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单词 sword swallower
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Definition of sword swallower in English:

sword swallower

noun
  • A person who passes (or pretends to pass) a sword blade down their throat and gullet as entertainment.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The court contained everything, including a jester, a juggler, a sword-swallower, an eater of fire, and a young sorceress named Babette.
    • But I really have a thing for sword-swallowers and fire-eaters.
    • The function was hosted by Rowling and her doctor husband Neil Murray, whose spectacular entertainment included witches, wizards, minstrels and sword-swallowers.
    • Celebrating day's end are sword-swallowers, trained dogs and cats, aerial artists, minstrels, fortune-tellers and bagpipers.
    • The demons would throw the small cascades of fire back and forth between their hands, before finally guiding it down their throats with the agility of sword-swallowers.
    • Some of us encounter such things in fellow believers, and we feel the way we do when we run into a sword-swallower at a wedding reception.

Definition of sword swallower in US English:

sword swallower

nounˈswôləwər
  • A person who passes (or pretends to pass) a sword blade down the throat and gullet as entertainment.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But I really have a thing for sword-swallowers and fire-eaters.
    • The court contained everything, including a jester, a juggler, a sword-swallower, an eater of fire, and a young sorceress named Babette.
    • Celebrating day's end are sword-swallowers, trained dogs and cats, aerial artists, minstrels, fortune-tellers and bagpipers.
    • The function was hosted by Rowling and her doctor husband Neil Murray, whose spectacular entertainment included witches, wizards, minstrels and sword-swallowers.
    • The demons would throw the small cascades of fire back and forth between their hands, before finally guiding it down their throats with the agility of sword-swallowers.
    • Some of us encounter such things in fellow believers, and we feel the way we do when we run into a sword-swallower at a wedding reception.
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