🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典 🎯

檢索以下詞典：
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯！)
最近搜尋：
TOEFL BNC: 0 COCA: 23703

armory

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
armory (US) noun
or British armoury /ˈɑɚməri/
plural armories
armory (US)
noun
or British armoury /ˈɑɚməri/
plural armories
Learner's definition of ARMORY
[count]
1 
: a supply of weapons武器供应；武器装备
— sometimes used figuratively有时用作比喻
2 
: a place where weapons are kept军械库；武器库
especially US : a place where weapons are kept and where soldiers are trained（可供士兵训练的）基地，总部
3 
: a place where weapons are made兵工厂
TOEFL BNC: 0 COCA: 23703

armory

noun

ar·​mory ˈärm-rē How to pronounce armory (audio)
ˈär-mə-
plural armories
1
a
: a supply of arms for defense or attack
b
: a collection of available resources
2
: a place where arms and military equipment are stored
especially : one used for training reserve military personnel
3
: a place where arms are manufactured

Did you know?

An armory has traditionally been a military storage compound where machine guns, rifles, pistols, ammunition, parts, and accessories are kept. In the U.S., National Guard and Reserve units often use armories as training headquarters in peacetime. Ever since George Washington established the country's first armory in Springfield in 1777, arsenals and armories of the Army Ordnance Corps have had a remarkable history of arms manufacture.

Synonyms

Example Sentences

the site of a 19th-century armory the soldier was sent to the armory to get a replacement weapon for the one that had been stolen
Recent Examples on the Web Built above the infrastructure are platforms made with technologies like automation, IoT, AI and ML—and more recent inventions like the metaverse—that increase the speed to market and provide an armory of advanced capabilities. Sandeep Kumar, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022 Gaskins of the National Zoological Park Police, a 123-year-old law-enforcement agency that is a rare breed: a fully armed police department run by a zoo, complete with a fleet of squad cars, an armory and a jail cell. James V. Grimaldi, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2022 The open house will be held at the armory building at 1135 Washington St. from 4 to 6 p.m., according to the project’s website. John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2022 A decade later, Brown led a raid on federal armory at Harpers Ferry, West Va., intending to spark an insurrection to end slavery. Thom Duffy, Billboard, 9 May 2022 Brown is best known for his 1859 raid on a federal armory at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, and The Good Lord Bird builds up to that raid while detailing Brown’s other efforts to spread abolition across the country. The Editors, Outside Online, 1 May 2021 Ng, now 61, is a former U.S. Marine who was first accused of robbing a Marine Corps armory in Hawaii in 1981. Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 July 2022 Rather, almost every military in the world has an armory of such robots that have simplified their tasks and are used extensively in daily military operations. Naveen Joshi, Forbes, 25 July 2022 Newton leaders seek to rebuild much of the armory and create 43 rental apartments of affordable housing for families at the site. John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English armerie, armurie, armorye "armor and weapons, storehouse for weaponry, workshop in which weapons are made or repaired," borrowed from Anglo-French armurrie, from armure "arms, armor" + -ie -y entry 2

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of armory was in the 14th century
TOEFL BNC: 0 COCA: 23703

👨🏻‍🏫 Mr. Ng 韋氏詞典 📚 – mw.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文
Site Uptime