Take went to the stove and lifted the lid of a great kettle. It was such a queer stove! Here is a picture of Take peeping into the kettle. It shows you just how queer that stove was. "It's rice," Take said. "Of course," said Taro. "We always have rice in that kettle. What's in this one?" He peeped into the next kettle.英文原著 · 《The Japanese Twins》
Bunting held her ground in front of the stove. Sleuth had no business to come like this into her kitchen, and she intended to let him know that such was her view. "No, I - I didn't ring," he stammered awkwardly. "The truth is, I didn't know you were here, Mrs. Bunting. Please excuse my costume. My gas-stove has gone wrong, or, rather, that shilling-in-the-slot arrangement has done so. So I came down to see if you had a gas-stove.英文原著 · 《The Lodger》
It was misty, with heavy, lowering atmosphere, one afternoon, when Edna climbed the stairs to the pianist's apartments under the roof. Her clothes were dripping with moisture. She felt chilled and pinched as she entered the room. Mademoiselle was poking at a rusty stove that smoked a little and warmed the room indifferently. She was endeavoring to heat a pot of chocolate on the stove. The room looked cheerless and dingy to Edna as she entered. A bust of Beethoven, covered with a hood of dust, scowled at her from the mantelpiece.英文原著 · 《Awakening & Selected Short Stories》
The little stove was roaring; it was red-hot, and the chocolate in the tin sizzled and sputtered. Edna went forward and opened the stove door, and Mademoiselle rising, took a letter from under the bust of Beethoven and handed it to Edna.英文原著 · 《Awakening & Selected Short Stories》
But Cash had not knocked around the world for nothing. He had seen men in that mood before, and he had no hankering for trouble which is vastly easier to start than it is to stop. He paid no attention to Bud. He made his loaves, tucked them into the pan and greased the top with bacon grease saved in a tomato can for such use. He set the pan on a shelf behind the stove, covered it with a clean flour sack, opened the stove door, and slid in two sticks.英文原著 · 《Cabin Fever》
I want a new stove, Rex, and if I need to get a job to pay for it, so be it. if you're looking for a stove, we've got one that's hardly ever been used.美剧 · 《Desperate Housewives》