ONE HUNDRED LASHES. The morning sun, bright and fierce, looked down upon a curious sight. In a stone-yard was a little group of persons--Troke, Burgess, Macklewain, Kirkland, and Rufus Dawes. Three wooden staves, seven feet high, were fastened together in the form of a triangle. The structure looked not unlike that made by gypsies to boil their kettles. To this structure Kirkland was bound. His feet were fastened with thongs to the base of the triangle; his wrists, bound above his head, at the apex. His body was then extended to its fullest length, and his white back shone in the sunlight.英文原著 · 《For the Term of His Natural Life》
"I just couldn't help it, Buck. I seen her through the window a-comin' in. She never had heard a word 'bout my tough ways. I didn't have the nerve to let her know I was a worthless cuss bein' hunted down by the community. There you was lyin' where my shot laid you, like you was dead. The idea struck me sudden, and I just took your badge off and fastened it onto myself, and I fastened my reputation onto you. I told her I was the marshal and you was a holy terror. You can take your badge back now, Buck."英文原著 · 《Heart of the West》
The doctor had found it left in the body--had withdrawn it to probe the wound--and had laid it on the bedside table. It was one of those useful knives which contain a saw, a corkscrew, and other like implements. The big blade fastened back, when open, with a spring. Except where the blood was on it, it was as bright as when it had been purchased. A small metal plate was fastened to the horn handle, containing an inscription, only partly engraved, which ran thus: "To John Zebedee, from--" There it stopped, strangely enough.英文原著 · 《LITTLE NOVELS》
X., "the heat here is intolerable. Be very careful, Mansus. By the way, is the window fastened?"
"Very well fastened," said the superintendent after a careful scrutiny. He pushed back the fastenings, lifted the window and as he did, a harsh bell rang in the basement. "That is the burglar alarm, I suppose," said T. X.; "go down and stop that bell."
He addressed Fisher, who stood with a troubled face at the door. When he had disappeared T. gave a significant glance to one of the waiting officers and the man sauntered after the valet.英文原著 · 《The Clue of the Twisted Candle》
Rebellion is still more harshly treated by death and forfeiture; the rebels' heels are bored and thonged under the sinew, as Hector's feet were, and they are then fastened by the thongs to wild bulls, hunted by hounds, till they are dashed to pieces (for which there are classic parallels), or their feet are fastened with thongs to horses driven apart, so that they are torn asunder.英文原著 · 《The Danish History》
"Cherish this jewel, and if Heaven cause thee to give birth unto a daughter, fasten it within her locks, and it will shield her from evil; but if it be granted unto thee to bring forth a son, fasten it upon his arm, that he may wear it like his father. And he shall be strong as Keriman, of stature like unto Saum the son of Neriman, and of grace of speech like unto Zal, my father."英文原著 · 《The Epic of Kings》
She's just a housemaid that fastens hooks and buttons when she has to.美剧 · 《Downton Abbey》
Make sure your seat belt is securely fastened... and your tray tables are in the upright position... because I got us into Palaiseau!美剧 · 《Modern Family》
Frank? We're landing in six minutes. All of you need to be in your seatswith your seat belts fastened. Frank, open the door!电影 · 《Catch Me If You Can (2002)》