Straining

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

(-) a. & n. from Strain.

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• But how if another claw in the shape of me is straining to thwart it? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The straining of the imagination always hinders the regular flowing of the passions and sentiments. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Mrs. Sparsit, from her place at the backgammon board, was constantly straining her eyes to pierce the shadows without. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Mademoiselle is hardly audible in straining through her teeth and lips the words, You are a devil. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Aunt Chloe stood anxiously straining her eyes out into the darkness. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Straining his powers of listening to the utmost, he listened for any sound that might denote suspicion or alarm. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• I kept straight on, with my cudgel ready in my hand, my ears on the alert, and my eyes straining to see through the mist and the darkness. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I am amateurish if you like: I do _not_ think that all the universe is straining towards the obscure significance of your pictures. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I am not sure, replied Crispin, straining his eyes; we are in the middle of a number of islets. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Everybody was walking about St Peter's and the Vatican on somebody else's cork legs, and straining every visible object through somebody else's sieve. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• And the boy, too,' said the Jew, straining his eyes to catch a glimpse of her face. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• For half an hour I sat with straining ears. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Yet there was a curious heart-straining towards each other. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• To see them straining away! 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Juliet, straining her child in a close embrace, fled by another passage. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.

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