sword
n
1 weapon with a long thin metal blade and a protected handle (用作武器有防护手柄的)剑, 刀
draw/sheathe one's sword, ie take it out of/put it into its sheath 把剑拔出[插入鞘中].
2 (idm 习语) cross swords => cross2. fire and sword => fire1. the pen is mightier than the sword => pen1. put sb to the `sword (dated or rhet 旧或修辞) kill sb with a sword 用刀或剑杀死某人.
🎯 考研助记
s(蛇)+word(说话):蛇说话吐出的舌头像一把 剑
🔁 扩展释义
*[sɒ:d]n. 刀, 剑, 战争, 武力, 剑状物相关词组: put to the sword put up the sword
🌿 同词根单词
swayvi. 摇摆;歪,倾斜;改变;
vt. 使前后或来回摇摆;使倾斜;[航海]升起桅杆;
n. 摇摆;支配,统治;
swiftadj. 迅速的;敏捷的;立刻的;突然发生的;
n. 雨燕;环球金融同业电讯会;[人]斯威夫特,《格利佛游记》作者;
adv. 迅速地,敏捷地;
swampn. 沼泽(地);湿地;
vt. 淹没;使沉没;使陷入困难;忙得不可开交;
vi. 淹没,沉没;
In 1858 an area of poor housing, factories and farm buildings was torn down and Central Park was created, reaching from 59th Street to 110th Street and across three avenues.
This in turn had an effect on the food supply for wolves.
这样又影响了狼的食物供应。
I think it is important to understand the relations between parents and their children. They spend time, energy and money in bringing up children and providing them with what they need. Then, as with young birds, the time comes for the young to leave. As