Arm

[ɑːm] or [ɑrm]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the part of an armchair or sofa that supports the elbow and forearm of a seated person.

(noun.) any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm; 'the arm of the record player'; 'an arm of the sea'; 'a branch of the sewer'.

(noun.) a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb.

(verb.) prepare oneself for a military confrontation; 'The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East'; 'troops are building up on the Iraqi border'.

(verb.) supply with arms; 'The U.S. armed the freedom fighters in Afghanistan'.

校對:凯尔西--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.

(n.) Anything resembling an arm

(n.) The fore limb of an animal, as of a bear.

(n.) A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.

(n.) A branch of a tree.

(n.) A slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting from a trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a steelyard.

(n.) The end of a yard; also, the part of an anchor which ends in the fluke.

(n.) An inlet of water from the sea.

(n.) A support for the elbow, at the side of a chair, the end of a sofa, etc.

(n.) Fig.: Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular arm; the arm of the law.

(n.) A branch of the military service; as, the cavalry arm was made efficient.

(n.) A weapon of offense or defense; an instrument of warfare; -- commonly in the pl.

(v. t.) To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.

(v. t.) To furnish with arms or limbs.

(v. t.) To furnish or equip with weapons of offense or defense; as, to arm soldiers; to arm the country.

(v. t.) To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency; as, to arm the hit of a sword; to arm a hook in angling.

(v. t.) Fig.: To furnish with means of defense; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.

(v. i.) To provide one's self with arms, weapons, or means of attack or resistance; to take arms.

安娜贝尔整理

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Branch, bough, projecting part.[2]. Inlet (of the sea).[3]. Power, might, strength, puissance.[4]. Branch of military service (as artillery or cavalry).

v. a. [1]. Equip, furnish, provide, or supply with arms.[2]. Fortify, put in a state of defence.[3]. Prepare, fit up, make ready.

v. n. Take arms, be fitted or provided with arms.

錄入:萨姆纳

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Equip, gird, accoutre, array

ANT:Disarm, ungird, divest, disarray

艾伦錄入

解釋/意思:

n. a weapon: a branch of the military service:—pl. Arms weapons of offence and defence: war hostilities: deeds or exploits of war: armorial ensigns.—v.t. Arm to furnish with arms or weapons: to fortify.—v.i. to take arms.—n. Ar′mature armour: any apparatus for defence: a piece of iron connecting the poles of a bent magnet.—adj. Armed (é‹œmd or arm′ed) furnished with arms: provided with means of defence: (bot.) having prickles or thorns: (her.) having part of the body different in colour from the rest as a beak claws &c. of a bird.—n.pl. Fire′arms such weapons as employ gunpowder as guns and pistols.—n. Man′-at-arms a fully equipped and practised fighting man.—n.pl. Small′-arms such as do not require carriages as opposed to artillery.—Armed to the teeth completely armed.—College of Arms the Heralds' College which grants armorial bearings.—In arms with quartered with; Of all arms of every kind of troops; Stand of arms a complete equipment of arms for one soldier.—The armed eye strengthened with a magnifying-glass as opp. to naked eye.—To lay down arms to surrender or submit; Up in arms in readiness to fight.

n. the limb extending from the shoulder to the hand: anything projecting from the main body as an inlet of the sea a rail or support from a chair sofa or the like: one of the branches into which a main trunk divides: (fig.) power.—ns. Arm′-chair a chair with arms; Arm′ful; Arm′-hole the hole in a garment through which the arm is put.—adv. Arm′-in-arm with arms interlinked in close communion.—adj. Arm′less.—ns. Arm′let a bracelet; Arm′-pit the pit or hollow under the shoulder.—At arm's length away from any friendliness or familiarity.—Right arm the main support or assistant; Secular arm the secular or temporal authority as distinguished from the spiritual or ecclesiastical.—With open arms with hearty welcome.

手打:柯尔斯顿