单词 | stiffener |
例句 | "I met him on the stairs. He told me it was a fine restorative and stiffener, and it would provide us with a night we should never forget." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z When you screw one side of the angle to the bottom of the seat, the other side of the angle acts as a stiffener. Fixing a sagging garden bench 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z I particularly like shirts with long, pointed, soft collars without stiffeners, like men wore in the 1930s. Samuel West Takes Comfort in D&D, Mendelssohn and Ron Swanson’s Whiskey 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z Typically, clients provide the material, such as silk satin-faced organza or thick velvet, which gets dunked in a plastic bucket of fabric stiffener and hung on a wooden rack to dry. These Flowers Have Been Growing for 103 Years 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z The men have a stiffener in a pub where they taste the odd atmosphere: there's relief and exhilaration, but also violence, resentment and desperation in the air. Night of Triumph by Peter Bradshaw – review 2013-06-12T15:00:00Z These days you don’t need to, as lots of shirts have collar stiffeners in them. Shirt collars, silk and steamy pants: a beginner’s guide to perfect ironing 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian He holds up a metal part that has been in every vehicle from one to 2m, a “stiffener top” for the rear wheel well. End of the road draws near for Land Rover Defender 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z Bush, as a back stiffener and force multiplier. A France-U.S. Anti-Islamist Alliance 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z The fact is, my head is so heavy, that it rolls about on my shoulders; and I must have a stiffener down my throat to prop it up. Olla Podrida An infusion of feasibility—or what he looked upon as such—into the sentimentality of such a man as Walter Lodloe generally acts as a stiffener to his purposes. The Squirrel Inn The toe stiffeners and also the counters are now cemented into their places. Makers of Many Things "Weel, that is a stiffener," he said, drawing a long breath. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time A third horizontal timber near the top serves as a seat for the ends of the joists carrying the slab lagging and is braced from the bottom horizontal by vertical stiffeners. Concrete Construction Methods and Costs The fact is, my head is so heavy, that it rolls about on my shoulders; and I must have a stiffener down my throat to prop it it up. Olla Podrida Anxiety is a great contractor of muscle, a great stiffener. Resonance in Singing and Speaking By and by it became a habit with him, when his men ceased work, to stroll down to the "Turk's Head" for a "stiffener" before his meal. Hetty Wesley It began thus: "I say, Lane, fetch me a nobbler of brandy; a stiffener, mind." The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned Another draught, Anthony; a stiffener to thy courage, mayhap. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 She used to have her sleeves a little bigger than anybody else, you remember, and then she wore great stiffeners in them--la, me! there was no end to her extravagance. Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs An enormous black handkerchief, which was twisted into a very high stiffener for his cravat, and the bristles of which supported his chin, stuck out an inch over his collar. A Hero of Our Time This will right itself when the speed is reduced or the pressure is raised, but there is always the danger of the envelope becoming punctured by the bow stiffeners when this occurs. British Airships, Past, Present, and Future Lane fetched the stiffener in a soda-water bottle, and it cleared the legal atmosphere. The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned He had taken another "stiffener" at the "Spread Eagle" and felt equal to any fate. Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough "Come on, old man, 'tis a stiffener you're wanting and I'm the lad to lead you to it." The Little Lady of the Big House I opened my bedding, drank a "stiffener" of raw cognac, wrapped myself well, and at once fell asleep in the heavy rain, whilst the crew gathered under the sail. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 Graham nodded, for both felt the need of a stiffener. The Little Lady of the Big House |
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