| 单词 | armor |
| 释义 | armor (once / 559 pages) nv The metal suit worn by knights as protection in battle is called armor. You can still see suits of armor in many museums today. These days, soldiers still use armor to protect them from bullets and other weapons, though it's not usually made of metal. Modern armor, like bullet-proof vests, is made of extremely strong, dense fabric, while 13th century armor was typically made of steel. In the 14th century, the word itself meant "defensive covering worn in combat" and "means of protection," from the Old French armeure, "weapons or armor," with its Latin root, arma, "arms or gear." WORD FAMILYarmor: armored, armorer, armoring, armors+/arm: armament, armed, armful, arming, armless, armlet, armlike, armor, arms, disarm, forearm, overarm, re-arm, rearm, unarm, underarm/armament: armaments/armful: armfuls/arming: armings/armlet: armlets/armored: unarmored/armorer: armorers/disarm: disarmament, disarmed, disarmer, disarming, disarms/disarmament: disarmaments/disarmer: disarmers/disarming: disarmingly, disarmings/forearm: forearmed, forearming, forearms/rearm: rearmament, rearmed, rearming, rearms/rearmament: rearmaments/unarm: unarmed, unarming, unarms/underarm: underarms USAGE EXAMPLESPolice in riot gear and armored vehicles blocked the area around the venue, the Associated Press reported. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) Her thin dress, shifting in the air, seemed like little protection in the face of armored police officers. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) The Iraqi special forces are trying to compensate for lumbering armored military units. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) 1n protective covering made of metal and used in combat Syn|Hypo|Hyper armour body armor, body armour, cataphract, coat of mail, suit of armor, suit of armour armor that protects the wearer's whole body buckler, shieldarmor carried on the arm to intercept blows bulletproof vesta vest capable of resisting the impact of a bullet chain armor, chain armour, chain mail, mail, ring armor, ring armour, ring mail(Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings corselet, corsleta piece of body armor for the trunk; usually consists of a breastplate and back piece cuirassmedieval body armor that covers the chest and back escutcheon, scutcheona shield; especially one displaying a coat of arms pavis, pavise(Middle Ages) a large heavy oblong shield protecting the whole body; originally carried but sometimes set up in permanent position protection, protective cover, protective covering a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury 2n tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or plant Syn|Hyper armour protective covering the tough natural covering of some organisms 3n a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles Syn|Hyper armour force, military force, military group, military unit a unit that is part of some military service 4v equip with armor Syn|Hyper armour equip, fit, fit out, outfit provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose |
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