Word · Frequency #25306
scabbards
鞘；剑鞘；刀鞘
scabbards is the plural of scabbard.
a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet
- 1.
The sheath of a sword.
- 2.
a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet
剑、匕首或刺刀的鞘
剑、匕首或刺刀的鞘；鞘
In use
He pulled the sword from its leather scabbard and inspected the blade.
The knight cleaned the silver scabbard before the ceremony.
These old scabbards are displayed in the museum.
a scabbard for [sword/dagger/bayonet]
The leather scabbard for the dagger was worn and old.
这把匕首的皮刀鞘又旧又破。
draw [sword/dagger] from its scabbard
He drew the dagger from its scabbard.
他从刀鞘中拔出匕首。
scabbard [weapon]
动词 scabbard 表示把刀剑等放入鞘中，宾语通常是所收起的武器。
Connections
Collocations
- draw a sword from its scabbard
- 从剑鞘中拔出剑
- He drew his sword from its scabbard.他从剑鞘中拔出剑。
- return a sword to its scabbard
- 把剑收回鞘中
- The officer wiped the blade and returned it to its scabbard.军官擦净剑刃，把剑收回鞘中。
- leather scabbard
- 皮制剑鞘
- The dagger hung from his belt in a leather scabbard.匕首装在皮制剑鞘中，挂在他的腰带上。
- bayonet scabbard
- 刺刀鞘
- He cleaned the mud off his bayonet scabbard.他擦去刺刀鞘上的泥。
Idioms & figurative uses
- throw away the scabbard
- 破釜沉舟；决一死战Realizing there was no way back, he threw away the scabbard and gave the order to attack.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 scabbard 拆成 scab + bard：想象剑鞘上结着伤疤，默默保护吟游诗人的剑。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：historical fiction、military history、fantasy literature scabbard 多用于历史、军事或奇幻题材的书面语境，指剑、匕首或刺刀的鞘；日常口语更常用 sheath。动词用法较少见，表示把武器放入鞘内。该词在具体语境中仍是普通用词，没有明显的正式或非正式色彩。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Scabbard is pronounced with the stressed vowel /æ/ followed by /b/ and an r-colored /ɚd/ (spelled -ard). In GenAm, tabard matches this ending exactly (/ˈtæbɚd/). Haggard (/ˈhæɡɚd/) and laggard (/ˈlæɡɚd/) are lookalikes with the same -ard spelling and final /ɚd/, but they contain /ɡ/ instead of /b/, so they do not rhyme with scabbard. Lizard (/ˈlɪzɚd/) also shows -ard → /ɚd/, but its stressed vowel is /ɪ/, so it merely looks similar. Beware words beginning with 'scab': scabbed (/skæbd/) and scab (/skæb/) are pronounced with /æ/ plus /b/ and have no final /ɚd/, so they sound quite different despite the shared spelling.
Learn the forms together
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.