单词 | outarm |
释义 | outarmv. transitive. To possess a more powerful weapon than; to exceed in possession or acquisition of weapons of war. Also reflexive: to provide oneself with more arms than a competitor. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > arm or equip [verb (transitive)] > exceed in arming outarm1866 society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > arm [verb (reflexive)] > exceed in arming outarm1866 1866 Spectator 14 July 773/1 At the Bistritz, as at Nachod and Trautenau, the Austrians were outnumbered as well as outarmed. 1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 57/3 (advt.) You can out-arm any burglar. You can protect your home and family with an unfailing defender—the ten-shot Savage Automatic. 1930 H. Belloc in G. K.'s Weekly 25 Jan. 309/1 Those [governments] who have the less money seek for a pledge from those who have the more not to outbuild them and not to outarm themselves against their power competitors. 1966 Listener 8 Sept. 355/3 A country..which is accustomed to..out-arming everybody. 2000 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 94 41 The desire to achieve security by outarming one's rivals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1866 |
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