military weapons, ammunition and equipment 军需品;军火 The attack failed because of a shortage of munitions. 因弹药不足,进攻失败了。 The bombing raid destroyed an enemy munitions factory. 轰炸摧毁了敌人的一家军火工厂。 Many women worked in munitions during the war. 战争期间,许多妇女在军需部门工作。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMunitions is used before these nouns:- factory
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a granted right or privilege): from French, from Latin munitio(n-) ‘fortification’, from munire ‘fortify or secure’.