Sticks

例句/造句/用法:

• The surplus water is best removed by centrifugal pumps, since sand and sticks which would clog the valves of an ordinary pump are passed along without difficulty by the rotating wheel. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
• He was careful to cut the sticks of the proper width, so that the letters would not be too far apart when they should be used for printing. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
• You've got no call to come an' talk about sticks o' these primises, as you woon't give a stick tow'rt mending. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
• At the shore, where the ice has been partly forced out along the banks, it will be full of grass, leaves, pebbles and sticks, and presents a broken and frosted appearance. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
• Long ages ago man had learned to make fire by patiently rubbing two sticks together, or by twirling a round one between his hands with its point resting upon a flat piece of wood. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
• He took the wood of the fence, the sticks of the vines, and hurried back with them to the furnace. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
• At the power house the canal is furnished with a gate, and with cribs to keep back the obstructions, such as sticks. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
• How young Woolwich cleans the drum-sticks without being of ostrich descent, his anxious mother is at a loss to understand. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
• He provides the pitch, and I handle it, and it sticks to me. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
• The herrings caught and cured at sea are called sea-sticks. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
• There were sticks that supported vines, and a fence that ran between his land and the next. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
• He determined to own one of these long, pointed sticks, but he could not take one on this trip because of the arrows he meant to carry. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• I believe it is a mere fire of dry sticks, blazing up and vanishing. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
• In such a case, it is important not to use cotton batting, since this sticks to the rough surface and causes pain when removed. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
• Here and there a ball still sticks in a wall, and from it iron tears trickle down and discolor the stone. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
• And the more trouble a young un is, and the more good for nothing, as a gen'l thing, the tighter they sticks to 'em. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
• Stir your stumps and get some more sticks. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
• It was all very well to ride on sticks at home and call them ideas. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
• He has filled the house with walking-sticks of his own making, not one of which he ever takes up for a second time. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• This door sticks so! 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
• Stones, gravel and sticks must be removed, otherwise the contraction of the clay and expansion of the stones on burning, produce a weak and crumbling structure. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
• They fell upon D'Arnot tooth and nail, beating him with sticks and stones and tearing at him with claw-like hands. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• I have sixty sticks dynamite. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
• Instead of sticks. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
• Carriage sticks fast, while Cudjoe on the outside is heard making a great muster among the horses. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
• They may have used sharpened sticks as arrows. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
• He prepared one by fastening two cross sticks to a silk handkerchief, which would not suffer so much from the rain as paper. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
• There's one thing I made out pretty clear when I used to go to church--and it's this: God A'mighty sticks to the land. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
• Probably some of the women would hunt good flints; they would fish them out of the chalk with sticks and bring them to the squatting-place. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
• He would have many of the larger birds and smaller mammals, which he could easily secure by throwing stones and sticks, or by setting simple snares. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.

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