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Sword Literary Damocles Weapon Handle Long Time Sɔːd

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/sɔ͟ː(r)d/
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]剑;刀 A sword is a weapon with a handle and a long sharp blade.
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[PHR-RECIP 相互短语]与…交锋;与…争论 If you cross swords with someone, you disagree with them and argue with them about something.
  [V inflects]
  • ...a candidate who's crossed swords with Labor by supporting the free-trade pact...

    因为支持自由贸易协定而与工党交锋的候选人

  • The fiercest of rivals, the last time they crossed swords was during the 1980s.

    这对争得你死我活的竞争对手的最后一次交锋是在 20 世纪 80 年代。

  • 3
    [PHRASE 短语](指兼有正面和负面影响的)双刃剑 If you say that something is a double-edged sword or a two-edged sword, you mean that it has negative effects as well as positive effects.
      [N inflects]
    4
    Sword of Damocles→see:
    Damocles

    Oxford
    sword / sɔːd ; NAmE sɔːrd / noun _sword_comp.jpg _sword.jpg a weapon with a long metal blade and a handle 剑;刀 to draw/sheathe a sword (= to take it out/put it into its cover) 拔剑;把剑插入鞘 IDIOMS put sb to the ˈsword ( old-fashioned or literary) to kill sb with a sword 用剑刺死某人 a/the sword of ˈDamocles ( literary) a bad or unpleasant thing that might happen to you at any time and that makes you feel worried or frightened 达摩克利斯剑(喻指令人忧虑或畏惧的、随时可能降临的灾祸) ORIGIN From the legend in which Damocleshad to sit at a meal at the court of Dionysius with a sword hanging by a single hair above his head. He had praised Dionysius' happiness, and Dionysius wanted him to understand how quickly happiness can be lost. 源自达摩克利斯 (Damocles) 在利剑下用餐的传说。达摩克利斯曾赞美狄奥尼西奥斯所享受的幸福,后者请他在宫中饮宴,命人将一把利剑用一根头发悬挂于他头顶,以此让他明白幸福易逝。 turn swords into ˈploughshares ( literary) to stop fighting and return to peaceful activities 铸剑为犁;化干戈为玉帛;偃武修文 more at
    cross
    v.
    ,
    double-edged
    ,
    pen
    n.
    sword swords
    sword / sɔːd ; NAmE sɔːrd /
    LDC
    swordsword /sɔːd $ sɔːrd/ ●●○ noun [countable]
    Word Origin
    Examples
    Collocations
    Phrases
    1sword (1)a weapon with a long pointed blade and a handle2a/the sword of Damocles literary a bad thing that might happen at any time:  The treaty hung like a sword of Damocles over French politics.3put somebody to the sword literary to kill someone with a sword4turn/beat swords into ploughshares literary to start using money, equipment, and skills for peaceful purposes rather than for fighting cross swords (with somebody)
    at cross1(16)
    , → double-edged sword
    at double-edged(1)
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