Scarcely had the door of the car closed behind us than we were slowing up to stop at the landing above, so rapid was our ascent of the long shaft. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯.火星战神.
After moving about three hundred and fifty feet in a straight course it wheeled a quarter-circle to the right, at the same time descending slightly, the en gine slowing down. 李贝.西洋科学史.