The twelve strokes sounded, she grew docile, and would meekly lie down. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
The exhaust valve is then closed, the inlet valve opened, and another cycle of four strokes begins. 伯莎M.克拉克.科学通论.
The pint-pots were great strokes of genius: but the milk-can was a perfect masterpiece. 查尔斯·狄更斯.雾都孤儿.
His warning voice was unheard, for the din which the knight himself occasioned by his strokes upon the postern would have drowned twenty war-trumpets. 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
In the 4-cycle type of gas engines (Fig. 130)--the kind used in automobiles--the four strokes are as follows: 1. 伯莎M.克拉克.科学通论.
The upright strokes in each indicate the number of the crew, and the bird represents a chief, The Kingfisher. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
The average performance of the engines was 26 strokes per minute, and the number of revolutions of the screw in the same time was 138?. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔.伟大的事实.
A strong man giving quick strokes can produce a large flow; a child, on the other hand, is able to produce only a thin stream. 伯莎M.克拉克.科学通论.
One look, and he had sprung from the vessel's side, and with vigorous strokes was swimming towards it. 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
A couple more strokes a-head! 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
The writing should not be excessively fine nor the strokes uneven or heavy. 威廉K.戴维.智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
It was one of those happy strokes of calculation and combination, the result of which it was difficult to estimate. 查尔斯·狄更斯.小杜丽.
Nevertheless it was a relief to him when the bather after a plunge and a few strokes came out. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
Nowadays, in case of fire, any man, woman or child can reach for a fire extinguisher and after a few strokes of the pump the fire is out. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
I hear the croaking of frogs, faint and far off, and the echoes of the great clock hum in the airless calm long after the strokes have ceased. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
If it did--Catherine said between strokes--life might be much simpler. 欧内斯特·海明威.永别了,武器.
An untrained sight would never have seen by the moonlight what she saw at the length of a few strokes astern. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
Lydgate, by betting on his own strokes, had won sixteen pounds; but young Hawley's arrival had changed the poise of things. 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
Another form has vibrating arms or beaters, giving between four hundred and five hundred strokes a minute, and by which the clothes are squeezed between rubbing corrugated boards. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
The two vertical strokes are thought to represent the Pillars of Hercules, which were stamped upon the coin itself. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
The barman rowed with long strokes and on the forward thrust of the boat the line throbbed. 欧内斯特·海明威.永别了,武器.
Some dozen or so of expert strokes sufficed. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
The symbols that form the alphabet consist of combinations of short and long strokes, which by their repetitions and variations, are made to stand for different letters. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔.伟大的事实.
Systems of wood-working and metal manufacture must be revolutionised to give him room to work, and to withstand the strokes of his mighty arm. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
Again came the blank of a pause: the clock struck eight strokes. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.简·爱.
It stood the test splendidly, making eleven eight-foot strokes per minute, which broke the record. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
Chimes are ordinarily produced mechanically by the strokes of hammers against a series of bells, tuned agreeably to a given musical scale. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
His first engine was able to lift fifty gallons of water fifty yards at each stroke, and could make twelve strokes a minute. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
Capital game--well played--some strokes admirable,' said the stranger, as both sides crowded into the tent, at the conclusion of the game. 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
Press against the wall and remove the dirt by making long strokes. 威廉K.戴维.智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.