sword
US: /ˈsɔɹd/
UK: /sˈɔːd/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
sword /sɔ:d/- danh từ
- gươm, kiếm
- double-edged sword: gươm hai lưỡi
- to cross (measure) swords: đọ kiếm; đấu trí; tranh chấp công khai
- to draw the sword: rút gươm ra, bắt dầu cuộc binh đao
- to sheathe the sword: tra gươm vào vỏ, chấm dứt cuộc binh đao
- to put somebody to sword: giết ai
- fire and sword: sự cướp phá (của quân xâm lăng)
- (the sword) chiến tranh; sự phân định bằng chiến tranh
- (the sword) quân quyền, uy quyền
- (quân sự), (từ lóng) lưỡi lê
- to be at swords' points
- sẵn sàng đánh nhau, sẵn sàng đâm chém nhau
- the sword of the spirit
- lời phán của Chúa
- to throw sword into scale
- (xem) scale
- gươm, kiếm
Advanced English dictionary
+ nouna weapon with a long metal blade and a handle: to draw / sheathe a sword (= to take it out / put it into its cover)
Idioms: put sb to the sword (old-fashioned or literary) to kill sb with a SWORD
a / the sword of Damocles (literary) a bad or unpleasant thing that might happen to you at any time and that makes you feel worried or frightened
ORIGIN From the legend in which Damocles had 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.
turn swords into ploughshares (literary) to stop fighting and return to peaceful activities
more at CROSS v., DOUBLE-EDGED
Collocation
ADJ.
long, short | double-edged, two-edged
(both figurative) The potential financial boost is a double-edged sword (= has advantages and disadvantages).
| ceremonial, dress | Samurai
VERB + SWORD
be armed with, carry, wear | draw, unsheathe | brandish, wield | thrust
I thrust my sword into his chest.
| sheathe
SWORD + NOUN
arm | belt | blade | stroke
Concise dictionary
swordssɔrd /sɔːdnoun
+a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
