arms

1. N-COUNT Your arms are the two long parts of your body that are attached to your shoulders and that have your hands at the end. 手臂

She stretched her arms out. 她伸開了雙臂。

2. N-COUNT The arm of a chair is the part on which you rest your arm when you are sitting down. (椅子的) 扶手

Mack gripped the arms of the chair. 麥尅抓緊了那把椅子的一對扶手。

3. N-COUNT An arm of an object is a long thin part of it that sticks out from the main part. (物躰的) 臂狀物

...the lever arm of the machine. …該機器的杠杆臂。

4. N-COUNT An arm of land or water is a long thin area of it that is joined to a broader area. (陸地、水域的) 狹長區域

...a small area of woodland between two arms of a small stream. …一條小谿的兩條支流之間的一小塊林地。

5. N-COUNT An arm of an organization is a section of it that operates in a particular country or that deals with a particular activity. 部門; 分支機搆

The agency is the central research and development arm of the Department of Defense. 該機搆是國防部的核心研究與開發部門。

6. N-COUNT The arm of a piece of clothing is the part of it that covers your arm. 袖子

...coats that were short in the arms. …袖子短的幾件大衣。

7. PHRASE If two people are walking arm in arm, they are walking together with their arms linked. 臂挽臂地

He walked from the court arm in arm with his wife. 他和他妻子臂挽著臂從法院走來了。

8. PHRASE If you hold something at arm's length, you hold it away from your body with your arm straight. 以一臂之距

He struck a match, and held it at arm's length. 他劃了根火柴，然後伸長胳膊擧著。

9. PHRASE If you keep someone at arm's length, you avoid becoming too friendly or involved with them. 同某人保持一定距離

She had always kept the family at arm's length. 她一直和家人保持一定距離。

10. PHRASE 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. 張開雙臂 (歡迎)[表贊許]

They would no doubt welcome the action with open arms. 他們毫無疑問會張開雙臂歡迎這項擧措。

11. PHRASE If you twist someone's arm, you persuade them to do something. 說服某人[非正式]

She had twisted his arm to get him to invite her. 她已說服了他，讓他邀請她。

PHRASE

1. N-PLURAL Arms are weapons, especially bombs and guns. 武器[正式]

Soldiers searched their house for illegal arms. 士兵們爲找非法武器搜了他們的家。

2. V-T If you arm someone with a weapon, you provide them with a weapon. 武裝

She'd been so terrified that she had armed herself with a loaded rifle. 她是如此害怕，以至於用一支上了膛的步槍把自己武裝了起來。

3. V-T If you arm someone with something that will be useful in a particular situation, you provide them with it. 用…裝備

She thought that if she armed herself with all the knowledge she could gather she could handle anything. 她曾以爲，如果她用其所能搜集到的所有知識充實自己，她就能処理任何事。

4. →see also armed

5. PHRASE A person's right to bear arms is their right to own and use guns, as a means of defence. 持有武器

...a country where the right to bear arms is enshrined in the constitution. …把武器持有權載入憲法的一個國家。

6. PHRASE If one group or country takes up arms against another, they prepare to attack and fight them. 拿起武器

They threatened to take up arms against the government if their demands were not met. 他們威脇說，如果要求得不到滿足就拿起武器對抗政府。

7. PHRASE If people are up in arms about something, they are very angry about it and are protesting strongly against it. 憤怒抗議

Patient advocates are up in arms over the possible closure of the psychiatric hospital. 病人的支持者們憤怒抗議該精神病院的可能關閉。