Arms
定义 Definition
arms(名词复数)常指武器、军备;也可指手臂(arm 的复数)。在不同语境中常见两种用法:bear arms(持武器)与 in someone’s arms(在某人怀里/臂弯里)。
发音 Pronunciation (IPA)
/ɑːrmz/
例句 Examples
The police found arms in the warehouse.
警方在仓库里发现了武器。
The treaty aimed to reduce arms while building trust between the two countries.
该条约旨在削减军备,同时在两国之间建立信任。
词源 Etymology
arm 来自古英语 earm(“手臂”);而表示“武器/军备”的 arms 则源自古法语 armes,进一步追溯到拉丁语 arma(“武器、装备”)。因此英语里同形的 arms 既可指身体部位的复数,也可指武器/军备(通常以复数形式出现)。
相关词 Related Words
文学作品 Literary Works
- The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution(“the right of the people to keep and bear Arms”)
- Shakespeare, Hamlet(如 “Call up her father, / Rouse him; make after him, poison his ways; / ... to have him in arms.” 等处可见与“arms”相关表达)
- Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms(书名中 Arms 既指“武器/战争”,也带有情感与身体“怀抱/臂弯”的双关意味)