| 单词 | splintery |
| 例句 | The splintery carvings bit into his skin, but he could not make sense of them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Stubby tree branches, splintery scrap boards, even pieces of wadded-up paper that look like garbage. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z They were down in the dirt firing slowly, carefully from behind splintery trees, piled gray rails, mounds of raw dirt. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The splintery fence-top sawed my bum and palms as I inched along it. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Running her fingertips along the splintery edges, Sefia searched for the heavy iron padlock and grinned. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Their small splintery edges cut into the tips of her fingers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The essentials appeared to be present: stove, coffeepot, bread pans, skillet, and such, plus a few rough and splintery shelves for storage. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Her blade was much too light and had no proper grip, but she liked the sharp jagged splintery end. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The bathroom door was off its hinges and had three splintery holes of different sizes. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z One of Jonas’s arms was immobilized with pain, and he could see through his own torn sleeve something that looked like ragged flesh and splintery bone. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z When everything was carried up, Janina’s father and Uncle Shepsel broke apart the cart with hammers and kicks and carried the gray, splintery cart pieces up too, even the wheels. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Cold iron and splintery wood closed off the only holes through the piled stones that hemmed them in. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The now-heavy crate crashed on Clock Watcher heads and shattered, knocking them into a splintery pile. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z They cleaned the cabin and swept out the splintery plank floor. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The splintery wicker of the subway seat pressed through his damp pants. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z It looked abandoned, its clapboard siding faded to splintery gray. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z They were sturdily attached by metal collars to the splintery boards of the dock. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z As they neared the splintery gray ship that must have been the Tin Bucket, they ducked behind a stack of crates to survey the dock. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z There was only the sound to go by—the foul breath squeaking in little gasps, the noise in his throat like the splintery crunching of bones. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z But this girl was alive, though her eyes stayed closed and her fingers clenched as if she still felt the splintery mast in them. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The wall dividing our side of the house from the bar was made from shiny sheets of fake wood panelling, but the rest of the walls were rough, splintery boards painted pale green. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z We followed suit, kneeling on the rough, splintery kneeboards of the pew. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The ship’s carpenter was just as she’d imagined him: the round mountains of his shoulders; the brown, sun-lined face and the bandanna tied around his forehead; the splintery abused hands spotted with scars and pitch. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The horse nearest Jake had a splintery wooden crack in its dingy rump and the eyes walled blind and frantic, shreds of paint peeled from the sockets. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z She slashed at birch leaves till the splintery point of the broken broomstick was green and sticky. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Night of Joy broom old, they good and splintery.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The bunk beds with their scuffed, splintery ladders are still there. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z They made a small, splintery pile of wood that couldn’t be used for anything else. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z There was a splintery groan and a loud thump. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z It was all a single room, with a sleeping loft above reached by a pair of splintery ladders. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It was old grey wood, splintery and plain . . . but it stood to the right of the door through which she'd entered. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Thomas could see several clumsily prepared wooden crosses poking through this growth, their horizontal pieces lashed to the upright ones with a splintery twine. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Is it just that we're reaching the final splintery barrel scrapings? Acceptable in the 80s 2010-07-29T21:00:00Z Your sharp fingerbones or splintery skull would rub on the whale’s intestinal lining, and your remains would scrape up the most beautiful smell on earth. Animal penises’ amazing evolution 2012-06-12T15:40:00Z Fish draws Wendy’s actual surroundings in jagged, splintery black lines and gray wash. The Latest in Graphic Novels 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z One night the halibut main course was moderately overcooked and my chicken was seriously dry and splintery. What Happens When a Fitness Chain Opens a Restaurant? 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z The splintery yet sympathetic sister of Mark Ruffalo in You Can Count on Me. Laura Linney: 'America's very puritanical' 2013-01-13T20:00:00Z Visitors stomp their way up a five-story former dormitory for missionaries, a building so dark, dusty and rickety that some people clutch the splintery railing, lest they tumble down the stairs. Scene/ Seen in ... Shanghai: Shanghai Biennales Whet the Appetite for Art 2010-12-10T18:13:00Z Playing with Mr. Sorey here, he often reduced Monk’s song themes to scaffolds and wisps; his own chiming, splintery swing feels attested to Monk’s long shadow, even in a context dominated by free improvisation. At 100, Thelonious Monk Gets a Hero’s Celebration 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z The place was dirty, dark, smelly and splintery and remembered by everyone involved as a paradise almost too good to believe. Books of The Times: ‘112 Greene Street: The Early Years,’ ’70s Art in SoHo 2012-07-25T19:44:03Z Mr. Abbasi’s solo, on semi-acoustic guitar, was by turns splintery and sleek, and Mr. Ware shadowed him with glowing, tremulous chords. Music Review: Intuitions Unsaid but Issued in Rhythms 2011-08-12T21:38:22Z It’s an inquisitive collection of art-pop songs with elliptical lyrics, subtle electronics and complex, splintery guitar playing that blends the unvarnished voice of indie rock with the wonder of jazz. Wendy Eisenberg finds meaning in complexity 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z "While it too often sands the complications off what you sense should feel like an uncomfortably splintery issue, in its best moments, it's a quietly fearsome piece of drama," wrote the Telegraph's Robbie Collin. I, Daniel Blake star Dave Johns hopes stage adaptation will 'make people angry' 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z “For What It’s Worth” rode an appealingly swampy groove and had a splintery solo by Young; “Mr. Soul” was a jagged blast of whammy-bar psychedelia. Neil Young and Stephen Stills pay tribute to David Crosby at benefit concert 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z Uneven fracture patterns are described as irregular, splintery, fibrous. