| 单词 | snake charmer |
| 例句 | Breathing hard, bent over Tessie with trembling concentration, he moved the clarinet in circles, like a snake charmer. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The bearded lady taught her to play the mandolin, and the snake charmer said she was a natural. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He was a snake charmer whose own snake had died. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z As for the park itself, it was an American version of a Middle Eastern bazaar, with folk singers, storytellers, beggars, political dissidents, soapbox orators, and even the occasional snake charmer. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “They probably just want to make some more jokes about me being a snake charmer.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z And the whole time I was chasing things, I was thinking that Otis must be some kind of snake charmer, the way he could play his guitar and make all the animals turn to stone. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The Actors’ Gang is currently populated by conjurers, strongmen, snake charmers, fat ladies and headless wonders associated with a sideshow known as “Captain Greedy’s Carnival” — or, to use its more conventional name: capitalism. Capitalism as a sideshow fleece: That's 'Captain Greedy's Carnival' by the Actors' Gang 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z New to New York City and scrounging for work, he wears a turban and does a broad Indian accent while auditioning to be a snake charmer in a television ad. Reviews: Aasif Mandvi’s ‘No Land’s Man’ and Maz Jobrani’s ‘I’m Not a Terrorist, but I’ve Played One on TV’ 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z Djemaa el Fna Square, Marrakech, caters to a very stereotypical western depiction of a mythical, magical “Eastern” world with snake charmers, magicians, and henna wielding women. 'You can't see the Empire State Building from the top': readers on overrated tourist sights 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z "The authorities want to maintain an image of Marrakech that... attracts tourists, like snake charmers and belly dancers," said Bassam Aqdad, who inherited his shop from his father. Marrakech's historic booksellers once again face eviction 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z It opens with what sounds like the call of a snake charmer, a staccato synth-clarinet that also hints at 1950s cartoon music and a fast-tempoed sprint of rhythm. Ariel Pink plugs into 'Pom Pom' buzz in his own singular style 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z Then she might understand why it is not enough to play snake charmer in bringing the 1970s back to life. Special Report: Fashion: A Question of Brand Identity 2011-03-07T19:22:15Z The last thing I want is to reinforce any stereotypical imaginings of India as a land of elephants and snake charmers and women who marry trees. The True Story of My Marriage to a Pot 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z The Press Trust of India criticised the film for its "exotic India package – snake charmers in red turbans, magicians who say abracadabra and slum dwellers who speak pukka English". Midnight's Children film to be shown in India 2012-10-09T15:41:55Z The museum is hoping that an Henri Rousseau exhibition in March will draw more younger visitors, with the painter’s depictions of magical gardens, animals and snake charmers. Louvre and Other Paris Museums See Attendance Drop Linked to Terror Attacks 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z They highlight television, film and advertisement roles that play up cultural stereotypes, including auditions for a “Gandhi lookalike”, “snake charmer” and “Pakistani computer geek … in a perpetual state of perspiration”. 'Gandhi lookalike’: Kal Penn posts scripts highlighting Hollywood racial stereotyping 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z These demanded an accent and were for roles such as “Gandhi lookalike”, “snake charmer” and perspiring “Pakistani computer geek”. From Apu to Master of None: how US pop culture tuned into the south Asian experience 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z Beyond its marble this and gilded that, La Mamounia's best asset is truly its location — just moments from the city's historic medina and the Djemaa el Fna square, with its snake charmers and open-air restaurants. A Face-Lift for Marrakech's La Mamounia Hotel 2010-06-23T09:20:00Z New Orleans is a city that revels in its quirks: the voodoo boutiques, sidewalk snake charmers, haunted graveyards, magic potion brews, dodgy dive bars and little musty museums crammed with cabinets of curiosities. New Orleans’ offbeat charms are showcased in these off-the-beaten-path destinations 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z Then she might understand why it is not enough to play snake charmer in bringing the 1970s back to life.” | Yves Saint Laurent Wins! 2011-03-09T03:55:10Z The most extravagant wedding of the year reportedly featured: ▶ A Bollywood banquet with drummers, dancers, fire eaters and snake charmers. Russell Brand and Katy Perry's very big day 2010-10-25T19:00:00Z This openness was best embodied on the show’s Thanksgiving episode, which featured Moroccan musicians, chefs from Colombia, Puerto