单词 | in arms |
释义 | > as lemmasin arms b. in arms. extracted from armsn. (a) Armed; equipped with weapons or armour; ready to fight. Now somewhat archaic. [Compare Anglo-Norman and Middle French en armes (late 14th cent. or earlier).] ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > [adverb] in ferdc1330 in armsc1405 under arms1637 of (good) force1697 in their shoes1815 c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 16 Al his hoost in armes hym bisyde. ?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. cc.viv Whan in armes..He all his ennemyes dyd abiecte. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 627 Here comes Hector in Armes . View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Macc. xii. 27 Ionathan commaunded his men..to be in armes . View more context for this quotation 1660 S. Pepys Diary 28 Feb. (1970) I. 70 We found..the Militia of the red Regiment in arms. 1719 Ludlow Post-man 9 Oct. 2 The Master of a Ship..from Barcelona, confirms the Report..that the Miquilets are in Arms in several Ports of Catalonia. 1792 G. Morris Let. 10 July in T. Jefferson Papers (1990) XXIV. 208 The allied Monarchs are to declare themselves in Arms..against the Revoltés. 1804 J. Barrow Trav. China vii. 416 (note) Not fewer than forty thousand men had assembled in arms in the province of Canton. 1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. III. xv. 349 Two thousand men were in arms upon the sandflats towards Deal. 1921 Nineteenth Cent. Jan. 155 Fifteen thousand peasants gathered in arms at Tichvin. 2007 R. L. Fanthorpe & P. A. Fanthorpe Myst. & Secrets Time vii. 118 All who ride in arms with the Great Master are ordained. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > exhibit armorial bearings [phrase] > quartered with in arms1466 society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldry > herald > [noun] > King of Arms King of Arms1427 in arms1466 Windsor herald1473 king heralda1475 garter?1504 King of Heralds1538 King at Arms1548 Lyon Herald1596 Lord Lyonc1600 1466 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 278 With all my doghtirs in armes with thair husbandis apon my right syde, and..with all my sones and thair wifes in armes apon my left side. < as lemmas |
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