arm是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 either of the two long parts of the upper body that are attached to the shoulders and have the hands at the end -- 臂，手臂；上肢

  • My arms ache from carrying this bag. 提這個袋子累得我胳膊疼。

  • She put/threw her arms round me and gave me a hug. 她伸出雙臂擁抱我。

  • He took/held her in his arms (= held her closely). 他把她摟進懷中。

  • Bill arrived at the party with his new girlfriend on his arm (= her hand resting on his arm). 比爾挽著新女友一起來到聚會上。

  • the arm of a jacket 夾克袖子

  • the arm of a chair 椅子扶手

  • We walked arm in arm along the river bank. 我們臂挽著臂沿著河岸漫步。

• 1 weapons and equipment used to kill and injure people -- 武器；軍火；軍備

  • They have been charged with supplying arms to the guerrillas. 他們被指控向遊擊隊提供軍火。

  • An arms cache was discovered in South Wales. 在南威爾士發現了一個秘密軍火庫。

  • The minister has called on the terrorists to lay down their arms (= stop fighting). 部長要求恐怖分子放下武器。

  • They are willing to take up arms (= prepare to fight) (against the government) if they have to. 在必要時，他們會隨時拿起武器（對抗政府）。

• 2 An arm of land or water is a long, thin part of it that is joined to a larger area. -- 狹長地帶；狹長港灣

• 3 An arm of an organization is a part of it that is responsible for a particular activity or place. -- 職能部門；分支機構，分部

  • The British company is one arm of a large multinational. 這家英國公司是一家龐大的跨國公司��分部。

• 4 to provide yourself or others with a weapon or weapons -- 為…提供武器裝備；武裝

  • Nobody knows who is arming the terrorists. 沒有人知道誰在給這些恐怖分子提供武器裝備。

  • I armed myself with a baseball bat and went to investigate the noise. 我抄起了一根棒球棒，走過去看看是甚麼發出的聲響。

  • They are currently arming for war. 他們正在武裝起來，為戰爭做準備。

  • She armed herself for the interview by finding out all she could about the company in advance. 為準備面試，她事先盡其所能地了解那家公司的情況。

  • I went to the meeting armed with the relevant facts and figures. 去開會時，我準備好了有關的資料數據。