They have a kind of hard flints, which, by grinding against other stones, they form into instruments, that serve instead of wedges, axes, and hammers. 乔纳森·斯威夫特.格列佛游记.
Yellow diamonds are more flashingly brilliant than white stones that cost much more. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
As they passed the different mile-stones, Oliver wondered, more and more, where his companion meant to take him. 查尔斯·狄更斯.雾都孤儿.
He chose the trade of a lapidary, or polisher of precious stones, an art which in that age was held in almost as high esteem as that of the painter or sculptor. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
By dint of hard scrambling he finally straddled the top, but some loose stones crumbled away and fell with a crash into the court within. 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.
There, Mrs Clennam dropped upon the stones; and she never from that hour moved so much as a finger again, or had the power to speak one word. 查尔斯·狄更斯.小杜丽.
At one end he built a fireplace of small stones from the beach. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯.人猿泰山.
He pointed behind him at the boat, and gasped to that degree that he dropped upon the stones to get his breath. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
I ground and beat them between two stones; then took water, and made them into a paste or cake, which I toasted at the fire and eat warm with milk. 乔纳森·斯威夫特.格列佛游记.
A task too strong for wizard spells This squire had brought about; 'T is easy dropping stones in wells, But who shall get them out? 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
The man's footsteps were so noisy on the echoing stones that he was unwilling to add the sound of his own. 查尔斯·狄更斯.小杜丽.
The wayfarer smoked his pipe out, put it in his breast, slipped off his great wooden shoes, and lay down on his back on the heap of stones. 查尔斯·狄更斯.双城记.
And now, Watson, not another word of the matter until we have a few solid stepping-stones on which we may hope to get across to our solution. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔.福尔摩斯归来记.
The grim blackness of the stones told by what fate the Hall had fallen--by conflagration: but how kindled? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.简·爱.
This must be a strange night to you, standing alone here with your counterpart on these street stones? 查尔斯·狄更斯.双城记.
There he made all the necessary arrangements for having the Diamond cut into separate stones. 威尔基·柯林斯.月亮宝石.
Many people think deep, lumpy stones are most desirable. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
And in the laying of bricks and stones is the just man a more useful or better partner than the builder? 柏拉图.理想国.
Again there was a loud laugh, the most startling of which was the Baronet's, which rattled out like a clatter of falling stones. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯.恋爱中的女人.
Using this cover, they were linking the individual mounds up with stones and dirt. 欧内斯特·海明威.丧钟为谁而鸣.
If you try to evade me, I'll stop you, if it's by the hair, and raise the very stones against you! 查尔斯·狄更斯.大卫·科波菲尔.
They have rumbled through the streets, and jolted over the stones, and at length reach the wide and open country. 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
Devoid of parents, devoid of relations, devoid of flocks and herds, devoid of gold and silver and of precious stones. 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.
She's bad enough as it is, with her dreams and her methodee fancies, and her visions of cities with goulden gates and precious stones. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔.南方与北方.
The brilliant stones gleamed strangely against his smooth, brown hide. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯.人猿泰山.
The connoisseur, accustomed to the possession of jewels, finds in its soft luster a grandeur above that of all the sparkling stones. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
The nuts they cracked between their powerful jaws, or, if too hard, broke by pounding between stones. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯.人猿泰山.
Possibly he did not even have a name, but in some way he hit upon a scheme for throwing stones farther, harder and straighter than any of his ancestors. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
Man first discovered by observation or accident that certain stones were melted or softened by fire, and that the product could be hammered and shaped. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
In front of him was one of the whitewashed stones that marked the edge of the road. 欧内斯特·海明威.丧钟为谁而鸣.