Crest

(noun.) a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal.

(noun.) (heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet.

(noun.) the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave.

(verb.) reach a high point; 'The river crested last night'.

编辑:谢恩

• He brought a native servant with him, who was his valet and pipe-bearer and who wore the Sedley crest in silver on his turban. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The Confederates were strongly intrenched on the crest of the ridge in front of us, and had a second line half-way down and another at the base. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• And high up here, on the crest, moved a wind that almost overpowered him with a sleep-heavy iciness. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• On the crest of the west bank of this stream the enemy was strongly intrenched. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Our line was generally along the crest of ridges. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• It seemed almost to crest the eminence, when it began to wave and falter. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• An hour passed and the sun was far to his left now when he saw them coming over the crest of the slope and he picked up his glasses. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• The fascists held the crests of the hills here. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• One by one, however, the ships managed to dip below the crests of the outlying hills until only one barely moving craft was in sight. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• The gay plumage, shorn from the crests, drifted upon the breeze like snow-flakes. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.

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