armour

noun

/ˈɑːmə(r)/

/ˈɑːrmər/

(US English armor)

[uncountable]Idioms

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special metal clothing that soldiers wore in the past to protect their bodies while fighting; special clothing that soldiers or police officers wear to protect their bodies
- a suit of armour
- police officers in full body armour
- (figurative) Monkeys do not have any kind of protective armour and use their brains to solve problems.
Topics Historyc1, War and conflictc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- full
- heavy
- thick
- …
verb + armour/armor
- have on
- wear
- don
- …
preposition
- in armour
phrases
- a suit of armour
See full entry
metal covers that protect ships and military vehicles such as tanks
(specialist) military vehicles used in war
- an attack by infantry and armour

Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French armure, from Latin armatura, from armare ‘to arm’, from arma ‘armour, arms’.

Idioms

a chink in somebody’s armour

a weak point in somebody’s argument, character, etc., that can be used in an attackTopics Opinion and argumentc2

a knight in shining armour

(usually humorous) a man who saves somebody, especially a woman, from a dangerous situation
- She's still waiting for a knight in shining armour to come and rescue her.

单词	armour
释义	armour noun /ˈɑːmə(r)/ /ˈɑːrmər/ (US English armor) [uncountable]Idioms jump to other results special metal clothing that soldiers wore in the past to protect their bodies while fighting; special clothing that soldiers or police officers wear to protect their bodies a suit of armour police officers in full body armour (figurative) Monkeys do not have any kind of protective armour and use their brains to solve problems. Topics Historyc1, War and conflictc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective full heavy thick … verb + armour/armor have on wear don … preposition in armour phrases a suit of armour See full entry metal covers that protect ships and military vehicles such as tanks (specialist) military vehicles used in war an attack by infantry and armour Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French armure, from Latin armatura, from armare ‘to arm’, from arma ‘armour, arms’. Idioms a chink in somebody’s armour a weak point in somebody’s argument, character, etc., that can be used in an attackTopics Opinion and argumentc2 a knight in shining armour (usually humorous) a man who saves somebody, especially a woman, from a dangerous situation She's still waiting for a knight in shining armour to come and rescue her.
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