put to the sword
基本解释
- 屠殺；殺死
英汉例句
- 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。