英语词汇“instrument of war”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. An implement, device, or machine used in warfare; a weapon; (in early use) esp. a piece of equipment used in a siege, as a battering ram, scaling ladder, etc. Frequently in instrument of war and variants.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > [noun]

weaponc930

toolc1386

instrument?a1475

armament1741

equalizer1931

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 357 (MED) Berenge in theire honde an instrumente callede a sparth [L. securim, id est sparth].

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvii. 342 The ynglis host..With Instrumentis on seir maneris, As scaffatis, ledderis, and coueryngis, Pykis, howis, and ek staff-slyngis.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cclxxxviii. 431 The Englysshmen ordayned mantels and other instrumentes of warr, wherby to aproche nere to the walles.

1562 P. Whitehorne Certain Waies Orderyng Souldiers f. 36, in tr. N. Machiavelli Arte of Warre These instrumentes helpeth muche more him that besigeth a toune, then he that is besiged.

1601 tr. M. Martínez 9th Pt. Mirrour of Knight-hood sig. Bb4 The mighty Epirabio tooke charge of the assaulting of y^e Citie: and so with all the instruments and engines requisite for such an exployte..they drew neere to y^e walls.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 147 A Crossebow,..not comparable to the Gun (an instrument they now make practice of).

1718 C. Molloy Coquet v. 92 Bring me Armour and Head-piece: Fetch me all the Instruments of War from a Pot-Gun, to a Cannon.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Freezing, a sort of ornamental painting on the upper part of a ship's quarter, stern or bow. It consists generally of armour, instruments of war, marine emblems, &c.

1833 Sydney Monitor 17 Apr. In former days when in battle..[New Zealanders had] an instrument made of a beautiful blue or green marble stone, which they call a Mary.

1880 Sabbath School Mag. (Glasgow) 1 Jan. 10 He [sc. the enemy] is right aface of you; he is strengthening his instruments of warfare.

1919 H. B. Faber Mil. Pyrotechnics I. i. v. 45 In the latter part of the eighteenth century and the beginning of the nineteenth, there was great activity on the part of those enthusiastic over pyrotechnic devices as war instruments.

1961 Life 27 Jan. 24/2 The United Nations, our last best hope in an age where the instruments of war have far outpaced the instruments of peace.

2007 V. Jewiss tr. R. Saviano Gomorrah ii. 178 With his invention Mikhail Kalashnikov allowed every power and micropower group a military instrument.

单词	instrument of war
释义	> as lemmas instrument of war d. An implement, device, or machine used in warfare; a weapon; (in early use) esp. a piece of equipment used in a siege, as a battering ram, scaling ladder, etc. Frequently in instrument of war and variants. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > [noun] weaponc930 toolc1386 instrument?a1475 armament1741 equalizer1931 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 357 (MED) Berenge in theire honde an instrumente callede a sparth [L. securim, id est sparth]. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xvii. 342 The ynglis host..With Instrumentis on seir maneris, As scaffatis, ledderis, and coueryngis, Pykis, howis, and ek staff-slyngis. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cclxxxviii. 431 The Englysshmen ordayned mantels and other instrumentes of warr, wherby to aproche nere to the walles. 1562 P. Whitehorne Certain Waies Orderyng Souldiers f. 36, in tr. N. Machiavelli Arte of Warre These instrumentes helpeth muche more him that besigeth a toune, then he that is besiged. 1601 tr. M. Martínez 9th Pt. Mirrour of Knight-hood sig. Bb4 The mighty Epirabio tooke charge of the assaulting of y^e Citie: and so with all the instruments and engines requisite for such an exployte..they drew neere to y^e walls. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 147 A Crossebow,..not comparable to the Gun (an instrument they now make practice of). 1718 C. Molloy Coquet v. 92 Bring me Armour and Head-piece: Fetch me all the Instruments of War from a Pot-Gun, to a Cannon. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Freezing, a sort of ornamental painting on the upper part of a ship's quarter, stern or bow. It consists generally of armour, instruments of war, marine emblems, &c. 1833 Sydney Monitor 17 Apr. In former days when in battle..[New Zealanders had] an instrument made of a beautiful blue or green marble stone, which they call a Mary. 1880 Sabbath School Mag. (Glasgow) 1 Jan. 10 He [sc. the enemy] is right aface of you; he is strengthening his instruments of warfare. 1919 H. B. Faber Mil. Pyrotechnics I. i. v. 45 In the latter part of the eighteenth century and the beginning of the nineteenth, there was great activity on the part of those enthusiastic over pyrotechnic devices as war instruments. 1961 Life 27 Jan. 24/2 The United Nations, our last best hope in an age where the instruments of war have far outpaced the instruments of peace. 2007 V. Jewiss tr. R. Saviano Gomorrah ii. 178 With his invention Mikhail Kalashnikov allowed every power and micropower group a military instrument. extracted from instrumentn. < as lemmas
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