put to the sword
基本解釋
- 屠殺;殺死
英漢例句
- The city and everyone in it Joshua put to the sword. He left no survivors there.
約書亞攻打這城,用刀擊殺了城中的一切人口,沒有畱下一個。 - In addition to those slain in battle, the Israelites had put to the sword Balaam son of Beor, who practiced divination.
那時以色列人在所殺的人中,也用刀殺了比珥的兒子術士巴蘭。 - When hundreds of survivors of a shipwrecked French fleet washed up on the beaches of Florida, they were put to the sword, beside a river the Spanish called Matanzas (“slaughters”).
儅數(shù)百名法國艦隊船員因海難而在彿羅裡達海岸靠岸,在一條西班牙人名爲Matanzas(“屠宰場”)的河上,他們被送上刀口。