ammunition

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc. countable,uncountable
    — Hiro risks turning on a small flashlight, uses it to rummage around the yatcht, picking up valuable stuff: a few bottles of (presumably) drinkable water, some food, extra ammunition for his nine.
  2. Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — ammunition bread
  3. Arguments and information that can be used against the other party in a conflict. countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — They say that the booklet gives them ammunition which is proving effective in breaking down resistance against home building which was created by false propaganda.
动词 v.
  1. To supply with ammunition.

词形变化

ammunitions plural ammunitions present,singular,third-person ammunitioning participle,present ammunitioned participle,past ammunitioned past

词汇关系

衍生词
ammo ammunitional ammunition belt ammunition bread ammunitionless ammunitionlike live ammunition tracer ammunition

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mey-
Proto-Indo-European *móyni
Latin moene
Proto-Indo-European *-yétider.
Latin -iō
Latin mūniō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin mūnitiōnemlbor.
Middle French munition
Middle French amunitionbor.
English ammunition
From older French amunition, rebracketing of la munition (“the war supplies”) as l'amunition. Ultimately from Latin; see munition for more.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *mey-
Proto-Indo-European *móyni
Latin moene
Proto-Indo-European *-yétider.
Latin -iō
Latin mūniō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin mūnitiōnemlbor.
Middle French munition
Middle French amunitionbor.
English ammunition
From older French amunition, rebracketing of la munition (“the war supplies”) as l'amunition. Ultimately from Latin; see munition for more.
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