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单词 weapon
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Definition of weapon in English:

weapon

noun ˈwɛp(ə)nˈwɛpən
  • 1A thing designed or used for inflicting bodily harm or physical damage.

    nuclear weapons
    Example sentencesExamples
    • More and more nations are getting the ability to develop biological and nuclear weapons.
    • The end of the cold war has not resulted in the abolition of nuclear weapons.
    • On the contrary, their intention was to try to rid the country of nuclear weapons.
    • He said he had bought the weapon to defend himself because of the alleged robbery.
    • It was certainly damage that Drake had never seen inflicted by any traditional weapons.
    • I think it is important to separate the debates about nuclear power and nuclear weapons.
    • No invasion against beaches defended with modern weapons had ever been tried before.
    • Use of so-called conventional bombs could so easily lead to the use of nuclear weapons.
    • Nobody should be intimidated from making a stand against nuclear weapons and war.
    • The defendant refused to talk to him about the weapon or tell him where he had got it.
    • He said he was also concerned about the number of imitation weapons and air rifles in the county.
    • We should remember that the US is the only country ever to have used nuclear weapons in war.
    • Joe should be able to analyse this and determine what weapons caused the damage.
    • Police later found a gas-operated rifle and sheath knife among weapons at his home.
    • It was a careful, planned attack; the missiles and weapons used were top of the range.
    • Gorbachev understood the horror of nuclear weapons, and was resolved not to use them.
    • They threatened them with the weapons and demanded that they hand over the money.
    • The testing of nuclear weapons can have a devastating effect on the area where it takes place.
    • Both sides were assumed to be using nuclear weapons and to be about equal in strength.
    • The pirate leader was screaming in anger, trying to gain access to his remaining weapons.
    • The Gulf War was the first time that depleted uranium weapons were used in conflict.
    • The potential danger of frying pans as weapons in domestic conflict is well established.
    1. 1.1 A means of gaining an advantage or defending oneself in a conflict or contest.
      resignation threats had long been a weapon in his armoury
      Example sentencesExamples
      • When nations go to war, the public language of politics and the media becomes a weapon of conflict.
      • It is simply one weapon in the armoury of those seeking to enforce the confiscation order.
      • Such films should be taken apart mercilessly with every weapon in the critical armoury.
      • Race is the most potent weapon in their armoury and some in both the party and the electorate are not afraid to use it.
      • Men and women have whole armouries of weapons and every night produces a different one.
      • He had other weapons in his armoury and felt cheated that the battle had finished early.

Derivatives

  • weaponed

  • adjective
    • You've got to be weaponed to live and to survive in the Detroit underground.
  • weaponless

  • adjective
    • The modern sportive form of wrestling, an individual weaponless combat activity, probably developed in prehistory from survival fighting, when it became convenient to replace death or serious injury with a more symbolic victory.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He was weaponless and injured but refused to give up.
      • Basically, when you're up close and weaponless against an opponent, you can do one of several movie-style actions where you reverse the situation with fancy reflexes, take their gun and shoot them.
      • Others, weaponless, filed in through the open door, their faces masks of shock.
      • Together with the members of the aikido club, he devised a form of competitive sparring where an attacker wielding a dagger attempted to score points against a weaponless adversary.

Origin

Old English wǣp(e)n, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wapen and German Waffe.

 
 

Definition of weapon in US English:

weapon

nounˈwepənˈwɛpən
  • 1A thing designed or used for inflicting bodily harm or physical damage.

    nuclear weapons
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He said he was also concerned about the number of imitation weapons and air rifles in the county.
    • Both sides were assumed to be using nuclear weapons and to be about equal in strength.
    • Nobody should be intimidated from making a stand against nuclear weapons and war.
    • He said he had bought the weapon to defend himself because of the alleged robbery.
    • The Gulf War was the first time that depleted uranium weapons were used in conflict.
    • I think it is important to separate the debates about nuclear power and nuclear weapons.
    • The defendant refused to talk to him about the weapon or tell him where he had got it.
    • It was certainly damage that Drake had never seen inflicted by any traditional weapons.
    • Joe should be able to analyse this and determine what weapons caused the damage.
    • Use of so-called conventional bombs could so easily lead to the use of nuclear weapons.
    • Gorbachev understood the horror of nuclear weapons, and was resolved not to use them.
    • Police later found a gas-operated rifle and sheath knife among weapons at his home.
    • It was a careful, planned attack; the missiles and weapons used were top of the range.
    • The potential danger of frying pans as weapons in domestic conflict is well established.
    • The testing of nuclear weapons can have a devastating effect on the area where it takes place.
    • No invasion against beaches defended with modern weapons had ever been tried before.
    • We should remember that the US is the only country ever to have used nuclear weapons in war.
    • They threatened them with the weapons and demanded that they hand over the money.
    • The pirate leader was screaming in anger, trying to gain access to his remaining weapons.
    • The end of the cold war has not resulted in the abolition of nuclear weapons.
    • More and more nations are getting the ability to develop biological and nuclear weapons.
    • On the contrary, their intention was to try to rid the country of nuclear weapons.
    1. 1.1 A means of gaining an advantage or defending oneself in a conflict or contest.
      resignation threats had long been a weapon in his armory
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Race is the most potent weapon in their armoury and some in both the party and the electorate are not afraid to use it.
      • Men and women have whole armouries of weapons and every night produces a different one.
      • Such films should be taken apart mercilessly with every weapon in the critical armoury.
      • It is simply one weapon in the armoury of those seeking to enforce the confiscation order.
      • He had other weapons in his armoury and felt cheated that the battle had finished early.
      • When nations go to war, the public language of politics and the media becomes a weapon of conflict.

Origin

Old English wǣp(e)n, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wapen and German Waffe.

 
 
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