Knocking

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Knock

(n.) A beating; a rap; a series of raps.

编辑:谢尔顿

• The knocking came again. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Then I became a young vagabond; and instead of one old woman knocking me about and starving me, everybody of all ages knocked me about and starved me. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Don't lose your temper as well as your money, says Mr. George, calmly knocking the ashes out of his pipe. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I started to carry out the procedure when, upon opening the oil-cup, the steam rushed out with a tremendous noise, nearly knocking me off the engine. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• It was shut; and as no one answered to my knocking, I went, by back ways and by-lanes, to the yard where he worked. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• It was just after the mysterious knocking that he began the theme. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• The cue was still in my hand, and I went on knocking the balls about, to take off the awkwardness of the thing. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• She felt herself esteemed, needed almoSt. As they took coffee in the library, there was a soft, very soft knocking at the door. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• What the deuce is he knocking at his own door for? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• They could hear Clym moving in the other room, as if disturbed by the knocking, and he uttered the word Mother. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Your lap seems full of good things, and here is a basket of something between us which has been knocking my elbow unmercifully. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• He came to consciousness again, hearing an immense knocking outside. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• I had risen from my seat and was knocking out the ashes of my pipe when I suddenly heard the clang of the bell. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• After knocking at it two or three times without receiving an answer, she pushed it gently open, and looked in. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• We say that knocking is a sign of the sorehead and we sublimate criticism by saying that every knock is a boost. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• We're not going to have any knockings on the head in THIS family, if you please, sir. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.

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