Wright
[raɪt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) someone who makes or repairs something (usually used in combination).
(noun.) United States early feminist (born in Scotland) (1795-1852).
(noun.) influential United States architect (1869-1959).
(noun.) United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Wilbur Wright) invented the airplane (1871-1948).
(noun.) United States aviation pioneer who (with his brother Orville Wright) invented the airplane (1867-1912).
(noun.) United States writer whose work is concerned with the oppression of African Americans (1908-1960).
(noun.) United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939).
編輯:菲利普--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) One who is engaged in a mechanical or manufacturing business; an artificer; a workman; a manufacturer; a mechanic; esp., a worker in wood; -- now chiefly used in compounds, as in millwright, wheelwright, etc.
整理:弗娜
解釋/意思:
n. a maker (chiefly used in compounds as ship-wright &c.).
整理:昆廷
例句/造句/用法:
- Wright's corps pushed to Hanover Court House. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Wright, received the message. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- He got up hastily, and saying, By the way, I must speak to Wright about the horses, shuffled quickly out of the room. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- General Wright's corps had been designated to make this assault, which I intended to order as soon as information reached me of Sheridan's success. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Before the arrival of Wright the enemy had made two assaults on Sheridan, both of which were repulsed with heavy loss to the enemy. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- I then issued orders for an assault by Wright and Parke at four o'clock on the morning of the 2d. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- There was a slight attack on Burnside's and Wright's corps as they moved out of their lines; but it was easily repulsed. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Warren was ordered to attack him vigorously in flank, while Wright was directed to move out and get on his front. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- His corps was now joined with Warren's and Wright's in this last assault. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- On one such occasion, when Wilbur Wright found the weather conditions unsatisfactory, he declined to fly. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Wilbur Wright led in a cheer to those circling above. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Wright thought he could gain the lines of the enemy, but it would require the cooperation of Hancock's and Smith's corps. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The weights were raised, and Mr. Wright took his place. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- He found that Wilbur Wright actually preferred to fly without an audience, and thought nothing of disappointing the crowds that gathered to watch him. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Orville Wright made a flight with a passenger on board, and a little later Wilbur flew eight miles, at a rate of forty-five miles an hour. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The Wrights, still quiet and unassuming, suddenly jumped into fame. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The Wrights’ system of balance, the great original feature of their invention, is attained by what is called the warping of the wings. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The only American machines besides the Wrights’ biplanes which have made a name for themselves are the Curtiss biplanes. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- At first France looked with incredulity and suspicion on the Wrights’ claims. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Here it should be said that the Wrights are as excellent business men as they are inventors, and intend to receive due compensation for their years of work. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- 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.
- The Wrights adopted this type, believing that it was the strongest form, and could be made more compact and be more easily managed than the single plane, or the many-winged type. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The Wrights carried Europe by storm, being received there with even greater acclamations than in America. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The Wrights wanted to do everything for themselves. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The Wrights had now solved the real problem of aviation, equilibrium. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The Wrights submitted a bid, proposing to deliver a machine that would meet the specifications for $25,000. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The Wrights’ home was in Dayton, Ohio, and there they had spent their boyhood, in no way distinguished from their neighbors. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The Wrights still tried to preserve as much secrecy as possible, and the newspaper men to furnish as much publicity. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The Wrights realized in 1900 that the only problem to be solved was that of equilibrium. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- A great aviation week was held at Rheims, and almost all the world’s famous aviators, except the Wrights, were there. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
校對:莫蒂默