Loadstone

(n.) Alt. of Lodestone

校对:克劳斯

• But the greatest curiosity, upon which the fate of the island depends, is a loadstone of a prodigious size, in shape resembling a weaver's shuttle. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• He directs the experimenter, for example, to take a piece of loadstone of convenient size and turn it o n a lathe to the form of a ball. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• The Loadstone Rock was drawing him, and he must sail on, until he struck. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• By means of this loadstone, the island is made to rise and fall, and move from one place to another. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• This loadstone is under the care of certain astronomers, who, from time to time, give it such positions as the monarch directs. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.

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