pikestaff

1 O Humfrey, ease up thy pikestaff, man; I can barely fetch my breath—how many?

2 "It was plain as a pikestaff that the government was bleeding ministers, almost faster than they could replace them," says David Davis.

3 Everything, in short, is as plain as a pikestaff.

4 It was plain as a pikestaff that they were frightened, and that the superstitions of the forecastle were hard at work in them whilst they viewed me.

5 To Brereton the whole affair was now as plain as a pikestaff.

6 We had gone no more than a hundred yards before a man carrying a pikestaff and a bell and leading a mastiff on a leash stalked up to us.

7 He's as plain as a pikestaff, poor boy, and keenly aware of it.

可怜的孩子，他相貌平平，而且有自知之明。

8 I never dreamed of it, my dear; indeed, I didn't, when the old lady come here with her tantrums; but now, it's as plain as a pikestaff.

9 Why, there it is, as plain as a pikestaff, on the lift of that wave to the right there!

10 Was it, then, as plain as a pikestaff that which he had hardly dared own to himself?

11 There was the address—plain as a pikestaff.

12 I see it all now as clear as a pikestaff.”

13 Then the thing's as plain as a pikestaff.

14 There's no mistake in the matter!' exclaimed Jack, appearing again on the surface like an otter; 'you gave me the lie as plain as a pikestaff.'

15 The one at which the Tamburini presided was plain as a pikestaff.

16 There was my own spoor as plain as a pikestaff in the red sand, but of Dirk Starreberg not one trace of spoor was to be seen!

17 Their weapon of choice was the pikestaff, a long staff topped with a sharp spike.

18 That means business, and tells me as plain as a pikestaff that he’s open to be bribed to get us off by-and-by, although he is forced to take us first to Pekin.

19 He said it was "plain as a pikestaff" that the EU will "not compromise as long as they believe there is the faintest possibility that Parliament can block Brexit on 31 October".

20 But Tom, having in his hand a good pikestaff, most valiantly defended himself like a man, and to withstand the danger, he thrust the pike-end of his staff into his throat, and so killed him.

1 显而易见的

self-apparent simple transparent identifiable self-evident demonstrable crystal clear

2 矛杆

shaft

3 枪柄

gunstock

4 矛柄

shaft

5 尖头杖

pike