| 单词 | scabbard |
| 释义 | scabbard From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishWeaponsscabbardscab‧bard /ˈskæbəd $ -ərd/ noun [countable]PMWa metal or leather cover for the blade of a swordExamples from the Corpusscabbard• His straight heavy sword hung in a gilded scabbard by his royal blue saddle-cloth that was embroidered with the King's cipher.• He held both of them for a moment before turning to Ian and presenting him with a sword drawn from its scabbard.• A few of the mounts shifted their feet; here and there a rider slid his sword back and forth in its scabbard.• Chun had put his sword back into the scabbard and turned to a political solution.• He hefted the dead man's sword, then strapped the scabbard to his waist, over his heavy furs.• McGann, smooth as a velvet scabbard.Origin scabbard (1200-1300) Anglo-French escaubers |
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