armoury

armoury
( armory)
(pl. -ies)
  1. 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。
  2. (N. Amer.)a place where militia units drill and train
    (北美)民兵训练场
语源
  1. 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
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