- (formal)
weapons, especially as used by the army, navy, etc. 兵器；武器 arms and ammunition 兵器和弹药 The UN imposed an arms embargo on the country. 联合国对该国实施武器禁运。 He's the world 's most notorious arms dealer. 他是世界上最臭名昭著的军火商。 Police officers in the UK do not usually carry arms. 英国警察通常不携带武器。 They banned arms sales to countries with poor human rights records. 他们禁止向人权记录不佳的国家出售武器。 He was trying to rebuild the country's nuclear arms programme. 他试图重建该国的核武器计划。
Extra ExamplesTopics War and conflictb2He was accused of supplying arms to terrorists. 他被指控为恐怖分子提供武器。 The country's economic growth could fuel an arms build-up. 这个国家的经济发展会助推其扩充军备。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- nuclear
- small
- bear
- carry
- call somebody to
- …
- build-up
- race
- control
- …
- under arms
- (also coat of arms)
a design or a shield that is a special symbol of a family, city or other organization 盾形纹章；盾徽 the King’s Arms (= used as the name of a pub) 国王盾形徽章（酒吧名） The royal arms appear on the door of the Queen's carriage. 女王乘坐的四轮马车门上贴着皇家盾徽。
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French armes, from Latin arma.
Idioms
bear arms
- (old use)
to be a soldier; to fight 当兵；打仗
be under arms
- (formal)
to have weapons and be ready to fight in a war 处于备战状态；严阵以待；枕戈待旦 It was the first ‘modern’ war, with more than a million men under arms. 这是第一次“现代”战争，有100多万人参战。
a call to arms
a strong request to fight in the army; a strong request to defend something or get ready for a fight about something 放下武器；停止作战 A leading environmentalist has issued a call to arms to companies and the public to do more about plastic waste. 一位著名的环保主义者呼吁公司和公众对塑料垃圾采取更多措施。 The president's speech was a call to arms to restore the vitality of the American dream. 总统的演讲是为了重振美国梦而发出的入伍参战号召。
lay down your arms
- (formal)
to stop fighting 放下武器；停止作战 The government called on the terrorists to lay down their arms. 政府要求恐怖分子停止战斗。
present arms
(of soldiers 士兵 to hold a rifle straight upwards in front of the body as a mark of respect 持枪敬礼
take up arms (against somebody)
- (formal)
to prepare to fight 拿起武器；准备战斗 He encouraged his supporters to take up arms against the state. 他鼓动他的支持者武装起来对抗政府。 The people took up arms to defend their country. 人们拿起武器保卫自己的国家。
(be) up in arms (about/over something)
- (informal)
(of a group of people 一群人 to be very angry about something and ready to protest strongly about it 极力反对；强烈抗议