Shifting

例句:

• Mr. Jackson, shifting himself slightly in his chair, turned a tranquil gaze on the young man's burning face. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• The shifting of the air-currents means that the centre of air-pressure moves. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Otherwise, it is neither giving nor taking, but a shifting about of the position of things in space, like the stirring of water and sand with a stick. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• He pointed out to me the shifting colours of the landscape, and the appearances of the sky. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• In these a single machine is provided with various tools, and adapted to perform a great variety of work by shifting the position of the material and the tools. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The Wrights doubted whether this was the best form for shifting weather, and built theirs more on the pattern of the gull’s wings, curving slightly at the tips. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• There is but such a quantity of merit between them; just enough to make one good sort of man; and of late it has been shifting about pretty much. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• K K, Steam Winches for working moorings and shifting position of the barge. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The changes made by some actions (those which by contrast may be called mechanical) are external; they are shifting things about. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The shifting of the type-wheels is brought about as follows: On the keyboard of the transmitter there are two characters known as dots--namely, the letter dot and the figure dot. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Between the two, shifting backwards and forwards at certain seasons of the year, lies the most horrible quicksand on the shores of Yorkshire. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Moreover, ineradicable connection with the changing, the inexplicably shifting, and with the manifold, the diverse, clings to experience. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• When we recognize that the focus of politics is shifting from a mechanical to a human center we shall have reached what is, I believe, the most essential idea in modern politics. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Such shifting of beds would also be of great service to persons ill of a fever, as it refreshes and frequently procures sleep. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• The Wrights realized that a more automatic method of meeting these changes must be found, and they worked it out by shifting the rudder and the surfaces of the airship as it met the air-currents. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Such shiftings about of population became a very distinctive part of the political methods of the Assyrian new empire. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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