There is no fruition in their vacant kindness, and sharp rocks lurk beneath the smiling ripples of these shallow waters. 玛丽·雪莱.最后一个人.
Earthly joys and hopes and sorrows Break like ripples on the strand Of the deep and solemn river Where her willing feet now stand. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特.小妇人.
If we throw a pebble into a quiet pool (Fig. 90), waves or ripples form and spread out in all directions, gradually dying out as they become more and more distant from the pebble. 伯莎M.克拉克.科学通论.
One after another, the voices of business or pleasure died away; all on the boat were sleeping, and the ripples at the prow were plainly heard. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托.汤姆叔叔的小屋.
If a pebble is thrown into a quiet pool, it creates ripples or waves which spread outward in all directions, but which soon die out, leaving the pool again placid and undisturbed. 伯莎M.克拉克.科学通论.
If the water in a pond is absolutely still, we get a clear, true image of the trees, but if there are ripples on the surface, the reflection is blurred and distorted. 伯莎M.克拉克.科学通论.
The tiny ripples of the lake were warm and clear, they lifted their boat on to the bank, and looked round with joy. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯.恋爱中的女人.
It is plainly parted and drawn back over her ears, and the line of it ripples naturally as it crosses her forehead. 威尔基·柯林斯.白衣女人.
The waves acted exactly like ripples that radiate from a stone when it strikes the water. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
The little spark of temper dissolved in sarcasm, and eddied over her countenance in the ripples of a mocking smile. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
At that time Pitt, in that country, arranged a cylinder with combs or ripples which tore off the heads of the grain-stalks and discharged them into a box on the machine. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
There was the same rich, full, dark eye, with its long lashes; the same ripples of silky black hair. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托.汤姆叔叔的小屋.