to draw/sheathe a sword (= to take it out/put it into its cover)
拔剑；把剑插入鞘
牛津词典
...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。
One of the swords turned into a Christian Crusader's broad sword.
一把弯刀转向一把基督教的十字军的宽剑.
期刊摘选
Draw the sword and throw away the scabbard.
准备采取坚决的行动,破釜沉舟.
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Anyone who opposes the king shall perish with the sword.
凡是反对国王的人都要以剑赐死.
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He drew his sword in a flash.
他霍地拔出剑来.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
As I fought back, he drew his sword and thrust it at me.
当我还手时, 他拔出剑,朝我刺来.
《简明英汉词典》
The sword tipped his shoulder.
剑轻轻触到他的肩.
《简明英汉词典》
The defeated general showed his submission by giving up his sword.
战败将军缴剑表示投降.
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He died distressingly by the sword.
他惨死于剑下.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
Stones whet a sword, difficulties strengthen willpower.
石头是刀的朋友, 障碍是意志的朋友.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
The emperor unified the country by the sword.
那位皇帝用武力统一了全国.
《简明英汉词典》
I fended off his sword thrust with my spear.
他一刀砍来,我拿枪架住.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
They that deny the power of the king shall die by the sword.
谁不服从国王,就将死于剑下.
《简明英汉词典》
With a sweep of his sword he cut through the rope.
他用剑一挥把绳子砍断了.
《简明英汉词典》
The sword glanced off the knight's shield.
剑掠过武士的盾.
《简明英汉词典》
A sudden glance of the sword cut his shoulder.
剑突然擦过,伤了他的肩膀.
《简明英汉词典》
He drew his sword from its sheath.
他拔剑出鞘.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
The effect of his mediation was so great that both parties sheathed the sword at once.
他的调停非常有效,双方立刻停战.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
The horseman came up to Robin Hood, brandishing his sword.
那个骑士挥舞着剑,来到罗宾汉面前.
《简明英汉词典》
The magic sword was embedded in the stone.
魔剑牢牢嵌在石头里.
《简明英汉词典》
She defended herself bravely with her sword.
她勇敢地以剑自卫.
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Gluttony kill more than the sword.
暴食杀人胜刀剑.
《简明英汉词典》
He used a sword to try to defend his shop from a rampaging mob.
他拿了一把剑试图保护自己的店不受闹事暴徒的打砸。
柯林斯例句
He pretended to scalp me with his sword.
他假装要用剑剥下我的头皮。
柯林斯例句
As a Grand Prix driver, you have the Sword of Damocles hanging over your head at every moment.
作为国际汽车大奖赛的车手，随时都有可能发生事故。
柯林斯例句
He must fall on his sword. That's the only course left open to him.
他必须面对失败，他唯有这一条路走。
柯林斯例句
I parried, and that's when my sword broke.
我挡了一下，把我的剑挡断了。
柯林斯例句
On striking his sword on the stone, he declared himself Lord of the City.
在以剑身击石之后，他宣布自己为“城之主宰”。
柯林斯例句
The sword hasn't had a military function for a hundred years, but is still part of an officer's full-dress uniform, precisely because a sword always symbolized "an officer and a gentleman.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文He has found that humor is a double-edged sword.
出自-2013年12月听力原文It was in this lake that they found the long lost sword of the Ming Dynasty.
2015年高考英语湖北卷 句子填空 原文