The roof was a flat thatch, and the weight of the snow had been too much for it. Claude wondered if he should have put on a new thatch that fall; but the old one wasn't leaky, and had seemed strong enough.英文原著 · 《One of Ours》
Thatcher?" cried Mandy. "Don't rightly know how the thing started. First thing I knowed they was all at it."
"See here, Thatcher, you might as well own up. I am going to know anyway. Where did the logs come from, for instance?" said Cameron in a determined voice. "Logs? Guess Bracken knows," replied Cochrane, turning to a tall, lanky rancher who was standing at a little distance. "Bracken," cried Cameron, striding to him with hand outstretched, "what about the logs for the house?英文原著 · 《The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail》
That's all I know about him."
"He is Mr. Thatcher's man? Oh!" said Moira, "Mr. Thatcher's servant." A subtle note of disappointment sounded in her voice. "Servant, Moira?" said Allan in a shocked tone. "Wipe out the thought. There is no such thing as servant west of the Great Lakes in this country. A man may help me with my work for a consideration, but he is no servant of mine as you understand the term, for he considers himself just as good as I am and he may be considerably better."
"Oh, Allan," protested his sister with flushing face, "I know.英文原著 · 《The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail》
So here we are, all lodging together in an ideal English farmhouse. There is a thatched roof on one of the old buildings, and the dairy house is covered with ivy, and Farmer Hendry's wife makes a real English courtesy, and there are herds of beautiful sleek Durham cattle, and the butter and cream and eggs and mutton are delicious; and I never, never want to go home any more. I want to live here forever, and wave the American flag on Washington's birthday.英文原著 · 《A Cathedral Courtship》
Easter was nowhere to be seen, but her voice came from below him in a loud tone of command; and presently she appeared from behind a knoll, above which the thatched roof of a stable was visible, and slowly ascended the path to the house. She had evidently just finished work, for a plough stood in the last furrow of the field, and the fragrance of freshly turned earth was in the air. On the porch she sank wearily into a low chair, and, folding her hands, looked away to the mountains.英文原著 · 《A Mountain Europa》
But there were buildings that had their own individuality, and asserted it. One of these was a mud-cabin with a thatched roof, that looked as if it had emigrated bodily from the bogs of Ireland. It had settled itself down into a green hollow by the roadside, and it looked as much at home with the lilac-tinted crane's-bill and yellow buttercups as if it had never lost sight of the shamrocks of Erin.英文原著 · 《A New England Girlhood》
As Margaret Thatcher's children often asked, "Is Mummy coming to see us?" And as their nanny always replied, "Not tonight." - Thank god. - I have to ask, what is the deal with the mummies?美剧 · 《Bojack Horseman》
- Okay. How about for a guy, Thatcher? - Why do you hate our child?美剧 · 《Friends》
She's got a body like Elizabeth Hurley and the sass of Maggie Thatcher.美剧 · 《Suits》