Sill

(noun.) structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure.

(noun.) (geology) a flat (usually horizontal) mass of igneous rock between two layers of older sedimentary rock.

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• It is a thousand pities that we have not a reproduction of those which were done in chalk upon the window-sill. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• This he opened and made a very careful examination of the sill with his powerful magnifying lens. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• I ventured to stretch my hand to the bonnet-grec which lay in grim repose on the window-sill. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• But the door-sill of marriage once crossed, expectation is concentrated on the present. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Upon this wall a sill should be laid which had best be constructed of 2×10 inch plank. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Mr. Guppy, noiselessly tapping on the window-sill, resumes his whispering in quite a light-comedy tone. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Midway between the ends of the building a cross wall should be built, and on this a sill should be laid upon which to erect the partition which divides the silo into two compartments. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• I had let myself go, and was hanging by the hands to the sill, when his blow fell. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• The clock struck the quarter after one, when I laid my hands on the window-sill of my own room. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• By using four of these, lying one on top of another, the sill will be 8 inches thick. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• He raises the sash, and they both rest on the window-sill, half in and half out of the room. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• They both sat near the window, and both leaned their arms on the sill, and both inclined their heads towards the open lattice. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• For what seemed an eternity the great brute stood with its forepaws upon the sill, glaring into the little room. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Grasping the sill I pulled myself up to a sitting posture without looking into the building, and gazed down at the baffled animal beneath me. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• I clambered out upon the sill, but I hesitated to jump until I should have heard what passed between my saviour and the ruffian who pursued me. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• The birds were chirping, perched on the windows sills and deserted thresholds of the doors. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Four old Michigan Central cars with rotten sills collapsed in the ditch and went all to pieces, distributing figs, raisins, dates, and candies all over the track and the vicinity. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The plank of which the sills are constructed should be at least 8 inches wide; 10 would be better. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• A little ingenuity will make the foundation and sills secure. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.

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