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单词 lay down one's arms
释义

arm2 /ärm/

noun
  1. A weapon
  2. A branch of the fighting forces
  3. (in pl) weapons of offence and defence
  4. (in pl) hostilities
  5. (in pl) fighting, soldiering
  6. (in pl) heraldic insignia, coat of arms
transitive verb
  1. To provide with weapons, means of protection, armature, or (figurative) equipment
  2. To make (a bomb, etc) ready to explode
  3. To strengthen (a vehicle, etc) with a metal plate or similar
intransitive verb

To take arms

ORIGIN: Fr armes, from L arma (pl)

armed adjective

  1. Supplied with arms
  2. Provided with means of defence
  3. (of an animal, etc) having a protective armour
  4. (of a plant) thorny, prickly, barbed
  5. With beak, claws, etc, of a particular tincture (heraldry)

armed eye noun

The eye aided eg with a magnifying glass (cf naked eye)

armed forces or armed services plural noun

The combined military forces of a country

arms control noun

Agreement among nations not to build up armaments

arms race noun

Competition among nations in building up armaments

armed to the teeth see under tooth

bear arms

  1. To serve as a soldier
  2. (also (obsolete) give arms) to show or have armorial bearings (heraldry)

call to arms

An appeal or warning to prepare to fight

in arms

  1. Armed
  2. Ready to fight
  3. Quartered (heraldry)

lay down one's arms

To surrender, submit

of all arms

Of every kind of troops

take arms or take up arms

To resort to fighting

under arms

Armed

up in arms

  1. In readiness to resist
  2. Protesting hotly

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