sword
/sɔːd/noun
1- a weapon with a long metal blade and a hilt with a handguard, used for thrusting or striking and now typically worn as part of ceremonial dress剑。
1.1
the sword
poetic/literary military power, violence, or destruction〈诗/文〉武力; 暴力; 破坏：not many perished by the sword.
死于刀剑下的人不多。
1.2
swords
one of the suits in a tarot pack塔罗纸牌中一组牌中的一张。
短语
beat（或turn）swords into ploughshares
- devote resources to peaceful rather than warlike ends把刀剑打成耕犁; 偃武修文。
- ORIGIN: with biblical allusion to Is. 2:4 and Mic. 4:3.
he who lives by the sword dies by the sword
- proverb those who commit violent acts must expect to suffer violence themselves〈谚〉行凶的人必然也会得到相应的下场。
put to the sword
- kill, especially in war（尤指在战争中）屠杀。
the sword of justice
- judicial authority司法权力。
派生词
sword-like
adjective词源
Old English sw（e）ord, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zwaard and German Schwert.