Rico and Albania, a snake charmer and a cabdriver from Queens, all feasting together. Action Bronson, the Leader of the Most Joyously Disorienting Show on Late Night 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z Fire-breathers, contortionists, snake charmers and hunky dancers welcomed Britney Spears to the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on Tuesday afternoon in a staged event kicking off the pop icon's two-year Las Vegas residency. Britney Spears makes official Las Vegas entrance 2013-12-04T20:16:24Z The myriad cliches include snake charmers, sword swallowers and a bed of nails. Not licensed to offend: a new Bond museum will cut the sexism and casual racism 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z At the Jemaa al-Fna Square, Marrakech's grand centrepiece overlooked by the medieval Kotoubia mosque and a haunt of street entertainers, market stalls and snake charmers, the most precious heritage appeared intact. Morocco's ancient city of Marrakech assesses quake damage 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z In the booth, Suga Free could make street anthems out of beats that sounded made for a polyrhythmic Marrakech snake charmer. The (un)holy gospel of Suga Free 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z Camels that strolled along the side of the road in Multan can be ridden into the Arabian Sea on Clifton Beach, where a snake charmer will play music to a hissing black cobra. England look for history in City of Lights 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z “The director of casting called me the snake charmer,” Fontana says of the recruiting process. Bad guys in banking movies are usually noisy. 'Azor' shows the horrors of silence. 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z Zoe Ziegfeld, a 35-year-old resident of Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, is still working as a nanny but lost all of her performance work, including her occasional gig as a snake charmer with The Metropolitan Opera. What Is Life Without Burlesque? 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z The Wichita Eagle reported deputy Fire Chief Melvin Linot, the department’s “snake charmer” wrangled the nonvenomous snake from the couch with the help of another firefighter. Kansas residents find boa constrictor in living room couch 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z In dealing with North Korea’s Chairman Kim Jong Un, President Trump should remember that he is a snake handler, not a snake charmer. Opinion | Trump successfully played a hunch with Kim. Now what? 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z “I thought they were nightclubs. I was on the bill with a snake charmer once on 52nd Street.” Morgana King, jazz singer who played Brando’s wife in ‘The Godfather,’ dies at 87 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z She handled her elders the way a snake charmer handles snakes. Opinion | A dazzling story of deception in Silicon Valley 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z Gold’s industry peers liken the way she does her job to the practice of an alchemist, a snake charmer, a card sharp, as if she were performing some kind of shadowy magic. From Game of Thrones to The Crown: the woman who turns actors into stars 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Hussin said he inherited his skills from his father, whom he called a “snake charmer,” and started training with snakes in 2007. Cobra bite proves fatal for Malaysia’s ‘snake whisperer’ 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z At the Moxy New Orleans party, snake charmers, tarot card readers and sword swallowers took part in its “Freak Show” theme. Wooing Millennials With Exotic Experiences That Aren’t Too Costly 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z A university in north-west Nigeria is hiring snake charmers to eradicate the danger of fatal snake bites on campus. Nigerian university hires snake charmers 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z Taking place in a circus, it’s a colorful fantasia with purple elephants, fuchsia lotus flowers coming into bloom and snake charmers. Tom Petty made amazing music videos. Here are nine of the best. 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z “I found a snake charmer village in India, and we invited 150 snake charmers,” Civitello said, recalling the hundreds of uncaged snakes. 'The Baking Powder Wars' is one writer's ode to the invisible 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z The 1899 show, The Post noted, was a good one, with acts that included a Japanese family of acrobats and “equilibrists” as well as a group of Turkish dancers and a snake charmer. Perspective | In 1899, a circus tiger killed Charles Siegert. Last weekend, he got a headstone. 