| 释义 | WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2019:| 主要翻译 |  | sword nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (weapon) | 剑 jiàn
 |  |  |  | 刀 dāo
 |  |  | The knight raised his sword to deal a fatal blow to his enemy. | 
 WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2019:| 复合形式: |  | double-edged sword, dual-edged sword nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.
 | figurative (both positive and negative) (指会带来正反两方面影响的事物) | 双刃剑 shuāng rèn jiàn
 |  |  | Medical radiation is a double-edged sword that helps fight cancer, but can destroy healthy tissues as well. |  | draw your sword v exprverbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end." | (pull out blade) | 拔剑 bá jiàn
 |  |  | When the soldier heard the insult, he drew his sword. |  | sword swallower nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. | (performer who puts swords in throat) | 表演吞剑者 biǎo yǎn tūn jiàn zhě
 |  |  | The audience gasped as the sword swallower appeared to thrust a long knife down his throat. |  | The pen is mightier than the sword. exprexpression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own." | figurative (words are powerful) | 文字的力量胜过武力 
 |  |  |  | 笔墨胜于刀剑 
 |  |  | Some say that the pen is mightier than the sword. | 
Collins Chinese Dictionary Plus (3rd edition), 2011: sword [s%:d] n  [c] 剑(劍) jiàn [把 bǎ] 在这些条目还发现'sword': 在英文解释里: baldric - blade - bladed - cutlass - epee - hilt - rapier - saber - scabbard - scimitar - sheath - swept - swordsman - swordsmanship - thrust 中文: 剑 |