sword/sɔːd/

n C 剑；刀

• draw one's sword 拔剑

• sharpen a sword 磨剑

词组a sword of Damocles 达摩克利斯剑(指某人将有祸事临头)

• The possibility of losing his job hung over him like a sword of Damocles all last year. 去年他一直提心吊胆生怕失去工作。

draw the sword 开战

• draw the sword against the oppression 以武力反抗压迫

measure swords 争论；争辩

• measure swords with sb. on an argument 就一个论点与某人交锋

put...to the sword 屠杀

• Japanese invaders took the city and put all the citizens to the sword. 日本侵略军攻占了城市，杀害了所有的市民。

put up the sword 停止战争