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 arms [ɑ:mz添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 武器, 军事行动

[机] 武器, 军械, 枪械


  1. The government intends to cut expenditure on arms.
    政府打算削减军备开支。
  2. They took up arms in defence of their country.
    他们拿起武器保卫祖国。
  3. They were not allowed to use arms.
    不许他们使用武器。


arms
[ noun ]
  1. weapons considered collectively

  2. <noun.artifact>
  3. the official symbols of a family, state, etc.

  4. <noun.artifact>


Arms \Arms\, n. pl. [OE. armes, F. arme, pl. armes, fr. L. arma,
pl., arms, orig. fittings, akin to armus shoulder, and E.
arm. See {Arm}, n.]
1. Instruments or weapons of offense or defense.

He lays down his arms, but not his wiles. --Milton.

Three horses and three goodly suits of arms.
--Tennyson.

2. The deeds or exploits of war; military service or science.
``Arms and the man I sing.'' --Dryden.

3. (Law) Anything which a man takes in his hand in anger, to
strike or assault another with; an aggressive weapon.
--Cowell. Blackstone.

4. (Her.) The ensigns armorial of a family, consisting of
figures and colors borne in shields, banners, etc., as
marks of dignity and distinction, and descending from
father to son.

5. (Falconry) The legs of a hawk from the thigh to the foot.
--Halliwell.

{Bred to arms}, educated to the profession of a soldier.

{In arms}, armed for war; in a state of hostility.

{Small arms}, portable firearms known as muskets, rifles,
carbines, pistols, etc.

{A stand of arms}, a complete set for one soldier, as a
musket, bayonet, cartridge box and belt; frequently, the
musket and bayonet alone.

{To arms}! a summons to war or battle.

{Under arms}, armed and equipped and in readiness for battle,
or for a military parade.

{Arm's end},

{Arm's length},

{Arm's reach}. See under {Arm}.

  1. The Soviet arms role was larger, but not by terribly much.
  2. Even after being questioned about the huge profit margins for the early arms sales to Iran, Adm.
  3. The ministerial meeting was moved to the NATO headquarters from Denmark because of a political crisis there over nuclear arms policy.
  4. And in one way or another since then, MacNutt has been fighting for the right to bear arms.
  5. One arms industry analyst downplayed the value of such a weapon to the military or police, saying there are plenty of other semiautomatic weapons available to them.
  6. There are nine restaurants, cafes or bars - and 38 blocks of toilets. The view down the length of the building from the inside is 614 metres long. Basically, the terminal has a large central core, with two arms stretched out straight on each side of it.
  7. The Soviet Union has been a major ally and arms provider for North Korea.
  8. He announced he has wrested a promise from the Reagan administration to promptly release two reports bearing on alleged Soviet violations of arms control treaties and the effectiveness of proposed verification of Soviet compliance with the new treaty.
  9. Al-Shiraa gained international fame in November 1986, when it was first to report on the secret U.S arms shipments to Iran in return for the release of hostages.
  10. "However, the cornerstone of the U.S. arms sales policy has always been to examine first and foremost the strategic and moral implications of military sales," Reich said.
  11. The Soviet Union is Iraq's main arms supplier.
  12. Waving his arms and shouting with his forlorn wife, Elena, seated nearby, Ceausescu branded as lies the charges that the couple was responsible for the deaths of 60,000 during their 24-year reign and the crackdown on protesters last week.
  13. But unlike other issues on Capitol Hill, when it comes to arms sales to Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries, there is no perceived middle ground.
  14. Reagan and Gorbachev did not emerge from their four days of meetings with major breakthroughs on major issues, such as arms control.
  15. The bill also directs the Energy Department to prepare for a comprehensive treaty banning nuclear tests, a longtime goal of arms control supporters.
  16. Burmese rebels based in Thailand appealed to the international community for arms and medical assistance in their battle against the Burmese army.
  17. Izhar Alam, the Punjab police chief, said he believes arms are being smuggled in from Pakistan.
  18. Asked about the Contras, whose surreptitious receipt of millions of dollars from U.S. secret arms sales to Iran rocked the Reagan administration, Bush explicitly supported a resumption of aid.
  19. Mrs. Brundtland said the elements of a compromise should include a "linkage" between non-nuclear and nulcear weapons. "We have to be very clear in our requirements to the Soviets on reducing conventional arms," she said.
  20. Administration officials estimate that China, Iran's largest arms supplier, contracted to ship about $1 billion of weapons to Tehran this year.
  21. Although most of the questions dealt with his coming meetings with Mr. Gorbachev, Mr. Reagan also was asked whether Vice President George Bush opposed secretly selling arms to Iran.
  22. Former Attorney General Edwin Meese III testified at Oliver North's trial Tuesday that the specter of impeachment hung over the White House in the 72 hours after aides discovered a planned diversion of Iran arms sale money to the Nicaraguan Contras.
  23. Iraq's other major arms suppliers, including China, said they would do the same.
  24. Until the crisis, Moscow had been Baghdad's principal arms supplier.
  25. The head of Mexico's powerful Oil Workers Union was arraigned Thursday on homicide and arms charges as forces in the governing party began moving to install leaders more sympathetic to President Carlos Salinas de Gortari.
  26. North, Poindexter and two others were indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday on charges they conspired to divert Iranian arms sales profits to the Nicaraguan Contra rebels.
  27. Richard Secord, who North had enlisted to secretly run arms to the Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
  28. The Senate's work on the medium-range missile treaty shows that lawmakers will carefully scrutinize any arms pact and not be just a rubber stamp for the president, say the chamber's leaders.
  29. Secretary of State George Shultz testified that the Reagan administration's arms sales to Iran provoked a "battle royal" that matched him against deceptive White House advisers and a president reluctant to see the policy as one of arms for hostages.
  30. Secretary of State George Shultz testified that the Reagan administration's arms sales to Iran provoked a "battle royal" that matched him against deceptive White House advisers and a president reluctant to see the policy as one of arms for hostages.
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