单词 | arms |
释义 | arms From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisharmsarms[plural]WEAPON weapons used for fighting wars Sales of arms to the Middle East have dramatically increased.nuclear armsarms trade the arms dealer an The government is cutting arms expenditure.arms embargo against the country. The United Nations will lift its take up arms (against somebody) (=get weapons and fight) Boys as young as 13 are taking up arms to defend the city.lay down their arms (=stop fighting). He appealed for the rebels to under arms (=with weapons and ready to fight) All available forces are under arms. → small arms → armExamples from the Corpusunder arms• We lay under arms all day and made but little change in our position.• About I m men are still under arms because, says the government, the war is not yet over.armsarms[plural]SIGN/INDICATION a set of pictures or patterns, usually painted on a shield, that is used as the special sign of a family, town, university etc SYN coat of arms → arm |
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