| 单词 | sickle-shaped |
| 例句 | Before she turned to go, I saw she had a brown, sickle-shaped birthmark on the smooth skin just above her left jawline. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z At night he saw the stars in the heavens and the sickle-shaped moon floating like a boat in the blue. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Lying awake in bed that night, I thought of Soraya Taheri’s sickle-shaped birthmark, her gently hooked nose, and the way her luminous eyes had fleetingly held mine. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Having moored in the sickle-shaped marina, large boats load their catch on to smaller ones, which are then rowed, burdened with the crates, to a concrete jetty. Rachel Roddy’s cuttlefish pistachio polpette recipe | A Kitchen in Rome 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z Pinchin excels at evoking her piscine subjects, whose sickle-shaped tails beat nearly as fast as a hummingbird's wing. In bluefin tuna, fisheries science is never neat 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z Fortified by a tipple, proceed on foot around Marina Bay's sickle-shaped piazza to the City Gallery, marina-bay.sg. Marina Bay: Singapore's Flashy New Neighborhood 2010-11-19T14:20:00Z Just off Australia’s largest container port lies a sickle-shaped neighborhood with a scent so distinctive that passing taxi drivers will sometimes roll down their windows for a whiff of the rich and unmistakably beery aroma. The Corner Lot Where All the World’s Vegemite Comes From 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z Those microscopic sickle-shaped cells clumped together, unleashing a cascade of damage. His sickle cell disease brought agony. Gene therapy is bringing hope. 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z She now produces few of the abnormally rigid, sickle-shaped red blood cells that can block blood flow, causing intense pain. Gene-editing summit touts sickle cell success, while questions on embryo editing linger 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z People with sickle cell disease produce unusual sickle-shaped red blood cells which can block blood vessels. Cost of living crisis: Sickle cell families staying in bed for warmth 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z It is a genetic disease in which red blood cells are sickle-shaped, reducing oxygen perfusion into the blood. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder in which red blood cells can become hard, sticky and “sickle-shaped,” leading to a range of health problems including infection and stroke. Cash-rich Pfizer snaps up Global Blood Therapeutics for $5.4 billion 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z Western military analysts say Russia’s assault has increasingly focused on a sickle-shaped arc of eastern Ukraine — from Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, in the north to Kherson in the south. Ukrainian defenders dig in as Russia boosts firepower 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z Stiff, sickle-shaped red blood cells get caught in his blood vessels, blocking the flow, damaging their linings and causing pain because cells are deprived of oxygen-carrying blood. Sickle Cell Math Is Brutally Simple, but Not Widely Taught 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z These painful episodes, which can require hospital treatment and lead to other health complications, are caused by by sickle-shaped red blood cells blocking the small blood vessels . First new treatment for sickle cell in 20 years 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z It is a genetic disease in which red blood cells are sickle-shaped, increasing oxygen perfusion into the blood. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z The monster’s maw yawns wide, ready to ensnare Perseus as, with sickle-shaped sword and shield, he swoops down. Simply the most beautiful paintings in the world Richter took the sickle-shaped video laryngoscope and ran it down the right side of Zuñiga’s tongue, pushing it to the side to clear a path to the larynx. For two COVID-19 patients, life and death rests on 'el tubo' 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z And, judging from a telltale scar on one of its menacing sickle-shaped claws, this Cretaceous Period dinosaur also fought with others of its own species. 'Navajo warrior' dinosaur was a real fighter, with a scar to prove it 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Malaria laid waste to prehistoric Africa to such a degree that people evolved sickle-shaped red blood cells to survive it. How Mosquitoes Changed Everything 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z It is a deficiency disease in which red blood cells are sickle-shaped, reducing oxygen perfusion into the blood. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z They evolved near the base of the ant family tree and sported sharp, sickle-shaped tusks that may have slammed upward to impale other insects. Fossils in Burmese amber offer an exquisite view of dinosaur times—and an ethical minefield 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z In Africa, researchers found sickle-shaped red blood cells in people across a broad belt, from Nigeria in West Africa to Tanzania in the east. How One Child’s Sickle Cell Mutation Helped Protect the World From Malaria 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Sickle cell disease is a rare, inherited disorder characterized by abnormally sickle-shaped red blood cells. FDA Approves First Sickle Cell Drug in 20 Years 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z One of them—heavyset, with a sickle-shaped scar on her chin—interrogated me about my role on the ship, pursing her lips and raising her eyebrows when I told her that I was a reporter. The Desperate Journey of a Trafficked Girl 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z It is a deficiency disease in which red blood cells are sickle-shaped, increasing oxygen perfusion into the blood. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Jordan’s district, a sickle-shaped strip of rural Ohio that ran from near Lake Erie to the outskirts of Columbus, had been drawn to elect him. In Ohio’s Trump country, a House conservative gets an earful 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z With sharp, sickle-shaped jaws, it punctures a hole in the snail’s skin, tenaciously clings to its shell and eats it alive, a sucking process that takes three days. The enchanting, worldwide spectacle of fireflies 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Now I do them as I want,” she said, raising her sickle-shaped brows. On the Road in Syria, Struggle All Around 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z The woman with the sickle-shaped scar got on the same bus. The Desperate Journey of a Trafficked Girl 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z The scaly beasts might have been what originally dragged us into the cinemas with their sickle-shaped claws in 1993, but the reason we keep going back more for more had to do with darker stuff. The star of Jurassic World isn’t T-Rex. It’s Malcolm | Philip Oltermann 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z The drug works in sickle cell by helping to prevent the formation of sickle-shaped red blood cells. New Guidelines for Sickle Cell Disease 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z Known as Blade Runner for the flexible, sickle-shaped carbon-fiber prosthetic legs he uses to compete, Mr. Pistorius achieved worldwide fame by challenging able-bodied athletes. Pistorius Murder Trial Set to Open 2014-03-03T08:03:35Z An autopsy of anyone with sickle-cell trait will reveal sickle-shaped cells whether or not the genetic defect was the true cause of their death. Exercising Caution: Intensive Athletic Activity Could Be Fatal to Those with Sickle-Cell Trait 2013-08-13T11:15:04.257Z Instead of her red blood cells, which carry oxygen around the body, being disc-shaped they are sickle-shaped. Special needs woman gets baby choice 2013-01-10T16:45:56Z In them, a white-crowned figure travels in ceremonial processions and on sickle-shaped boats, perhaps representing an early tax-collecting tour of Egypt. Oldest Pharaoh Carvings Discovered in Egypt 2012-12-11T14:45:05.220Z On the right, as the Calcutta passed on, curved a long sickle-shaped arm of rock forming the other side of the harbour, and terminating in the white sheds and fortifications of the naval dockyard. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z They wore hats adorned with feathers, goat skins round their shoulders, sickle-shaped swords and daggers, coats of mail, greaves, bows, and arrows of reeds. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z The twigs, when bare, are set with hairy sickle-shaped buds. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z The narrow sickle-shaped leaves appear after the flowers are over and remain fresh and green till spring. Beautiful Bulbous Plants For the Open Air 2011-09-10T02:00:24.197Z Leo, map of, 12. mythology of, 13. sickle-shaped figure in, 9, 14. Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z Just before the Orange River, wearied from its long travail, slides into the Atlantic, it bends in a sickle-shaped curve. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z The "blue room" looked out on the sickle-shaped beach and upon the lake, and when the sun rose above cliffs at the rear of the house, the racing waves leaped, crooned, flashed in golden light. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z The leaves reach two feet in length, with twenty or thirty oblong, often sickle-shaped leaflets, set opposite on the stem, and terminating in a single odd leaflet. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z Woods teased the partisan crowds at Bay Hill with an eagle at the sixth, after a perfect drive 325 yards into the middle of the fairway at the sickle-shaped, 555-yard, par 5. Laird Stays in Control as Woods Stumbles 2011-03-27T00:46:33Z The sickle-shaped figure covers his breast and head, Gamma being in the shoulder, Zeta in the mane of the neck, Mu and Epsilon in the cheek, and Lambda in the jaws. Astronomy with an Opera-glass A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Starry Heavens with the Simplest of Optical Instruments 2011-07-17T02:00:30.177Z It bears a sickle-shaped pod, containing from 10 to 20 seeds, from which 6% of a fetid, fatty and bitter oil can be extracted by ether. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z Sickle cell anemia creates sickle-shaped red blood cells, which block vessels, causing chronic problems with intense pain, life-threatening infections and organ damage. Sickle cell testing of athletes stirs discrimination fears 2010-09-20T00:34:00Z New marrow produces healthy red blood cells to replace the sickle-shaped ones that can't squeeze through small blood vessels, the cause of the disease's pain, infections and life-threatening organ damage. Easing bone marrow transplants to widen their use 2010-05-10T21:16:00Z There was the bunch grass, the buffalo grass, and the funny sickle-shaped 'gamma' grass, on which thousands of cattle fed, and amongst others, Pedro pointed out a terrible plant, the dread of many a ranchman. Left on the Prairie Michael was at last attracted to a crescent of villas terminating an unfrequented gray street and, for the sake of a pathetic privacy, guarded in front by a sickle-shaped inclosure of grimy Portugal laurels. Sinister Street, vol. 2 A smaller sickle-shaped vertical mesial band, the falx cerebelli, attached to the internal occipital crest, passes between the two hemispheres of the cerebellum. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" In both, note the tall, sickle-shaped appearance of the dorsal fin, much like that of the sei whale. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification The pretty green Lace-wing Fly or Aphis Lion is also useful, as its larvæ are provided with "large sickle-shaped jaws for picking the Green Fly off the plants." Roses and Rose Growing Among the Persians, again, and more remarkably among the ancient Britons, there was a class of chariot having the wheels mounted with sharp, sickle-shaped blades, which cut to pieces whatever came in their way. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" From the stiff, sickle-shaped upper leaves the sun glanced, dazzling the eyes. A-Birding on a Bronco Dorsal fin situated near the middle of the back, of moderate size, and sickle-shaped. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" Each is more or less sickle-shaped, and capable of active movements. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" A stray star twinkled here and there in the firmament, and the sickle-shaped moon hung in the west. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. A dreadful, exultant well burst from the multitude below as the red-robed priest drew from beneath his garments a sickle-shaped knife that glittered evilly in the light of the flaming suns. Astounding Stories, March, 1931 His dorsal stood up straight and stiff, and the big sickle-shaped tail-fin wove to and fro behind. Tales of Fishes Flippers of moderate size, oval, slightly sickle-shaped, with the second and third digits nearly equal in length, and the fourth and fifth well developed, but shorter. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" Galen, in the second century, taught that those who were born when the moon was falciform, or sickle-shaped, were weak and short-lived, while those born during the full moon were vigorous and of long life. Moon Lore In the disks cut from limbs these dark bands often occupy the greater part of the ring, and appear as "lunes," or sickle-shaped figures. Seasoning of Wood How impatiently they must look up at the blue sky, and one would think that they must long for the time when they can spread their sickle-shaped wings and dash about from dawn to dark! The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year I shall never forget the sight of the first swordfish, with his great sickle-shaped tail and his purple fin. Tales of Fishes Dorsal fin rather large, triangular or sickle-shaped, rarely wanting. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" Her shoulders were sickle-shaped and gleamed like the half-crescent of a young moon. The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel Amongst these are a flint sickle-shaped tool, axes a foot long or more, a flint sword twenty-two inches long, a flint needle eight inches long; also objects supposed to be for ceremonial or decorative use. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals They are brought down either by a sickle-shaped knife lashed on to the end of a long pole, or by climbing the tree with the knife in hand. The Philippine Islands Falcate: sickle-shaped; convexly curved: a wing when deeply excavated below the apex so as to leave the latter acute and a little curved. Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology The interior of the head is filled up with masses of muscle fibres which are mainly occupied with moving the sickle-shaped hooks. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" This little moth has a sickle-shaped appendage to its mouth-parts which occurs hi no other Lepidopteron, and which is used for pushing the yellow pollen into the opening of the pistil, thus fertilising the flower. Evolution in Modern Thought The wide-flung grey battlefront was now sickle-shaped, convex to the foe. The Long Roll The flowers are pale-purple; the pods are five inches long, sickle-shaped, pale-green in their young state, nearly white when ripe, and contain five or six seeds. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. We got a photograph of a group of them resting on their guns, and with their kanjars or sickle-shaped daggers at their waists. Southern Arabia Flippers of moderate size, narrow, pointed, somewhat sickle-shaped, with the first digit rudimentary, the second longest, third nearly equal, and the fourth and fifth extremely short. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" The seed pods are flattened from side to side and wrinkled, and are also sickle-shaped. Clovers and How to Grow Them But several had axes with sickle-shaped heads, whose points curved so far back that they nearly met to form a circle. Key Out of Time Flowers white, tinged with purple; pods five inches and a half long, curved or sickle-shaped, green at first, yellowish-white striped with purple when fully ripe, and containing five seeds. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. It is one of our modern marvels of convenience, a blessed release of countless human backs from countless hours of crouching, sickle-shaped, over the sickle. The Amateur Garden Below, the white sand formed a sickle-shaped beach, bordered by the rocky wall, with its sharp point dipping far out to sea. The Stolen Singer Two birds rose from the heather and flew screaming, skimming low, as from behind them moved on the shadows of death, still as clouds, with great noiseless sweeps of sickle-shaped wings. Come Rack! Come Rope! And thus they were used to play merrily all day long; beheading the gourds of claret by one slicing blow with their sickle-shaped scepters. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II Plant seven or eight feet high, of healthy, vigorous habit; flowers bright-purple; the pods are sickle-shaped, pale-green at first, cream-yellow streaked and marbled with purple when ripe, and contain six seeds, closely set together. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. Rachel with a sickle-shaped tool was sedulously brushing the crumbs from the damask into a silver tray. The Price of Love They lay in a huge sickle-shaped curve that vanished into mist at last towards the Naze. The War of the Worlds The original arms were a sickle-shaped sword, spear and shield. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 I looked down at her hands; they were of marvellous shape and tint, but I missed a little sickle-shaped scar from the joint of the left thumb. The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day The pods are six inches long, nearly an inch broad, somewhat hairy while young, sickle-shaped and wrinkled when more advanced, light reddish-brown when ripe, and contain four or five seeds. The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. Later these disappear and are replaced by long sickle-shaped foliage organs, which seem to be scattered irregularly along the branches. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation There is a brisk multiplication of these at the edge of the germinal disk, especially in the neighbourhood of the sickle-shaped primitive mouth. The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 One of the blue mounds lifted a huge black-muzzled head, decorated with an enormous pair of sickle-shaped horns that stretched right back to the shoulders. Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life Stalky unbuttoned the tunic, and showed it to us—a rummy sickle-shaped cut on the chest. Stalky & Co. The sickle-shaped keel of the ground-nut's flower rests its tip firmly in a notch of the standard petal, nor will any jar or pressure from outside release it. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors When the hunt for him ceased, Bobby slipped out of hiding and made his way around the sickle-shaped ledge of rock, and under the guns of the half-moon battery, to the outer gate. Greyfriars Bobby This little moth has a sickle-shaped appendage to its mouth-parts which occurs in no other Lepidopteron, and which is used for pushing the yellow pollen into the opening of the pistil, thus fertilising the flower. Darwin and Modern Science Curiously enough, both right and left hand flowers are found upon the same plant; that is to say, the sickle-shaped pistil turns either to the right or the left. Wild Flowers An Aid to Knowledge of Our Wild Flowers and Their Insect Visitors |
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