English-Thai Dictionary

arms

N อาวุธ  weapons armament ar-wud

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ARMS

n.plu. [L. arma. ] 1. Weapons of offense, or armor for defense and protection of the body.
2. War; hostility.
Arms and the man I sing.
To be in arms, to be in a state of hostility, or in a military life.
To arms is a phrase which denotes a taking arms for war or hostility; particularly, a summoning to war.
To take arms, is to arm for attack or defense.
Bred to arms denotes that a person has been educated to the profession of a soldier.
3. The ensigns armorial of a family; consisting of figures and colors borne in shields, banners, etc. , as marks of dignity and distinction, and descending from father to son.
4. In law, arms are any thing which a man takes in his hand in anger, to strike or assault another.
5. In botany, one of the seven species of fulcra or props of plants, enumerated by Linne and others. The different species of arms or armor, are prickles, thorns, forks and stings, which seem intended to protect the plants from injury by animals.
Sire arms, are such as may be charged with powder, as cannon, muskets, mortars, etc.
A stand of arms consists of a musket, bayonet, cartridge-box and belt, with a sword. But for common soldiers a sword is not necessary.
In falconry, arms are the legs of a hawk from the thigh to the foot.

 

ARMS-END

n.At the end of the arms; at a good distance; a phrase taken from boxers or wrestlers.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ARMS

Arms, n. pl. Etym: [OE. armes, F. arme, pl. armes, fr. L. arma, pl. ,arms, orig. fittings, akin to armus shoulder, and E. arm. See Arm, n.]

 

1. Instruments or weapons of offense or defense. He lays down his arms, but not his wiles. Milton. Three horses and three goodly suits of arms. Tennyson.

 

2. The deeds or exploits of war; military service or science. "Arms and the man I sing. " Dryden.

 

3. (Law )

 

Defn: Anything which a man takes in his hand in anger, to strike or assault another with; an aggressive weapon. Cowell. Blackstone.

 

4. (Her. )

 

Defn: The ensigns armorial of a family, consisting of figures and colors borne in shields, banners, etc. , as marks of dignity and distinction, and descending from father to son.

 

5. (Falconry )

 

Defn: The legs of a hawk from the thigh to the foot. Halliwell. Bred to arms, educated to the profession of a soldier. -- In arms, armed for war; in a state of hostility. -- Small arms, portable firearms known as muskets, rifles, carbines,pistols, etc. -- A stand of arms, a complete set for one soldier, as a musket, bayonet, cartridge box and belt; frequently, the musket and bayonet alone. -- To arms! a summons to war or battle. -- Under arms, armed and equipped and in readiness for battle, or for a military parade. Arm's end, Arm's length, Arm's reach. See under Arm.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

arms

arms |ärmz ɑrmz | ▶plural noun 1 weapons and ammunition; armaments: they were subjugated by force of arms | [ as modifier ] : arms exports. 2 distinctive emblems or devices, originally borne on shields in battle and now forming the heraldic insignia of families, corporations, or countries. See also coat of arms. PHRASES a call to arms a call to prepare for confrontation: a call to arms to defend against a takeover. take up arms begin fighting. under arms equipped and ready for war or battle: the Empire now had half a million men under arms. up in arms ( about /over ) protesting vigorously about something: teachers are up in arms about new school tests. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French armes, from Latin arma .

 

arms control

arms con trol |ɑrmz kənˈtroʊl | ▶noun international disarmament or arms limitation, esp. by mutual consent.

 

arms race

arms race |ɑrmz reɪs | ▶noun a competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons, esp. between the US and the former Soviet Union during the Cold War.

 

Armstrong, Edwin Howard

Arm strong, Edwin Howard |ˈärmˌstrôNG ˈɑrmstrɔŋ | (1890 –1954 ), US electrical engineer, inventor of the superheterodyne radio receiver and the frequency modulation (FM ) system.

 

Armstrong, Lance

Arm strong, Lance |ˈärmˌstrôNG ˈɑrmstrɔŋ | (1971 –) US cyclist. He won the Tour de France in 1999 after successfully battling advanced testicular cancer, and repeated the win for the next six years (2000 –05 ).

 

Armstrong, Louis

Arm strong, Louis |ˈɑrmstrɔŋ ˈärmˌstrôNG | (1901 –71 ), US jazz musician; nicknamed Satchmo; full name Daniel Louis Armstrong. A major influence on Dixieland jazz, he was a trumpet and cornet player, as well as a bandleader and a distinctive singer. He also appeared in many movies, including The Birth of the Blues (1941 ).

 

Armstrong, Neil

Arm strong, Neil |ˈɑrmstrɔŋ ˈärmˌstrôNG | (1930 –), US astronaut; full name Neil Alden Armstrong. He commanded the Apollo 11 mission, during which he became the first man to set foot on the Moon (July 20, 1969 ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

arms

arms |ɑːmz | ▶plural noun 1 weapons; armaments: arms and ammunition | [ as modifier ] : arms exports. 2 distinctive emblems or devices originally borne on shields in battle and now forming the heraldic insignia of families, corporations, or countries. PHRASES a call to arms a call to defend or make ready for confrontation. in arms armed; prepared to fight. lay down ( one's ) arms see lay 1. take up arms begin fighting. under arms equipped and ready for war or battle. up in arms protesting vigorously about something: teachers are up in arms about new school tests. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French armes, from Latin arma .

 

arms control

arms con |trol ▶noun [ mass noun ] international disarmament or arms limitation, especially by mutual consent.

 

arms race

arms race ▶noun a competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons.

