Opening

(noun.) the act of opening something; 'the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door'.

(noun.) becoming open or being made open; 'the opening of his arms was the sign I was waiting for'.

(noun.) a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess; 'he memorized all the important chess openings'.

(noun.) a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made; 'they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door'.

(noun.) the initial part of the introduction; 'the opening established the basic theme'.

(noun.) the first performance (as of a theatrical production); 'the opening received good critical reviews'.

(noun.) a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise.

(noun.) an open or empty space in or between things; 'there was a small opening between the trees'; 'the explosion made a gap in the wall'.

(noun.) opportunity especially for employment or promotion; 'there is an opening in the sales department'.

(adj.) first or beginning; 'the memorable opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth'; 'the play's opening scene' .

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• His right extended to the back-water up the ravine opening into the Cumberland south of the village. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• I don't even blame you--I pity you for opening your heart to a hopeless affection. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Opening the door, he spoke a few words quickly but quietly to two females who ran to meet him in the passage. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• At his feet an opening looked out upon a green sward, and at a little distance beyond was the dense wall of jungle and forest. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• He took a neat little leather case out of a drawer, and opening it he exhibited a number of shining instruments. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Walk in, Mr. Franklin, he said, opening the door behind him, with his quaint old-fashioned bow. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Beams crossed the opening down into the main floor where the hay-carts drove in when the hay was hauled in to be pitched up. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• He ran his thumbnail around the edge of the box and, opening the lid, handed them to Pablo who took half a dozen. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• The opening for putting in the ice, shown just under the pulley in the cut, has two doors with a space between; each door a foot thick. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• We have given an epitome of the development of the submarine vessel up to the opening of the twentieth century. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• These were the opening acts of an active and aggressive career. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• It was a machine mounted on two wheels, that had a seed box in the bottom of which was a series of holes opening into a corresponding number of metal tubes or funnels. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• It was considered very pleasant reading, but I never read more of it myself than the sentence on which I chanced to light on opening the book. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• With the opening of this line the success of the railroad as a practical means of conveyance became assured. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• You can see now that it is fastened to a hook just above where the little opening for the ventilator is. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• The system of filling adopted consists of a culvert in each side wall feeding laterals from which are openings upward into the lock chamber. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Attach a small toy bell to a glass rod (Fig. 166) by means of a rubber tube and pass the rod through one of two openings in a rubber cork. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Avoid all openings or rents in the paper. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• The effect of screening the objects from the eye at short intervals is produced by looking with one eye through the openings at the image of the disc, reflected from a mirror. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• The back of the cave was so lost in dense shadow that I could not distinguish whether there were openings into other apartments or not. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• After the steam has spent itself in turning the turbine, it condenses into water and makes its escape through openings in an inclosing case. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The towers are each pierced by two archways, 31? feet wide, and 120? feet high, through which openings passes the floor of the bridge at the height of 118 feet above high water mark. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The water which flows into the turbine case causes rotation of the wheel, escapes from the case through openings, and flows into the tail water. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The openings at the gables perform an important part in the ventilation by admitting all the air that can sweep over the top sawdust. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• The front of the dam is the arc of a circle 740 feet long with fourteen openings which, when the gates are raised to the full height, permit a discharge of 140,000 cubic feet per second. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• These openings are visible on all gas stoves, and should be kept clean and free of clogging, in order to insure complete combustion. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.

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