Wings

(noun.) a means of flight or ascent; 'necessity lends wings to inspiration'.

(noun.) stylized bird wings worn as an insignia by qualified pilots or air crew members.

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• The building was of grey, lichen-blotched stone, with a high central portion and two curving wings, like the claws of a crab, thrown out on each side. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• During my journey I might dream, and with buoyant wings reach the summit of life's high edifice. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Yet Selden's manner at the Brys' had brought the flutter of wings so close that they seemed to be beating in her own heart. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• The wings have two black bars. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• The Wrights’ system of balance, the great original feature of their invention, is attained by what is called the warping of the wings. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• They pluck his feathers now and then and clip his wings, but he sings, he sings! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Our lines covered his front, with the six miles separating the two wings guarded by but a single division. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Mr. Snagsby, presuming on the success of his last point, ventures to observe in a cheerful and rather knowing tone, No wings. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• We had scarcely reached the edge of the timber when I heard the flutter of wings overhead, and in an instant I saw two or three turkeys flying away. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• This latter fact is well exemplified in the state of the wings of female moths belonging to the same family. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• The Wrights doubted whether this was the best form for shifting weather, and built theirs more on the pattern of the gull’s wings, curving slightly at the tips. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The structure of their wings was altogether different from that of birds. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• She rose free on the wings of her new condition. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Her heart beat fast, she flew away on wings of elation, imagining a future. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Pilcher, an Englishman, continued his experiments, trying the same method of balancing, but in September, 1899, his wings broke, and he met the same fate as his teacher. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.

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