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sword-bearer

/sawrd-bair-er/US // ˈsɔrdˌbɛər ər //UK // (ˈsɔːdˌbɛərə) //

剑客,剑手,剑士,剑圣

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    British.

    • : an official who carries the sword of state on ceremonial occasions, as before the sovereign, a magistrate, or the like.

Examples

  • But then the sword is miraculously returned to him, and he girds for battle once again.

  • Jonathan Gruber, the economist who helped design Romneycare and the Affordable Care Act, falls on his sword before Congress.

  • Unlike all the trailers and screen shots for the movie, in the Bible Moses never holds a sword or wears armor.

  • Joshua puts to the sword women, infants, and animals at Jericho.

  • At Towton Field, on 29th March, 1461, 33,000 men perished by the sword and were buried there.

  • The men, whose poniards his sword parried, had recourse to fire-arms, and two pistols were fired at him.

  • Whatever you do, don't write a word to that Carr friend of yours; he's as sharp as a two-edged sword.

  • He stabbed her from beneath, and passed half of his sword through her body, and at that the poor lady fell.

  • Since words have different meanings, we may sometimes find that a pair of words exemplify all three Laws, as plough and sword.

  • The teeth of beasts, and scorpions, and serpents, and the sword taking vengeance upon the ungodly unto destruction.