a place where arms are kept 军械库 ■a supply of arms 军火补给 Britain's nuclear armoury expanded. 英国核武器库扩大了。 ■(US)a place where arms are manufactured (美)兵工厂,军火工厂 ■[in sing.](figurative)an array of resources available for a particular purpose (喻)(为某一目的的)一整套办法 his armoury of comic routines. 他的一套表演滑稽节目的看家本领。
(N. Amer.)a place where militia units drill and train (北美)民兵训练场
语源
Middle English (in the sense 'armour'): from Old French armoirie, armoierie, from armoierto blazon, from arme 'weapon' (see arms)The change in the second syllable in the 17th cent. was due to association with armour