| 单词 | spread-eagle |
| 例句 | “Now stop it, Jem Finch,” he said, and resumed his spread-eagle position. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He was awake, lying spread-eagle in his big platform bed, looking up at the trompe l’oeil painting of a domed and gilded ceiling that was open at the center to a pink sky. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z I spun in time to see him toss himself, spread-eagle, into the sky above us. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Grandpa Sorenson and Lena were each shackled spread-eagle to the wall. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z It was hot but not enough to burn, so I walked on it a piece, arms spread-eagle, balancing with my fishing pole like a tightrope-walker at the circus. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I unwind the hijab and fling it across to my bed and then lie back down, spread-eagle. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The Snow Sand had his ears and nose blocked, and he hoped she had not panicked, had remembered to spread-eagle her body, so that he could catch her quickly with his headlong dive. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I move on to mat exercises and after the last crunch lie there spread-eagle and panting, my hair a tangled ball around my red face. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Vanessa is obviously the worst off in “Possession,” lashed to the bed in spread-eagle position to protect herself and everyone else, but everyone looks increasingly glassy-eyed and punchy. 'Penny Dreadful' Recap: What's the Matter With Ethan? 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z In one memorable “Goldfinger” scene, Bond is captured by the title villain and is forcibly held spread-eagle on a table as a laser beam inches toward his crotch. Ken Adam, who made Bond villain lairs and ‘Dr. Strangelove’ War Room, dies at 95 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z The resulting spread-eagle composition — worthy in its boldness of the young Frank Stella — is a marvel to dissect and reassemble with the eye. Art Review: Downsizing In a Burst of Glory 2011-05-12T22:30:17Z He takes the criminal by the arm and straps him, spread-eagle, to the wooden wheel. Louisiana’s hidden history: The former slave who became an executioner 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z After various up-over-and-round lifts, he holds her spread-eagle horizontally above his head and then rotates at speed, as if she were the blades to his helicopter. Dance Review: ‘Forever Tango’ Incudes ‘Dancing With the Stars’ Alumni 2013-07-15T02:00:01Z You do full spread-eagle splits in the finale. “I Was Never Really the Ingénue”: An Interview with Judith Light 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z An outdoorsman who skis more than 150 days annually, Ramon said he heard a loud scream and saw Sanderson’s ski tips fly up, causing him to fall face-down “spread-eagle” upon the collision. Gwyneth Paltrow’s lawyer: Ski collision story ‘utter B.S.’ 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z In a spread-eagle position, that terminal velocity may decrease to about 200 km/h as the area increases. College Physics for AP Courses 2015-08-12T00:00:00Z The sight of Real Madrid’s players, spread-eagle on the field in a state of pure, blissful exhaustion, having somehow turned certain defeat into a triumph actually happens with alarming frequency. Real Madrid Ousts Chelsea by Turning a Collapse Into a Classic 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z Did you hear about the airline passenger who wound up face down and spread-eagle on the tarmac at LaGuardia Airport this month? Perspective | Times are tough for lovers of vintage cameras. One was just pulled from a plane. 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z Davis was spread-eagle on his back and smiling as three officers approached with their guns pointed toward him and yelling commands, warning him that if he touched his gun he would be shot. Miami shooting victim who shielded son, 2, from crazed gunman 'always put others first,' family says 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z He says that while he was in custody he was beaten and hung for hours in a spread-eagle position, and coerced into making a videotaped confession. As China Clamps Down, Activists Flee Hong Kong for Refuge in the West 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z He was held for 15 days, during which, he said, he was hooded, hung for hours in a spread-eagle position and beaten to force him to stay awake. U.K. Grants Asylum to Ex-Consulate Worker Who Told of Torture in China 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z He says he was also shackled in a spread-eagle position for hours and forced to assume stress positions for lengthy