英语词汇“arms controls”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

arm² /ärm/

noun

A weapon

A branch of the fighting forces

(in pl) weapons of offence and defence

(in pl) hostilities

(in pl) fighting, soldiering

(in pl) heraldic insignia, coat of arms

transitive verb

To provide with weapons, means of protection, armature, or (figurative) equipment

To make (a bomb, etc) ready to explode

To strengthen (a vehicle, etc) with a metal plate or similar

intransitive verb

To take arms

ORIGIN: Fr armes, from L arma (pl)

armed adjective

Supplied with arms

Provided with means of defence

(of an animal, etc) having a protective armour

(of a plant) thorny, prickly, barbed

With beak, claws, etc, of a particular tincture (heraldry)

armed eye noun

The eye aided eg with a magnifying glass (cf naked eye)

armed forces or armed services plural noun

The combined military forces of a country

arms control noun

Agreement among nations not to build up armaments

arms race noun

Competition among nations in building up armaments

armed to the teeth see under tooth

bear arms

call to arms

An appeal or warning to prepare to fight

in arms

lay down one's arms

To surrender, submit

of all arms

Of every kind of troops

take arms or take up arms

To resort to fighting

under arms

Armed

up in arms

arm2 /ärm/