| 单词 | spindle-legged |
| 例句 | Sitting on one of the little spindle-legged tables that supported so many frail-looking silver instruments, was an ugly gold ring set with a large, cracked, black stone. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He figured out how to earthquake-proof one of Ms. Bourgeois’s spindle-legged spiders so it could win approval for a site in Tokyo. Dick Polich, Master Forger of Sculptures for Artists, Dies at 90 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z The razor-toothed, spindle-legged interlopers are frightening, but it’s almost creepier to watch Blunt and Krasinski’s characters calmly prepare to muffle the first cries of their newborn child. A Quiet Place blends horror and drama in a silent world 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z The warm sunshine flowed in and streamed across the floors, the dim tapestries, the spindle-legged, gilded furniture, and the Cupid-decked clocks. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z Moving to one end of the spindle-legged sofa, she made place at her side for Maxineff, and motioned Noakes to a chair near them. Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z What any little, spindle-legged parson says goes the same as the word of God out here in the backwoods. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z She assumed carefully a pose of unconscious ease on her small, spindle-legged chair. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z From a small spindle-legged table that stood 84 near, he selected a book from several which lay on its polished surface, and handed it to her. Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z The fiddle-backed chairs and the spindle-legged tables and claw-footed sofas in that room would have driven a collector green with envy. Tripping with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:21.613Z Johanna cast a rapid glance around the low-ceiled room, with its whitewashed walls, small windows, gaudy carpet, and spindle-legged furniture standing stiffly in the corners. A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z Polkadot landed a shoulder impact that all but toppled the spindle-legged black. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z Here she sat, with her manuscript already open, and the conventional glass of water on a spindle-legged table beside her. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z There was no difficulty in rising early the next morning, for at some time in the small hours the spindle-legged porter was seized with terrible cramp. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z It was furnished with the spindle-legged chairs and tables in use in the last century. A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:28.240Z Half an hour later Lilly, dressed in the garments Miss von Schwertfeger had brought, entered the dining room, where breakfast was being served by old Ferdinand, a dried-up, spindle-legged heirloom of a servant. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z The front door was open, showing a hall where stood a grandfather’s clock and a spindle-legged table holding a bowl of potpourri. The Valiants of Virginia Jack put her arm about her hostess, without waiting for her permission, and led her to a chair, then she sat down on a little spindle-legged stool near her, feeling shy and confused. The Ranch Girls' Pot of Gold “Never until I heard of those two women looking into this room and seeing the vase of pink roses standing on a spindle-legged table in the centre of it,” he replied. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories "Don't make any slurs at me, you spindle-legged sand-hill crane," retorted Harry. Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) The Deacon's Adventures At Chattanooga In Caring For The Boys On a little, spindle-legged mahogany table were tall glasses of fruit lemonade and a plate of assorted cakes. Madge Morton's Trust Whereas many great families are insensibly fallen off from the athletic constitution of their progenitors, and are dwindled away into a pale, sickly, spindle-legged, generation of valetudinarians. The Tatler, Volume 3 Here, too, was another elaborate candelabrum, somewhat smaller than the first, queer, spindle-legged, fiddle-backed chairs, beautiful cabinets and tables, and an old, square piano, still open. The Boarded-Up House She saw the angry flush on Minnie's face, and watched without seeming to watch her as she rose suddenly and left the room, almost throwing down the little spindle-legged table beside her. A Country Gentleman and his Family In the shallow water at the margin of the river blue herons and spindle-legged cranes were searching out their morning meal. Carmen Ariza The sun had turned to the west in its majestic course and Tharon, the noon work over, drew up the spindle-legged stool and sat down to play to herself and Anita. Tharon of Lost Valley Carpets and chair-cushions worked in tent stitch and cross stitch and old-fashioned harpsichord; gaudy white and gold furniture of the Louis Quatorze time, mixed with the spindle-legged tables of the Queen Anne epoch. Wee Wifie Guess some of these spindle-legged city chaps wouldn't make much of a go at that. The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill In body, like the Pygmies, they are thin and spindle-legged. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution Their octaves were few in number, and a pupil of Chopin would have regarded them with scorn; but upon these little spindle-legged affairs a duet could be performed. As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century There was another boy there, who, I could tell without hardly looking, was Dragonfly, on account of he is spindle-legged and has large eyes like a dragonfly's eyes are. Shenanigans at Sugar Creek Jim had a lively hatred for furniture; they left him discussing with Allenby the question of removing a spindle-legged writing table. Captain Jim She could find everything else in the world—old clocks, spindle-legged chairs, a high-backed, mahogany sofa, and a spinning wheel. The Windy Hill The hostess glanced towards the little spindle-legged writing-table, where, on top of a heap of notes, lay the blue oblong of a cheque-book. The Convert It was sparsely furnished with a spindle-legged table, half-a-dozen armchairs covered with faded tapestry, an antique walnut-wood cabinet, another of ebony, a small oasis of carpet in the middle of the bare oak floor. Vixen, Volume III. "Then go on up," she said, and turned across the street following the spindle-legged man who was unhitching two horses. The Desert Fiddler "There's a better game than that," he said, his articulation very thick; "but it takes nerve—if you've got it, you spindle-legged little cockney!" Barbarians "Be seated, be seated!" protested the newcomer in a high emasculate voice, and she sat down again obediently upon the little spindle-legged Empire settee from which she had risen. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories Miss Warren rose politely from the spindle-legged sofa where she had been sitting, and touched one of the outstretched hands with rather extraordinary limpness. The Heart of Arethusa And that's the way with those lovely liquids and things on your pretty spindle-legged dressing table. The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture A spindle-legged cherry table bore an old vase filled with pink and red straw flowers. Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' Can you see a spindle-legged, mischievous boy of ten, who loved his little sister dearly; but teased her from morning until night. 'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands Broken spindle-legged chairs, rickety boxes, piles of yellow old music-books and manuscripts, and in one corner an ancient harp in a tarnished gilt frame. The Hawthorns A Story about Children In the center, a shiny mahogany bed stood, with a dresser of like material and fragile, spindle-legged chairs grouped around it. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life "Yes, and frightened the big-nosed, spindle-legged suckling with your gruff voice, so that what should have been an easy stalk turned out a long chase for nothing." The Outcasts I never saw such a mob of spindle-legged kids in my life. The Young Pitcher They needed relief, these brilliant supple figures; they demanded the background of grey hangings, scant carpet, spindle-legged chairs, and hard sombre prints. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes She bought spindle-legged furniture of gold and scattered it about. The Way of the Wind He gave us an order, and one of the boys near me said in a loud undertone, "Go to hell, you spindle-legged old crow." Into the Jaws of Death Well, now—Grandma, you know that's a hard thing to start out a boy in life with in a town of this size, especially a little spindle-legged one at that. Green Valley She was sitting in a straight-backed chair,—for Mrs. Dale scorned the weakness of a rocking-chair,—before a spindle-legged table, covered with green baize and with a cherry-wood rim inlaid with mother-of-pearl and ivory. John Ward, Preacher There was bustle in the little dining-room with its high windows, which the sea-foam sometimes dimmed, and its spindle-legged chairs and smoked pictures. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes And the little spindle-legged tables with their burdens of books, vases, and pictures? Honey-Sweet He had eschewed the spindle-legged tables and fiddle-backed chairs of the former generations, and taken to solid masses of red mahogany, which were impressive to the village folk. Madelon A Novel I got upstairs unobserved and put it away in the tall, spindle-legged Sheraton desk which has held all my girlish treasures. The Story of Bawn Van Camp seated himself on a spindle-legged, gilt chair by Madame Reynier's side, and begged to know how they were enduring the New York climate, which had formerly proved intolerable to Madame Reynier. The Stolen Singer Chin in her palms, she leaned her elbows upon the spindle-legged table, looking up at the portrait of her mother, its fine colourings glowing in the mellow light from the lamp. Mrs. Red Pepper The massive chairs and tables, fifty years old at least, were spindle-legged and rich in carving, upholstered in green velvet and quaintly embroidered, by hands moldered to dust long ago. The Baronet's Bride They pulled out the long haircloth sofa, moved the spindle-legged old chairs into the dining-room, and carried out one by one the drawers from the high-boy in the corner. The Brimming Cup Yes, they had the bureau; they would probably take the spindle-legged stand next. Different Girls Unity mounted the dark, polished stairs to an upper hall where stood a tall clock and a spindle-legged table with a vast jar of pot-pourri. Lewis Rand Ha! you old spindle-legged monster, stand off from that