periods. Hong Konger complains to UK about China TV forced confession 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z Mr. Cheng said he was hung for hours in a spread-eagle pose. Ex-Worker at U.K. Consulate in Hong Kong Says China Tortured Him 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z A child sprawled spread-eagle, half upside down, on the body of a woman. Nerve gas used in Syria attack, leaving victims ‘foaming at the mouth,’ evidence suggests 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z As Moir glided sideways in a crouched spread-eagle position, Virtue, clad in a shimmering purple and black catsuit, climbed on to his thighs before arching backwards with outstretched arms. Virtue and Moir close in on third world title 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z The gunman was taken into custody after throwing his empty weapon down and lying spread-eagle on the ground, one witness said. Airport gunman sent panicked passengers fleeing for lives 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z According to some witness accounts, he reloaded at least once and fired on horrified passengers, then lay down on the floor in a spread-eagle position and waited for authorities to arrest him. Fort Lauderdale airport shooting suspect had visited FBI office in Alaska last year 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z He turned away a shot from close range by former Dallas forward Ryan Garbutt, and then made a spread-eagle stop on the rebound when Andrew Desjardins tried to slip the puck under his leg. Sharp has goal, assist against former team as West-leading Stars dominate Blackhawks 4-0 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z In the beginning of my captivity, after my first two escape attempts, for about three months I was chained to a bed spread-eagle and blindfolded. Lawyer releases Bergdahl’s description of captivity, torture 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z They also released a statement to Milley from Bergdahl in which he described being chained to a bed, spread-eagle and blindfolded while being held by the Haqqani network, an insurgent group allied with the Taliban. Bowe Bergdahl, once-missing U.S. soldier, charged with desertion 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z For the first three months of his captivity, Bergdahl said, he was chained in a spread-eagle position on a bed and fed nothing but noodles or rice and water. Bowe Bergdahl, charged with desertion and more, details Taliban captivity 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z “The soldiers getting men against the wall, kicking their legs spread-eagle. That’s what put the seed in a lot of kids’ heads to join the I.R.A.” Where the Bodies Are Buried 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z Ryder Cup captain Davis Love III felt that McIlroy, like Woods, shone best under the biggest spotlight with the ability to spread-eagle fields. McIlroy's runaway PGA win ramps up Tiger comparisons 2012-08-13T19:35:31Z The faster they review the business model, the more likely it is that rotten eggs will stop being laid by the spread-eagle bank. Barclays needs a total management overhaul 2012-07-28T23:01:17Z Mr. Bailey was handcuffed and placed spread-eagle against a police car. Stop-and-Frisk Controls Praised in Philadelphia 2012-07-11T14:58:16Z But still we stick to the anatomically impossible spread-eagle stride of the turf, and feel that it conveys the idea of speed which is not compassed by the set fac-similes of photography. Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle 2012-03-26T02:00:39.977Z It would provide him with an opportunity for one of the spread-eagle speeches he was so fond of making. Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z Peeping round the galley, I saw with amazement that the drunken devils had actually triced the poor mate up spread-eagle fashion in the main rigging, and were jeering him to their hearts' content. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z What are called Spirited Editorials in the New York papers, my boy, very often involve two swallows as well as a spread-eagle. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z The speech was probably a fervid, audacious, emotional effort, partaking largely of the "spread-eagle" character, and addressed to the prejudices of the audience rather than to their calm judgments. