The lower levels of the Mesozoic land were no doubt covered by great fern brakes and shrubby bush and a kind of jungle growth of trees. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
To stop the locomotive, the armature circuit was opened by the main switch, stopping the flow of current, and then brakes were applied by long levers. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔.爱迪生的生平和发明.
The cars would be all right with their good metal-to-metal brakes and anyway, coming down, they would not be loaded. 欧内斯特·海明威.永别了,武器.
To your brakes and caves, ye outlawed thieves! 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
All of the parts of the bicycle have come in for a share of attention at the hands of inventors, differential speed gears and brakes having received especial attention. Edward W. Byrn.十九世纪发明进展.
Air brakes and self-opening and self-closing doors on cars are operated by means of compression pumps. 伯莎M.克拉克.科学通论.
Suddenly there was the sound of the brakes and the shutting off of a motor-car. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯.恋爱中的女人.
He also found a new method of lubricating his carriage axles, his spring frames, the buffers, and the brakes he had built for the trains. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
The brakes of furze and fern terminated abruptly round the margin, and the grass was unbroken. 托马斯·哈代.还乡.
The sound was like that of fifty brakes, with six blood cattle in each. 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.