scabbard
scabbard 英 ['skæbəd] 美 ['skæbɚd]
vt. 把…插入鞘中 n. 鞘；枪套
名词复数:scabbards
- A scabbard is a sheath for a sword, dagger, or other type of knife. Some cooks wear their French knives in a scabbard so they'll be ready to chop no matter where they are in the kitchen.
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- vt. 把…插入鞘中
- n. 鞘；枪套
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1. Had the twenty years of war worn out the blade as it had worn the scabbard, the soul as well as the body?
二十年的战争，难道象磨损剑鞘那样，也磨损了剑刃，象消耗体力那样，也消耗了精神吗？
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2. Its scabbard (the sheath for holding the blade) is fashioned with round gold plaques, each decorated with turquoise, rubies, emeralds and diamonds.
这把刀的刀鞘（即刀套）上装饰着圆的黄金饰板，每个饰板上都镶嵌着土耳其玉，红宝石，翡翠和钻石。
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3. The archaeologists also found bows, arrows, saddles, leather chest-protectors, boots, woodenwares, knives, an iron aw, a leather scabbard, and a sweater in the graves.
考古学家在坟墓中还发现了金属杯、箭、鞍具、皮革护胸、靴子、木制餐具、刀具、一副刀鞘和一件汗衫。
- scabbard (n.) c. 1300, from Anglo-French *escauberc "sheath, vagina" (13c.), from Frankish or another Germanic source (compare (source also of Old High German scarberc), from Proto-Germanic *sker-berg-, literally "sword-protector," from *skar "blade" (source also of Old High German scar "scissors, blade, sword," from PIE root *sker- (1) "to cut") + *berg- "protect" (source also of Old High German bergan "to protect;"from PIE root *bhergh- (1) "to hide, protect").
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