| 单词 |
sword-play |
| 释义 |
ˈsword-play
[OE. sweordpleᵹa, f. sword n. + play n.]
1.
†a. Fight, battle. OE.
b. The action of plying or wielding a sword briskly, as in fencing; the art or practice of fencing.
a1000Waldere 13 (Gr.) Ðy ic ðe ᵹesawe æt ðam sweord⁓pleᵹan..wiᵹ forbuᵹan. 1627Hakewill Apol. iv. iv. §9. 319 Truly I thinke there is at no time a greater concourse of the people then at the sword-playes. 1647Stapylton Juvenal 48 When there was any sword-play, or fighting on the stage. 1889Conan Doyle Micah Clarke 205, I studied sword-play under Signor Cantarini. 1904Windsor Mag. Jan. 298/2 His sword-play was like flashes of lightning. 1910E. Castle in Encycl. Brit. X. 250/2 The new [17th century] French sword-play was..very neat,..and..even more deadly than the old fence.
c. fig. Spirited or skilful controversy or debate.
1847Bunsen Church of Future Pref. p. xxvii, I have not the slightest intention..of involving myself in any literary sword-play. 1902L. Stephen Stud. Biogr. III. vi. 189 To enjoy the spectacle of intellectual swordplay.
2. A kind of sword-dance. rare.
1882Elton Origins Eng. Hist. v. 123 If no duel occurred during the meal, the guests were entertained with a sword⁓play. |
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