arsenal

noun

/ˈɑːsənl/

/ˈɑːrsənl/

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a collection of weapons such as guns and explosives
- The treaty requires them to reduce their nuclear arsenal by 30%.
- The cost of the proposed military arsenal is huge.
a building where military weapons and explosives are made or stored
- The building was used as an arsenal until the eighteenth century.
- A group of soldiers unsuccessfully attacked an arsenal close to the airport.
Topics Buildingsc2

Word Originearly 16th cent. (denoting a dock for the construction and repair of ships): from French, or from obsolete Italian arzanale, based on Arabic dār-aṣ-ṣinā‘a, from dār ‘house’ + al- ‘(of) the’ + sinā‘a ‘art, industry’.

Arsenal

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a football club in north London. The name Arsenal and the nickname of the club, ‘the Gunners’, come from the club's origin in the 1880s, when the players worked at the Royal Arsenal, the place where army weapons were stored. The club has been quite successful in English and European competitions since the 1930s.

单词	arsenal
释义	arsenal noun /ˈɑːsənl/ /ˈɑːrsənl/ jump to other results a collection of weapons such as guns and explosives The treaty requires them to reduce their nuclear arsenal by 30%. The cost of the proposed military arsenal is huge. a building where military weapons and explosives are made or stored The building was used as an arsenal until the eighteenth century. A group of soldiers unsuccessfully attacked an arsenal close to the airport. Topics Buildingsc2 Word Originearly 16th cent. (denoting a dock for the construction and repair of ships): from French, or from obsolete Italian arzanale, based on Arabic dār-aṣ-ṣinā‘a, from dār ‘house’ + al- ‘(of) the’ + sinā‘a ‘art, industry’. Arsenal /ˈɑːsənl/ /ˈɑːrsənl/ jump to other results a football club in north London. The name Arsenal and the nickname of the club, ‘the Gunners’, come from the club's origin in the 1880s, when the players worked at the Royal Arsenal, the place where army weapons were stored. The club has been quite successful in English and European competitions since the 1930s.
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