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a. 装甲的
armor-plated[ adj ]
covered with heavy steel
<adj.all>
armor-plated vehicles
Armor-plated \Ar"mor-plat`ed\, a.
Covered with defensive plates of metal, as a ship of war;
steel-clad.
This day will be launched . . . the first armor-plated
steam frigate in the possession of Great Britain.
--Times (Dec. 29, 1860).
armor-clad \armor-clad\ armor-plated \armor-plated\
armour-plated \armour-plated\ armour-clad \armour-clad\adj.
1. 1 protected with a covering of armor.
Syn: steel-plated.
[WordNet 1.5]
- The attorney general has been using an armor-plated limousine, which cost more than $100,000, for three or four weeks, said Justice Department spokesman David Runkel.
- A survivor was quoted as saying the rebels used armor-plated bulldozers to mount the assault.
- But EOD workers deflect the dangers of their trade with armor-plated machismo.
- But armor-plated locomotives have made test runs since late May, according to a diplomatic source in the Malawi capital of Lilongwe.
- Bush and his wife, Barbara, emerged three times from their armor-plated limousine to walk along parts of the parade route from the Capitol to the mansion at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue where they have a four-year lease.