sheathe the sword

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To end a battle; to make peace. idiomatic
    — My wish and hope, therefore, is, that it will be rejected by this House; and that another, dutiful yet decent, manly address, will be presented to his majesty, praying that he would sheathe the sword, prevent the further effusion of the blood of our fellow subjects, and adopt some mode of negotiation with the general Congress, in compliance with their repeated petition, thereby restoring peace and harmony to this distracted empire.

词形变化

sheathes the sword present,singular,third-person sheathing the sword participle,present sheathed the sword participle,past sheathed the sword past
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