Robin is standing, legs apart, in front of a squat upholstered chair, the short-handled axe raised high above his head. 'Jesus, Ralph, you're dangerous' | Rupert Thomson 2010-03-27T00:36:00Z This is not in the book, but in the '70s and '80s farmworkers in California were forced to use short-handled hoes because the growers said that was better for dealing with the crops. Lies, damned lies and "corporate bulls**t": A consumer's guide to bad-faith arguments 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z The volleying game is played on a smaller court than tennis, using short-handled paddles and a Wiffle-like ball, which together produce an unmistakable “thwack.” Here's how seniors can avoid feelings of isolation and loneliness | Provided by ST Content Studio 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Ito then grabbed a short-handled brush, knelt on a foam gardening pad, and swept clippings and debris off his wife’s bronze gravestone. Column: Retired Judge Lance Ito's weekly ritual: Paying homage to his late wife 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z In the early 1960s, that logic impelled California Rural Legal Assistance and the nascent farmworkers union to push the state to ban the "cortito" — the short-handled hoe. Why being a farmworker is a health risk 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z A bronze migrant worker holds el cortito, a short-handled hoe that required field workers to be bent over for their 10- to 12-hour shifts. Monument honoring 'braceros,' Mexican migrant workers, unveiled in downtown L.A. 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z I try to find not the long-handled brushes, but more of the short-handled brushes. How Daniel Martin, Meghan Markle’s Makeup Artist, Spends His Sundays 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z They use a Pulaski ax, which looks like a combination ax and hoe, and a short-handled shovel. What to Take Along to Get a Jump on Forest Fires 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z Boxy, short-handled and discreet, the queen's handbag is almost always the same shape—sometimes with a gold buckle or clasp, and sometimes in patent rather than what looks to be calfskin. How to Dress Like the Queen 2012-04-30T09:27:18Z Changing the work in strawberry fields might have the same impact, since laborers have to bend over much as they did using the short-handled hoe. Why being a farmworker is a health risk 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z He had brought an instrument very like a potato digger, a short-handled rake with huge tines. The Clammer and the Submarine 2012-04-17T02:00:15.727Z By the man's side lay a small heap of greyish-white things, and he was holding a short-handled mallet, which he was using to drive one of the greyish-white things into the ground. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z By the man's side lay a small heap of grayish-white things, and he was holding a short-handled mallet, and was using it deftly to drive one of the grayish-white things into the ground. For the Cause 2012-02-19T03:00:18.033Z “Shoo, I tell ye!” exclaimed the little old woman who lived in a shoe, and she struck out with the short-handled hoe she was using. The Corner House Girls Under Canvas How they reached Pleasant Cove and what happened afterward 2012-02-03T03:00:19.757Z Heavy, short-handled hammer used for beating books to make the leaves lie closely together. Library Bookbinding 2011-12-24T03:07:58.950Z Shovels, for clearing out the loose earth, including a short-handled one, or scoop, for opening the holes to let in air to the dogs. The Badger A Monograph 2011-07-25T02:00:12.053Z The Portuguese smiled a brilliant smile that Harvey learned to know well later, and a short-handled fork began to throw fish into the pen on deck. Captains Courageous 2011-04-22T02:00:10.677Z For this purpose and for convenience in carrying it on the person, a very light short-handled tool is required. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z Down to the arena, from the boxes of dignitaries, sprang two men,—Prince Rameses, with a drawn sword, and Sargon, with a short-handled axe. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z He held in his hand a short-handled whip, loaded in the butt, which had a lash four or five times the length of the staff. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 2011-02-02T03:00:22.253Z The driver stood with his short-handled, long-lashed whip before the horses. The Baron's Sons 2010-12-20T17:12:02.667Z Sam was shouting at the horses between his short, jerky sentences, and his long-lashed, short-handled whip was whirling and cracking in a way that they seemed to understand. The Red Mustang In his hand the Emperor carried a short-handled whip which he used to stir up the hunting dogs with. The Carlovingian Coins Or The Daughters of Charlemagne. A Tale of the Ninth Century They had discarded the blankets now, and came straight on, each grasping a short-handled, broad-bladed assegai. Harley Greenoak's Charge “Yet not alone didst thou slay it, as my conditions were,” he went on, pointing at me with his short-handled spear. The Induna's Wife One quick deft stroke of that broad-headed short-handled stabbing spear, and where was the other? The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising She chose a short-handled, broad-bladed stabbing assegai, examined it critically, and returned to her former position. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War In his hand he held a short-handled, heavy battle-axe, and between his eyes was painted the small red disk. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley But the woodsman met him with a terrific short-handled upward stroke, which fairly split his ribs and hurled him over backwards. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life “Enough!” he said, pointing at the two messengers with his short-handled spear. The Induna's Wife A hunter's knife and short-handled woodman's axe hang through the beaded scarf, belting in his loose, caribou capote. The Story of the Trapper With a keen look the Roman measured his adversary, who now drew his last weapon, the short-handled battle-axe, from his girdle, and raised it to strike. Felicitas A Tale of the German Migrations: A.D. 476 The Igazipuza had spliced a short-handled broad-bladed assegai to a pole, and with this improvised lance were going along the bank prodding down into every likely looking place which they could not otherwise reach. The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley Gangs of men, often thirty in a gang, were in the fields cultivating leeks or onions with crude, heavy-looking, short-handled hoes. A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise For arms he had a broad assegai and three or four casting ones, and a great short-handled knob-stick, which he had brought especially for me, when he should find me. The Induna's Wife Approaching the camp-fire, he took up his short-handled ax and slung it at his back by a bit of thong. The Young Alaskans on the Trail Some like a long-handled fork, others prefer a short-handled one. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts Instead of the plough, the Basques used the laya, a two-pronged short-handled steel digging fork, admirably adapted to small properties, where labour is abundant. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" They soon were too deep to use long-handled tools, and resorted to mallet and chisel, and a short-handled hand axe. Doctor Jones' Picnic “Nevertheless, she will do—and she—and she—and she,” pointing at four of them with his short-handled assegai. The Induna's Wife She held her breath when he split a short log into slender splinters, 29 for he swung the short-handled axe with a loose grasp, as though he cared very little where its sharp blade landed. The Trail to Yesterday The driver, a peasant, to whom the horses belonged, cracked his short-handled whip and the horses sprang forward. Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia Ricardo, the child who had lit the second match, took down from the wall a short-handled whip with two leather-knotted straps. Nobody's Boy Sans Famille The man started excavating with a light miner's pick and a short-handled shovel which he unslung from his back. The Yellow Horde Then springing out from the rest, he swung a short-handled, keen-bladed hatchet over his head, and sank it into the brain of the wretched Baxter. The Tapu Of Banderah 1901 Those warriors from Lorraine and Burgundy: In number fifty thousand knights; close helmed, In hauberk mailed—a stout short-handled lance Each wields. La Chanson de Roland : Translated from the Seventh Edition of Léon Gautier He saw that Gibson and "Red Mike" were carrying something heavy between them and that "Red Mike" also carried a short-handled sledge hammer. Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles On one side hung the bayonet; upon the other a hatchet, a pick, or a short-handled shovel--each company having ten of each implement. The Young Franc Tireurs And Their Adventures in the Franco-Prussian War In a short time the long-lashed, short-handled, powerful whips cracked, the teams yelped, the men shouted, and away they all went with much noise over the frozen sea. The Walrus Hunters A Romance of the Realms of Ice A sudden yell rose from the attacking party just then, and three of the enemy rushed forward to the front, armed with short-handled stone tomahawks. The Adventures of Don Lavington Nolens Volens Here is a short-handled augur, to make a hole for the saw to go through. Under Wellington's Command A Tale of the Peninsular War They used a little shovel, though a regular clammer uses a short-handled hoe, digging the wet earth away much as a farmer digs away the earth from a hill of potatoes. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Christmas Tree Cove With short-handled hoes the grown people chopped out foot-long strips of plants. Across the Fruited Plain A 'stockman' is naturally the man who drives the stock, and the 'stockwhip' a peculiar short-handled long whip with which he drives them. Town Life in Australia You see a muster of bearded weather-beaten men, carrying short-handled whips. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2 He wore an old shooting-coat and a woollen cap; a little leather sack was slung from his shoulder, and in his hand he carried a short-handled geologist's hammer. A Man's Woman It was a bright moonlight night, and leaning back upon the short-handled fork, I stopped in the shadow of the pines to look out over the softly lighted field. Roof and Meadow When the thinning was done, they must begin all over again, working with the short-handled hoes, cutting out any extra plants, loosening the ground. Across the Fruited Plain In the opposite corner stood two short-handled shovels and a miner's pick, while on the wall just above the fireplace hung the head of a great buck that had one time roamed those very hills. Buffalo Roost The estafette came as usual galloping up the road, brandishing over his head a short-handled whip, with a long knotted lash; every smack of which made a report like a pistol. Tales of a Traveller Then she saw the short-handled geologist's hammer gripped in Bennett's fist heave high in the air. A Man's Woman Cutty means anything short, stumpy, and not of full growth; frequently applied to a short-handled horn spoon. Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Then, leaning over, with my short-handled axe I cut a step sixteen or eighteen inches below, which on account of the sheerness of the wall was necessarily shallow. Stickeen A pair of snowshoes hung over her back, and her hand gripped a short-handled broad axe. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 The Hindu does everything in a squatting posture, hence he uses only short-handled tools. Modern India Remembering there were no willow sticks for the fire, she quickly girdled her blanket tight about her waist, and with a short-handled ax slipped through her belt, she hurried away toward the wooded ravine. Old Indian Legends When Nicky the Greek jumped in with a short-handled shovel to Whisky Bob's assistance, short work was made of him by Hans. John Barleycorn A handsome young blue-coated, silver-buttoned courier of the name of Lami came trotting along from St. Cloud on a roan horse, with a great jingling of his horse's bells and clacking of his short-handled whip. Peter Ibbetson Now as he grasped the rough wood of the short-handled scoop the epidermis wore quickly and left his palms half raw. Harrigan A man, perched sideways on the carcass, swore at the rickety crock he was driving, and lashed it under the belly with a short-handled heavy-thonged whip. The Far Horizon With a short-handled obsidian spear he thrust him through the heart. Hunting with the Bow and Arrow "And now," he said, taking up his short-handled axe, "I am going to make for my lady-love the finest couch for tranquil, restful sleep that mortal ever had." The Everlasting Whisper The limbers bumped and jolted and the short-handled whips cracked like the sound of pistol-practise. Told in the East He had also a short-handled scourge with a haft of walrus tooth, and the rope, cord, and lash of that scourge were made of delicate and delicately-twisted thread of copper. The Coming of Cuculain He has a red beard; his weapon is a short-handled hammer called Mjolner. Fridthjof's Saga; a Norse romance These trees were felled and the troughs dug with the wasay, a short-handled tool with an iron blade only an inch or an inch and a half wide, and convertible alike into ax and adz. The Bontoc Igorot The only instrument of husbandry here is the short-handled hoe; and about Tette the labour of tilling the soil, as represented in the woodcut, is performed entirely by female slaves. A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi and its tributaries And of the Discovery of Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa, 1858-1864 The Portuguese smiled a brilliant smile that Harvey learned to know well later, and with a short-handled fork began to throw fish into the pen on deck. Captains Courageous What is required is the miner’s short-handled pick, wherewith to drive hard, to insert, to lever and to extract; what is required is the sharp point that enters the earth and crumbles it into fragments. The Life of the Spider A cavalry saber hung at his side, and in his hand he held a short-handled whip. Michael Strogoff Or, The Courier of the Czar If any tyro thinks it is easy to take a short-handled, long-lashed whip, and throw the end of that lash just where he wants it, let him put on automobile goggles and try it. A Collection of Stories These were soon brought, and consisted of a pick, a short-handled shovel, two iron wedges and a sledge hammer. The Twin Hells; a thrilling narrative of life in the Kansas and Missouri penitentiaries He'd been prospecting down the creek, carried his pick over his shoulder—threaded through the eye in the heft of his big-bladed, short-handled shovel that hung behind—and his gold-dish under his arm. Joe Wilson and His Mates The short-handled shovel was inverted and placed under my right shoulder. The Twin Hells; a thrilling narrative of life in the Kansas and Missouri penitentiaries A short-handled broom is also found in one corner of the cell, with which the convict brushes it out every morning. The Twin Hells; a thrilling narrative of life in the Kansas and Missouri penitentiaries |
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