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beat sword into ploughshares
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

beat sword into ploughshares
  1. 1. 将刀打成犁头;偃武修文[源自《圣经》]

Examples

Waves beat the shore.
波浪拍击岸边。 beat
to beat a path through grass
在草地中踩出一条小路 beat
to beat the pavements
一直在人行道往前走 beat
The posse beat the countryside for the fugitive.
一队警察在乡间搜捕逃犯。 beat
to beat one's way through a crowd
挤过人群 beat
to beat chalk dust from erasers
弹掉黑板擦上的粉笔灰 beat
This cream doesn't beat well.
这奶油未搅拌好。 beat
a policeman's beat
警察的巡逻路线 beat
You never saw the beat of it.
你从来没看过更好的人(或事)。 beat
the beat generation
(美国)“垮了的一代” generation

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