arm

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ɑːm/    美 /ɑɹm/|/ɐːm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A weapon. usually
    — A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
  2. The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
    — She stood with her right arm extended and her palm forward to indicate “Stop!”
  3. The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow.
    — The arm and forearm are parts of the upper limb in the human body.
  4. Heraldic bearings or insignia. in-plural
    — The Duke's arms were a sable gryphon rampant on an argent field.
  5. War; hostilities; deeds or exploits of war. in-plural,obsolete
  6. A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
    — the arms of an octopus
  7. The part of a piece of clothing that covers the arm.
    — […] one arm of this jacket streamed behind him like the broidered arm of a huzzar’s surcoat.
  8. A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object, such as the armrest of an armchair, a crane, a pair of spectacles or a pair of compasses.
    — The robot arm reached out and placed the part on the assembly line.
  9. A bay or inlet off a main body of water.
    — Shelburne Bay is an arm of Lake Champlain.
  10. A branch of an organization.
    — the cavalry arm of the military service
  11. Power; might; strength; support. figuratively
    — the arm of the law
  12. A pitcher slang
    — The team needs to sign another arm in the offseason.
  13. One of the two parts of a chromosome.
  14. A group of patients in a medical trial.
  15. A quantity of dagga leaves rolled up in paper into a thick cylinder. South-Africa,slang
    — They scored an arm of dagga and some speed and then raced away.
动词 v.
  1. To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons. transitive
    — The king armed his knights with swords and shields.
  2. To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms. obsolete
    — And make him with our pikes and partisans / A grave: come, arm him.
  3. To supply with the equipment, knowledge, authority, or other tools needed for a particular task; to furnish with capability; to equip. figuratively,transitive
    — thou getteſt no more of me. For I am ſure thy Office doth not arme thee with ſuch authoritie.
  4. To prepare (a tool, weapon, or system) for action; to activate. transitive
    — Remember to arm the alarm system before leaving for work.
  5. To become prepared for action; to activate. intransitive
    — Torpedoes were loosed, but the range was too short for them to actually arm, and they bounced harmlessly off the ship as it cut loose with its secondary and antiaircraft guns, smashing anything that it could see.
  6. To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency. transitive
    — to arm the hilt of a sword; to arm a hook in angling
  7. To take up weapons; to arm oneself. intransitive
    — The sergeant sent out an order to arm the team for the next mission.
  8. To fit (a magnet) with an armature. transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Poor; lacking in riches or wealth. Scotland,UK,dialectal
  2. To be pitied; pitiful; wretched. Scotland,UK,dialectal

词形变化

arms plural arms present,singular,third-person arming participle,present armed participle,past armed past armer comparative more arm comparative armest superlative most arm superlative arms plural arms present,singular,third-person arming participle,present armed participle,past armed past

词汇关系

近义词
arm
下位词
cement arm
衍生词
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部分词
shoulder forearm elbow wrist hand

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂érmos
Proto-Germanic *armaz
Proto-West Germanic *arm
Old English earm
Middle English arm
English arm
From Middle English arm, from Old English earm (Anglian arm), from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz (“arm”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmos (“a fitting, joint; arm, forequarter”), a suffixed form of *h₂er- (“to join, fit together”).
Cognates
Akin to Dutch arm, German Arm, Yiddish אָרעם (orem), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish arm. Indo-European cognates include Latin armus (“the uppermost part of the arm, shoulder”), Bulgarian рамо (ramo), Polish ramię, Serbo-Croatian rȁme, Armenian արմունկ (armunk, “elbow”), Ancient Greek ἁρμός (harmós, “joint, shoulder”) and ἅρμα (hárma, “wagon, chariot”), Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬨𐬀 (arma), Old Persian [script needed] (arma).
词源 2
From Middle English arm (“poor, wretched”), from Old English earm (“poor, miserable, pitiful, wretched”), from Proto-West Germanic *arm, from Proto-Germanic *armaz (“poor”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erm- (“poor, ill”).
Cognates
Akin to Dutch arm (“poor”), German arm (“poor”), Yiddish אָרעם (orem, “poor”), Swedish arm (“poor”).
词源 3
Back-formation from arms (plural), from Middle English armes, from Old French armes, from Latin arma (“weapons”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-mo-, a suffixed form of *h₂er- (“to fit together”), hence ultimately cognate with etymology 1.
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