At four o'clock a lull took place, and baskets remained empty, while the apple pickers rested and compared rents and bruises. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特.小妇人.
It was sufficiently late in the year for the orchards to be ruddy with ripe apples; and in a few places the hop-pickers were already at work. 查尔斯·狄更斯.大卫·科波菲尔.