Gust

(noun.) a strong current of air; 'the tree was bent almost double by the gust'.

校对:路易丝

• Gerty knelt beside her, waiting, with the patience born of experience, till this gust of misery should loosen fresh speech. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• If a gust of wind swept the waste, I looked up, fearing it was the rush of a bull; if a plover whistled, I imagined it a man. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• A blinding gust of smoke blotted out the tragedy within that fearsome cell--a shriek rang out, a single shriek, as the dagger fell. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• There was a simultaneous sigh, which created quite a little gust, as the last hope fled, and the treat was ravished from their longing lips. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• I mounted my horse and rode out to seek her, fancying that I heard her voice in every gust, oppressed by fever and aching pain. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Near the Béguinage, amidst the stress of flood and gust, and in the perplexity of darkness, you had swooned and fallen. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• But in August, 1896, his wings broke in a sudden gust of wind, he fell fifty feet, and died of a broken back. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Hence the air of gusts and hurricanes is cold, though in hot climates and seasons; it coming from above. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• It seemed that men could not shift their weight quickly enough to meet the gusts of wind. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Her accents obeyed the fitful impulse of the wind; they swelled as its gusts rushed on, and died as they wandered away. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The strongest gusts of wind to which the bridge has been exposed have not caused a vibration of more than one inch. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Hence gusts after heats, and hurricanes in hot climates. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Gusts and swells perpetually trouble the mariner's course; he dare not dismiss from his mind the expectation of tempest. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Hence our general cold winds are about northwest, our summer cold gusts the same. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.

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