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Her husband, a snake charmer, died last August, wasted away by tuberculosis. Why is a baby at the centre of a key Indian election? - BBC News 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z In Nigeria, snake charmers physically handle cobras with their bare hands in street performances and sometimes involve members of their audience. Nigerian university hires snake charmers 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z But Trump, like a snake charmer, had coaxed the rise of the “alt-right”, who embodied the spirit of the Klan, but in different robes and with better social media. The day I went hunting for the Ku Klux Klan | Dave Eggers 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z “I suspect that he sensed the weakness of my character. He was like a snake charmer, preying on my flaws and manipulating me to serve or advance his interests.” The man who seduced the 7th Fleet 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Many put this question to BBC Pop Up on social media after the team included footage of a snake charmer in one of its videos about India. BBC Pop Up: Where did India's banned snake charmers go? - BBC News 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z "India was seen as a land of snake charmers, yoga and maybe good food," said Rajeev Suri who works in the software industry. 'I resent the people who got lucky' - BBC News 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z It's never a good idea to annoy a snake charmer, as some government officials learnt the hard way in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. India's unusual protests: Pink underwear, poop and snakes - BBC News 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z He also touted India’s promise as a tech giant, joking that it’s no longer known as a nation of “snake charmers.” Modi tells Madison Sq Garden India won’t look back 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z On a lighter note, there was a neat one-liner about how a country once known for its snake charmers had become a hi-tech haven known for its proficiency with a mouse. New York gives star treatment to Indian PM Modi 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z Are snake charmers offensive to India's cultural identity? BBC Pop Up: Where did India's banned snake charmers go? - BBC News 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z He also touted India's promise as a tech giant, joking that it's no longer known as a nation of "snake charmers." Modi Gets Raucous Welcome at Madison Square Garden 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z Some 25 to 30 years ago, the world used to think we are a land of snake charmers and black magic. Five unusual messages from Narendra Modi 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z He can be a flamethrower, a tactician or a snake charmer, sometimes in the course of the same at-bat. Darvish shuts down Nationals He turned from strikeout artist to snake charmer. Livan Hernandez, giving the Washington Nationals whatever they need 2014-03-07T23:12:09Z An Indian snake charmer poses with his cobras as he waits for alms from devotees outside a temple in Amritsar ahead of the Hindu festival of Diwali. Day in pictures: 30 October 2013 2013-10-30T16:27:19Z Like a verbal snake charmer, he could swoon them into missteps, even confessions. The Private David Frost 2013-09-03T16:19:00Z The chief snake charmer, wearing a bright red turban and playing a flute, entranced a cobra as it curled from a wicker basket. Pakistan’s Railroads Sum Up Nation’s Woes 2013-05-19T01:12:03Z Although I hired a snake charmer to clear the ruins of the hut of its newest inhabitants, I worried that he may have done a less than perfect job. Why Can't India Feed Its People? 2012-11-21T18:00:20Z Indians were stereotyped as beggars and snake charmers, and finding them in leadership positions in the technology industry was unimaginable. How Indians Defied Gravity and Achieved Success in Silicon Valley 2012-10-15T13:00:33Z "A snake charmer told me that if a snake bites you, bite it until it is dead and nothing will happen to you," Mohammed Salmodin told the BBC. Man bites snake to death in Nepal 2012-08-23T12:23:51Z Even snake charmers sit cross-legged some of the time. Russell Martin Plays Catcher, the Toughest Position in Baseball 2012-06-16T18:48:08Z Tinkers mended pans, soothsayers told fortunes, jugglers and acrobats held forth to delighted crowds, snake charmers put their slimy pets through a bewildering variety of exhibitions. Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator 2012-03-27T02:00:19.467Z The Los Angeles Times recently covered the sad plight of the traditional Indian snake charmer, including the fact that charmers must now be licensed to own the animals and put on shows. Why It's So Hard to Make a Living as a Snake Charmer Nowadays 2012-02-24T00:35:34Z In Egypt, on the other hand, the cobra, the asp, and the cerastes are as numerous as ever, and are much dreaded by all the natives, except the professional snake charmers. Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action 2011-11-11T03:00:34.027Z He was the architect of a flagship 'Incredible India' tourism campaign that sought to dispel stereotypes of snake charmers and touts. A tale of new cities: India's push to industrialize 2011-10-26T04:14:02Z MEERUT, India — has 1.2 billion people, among them bankers, gurus, rag pickers, billionaires, snake charmers, software engineers, lentil farmers, rickshaw drivers, Maoist rebels, Bollywood movie stars and Vedic scholars, to name a few. With 1.2 Billion People, India Seeks a Good Hangman 2011-06-13T15:22:46Z Visitors gather on the iconic square to watch snake charmers, storytellers, money master, jugglers and musicians, filling the cafes that ring the square on the route to the city's major open-air souk, or market. Moroccan Official: Remote Bomb Killed 15 2011-04-29T17:00:47Z For advice on how to catch a wayward snake in the , it seemed worthwhile to consult the city’s own resident snake charmer, Serpentina, of Sideshows by the Seashore in Coney Island. Lost Cobra May Hide for Weeks, Zoo Says 2011-03-29T03:09:52Z The Egyptian cobra, a favorite of snake charmers — and probably the asp whose venom Cleopatra used to commit suicide — is a dark snake with a narrow hood, and grows up to two yards in length. What a Sign to See at the Zoo: Cobra Is Missing 2011-03-28T02:24:55Z People think we are still a nation of snake charmers. Commonwealth Games plagued by chaos and controversy 2010-09-21T18:57:00Z This picture was taken in front of a snake charmer who was putting on a show on the courthouse grounds. Summer of KidsPost: India and Skyline Drive 2010-07-19T04:00:00Z Q. Do the ordinary jugglers, or only the hereditary snake charmers catch the cobras? Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. Now he knew what the Tiger had meant, when he asked him if he were by any chance a snake charmer. Bert Wilson at Panama In their gyrations they would represent snake charmers, kite-flyers and divers and other mysterious movements that were anything but graceful. My Trip Around the World August, 1895-May, 1896 You fail to observe, my little snake charmer," I replied, "that you omitted to say good things to eat. Wings of the Wind The snake charmers did dretful strange things with ’em, but I didn’t look on. Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife The squaws from the reservation did their native dances waving suffrage banners, and the snake charmer on the midway carried a Votes for Women pennant while an enormous serpent coiled around her body. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V “Tiger hunts, elephant rides, jungles, snake charmers, jolly old idols, and the Parsee merchants.” Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad "Well, it's better to lose that than to have the whole show wrecked," said the snake charmer. Joe Strong on the Trapeze or The Daring Feats of a Young Circus Performer Then there is a Gypsy girl; a sort of snake charmer, who has bottles of things all through the play. The Smart Set Correspondence & Conversations There a dentist, pulling a tooth in the open street, jugglers performing their tricks, snake charmers exhibiting their slimy pets. Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour You might have thought he was warning me against a snake charmer. The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance "I will," promised the snake charmer, as she passed on. Joe Strong, the Boy Fish or Marvelous Doings in a Big Tank "We didn't have any regular snake charmer, but Merritt made himself up for a Hindoo fakir." Side Show Studies In the pauses that follow the passing of troops and gun-firing, the crowds in the streets below our hotel watch snake charmers, jugglers, and monkey trainers who play up to us at our balconies. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah He pointed to a group of natives and Europeans on the other side of the street who were gathered about a snake charmer. Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour It always rose above the beat of the dancers, it penetrated everything, ruled everything—this single, shrill note, like the chant of a snake charmer. The Last of the Chiefs A Story of the Great Sioux War "It's awful hard to get your mail when you're with a circus," sighed the snake charmer. Joe Strong, the Boy Fish or Marvelous Doings in a Big Tank "We didn't have any regular snake charmer, but Merritt made himself up for a Hindoo fakir." Side Show Studies "Oh, hell!—Beg your pardon, sir, it just slipped out, like one of the snake charmer's rattlers!" The Long Roll Snakes can not be tamed, or made to do tricks like other animals, and the stories of "snake charmers" are mostly untrue. The Curlytops and Their Pets or Uncle Toby's Strange Collection Alfred was very much interested in the big snake and the lady whom the lecturer introduced as a snake charmer. Watch Yourself Go By A man with trained dogs will own them personally, as a snake charmer owns her crawling pets. Joe Strong, the Boy Fish or Marvelous Doings in a Big Tank We didn't have any regular snake charmer, but we bought a lot of wrigglers from a dealer down on the Bowery and Merritt made himself up for a Hindoo fakir. Side Show Studies We have all heard of the snake charmers of India, who make the snakes imitate all their movements. Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use This charmed the snake and it uncoiled itself from Billy and, swaying its body, crawled toward the snake charmer. Billy Whiskers The Autobiography of a Goat There was a snake charmer--a Hindoo, doubtless, but too old and too poor to be worth persecuting. The Tiger of Mysore A Story of the War with Tippoo Saib Had I been born in those regions I perhaps should have been what is termed a snake charmer. George Borrow The Man and His Books Before Chick could discover any occasion for this mute display of feeling, the performance in front of the set scene concluded, and the act of the snake charmer was due to begin. With Links of Steel We are all familiar with the snake charmer, and the charming of birds by snakes. Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use When he was nearly squeezed to death he made a death-like groan which awoke the Indian snake charmer who was asleep in one corner of the tent on a pile of rugs. Billy Whiskers The Autobiography of a Goat I—I—am—surprised—" "But, Your Honor," expostulated the iconoclast upon the back row, "I guess nobody is going to waste much time over this Turkish snake charmer! By Advice of Counsel Together the snake charmer and the camel ascended the cheering aisle and stopped in front of Jumbo, who adopted a grave pontifical air. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 Miss Page did not suspect any duplicity in this, and she cheerfully gave Nick the address of the snake charmer, whereupon the detective graciously thanked her, and then escorted her to her waiting carriage. With Links of Steel I have reason to believe that this man must have been one of the disciples of a former very celebrated snake charmer, who was known all over India. An Essence of the Dusk, 5th Edition So Theo sat on a green sofa and smoked a cigarette, hoping that she looked like a snake charmer with the sinuous, serpentine smoke-loops weaving and writhing round her head. The Port of Adventure My snake charmer, poor soul, has lost his snake. The Tarn of Eternity Kismet turned the tawny eyes of the snake charmer to the camel. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 Reading by the light of a lamp on a table in the room sat the Hindoo snake charmer himself, clad in a rich, loose robe of Oriental fashion. With Links of Steel The advertisement caught the eye of the unfortunate emigrant, who at once proceeded to the hall where the snake charmer was holding his exhibition. The Miracle Mongers, an Exposé And does this result of the fusion of snake charmers figure in the family history? The Price of Things There is Dutch surrounded by queens of the Midway, Dutch with his arms debonairly thrown round the shoulders of snake charmers and other bizarre and vanished contemporaries. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago "Form for the grand wedding march, the beautiful snake charmer and the noble camel in front!" O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 "You could do the snake charmer, all right, and easily gabble a lingo that would pass for his." With Links of Steel A tight-rope dancer, a snake charmer, an itinerant showman with a performing goat, monkey, or dancing bear, may make his appearance before the admiring crowd. Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter The accursed snake charmer woman whom my father disgraced the family with by bringing home. The Price of Things "It's just as if you had a roller skate on your head," said Señorita Tanlozo, the snake charmer, who had strolled into the main tent after her act in the side show was over. Joe Strong the Boy Fire-Eater The Most Dangerous Performance on Record Perry could not resist quoting softly: "'Oh, camel, wouldn't you like to belong to the pretty snake charmer for all your——'" "Shut up!" cried Betty. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 It was not quite noon when Nick Carter and Chick arrived at the house of the Hindoo snake charmer. With Links of Steel And a little further on a snake charmer giving his cobras an airing, was encountered. The Log of the Empire State The poor lady was no sooner dead than the old boy married a Bulgarian snake charmer, whom he had picked up in Constantinople! The Price of Things In Egypt, on the other hand, the cobra, the asp, and the cerastes are as numerous as ever, and are much dreaded by all the natives except the professional snake charmers. The Earth as Modified by Human Action She was dressed in the costume of an Egyptian snake charmer, a costume carried out to the smallest detail. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 The snake charmer appeared greatly surprised at such a request, but Nick readily invented a very plausible story to serve his purpose, without disclosing the true occasion. With Links of Steel The Secretary looked at a little list and read: "The strikes of to-day comprise—the wig-makers, the dog fanciers, the conjurers, the snake charmers, and the soothsayers." The Hohenzollerns in America Well, I was sitting on the piazza watching a snake charmer who was seated, with a boa, immediately in front of me. Moonbeams from the Larger Lunacy Most of the Egyptian snake charmers are Gypsies, but they do not like to be told of their origin. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 09 As they passed the snake charmer's booth they saw Tex and his companion ahead of them in the crowd, and they grinned broadly. Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up "Well, Chick, what say you to that?" demanded Nick, as they were returning to the house of the snake charmer. With Links of Steel He is afraid of the woman snake charmer under the black top. The Circus Boys in Dixie Land : or, Winning the Plaudits of the Sunny South These belong to that heathen Hindoo, the snake charmer. With Links of Steel Nick gravely tendered one of the snake charmer's cards. With Links of Steel Nick's youthful assistant, to whom a wire had been sent from the house of the snake charmer, had appeared like an apparition out of the roadside gloom. With Links of Steel |
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