ploughshare
noun (British English)(North American English plowshare)
(North American English also share)
Idioms the broad curved blade (= metal cutting edge) of a plough 犁铧；铧 Word Originlate Middle English: from plough + Old English scær, scear ‘ploughshare’ (related to shear).
Idioms
turn swords into ploughshares
- (literary)
to stop fighting and return to peaceful activities 铸剑为犁；化干戈为玉帛；偃武修文