tree. Camp and Trail A Story of the Maine Woods Here and there, it is true, you find the aesthete in effect among dealers: the wired moustaches, the spindle-legged voice, and the ardent spirit in discussing his wares with lady visitors. Walking-Stick Papers To avoid injuring him, no flimsy chairs or spindle-legged tables should be allowed in his nursery. Study of Child Life There was much old-fashioned furniture—such as the spindle-legged card table at which Miss Mullett and the Doctor were deeply absorbed in cribbage—but enough comfortable modern chairs had been provided to render martyrdom unnecessary. The Lilac Girl He remembered the girl, specially, spindle-legged, with round eyes, pale cheeks, and an uncommonly long braid of yellow hair hanging down her back. Dorian It was furnished with an almost feminine delicacy of style, with wide-seated, spindle-legged Louis XV. chairs and a couch covered with rich brocade. Ronicky Doone It was a little larger than a good-sized doll's house, and furnished with spindle-legged chairs and tables that had been polished to the last extremity of brightness. Fenton's Quest And in minced a whole troupe of near-French furnishings; cream enamel beds, cane-backed; spindle-legged dressing tables before which it was impossible to dress; perilous chairs with raspberry complexions. Cheerful—By Request She was a ferret-eyed, blond-haired, spindle-legged little creature whose mind was a cross between that of a parrot and a sheep. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm In the face of the girl who works, whether she be a spindle-legged errand-girl or a ten-thousand-a-year foreign buyer, you will find both vivacity and depth of expression. Emma McChesney and Co. Mr. Wendover left his books and manuscripts scattered on the floor of the study, and conducted me to a cool shady drawing-room, very shabbily furnished with the spindle-legged chairs and tables of the last century. Birds of Prey There are old pictures, old musical instruments, quaint spindle-legged chairs and tables, tapestries that crumble as you touch them—the ashes and relics of many generations. Charlotte's Inheritance The room was neatly kept, but poorly furnished, with that old-fashioned spindle-legged furniture which seems peculiar to lodging-houses. Henry Dunbar A Novel He gripped the back of the spindle-legged chair, and could find no word to say. From One Generation to Another She moved away to one of the spindle-legged chairs near a window, and played absently with the knotted fringes of the old-fashioned dimity curtain. An Algonquin Maiden A Romance of the Early Days of Upper Canada The carpet was plain green, soft and velvety, like moss; and the furniture, of a light cream-colored wood, was in dainty shapes, with delicate spindle-legged tables and chairs. Patty Fairfield There were also some exquisite and wonderfully carved oak, a Queen Anne sofa, and several spindle-legged chairs. Light O' the Morning The eyes of the pale, spindle-legged child, standing in the end of the wagon, flashed past the courthouse to the barred windows of the adjoining jail. A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill It did not matter much who the guests were, provided that they filled the diminutive room in those spaces left vacant by bric-a-brac and furniture of the spindle-legged description. From One Generation to Another As I stood at the door, the leaping flames, flaring up, sent flitting athwart the floor queer shadows of tall-backed chairs and spindle-legged tables. Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker From eighteen to fifty-four he sat to Velasquez—and it is always that same tall, spindle-legged, impassive form and the dull, unspeaking face. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists Some twenty-five years ago," Cappy continued, "you entered my employ as a spindle-legged office boy. Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley A little hand-mirror, framed in carved ivory inlaid with coral, and a fan, lay on a tiny spindle-legged table close in front of her, together with a buff-coloured cup of chocolate. Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume The room was forty-feet long or so, fitted up with yellow satin at some distant period; high spindle-legged chairs and pembroke- tables abounded. Wives and Daughters Joan shrugged her round white shoulders and flicked her cigarette ash expertly into the china tray on the spindle-legged table at her elbow. Who Cares? a story of adolescence But, now, she had an inner confused vision of "lounging-chairs" covered with pale-blue satin; of velvet, spindle-legged tables hung with priceless lace and bearing Dresden baskets smothered in flowers. Missy By the bye, who was that spindle-legged, shoe-buckled parson feller we met by now? Life's Little Ironies It was a singular interview, in that old-fashioned colonial room, with the spindle-legged furniture, the silhouettes, the miniatures, the portrait of General Braddock, and the smell of lavender. The Good Soldier It was an old-fashioned, spindle-legged affair, with a nest of pigeonholes and multifarious little drawers. The White Moll "Only don't think I'm afraid,—not of a spindle-legged cuss like him," shouted Charlie. The Wheels of Chance: a Bicycling Idyll That young man, however, quite cheerfully parted the heavy curtains leading into a parlour, and sat down in a spindle-legged chair. The Riverman |
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