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z He wanted the chief of the Lulungo badly; he wanted, in his cold rage, to stake him out in spread-eagle fashion, and kill him with slow fires. Sanders of the River 2011-03-12T03:00:26.427Z This statue stood semi-erect, and strongly suggested an invalid kitten, leaning on a hot brick; or, a modern philosopher of the spread-eagle and Progressive school, when the contributions are small. Tom Clark and His Wife Their Double Dreams, And the Curious Things that Befell Them Therein; Being the Rosicrucian's Story 2011-02-25T03:01:12.293Z “Uncle Sam told 76 Americans to come out of their own house, lay down their arms and spread-eagle on the ground,” he says of Waco. Does the Appleseed Project Teach Marksmanship or Something More? 2010-07-29T22:08:00Z A combined option of either calling or putting is termed a “straddle,” and sometimes on the American stock exchange a “spread-eagle.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" Now then, spread-eagle him over the steps of that stile. Haviland's Chum "You can't leave your country without taking the spread-eagle with you!" An American Girl Abroad It was very droll to see him, while in this attitude, suddenly pull himself together, stand upright, utter his song, and instantly relapse into the spread-eagle position to go on with his sunbath. Upon The Tree-Tops In the Western country, the traveler, on approaching an hotel, is often saluted by the last shrieks of the chickens which half an hour afterward are presented to him � la spread-eagle for his dinner. Household Papers and Stories As Lounsbury passed it, with his horse following pluckily in spread-eagle fashion, he shouted for Old Michael. The Plow-Woman The army had long felt that such tendencies had made good material for Billy Sunday's sermons and spread-eagle speeches, but they hadn't loaded guns or placed men in the front line. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" Harry tugged like a bull-pup on the end of a leash, so that when the Captain released his hold––with ever so slight a shove––Mr. Beaver described a spread-eagle on the cinder path. Captain Pott's Minister On the contrary his vision is often of the spread-eagle sort. The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology Impaired in rhythm of thought and sound by an awkward, though logical, parenthetical expression, another phrase stands out in a "spread-eagle" passage from his first formal address, that on "The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions." The Poets' Lincoln Tributes in Verse to the Martyred President Patriotism is no longer a mere matter of scoff among politicians, self-sacrifice the object of newspaper sneers, our country a spread-eagle figure for a Fourth-of-July oration. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 —But it's needless to say 'twas a glorious day, And to boast of it all in that spread-eagle way That our forefathers have since the hour of birth Of this most patriotic republic on earth! Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) But he was very much in love with Lucy, and felt the highest disapproval of Urquhart's kind of spread-eagle hardihood. Love and Lucy That was a great spread-eagle speech of Mix’s wasn’t it? Rope In the Western country, the traveller, on approaching a hotel, is often saluted by the last shrieks of the chickens which half an hour afterward are presented to him à la spread-eagle for his dinner. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 Like every young mind he is spellbound by one of those masters of spread-eagle oratory, and for some time he does not miss a single political meeting in his district. The Book of Khalid He is no more spread-eagle in his diplomatic relations; is easy and prompt in all secondary questions relating to secondary interests, and daily emerging from international complications. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 He was an energetic, well-meaning young man, rather injudicious and fiercely patriotic after the spread-eagle manner of his cousins across the international boundary. Duncan Polite The Watchman of Glenoro With no spread-eagle brag do I gather conviction each year that we Americans, judged not hastily, are sound at heart, kind, courageous, often of the truest delicacy, and always ultimately of excellent good-sense. Red Men and White Mrs. Cox meanwhile sat on the coach, with her arms extended in the attitude of a spread-eagle, and vainly trying to attract the attention of those she met or passed on the road. Hints on Driving It was the age, par excellence, of spread-eagle oratory, when the American Bird soared higher and staid up longer than he ever has since. John Brown: A Retrospect Read before The Worcester Society of Antiquity, Dec. 2, 1884. The numerous pegs standing up from the sward, and the cords attached to them, and leading to the arms and limbs, showed that the spread-eagle position was a constrained one. