cloak-and-sword / ˈkloʊk ənˈsɔrd /

⚽高中词汇斗篷和剑斗篷和刀剑斗篷和宝剑斗篷与剑

cloak-and-sword 的定义

adj. 形容词 adjective
  1. dealing with characters who wear cloaks and swords; concerned with the customs and romance of the nobility in bygone times.

更多cloak-and-sword例句

  1. As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.
  2. As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
  3. Yes, Byrd—dead four-and-a-half years now—was a Kleagle in the Ku Klux Klan.
  4. Later that night, that same black-and-red banner would be seen again—in the column of marchers chanting for dead cops.
  5. The kids are out of school, Mom is out of get-up-and-go, Dad is out of work.
  6. She also practises etching, pen-and-ink drawing, as well as crayon and water-color sketching.
  7. The men, whose poniards his sword parried, had recourse to fire-arms, and two pistols were fired at him.
  8. Whatever you do, don't write a word to that Carr friend of yours; he's as sharp as a two-edged sword.
  9. No law of that country must exceed in words the number of letters in their alphabet, which consists only in two-and-twenty.
  10. He stabbed her from beneath, and passed half of his sword through her body, and at that the poor lady fell.