1670s, from sword + genitive -s- + man (n.). Earlier was swordman (late 14c.); Old English had sweordfreca in the same sense. Related: Swordsmanship (1765).
权威例句
1. The swordsman disarmed his opponent and ran him through.
剑客缴了对手的械,并对其乱刺一气.
2. He stood like a swordsman in a ballet.
他站着的姿势活象一位芭蕾舞中的剑客.
3. The swordsman pinked his opponent in the chest.
那位击剑运动员刺中了对手的胸部.
4. Chivalrous swordsman is popular in Warring States and the Western Han period.
战国、西汉时期,游侠盛行,《史记》《汉书》均设《游侠列传》记载其事迹.
5. He was a good cavalryman and swordsman in the U.S.A. Army.