The noise of the unseen tempest was terrifying, but Maskull played heroically on, trying to urge out ideas which would take shape. The hillsides were cleft with chasms. The water escaping from the tops of the spouts, swamped the land; but where he was, it was dry. The radiance grew terrible. It was everywhere, but Maskull fancied that it was far brighter in one particular quarter. He thought that it was becoming localised, preparatory to contracting into a solid form. He strained and strained.... Immediately afterward the bottom of the lake subsided.英文原著 · 《A Voyage to Arcturus》
It was rumored among the villagers that he had caught the Nixy's strain, and that it was that which touched the heart so deeply in his improvisations. But Nils knew well that he had not caught the Nixy's strain; though a faint echo--a haunting undertone--of that vaguely remembered snatch of melody, heard now and then in the water's roar, would steal at times into his music, when he was, perhaps, himself least aware of it.英文原著 · 《Boyhood in Norway》
The last secret, the wondrous strain, forsooth, that he might imprison it in notes, and din it in the ears of an unappreciative multitude! Perhaps it were better, after all, to persevere forever in the quest, for what would life have left to offer him if the Nixy's strain was finally caught, when all were finally attained, and no divine melody haunted the brain, beyond the powers even of a Stradivarius to lure from its shadowy realm?英文原著 · 《Boyhood in Norway》
Turning the page which she had not been reading, she heaved a sigh. Thyme sighed also. "These worms are fearfully interesting," she said. "Is anybody coming in this afternoon?"
"Mrs. Tallents Smallpeace was going to bring a young man in, a Signor Pozzi-Egregio Pozzi, or some such name. She says he is the coming pianist." Cecilia's face was spiced with faint amusement. Some strain of her breeding (the Carfax strain, no doubt) still heard such names and greeted such proclivities with an inclination to derision. Thyme snatched up her book.英文原著 · 《Fraternity》
"Honestly, I'll try. I'm not afraid now."
She extended her hands and clasped the double-trees. With a thin writhe of a smile, Collins investigated the insides of her clenched hands to make sure that the hooks were connected. "Now brace yourself! Spread your legs. And straighten out." With his hands he manipulated her arms and shoulders into position. "Remember, you've got to meet the first of the strain with your arms straight out. After the strain is on, you couldn't bend 'em if you wanted to.英文原著 · 《Michael, Brother of Jerry》
The worst of his convalescence was ended, before he was allowed to leave the Dents' home. He strained every nerve to hasten his full recovery. The path of Ethel Dent was not parallel to the course of any semi-invalid. If he were to meet her at all, it must be as a man in full health. By degrees, the color came back to his face, his lean figure lost something of its lankness, his tread grew firmer and more alert. But the old shadow still lingered in his eyes; the strained lines about his lips did not relax. Weldon's mental healing kept no pace with his physical one.英文原著 · 《On The Firing Line》
And then he'd say, "What if I told you this spaghetti strainer is also a hat?" A spaghetti strainer that's also a hat?美剧 · 《Bojack Horseman》
Okay, let's see, we got strained peas, strained carrots...美剧 · 《Friends》
Blame it on... the strain after Francis' death, the strain of the office itself.美剧 · 《House of Cards》
One would be to take a lot of different strains of this organism -- One would be to take a lot of different strains of this organism --演讲 · 《Can we domesticate germs ~ Paul Ewald》