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness Patriotic speeches also, in the true “spread-eagle” style, with applauding cheers, and jokes about Santa Anna and his cork-leg; when the company at length separated, after singing the “Star-Spangled Banner.” The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley It has been on active service now since the year 1800, and I really think it's time our spread-eagle friends gave us a change. The Message "The suit is brought in the name of justice and humanity," shouted Fitz, eloquently, and with a spread-eagle gesture. Make or Break or, The Rich Man's Daughter Acting on Ward’s command two warriors fell upon me and fastened cords to my wrists and ankles and staked me out in spread-eagle style, and then sat beside me, one on each side. A Virginia Scout Notwithstanding all this, the young hunter was evidently an object of interest—whether friendly or hostile—and might have been the cynosure of the supper-table, but for my undress-frock and spread-eagle buttons. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness His works are a connecting link between the pompous spread-eagle manner of the Si�cle de Louis XIV. and the gay abandonment and heartless frivolity of the reign of Louis XV. The Story of Paris Oliver, or "Nolly," as he was always called, was a sort of spread-eagle likeness of his handsome father, with a conical head like Walter Scott. Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti The Fourth of July spread-eagle oration, not uncommon even in New England in former days, would now be listened to hardly anywhere without merriment. Historical Essays I had been staked out in spread-eagle fashion and my guards had placed saplings across my body and were preparing to lie down on the ends at each side of me. A Virginia Scout Mr. Robert Wilmot thereupon arose, and replied in an oration belonging to that "spread-eagle" order which is familiar to American political controversy. A History of the Four Georges, Volume II It is so impossible for a false doctrine to stand on its own feet that the spread-eagle advertisement of this school contradicts itself long before it gets to the “Sign here and mail to-day” coupon. The Book of Business Etiquette The cat, caught a glancing blow by one of the tusks, screamed and leaped up, to land in spread-eagle fashion upon Buster's head. Project Mastodon It is generally a combination of a spread-eagle and a "hydriad," surrounded by the stars and stripes. A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel "Hark, ye noble sons of Old Eli!" he began, with a spread-eagle gesture that came near causing him to lose his balance and fall off headlong. Frank Merriwell's Races The Tottie himself appeared for a moment in the form of a spread-eagle, and then horse and man went back with a sounding splash into the river. Six Months at the Cape "I'm a spread-eagle player, I know; not nearly so graceful as you," laughed Gwen. The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story I have got the use of my legs, I find, pretty well, but I don’t think I could come any of those twists and turns, and spread-eagle kind of things.” Ernest Bracebridge School Days Bob turned himself into a spread-eagle by lying upon his back, and tilting his cap over his nose as he announced that he was going to sleep. Devon Boys A Tale of the North Shore Two or three of them, in fact, to spread-eagle whatever it is. Skylark Three At the other end the track through it divided; but the defiance signal, a large vulture lying spread-eagle fashion, showed the line the fugitives had pursued. Through Three Campaigns A Story of Chitral, Tirah and Ashanti I landed sort of spread-eagle flat and seemed to hang there before I slid down the wall to the floor with a meaty-sounding Whump! Highways in Hiding Holding in profound contempt what he termed spread-eagle oratory, his only gesticulations were up-and- down motions of his arm, as if he were beating out with sledge- hammers his forcible ideas. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis When I see how largely Catholicity is represented among our hoodlum element, I feel in no spread-eagle mood. A History of American Christianity She heard the light tap of his carving tools as she opened the door, and found him finishing the wings of a spread-eagle. Cobwebs and Cables The next morning I went to see the cheetahs and found that they had been tied spread-eagle fashion on the carts, and with their hoods firmly tied. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon On his chest was a huge spread-eagle with a bunch of arrows, bayonets, and lightning-flashes in his claws. Captain Jinks, Hero The articles with their spread-eagle headlines concerned themselves more—for a wonder—with effect than cause. Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley Six officers of the Royal Flying Corps are here, double-breasted tunics and two spread-eagle wings on left breast. Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 He was heard creaking downstairs, and some active young fellow by a round-about byway managed to steal down behind and suddenly pushed him by the burst open door, spread-eagle fashion, into the laughing long-room! My Life as an Author Sallie became slowly transfixed in a spread-eagle attitude, with the half of a thin white egg-shell held up in each hand. The Stolen Singer The middle one everybody knows, by sight at least, a big, stark, spread-eagle flower, gamboge yellow mottled with red-brown, vastly effective in the mass, but individually vulgar. About Orchids A Chat My spread-eagle tastes," he admitted, "have always protected my eyes from the bedazzlement frequently incident to the sight of royalty. Diane of the Green Van Instantly the maniac wheeled, as a huge spread-eagle wind-vane on its staff, and stood at gaze, the broad uninterrupted light of the beacon shining down on him and the mysterious man. The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem In youth, there is a natural exaggeration in talk: hence the spread-eagle of which we hear so much. As We Are and As We May Be The spread-eagle style comes naturally to an epoch that soars on quick new wing above all the others. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 We had a Fourth of July dinner on board, but between seasickness and heart sickness it was the toughest experience of making a spread-eagle speech I ever had. Recollections of a Long Life An Autobiography Do you know, Nero," he confided suddenly, patting the dog's shaggy head, "my life is developing certain elements of intrigue and mystery exceedingly offensive to my spread-eagle tastes. Diane of the Green Van The bombastic spread-eagle orator, the grandiloquent gas bag, the highfaluting stump speaker gain few verdicts and win small applause except from their clients. By Advice of Counsel The savages told Jones that the boat had a bird painted in its starn-sheets; and that was the case with our launch, Mr. Mark, which was ornamented with a spread-eagle in that very spot. The Crater We call it a singular fact, because we Yankees are thought to be fond of the spread-eagle style, and nothing can be more remote from that than his. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 No! rather the questionless pluck Of the blood unaccustomed to yield, Preferred to spread-eagle the ruck, And make a long tail of the "field". The Poems of Henry Kendall With Biographical Note by Bertram Stevens You—that 're always spieling about how scientists ought to rule the world, instead of a bunch of spread-eagle politicians—can't you see that I'm all the science there is here? Main Street When he got to first base suddenly he bolted for second, and in the surprise of the unlooked-for play he made it by a spread-eagle slide. The Redheaded Outfield I remembered the sprawling spread-eagle way in which some of the fellows used to come over the line—and tried to learn the trick. Herland Pierre La Marche was a Franco-Canadian of the spread-eagle kind referred to. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 36, October, 1860 His ideas were distinct, his sentiments unmistakable; and although he was fond of a kind of spread-eagle eloquence, his views on public questions were generally just and vigorously expressed. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 12 American Leaders He cannot stand up in it, and if he slips he has not an understanding capable of realising that if all his feet do not go the same way he must spread-eagle and split up. How Jerusalem Was Won Being the Record of Allenby's Campaign in Palestine I held forth in the true spread-eagle style. Our Friend John Burroughs I see; a spread-eagle!—But is my room not ready yet? Warlock o' Glenwarlock This is called a spread-eagle circle, and it is cut by spreading the feet. Healthful Sports for Boys It passes over geographical lines, transcends race prejudice, and has even proved itself mightier than the Fourth of July, spread-eagle Americanism of our forefathers. Revolution, and Other Essays But if Emetic could not spread-eagle the field, she could set a pace that would try the stamina and lungs of Pegasus. Garrison's Finish : a romance of the race course The oration was the kind of spread-eagle thing you might expect; I can see that Tommy has formed himself on the orators of his father's respectable saloon. Stories of a Western Town The accustomed spread-eagle oratory gave place to impassioned denunciation of corporations and to the solemn reading of a Farmers' Declaration of Independence. The Agrarian Crusade; a chronicle of the farmer in politics The skater must learn to keep his feet moving, first the right foot forward and the left foot back, then the left foot forward and right foot back, always with toes turned out spread-eagle fashion. Healthful Sports for Boys He lay in spread-eagle, small-child fashion, arms and legs thrown wide, the black, curly head disdaining the pillow, one fist clutching a man's riding-crop. Red Pepper Burns |
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