PART OF YOUR BODY OR OFSOMETHING ELSE 人体或其他物体的一部分
- N-COUNT 手臂;上肢
Your arms are the two long parts of your body that are attached to your shoulders and that have your hands at the end.
- She stretched her arms out...
她张开双臂。 - He had a large parcel under his left arm.
他左胳膊下夹着一个大包裹。
- 衣袖;袖子
The arm of a piece of clothing is the part of it that covers your arm.
- (椅子的)靠手,扶手
The arm of a chair is the part on which you rest your arm when you are sitting down.
- N-COUNT (物体的)臂,杆
An arm of an object is a long thin part of it that sticks out from the main part.
- ...the lever arm of the machine.
机器的操纵杆 - ...the arms of the doctor's spectacles.
医生的眼镜腿
- N-COUNT (陆地的)狭长地带;狭长港湾
An arm of land or water is a long thin area of it that is joined to a broader area.
- At the end of the other arm of Cardigan Bay is Bardsey Island.
在卡迪根湾的另一狭长地段的尾端是巴德西岛。
- N-COUNT 分支机构;部门
An arm of an organization is a section of it that operates in a particular country or that deals with a particular activity.
- Millicom Holdings is the British arm of an American company.
米雷康姆控股有限公司是一家美国公司在英国的分支机构。 - ...the research arm of Congress.
国会的研究部门
- PHRASE 臂挽臂地
If two people are walking arm in arm, they are walking together with their arms linked.
- He walked from the court arm in arm with his wife.
他和妻子挽着胳膊走出法庭。
- PHRASE (价格)昂贵
If you say that something costs an arm and a leg, you mean that it is very expensive.
- A week at a health farm can cost an arm and a leg.
在健身中心呆一个星期的花费会很昂贵。
- PHRASE 一臂之远;在伸手可及处
If you hold something at arm's length, you hold it away from your body with your arm straight.
- He struck a match, and held it at arm's length.
他划亮一根火柴,伸长胳膊举着。
- PHRASE 与…保持距离
If you keep someone at arm's length, you avoid becoming too friendly or involved with them.
- She had always kept his family at arm's length.
她一直与他的家人保持一定距离。
- (清单)很长
If you say that a list is as long as your arm, you are emphasizing that it is very long.
- PHRASE 热烈地;友好地
If you welcome some action or change with open arms, you are very pleased about it. If you welcome a person with open arms, you are very pleased about their arrival.
- They would no doubt welcome the action with open arms...
他们无疑将热烈欢迎这一举动。 - Many Panamanians welcomed the troops with open arms.
许多巴拿马人热烈欢迎部队到来。
- PHRASE 说服
If you twist someone's arm, you persuade them to do something.
- She had twisted his arm to get him to invite her.
她说服他向自己发出邀请。
WEAPONS 武器
- N-PLURAL 武器,军火,军备(尤指炸弹和枪支)
Arms are weapons, especially bombs and guns.
- The IRA had extensive supplies of arms.
爱尔兰共和军有庞大的军备。 - ...arms control.
军备控制
- VERB 武装;装备
If you arm someone with a weapon, you provide them with a weapon.
- She'd been so terrified that she had armed herself with a loaded rifle...
她吓坏了,于是拿了一支上了膛的步枪。 - Arming the police doesn't deter crime.
仅仅靠给警察配备武器是无法制止犯罪的。
- VERB (给…)提供,配备;支持
If you arm someone with something that will be useful in a particular situation, you provide them with it.
- She thought that if she armed herself with all the knowledge she could gather she could handle anything...
她以为,如果获取了所有能学到的知识,就能处理任何事。 - Armed only with a BBC microphone, I travelled across South Africa meeting writers.
仅仅凭借着一支英国广播公司的话筒,我走遍了南非,会见了许多作家。
- N-PLURAL (城市或贵族家庭的)盾徽,(盾形)徽章,纹章(常用于英国酒馆名中)
The arms of a city or of a noble family are its coat of arms. Arms is often used in the names of British pubs.
- ...china painted with the arms of Philippe V.
画有腓力五世的盾徽的瓷器 - ...his local pub, the Abercorn Arms.
他在当地开的酒馆“阿伯康徽章”
- See also: armed -armed coat of arms comrade-in-arms small arms
- (以自卫为目的)持有武器
A person's right to bear arms is their right to own and use guns, as a means of defence.
- 放下武器;投降
If soldiers lay down their arms, they stop fighting and give up their weapons.
- PHRASE 拿起武器;准备与…战斗
If one group or countrytakes up arms against another, they prepare to attack and fight them.
- They threatened to take up arms against the government if their demands were not met.
他们威胁,如果要求得不到满足就要以武力抵抗政府。
- PHRASE 武装起来的;处于战备状态
If a country has people under arms, it has people trained to use weapons and to fight a war.
- There are nearly four million soldiers under arms in this country.
该国有将近400万现役士兵。
- PHRASE 非常愤怒;极力反对;强烈抗议
If people are up in arms about something, they are very angry about it and are protesting strongly against it.
- Environmental groups are up in arms about plans to sink an oil well close to Hadrian's Wall.
环保组织极力反对在哈德良长城附近打油井。