单词 | armament manufactory |
释义 | > as lemmasarmament manufactory a. With first element in singular form, forming nouns and adjectives, as armament-making, armament manufactory, armament-producing, armament race, etc. ΚΠ 1888 N.Y. Times 21 Feb. 2/2 A naval construction and armament company is to be formed with a capital of £600,000. 1898 Japan Weekly Mail 23 Apr. 435/2 (headline) The armament race. 1914 W. A. Raleigh Let. 5 Dec. (1926) II. 407 One has to think of public gains, the private gains being not very obvious except to..armament syndicates. 1916 H. G. Wells Mr. Britling sees it Through ii. ii. 236 There had been no accumulation of material, no preparation of armament-making machinery. 1939 War Illustr. 21 Oct. 165 The main metallurgical and armament-producing centres..go to Germany. 1961 A. J. Marder From Dreadnought to Scapa Flow I. 158 In an era of international strife it was imperative that the private armament firms be kept in efficient condition. 1984 R. Feild Irons in Fire ii. 30 Workers in armament manufactories. 2014 N. Yorulmaz Arming Sultan i. 38 Bismarck..took an official stand in favour of the German armament companies. < as lemmas |
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