Tier

(noun.) one of two or more layers one atop another; 'tier upon tier of huge casks'; 'a three-tier wedding cake'.

(noun.) something that is used for tying; 'the sail is fastened to the yard with tiers'.

(noun.) a worker who ties something.

(noun.) any one of two or more competitors who tie one another.

阿曼达录入

• As he spoke the Count looked downwards towards the boxes behind us on the pit tier. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Thirty guineas were, I know, refused for a box on the upper tier. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• After tests with superposed sustaining surfaces, he adhered to the single-tier plan. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Just beneath the lowest tier of seats was a series of barred cages on a level with the surface of the arena. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Therein lies my métier, and it is just possible that it may be of some service in the investigation which lies before us. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Around the sides of the room, bounding this open space, run two tiers of gallery, divided, as is the main floor beneath them; into alcoves of liberal dimensions. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• And what's more,--the boat's drove tight by the tide 'atwixt two tiers of barges. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Cugnot, in 1769, built a steam carriage, which is still preserved in the museum of the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers in Paris. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.

朱厄尔录入