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z This was the solution for my splintery basement floor. 7 tricks to update an unfinished basement on a budget 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z Men stood at the jail fence digging splintery peepholes with their jackknives. California is closing San Quentin’s death row. This is its gruesome history 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z The redwood, unlike its splintery cousin, the giant sequoia, is prized for its hard wood. The climate crisis is killing California’s most beloved redwoods, sequoias, Joshua trees 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z The result — a covers record riddled with the flubs and inventions of forgetfulness — was a jumble of intricate syncopations, vertiginous time changes and splintery guitar work. The Dirty Projectors Go Solo 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z A third non-foliated rock is hornfels identified by its dense, fine-grained, hard, blocky or splintery texture composed of several silicate minerals. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Run barefoot among the splintery boards and rusty nails. Before the deadly fire, Ghost Ship was an an enchanting 'safe place' that many called home 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z Which is a good thing, given that our pursuits inside those splintery walls were obsessive and at times fiendish, though almost 100% administrative. Why Children Need Playhouses 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z Johnstone and I were on the splintery dock of his home, on a river south of Mobile. In Alabama, Judges Play God 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z The day had been as harsh as a shining, splintery plank. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z Steve and two teamsters who had been hung-up on the roads had spent the night watching that flying sparks did not catch its splintery grey shingles. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z The two men slipped off on opposite sides, still holding the rough splintery keel between them. H.M.S. —— ‘Our pursuits inside those splintery walls were obsessive, at times fiendish.’ Why Children Need Playhouses 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z Just look—here’s some of the crumbs left now;” and he pointed to a few splintery scales of paste lying upon the board. A Little World Those strong enough were invariably too hard to break, and those that could be procured were always too "splintery." Dorothy Dale at Glenwood School A great portion of it, however, is compact, and has a flat conchoidal and slightly splintery fracture. Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea He waited on the splintery platform, a huge man, ugly of face, shortlegged and long-bodied with a belly swollen from regular overeating. Brown John's Body Yes, over the surface of the water radiated a ferny, splintery film, which was ice. The House of Fulfilment Every inch of it is brittle and splintery, and the fissures are explained to the eye by the most perfect, speaking light and shade,—we can stumble over the edges of them. Modern Painters Volume I (of V) She stood a moment listening, one ear to the splintery, unfinished boards, then–– “Mollie,” she ventured, “are you awake?” A Breath of Prairie and other stories Light to medium weight, soft, stiff, but brittle, commonly cross-grained, rough and splintery. Seasoning of Wood They incurred daily risks in landing and in blasting the splintery gneiss, and in the falling of heavy bodies in the narrow space to which they were confined. Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls The splintery speech of havoc was more eloquent. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 Half-past seven gave him a swift vision of the flat—Grandpa asleep, Barber pacing the splintery floor in a rage, Cis weeping at the window, Mrs. Kukor waddling about, talking with tongue and hands. The Rich Little Poor Boy The nature of the bark is known by its splintery, fibrous, or corky texture. On the Banks of the Amazon Then came a shout, in Dellow’s familiar tones: “Twopenn’orth o’ paint gone, and a bit of a splintery crack in the top plank.” Old Gold The Cruise of the "Jason" Brig And crawl he did, across the rough, splintery floor of the old car. Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue in the Sunny South The golden hair of the little boy had become tangled in the slender spokes of the spinning wheel, some of which were a bit splintery. Six Little Bunkers at Grandpa Ford's Bravely enough the dark, smudgy kitchen, with its scabby walls and its greasy, splintery floor, grew knots of violets. The Rich Little Poor Boy "Just pine, and kind of mean, splintery pine, too." Lydia of the Pines Usually odorless, not splintery, not resinous, with little contrast between early and late wood. Studies of Trees The builders had made it of boards of varying sizes, the rafters were rough and splintery and there were myriads of nails sticking through everywhere. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers I myself liked to stand by the splintery lath trough, in which the skittle-boy rolled back the balls. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 From this point the canyon bed and lower walls are granite, but the highest peaks are still a dark, splintery, metamorphic slate. The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter The floor was splintery and only partly covered by frayed rugs and worn oil cloth. Mary Minds Her Business The wood has a disagreeable, rancid odor, is splintery, not resinous, with decided contrast between early and late wood. Studies of Trees At the base of those hills I found, as elsewhere, pebbles consisting chiefly of a splintery quartz rock, in which the grains of sand or quartz were firmly embedded in a siliceous cement. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 The rock on Pig Island, where exposed at some of the points, is mica slate, soft and splintery in many places, with frequent veins of quartz. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 1 In use for floors, some woods tend to compact and wear smooth, while others become splintery and rough. The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing Calcareous incrustations, including fragments of madrepores, and of shells, cemented by splintery carbonate of lime. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2 It was a large room, with a rough splintery floor, unplastered rafters overhead, and two bedsteads on opposite sides. Little Dorrit Finally Gavegan managed to get a flame from one of those irritatingly splintery Swedish matches made in Japan. Children of the Whirlwind Their fracture is exceedingly irregular, and splintery; yet small fragments are often very tough. Volcanic Islands A brittle wood breaks suddenly with a clean instead of a splintery fracture and without warning. The Mechanical Properties of Wood Including a Discussion of the Factors Affecting the Mechanical Properties, and Methods of Timber Testing Howard felt a ridiculous weakness in his legs as he stepped out upon the broiling hot splintery planks of the station and faced the few idlers lounging about. Main-Travelled Roads That stock-room could have been cleaned any time this month and it's too heavy work for me anyway; it spoils my hands, grubbing around those nasty, sticky, splintery boxes and barrels. Story of Waitstill Baxter Some had splintery threads hanging around their cuts like used toothpicks. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse |
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