| 单词 | at the sword's point |
| 释义 | > as lemmasat the sword's point b. at the sword's point: under pressure of a threat or an urgent demand; at swords' points: in a state of open hostility; at swords drawn: on or at the point of fighting or quarrelling; in a state of open hostility. Cf. dagger n.1 2. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > at variance [phrase] in (also into, on, a) piecesa1275 in strife1398 at traversc1448 at issue1474 at a strife1488 at variancea1535 at square1545 at (a) jar1552 at (or to) daggers' drawing1556 at (a) mutiny1567 in (a) mutiny1567 at wrig-wrag1599 at daggers drawn1668 at (or at the, on the) outs1824 loggerhead1831 at daggers' points1857 at swords' points1890 the mind > emotion > hatred > enemy > [adverb] at (or to) daggers' drawing1556 at wrig-wrag1599 at daggers drawn1668 at daggers' points1857 at swords' points1890 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [phrase] > threatened with a weapon at the sword's point1890 at gunpoint1958 1890 A. Gissing Village Hampden II. xi. 243 We all live now at swords drawn. 1895 A. Beardsley Let. Nov. (1970) 104 The dreadful thing was a blaze up with Lane-cum-Mathews, and a drawing to be produced at the sword's point. 1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. At swords' points. 1963 M. McCarthy Group x. 214 Mrs Hartshorn and her dead husband had had a running battle over Wilson and the League, and now Priss and Sloan were at swords' points over Roosevelt and socialized medicine. < as lemmas |
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