| 单词 | to pile arms |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pile arms c. transitive. Military. to pile arms: to place muskets or rifles (usually in threes) with their butts on the ground and their muzzles meeting to support one another in an upright position, either at the cessation of fighting (often as part of an act of surrender) or so as to be readily available. Also figurative: to cease fighting, to surrender; to prepare for renewed conflict. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > store of weapons or equipment > store equipment [verb (transitive)] > pile weapons to pile arms1777 1777 Articles of Convent. between Lieut.-Gen. Burgoyne & Maj.-Gen. Gates (single sheet) 23 Oct. The Arms to be piled by word of command, from their own Officers. 1826 J. F. Cooper Last of Mohicans I. xii. 167 The cry was answered by a loud shout from a little thicket, where the incautious party had piled their arms. 1865 T. Hughes in Morning Star 5 Dec. The states~men of our own country had piled arms with the view of seeing how liberal institutions would succeed in America. 1904 J. Conrad Nostromo iii. ii The long building was surrounded by troops, which were already piling arms by companies and preparing to pass the night lying on the ground. 1930 S. Sassoon Mem. Infantry Officer iv. 78 The four units of our brigade piled arms. 2003 Sunday Tel. 19 Jan. 26 We, the British, are here in the Gulf today. If we piled arms now, in American eyes we would look not merely ridiculous, but treacherous. < as lemmas |
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