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swordplay

/sawrd-pley, sohrd-/US // ˈsɔrdˌpleɪ, ˈsoʊrd- //UK // (ˈsɔːdˌpleɪ) //

剑术,剑法,剑道,刀术

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the action or technique of wielding a sword; fencing.

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Examples

  • Never in all the world was there such swordplay as I saw that day in the courtyard.

  • He swam, rowed, walked, and could tire out any of his colleagues at swordplay or skittles.

  • It were needless that he should have wasted so much precious time from swordplay to learn the useless art of letters.

  • Surely it was the same straight and mighty figure, and there was the marvelous swordplay as well.

  • Never was such swordplay seen since the day the first sword was drawn from the first scabbard!