sword

/sɔːd/ (bre, ipa) · /sɔːrd/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈsȯrd/ (ame, mw)

sword — noun

  • swordsingular
  • swordsplural

1. An edged weapon for fighting, built around a long sharpened metal strip fitted w

1.名詞A2
釋義

An edged weapon for fighting, built around a long sharpened metal strip fitted with a handle that protects the hand.

例句

Christopher pulled the sword from the stone after years of trying.

folkloric/literary context: sword in the stone

The museum displayed a 16th-century sword once owned by a Japanese samurai.

historical display in museum

同義詞
  • blade

    poetic or informal; can also refer to the cutting part of a knife

  • saber

    a curved sword used by cavalry; also the fencing weapon in modern sport

  • cutlass

    a short, heavy curved sword used by sailors and pirates

  • rapier

    a thin, light, sharp-pointed sword used for thrusting, common in duels

文法句型

a [adjective] sword

draw/pull/wield a sword

用法筆記

Always takes a determiner (a, the, my, this, etc.) when referring to a specific weapon. The word is also used metaphorically in several common idioms (see idioms below).

常見錯誤

❌He cut the rope with sword.
✅He cut the rope with a sword.
💡countable nouns need a determiner in singular form.
❌He sworded the enemy.
✅He attacked the enemy with a sword.
💡sword is a noun, not a verb in standard English.