 

Armstrong, Edwin Howard

Arm |strong |ˈɑːmstrɒŋ | (1890 –1954 ), American electrical engineer, inventor of the superheterodyne radio receiver and the frequency modulation (FM ) system.

 

Armstrong, Lance

Arm strong, Lance |ˈärmˌstrôNG ˈɑrmstrɔŋ | (1971 –) US cyclist. He won the Tour de France in 1999 after successfully battling advanced testicular cancer, and repeated the win for the next six years (2000 –05 ).

 

Armstrong, Louis

Arm |strong |ˈɑːmstrɒŋ | (1900 –71 ), American jazz musician; known as Satchmo; full name Daniel Louis Armstrong. A major influence on Dixieland jazz, he was a trumpet and cornet player as well as a bandleader and a distinctive singer.

 

Armstrong, Neil

Arm |strong |ˈɑːmstrɒŋ | (b.1930 ), American astronaut; full name Neil Alden Armstrong. He commanded the Apollo 11 mission, during which he became the first man to set foot on the moon (20 July 1969 ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

arms

arms plural noun 1 the illegal export of arms: weapons, weaponry, firearms, guns, ordnance, artillery, armaments, munitions, matériel. 2 the family arms: crest, emblem, coat of arms, heraldic device, insignia, escutcheon, shield.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

arms

arms plural noun 1 arms and ammunition: weapons (of war ), weaponry, firearms, guns, ordnance, cannon, artillery, armaments, munitions, instruments of war, war machines, military supplies, materiel. 2 the family arms: crest, emblem, heraldic device, coat of arms, armorial bearing, insignia, escutcheon, shield, heraldry, blazonry. PHRASES take up arms he was eventually forced to take up arms when his sister and mother were charged with attempted murder: fight, do battle, give battle, wage war, go to war, make war; attack, mount an attack; combat, engage, meet, clash, skirmish; be a soldier, fight for Queen /King and country; crusade.

 

Duden Dictionary

Armschlag

Arm schlag Substantiv, maskulin Kraul- und Rückenschwimmen , der |A rmschlag |1 einzelne vorwärtstreibende Armbewegung 2 Rhythmus der (vorwärtstreibenden ) Armbewegungen; Schlagzahl oder -schnelligkeit der Arme

 

Armschutz

Arm schutz Substantiv, maskulin , der |A rmschutz |Leder o. Ä. zum Schutz des Unterarms, z. B. vor der zurückschnellenden Bogensehne

 

Armschützer

Arm schüt zer Substantiv, maskulin , der |A rmschützer |1 Armschutz 2 Ärmelschoner

 

armselig

arm se lig Adjektiv |a rmselig |zu mittelhochdeutsch armsal = Armut, Elend, zu arm a sehr, in mitleiderregender Weise arm in einer armseligen Hütte hausen | die Mahlzeit war armselig | armselig leben b abwertend als zu wenig, als wertlos, unzulänglich o. Ä. empfunden er ist eine armselige Figur, ein armseliger Stümper | für armselige (lächerliche ) fünf Euro

 

Armseligkeit

Arm se lig keit Substantiv, feminin , die |A rmseligkeit |1 das Armseligsein 2 etwas armselig Wirkendes

 

Armsessel

Arm ses sel Substantiv, maskulin , der |A rmsessel |der Armsessel; Genitiv: des Armsessels, Plural: die Armsessel Sessel mit Armlehnen

 

Armspange

Arm span ge Substantiv, feminin , die |A rmspange |Armreif in der Art einer Spange 1

 

Armspeiche

Arm spei che Substantiv, feminin Anatomie selten , die |A rmspeiche | Speiche 2

 

ärmste

ärms te arm |ä rmste |

 

Armstrong

Arm strong Eigenname |A rmstrong |amerikanischer Astronaut

 

Armstrong

Arm strong Eigenname |A rmstrong |amerikanischer Jazzmusiker

 

Armstumpf

Arm stumpf Substantiv, maskulin , der |A rmstumpf |am Körper verbliebener Rest eines amputierten Armes

 

Armsünderglocke

Arm sün der glo cke , die Armesünderglocke |Arms ü nderglocke |

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

arms

arms /ɑː r mz /→arm 3 名詞 〖複数扱い 〗1 ｟かたく ｠(戦闘用 )兵器 , 武器 (!weaponと違って数詞と共に用いない ) ; 〖形容詞的に 〗兵器 [武器 ]の ▸ build nuclear arms 核兵器を製造する ▸ carry small arms ピストルを持ち歩く ▸ an arms embargo [reduction ]兵器の禁輸 [削減 ]▸ Order [Present ] arms !〘軍 〙立て [ささげ ]銃 （つつ ） (!号令で ) 2 戦争 (状態 ), 戦闘 ▸ a call to arms 戦闘準備の召集 ▸ a comrade in arms 戦友 3 (盾などの )紋章 (coat of arms ) 〘家 町 大学などを表す 〙.b è ar á rms 1 武器を所有する, 携える ▸ the constitutional right to bear arms 憲法で定められた武器を所有する権利 2 〈兵士などが 〉 (武器を持って )戦う .lay d ò wn one's á rms 〈兵士などが 〉 (武器を置いて )停戦する, 降伏する .take ù p á rms (武器を取り ) «…と » 戦いを始める «against » .under á rms 戦闘の準備ができた [整った ].ù p in á rms 1 «…について » ひどく腹を立てて «about » .2 «…に対して » 武装蜂起 （ほうき ）して «against » .～́ contr ò l 軍備制限 .～́ c ù t 軍備削減 .～́ r à ce 軍拡競争 .