Shifting

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• Mr. Jackson, shifting himself slightly in his chair, turned a tranquil gaze on the young man's burning face. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
• The shifting of the air-currents means that the centre of air-pressure moves. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
• 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. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
• He pointed out to me the shifting colours of the landscape, and the appearances of the sky. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
• 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. 世紀發明.
• 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. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
• 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. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
• K K, Steam Winches for working moorings and shifting position of the barge. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
• The changes made by some actions (those which by contrast may be called mechanical) are external; they are shifting things about. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
• 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. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
• Between the two, shifting backwards and forwards at certain seasons of the year, lies the most horrible quicksand on the shores of Yorkshire. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
• Moreover, ineradicable connection with the changing, the inexplicably shifting, and with the manifold, the diverse, clings to experience. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
• 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. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
• Such shifting of beds would also be of great service to persons ill of a fever, as it refreshes and frequently procures sleep. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
• 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. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
• Such shiftings about of population became a very distinctive part of the political methods of the Assyrian new empire. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.

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