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单词 well-armed
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well-armedadj.

Brit. /ˌwɛlˈɑːmd/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈɑrmd/
Forms: see well adv. and n.4 and armed adj.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., armed adj.1
Etymology: < well adv. + armed adj.1 In sense 2 originally after post-classical Latin bene armatus (1739, in the passage translated in quot. 1741, or earlier); compare later armature n. 4a.
1. Fully or adequately armed for war or combat. Also in extended use.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > [adjective]
weaponedc1000
armedc1300
well-armedc1300
well-weaponeda1325
armed to the teethc1380
well-steeledc1390
warlikec1420
anarm1426
boden1429
well-harnesseda1450
geared1488
well-geared1488
well-boden1496
warly1508
enarmedc1540
burled1616
undisarmed1649
of (good) force1697
tooled up1959
weaponized1973
c1300 St. Christopher (Laud) 143 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 275 Wel I-armede heo wenden forth.
a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) l. 1716 Ffoure kniȝtes þer wende To þe sepulcre wel y-armed.
c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) 2578 Fair chyualrie hym com from Mede, Wel y-armed on heiȝe stede.
c1440 (a1400) Sir Eglamour (Thornton) (1965) l. 453 He hase slayne fourty on a daye, Wele armede men and clene.
a1525 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Adv. 19.2.4) viii. l. 6723 His hors weill armyt wes.
1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. i. 207 In strong proofe of chastitie well arm'd . View more context for this quotation
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xiv. 18 They boast to haue well armed friends. View more context for this quotation
1656 A. Cowley Davideis iv. 137 in Poems A vast, well-arm'd, and glittering Host.
1735 Gentleman's Mag. Oct. 574/2 A Number of regular well-disciplined Troops is now become as necessary..as a well-disciplined well-armed Militia was of old.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. ix. 96 Forth rush'd the guard well-armed.
1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose ii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. III. 168 The equipage of a well-armed trooper of the period.
1855 Harper's Mag. June 77/2 Neither the well-armed eye nor all the cunning of chemistry can show the presence of the minute matter of vaccine that is introduced into the body.
1875 T. W. Higginson Young Folks' Hist. U.S. xv. 133 The Indians' arrows did not put them on an equality with the well-armed Englishmen.
1901 N. Amer. Rev. Feb. 206 Create a regular and well disciplined army, and secure a well-armed diplomacy.
1972 N. Freeling Long Silence ii. 124 The female animal, I mean tigresses and wild cats or whatnot, is as active and muscled as the male, maybe slimmer and lighter but just as active and well-armed.
2012 Wall St. Jrnl. 27 Nov. a12/5 Using these well-armed militias, the regime has carved Damascus and its suburbs into contained security areas.
2. Of a lodestone or magnet: provided with a powerful or effective armature (armature n. 4a). Obsolete.Quots. 1832 and 1860 both refer to a celebrated chess-playing automaton.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > magnetism > magnetic devices or materials > [adjective] > having armature
armed1613
well-armed1741
1741 tr. J. A. Cramer Elements Art of assaying Metals i. iii. 99 The Load-Stone is often sufficient to discover Iron: For want of this Stone, you must have Recourse..to a long and tedious Apparatus. Therefore, the Assayer ought to be provided of one well armed [L. bene armato], and keep it loaded in a dry Place.
1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic xi. 273 The exhibitor allowed a strong and well armed loadstone to be place upon the machine during the progress of the game.
1860 J. Timbs Stories Inventors & Discoverers Sci. 56 It was then thought to be influenced by a magnet, which the exhibitor disproved by placing a strong and well-armed loadstone upon the machine during the game.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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