But so soon as she had partially recovered from her excitement, and had dried her eyes, she began to think of the visit which had been paid to her, not by George Holland, but by Herbert Courtland. She dwelt, moreover, less upon his amusing account of the cruise of the /Water Nymph/ than upon the words which he had said to her in regard to his last visit. She had expressed her surprise at seeing him. Had he not gone on a yachting cruise to Norway? Surely five days was under rather than over the space of time necessary to thoroughly enjoy the fine scenery of the fjords.英文原著 · 《Phyllis of Philistia》
"Oh, well, because you are not expected to feel the fatigues of a London season. And then you must remember that you had a yachting cruise which must have done you a world of good," she added, with a smile born of the mood which was on her--a mood of joy and laughter and daring. She felt that she could say anything she pleased to say to him now; she could have referred with a laugh to his running away on that strange cruise of his.英文原著 · 《Phyllis of Philistia》
What he saw next morning was the British cruiser in a new place, interposed between Dewey and himself. Once more, he understood; and he and his squadron sailed off; and it was soon after this incident that the disappointed Kaiser wrote that, if only his fleet had been larger, he would have taken us by the scruff of the neck.英文原著 · 《A Straight Deal》
"I have an idea," said the skipper, staring attentively, "that it's a government cruiser coming on her inspection-round."英文原著 · 《AN ICELAND FISHERMAN》
This faint smoke brought news of home to the sailors, and among others, a letter we wrote of, from an old grandam, written by the hand of a beautiful girl. Slowly the steamer approached till they perceived her black hull. Yes, it was the cruiser, making the inspection in these western fjords.英文原著 · 《AN ICELAND FISHERMAN》
The weather was changing in a rapid way that foretold no good. Smacks began to arrive from all points of the immense plane; first, all the French smacks in the vicinity, from Brittany, Normandy, Boulogne, or Dunkirk. Like birds flocking to a call, they assembled round the cruiser; from the apparently empty corners of the horizon, others appeared on every side; their tiny gray wings were seen till they peopled the pallid waste.英文原著 · 《AN ICELAND FISHERMAN》
The reason ed harris can get tough with tom cruise Is because he knows cruise has seen the bodies.美剧 · 《Billions》
Maybe instead of going on that cruise, I should stay home and work on -- You are going on that cruise!美剧 · 《Modern Family》
If you had to burn your ships afterward.EM: Certain cruises are apparently highly problematic. if you had to burn your ships afterward.EM: Certain cruises are apparently highly problematic.演讲 · 《The mind behind Tesla, SpaceX, SolarCity ... ~ Elon Musk》