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weapon 音标拼音: [w'ɛpən] n. 武器,兵器
vt. 武装 武器,兵器武装 weapon武器 weapon n 1: any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting; " he was licensed to carry a weapon" [ synonym: { weapon}, { arm}, { weapon system}] 2: a means of persuading or arguing; " he used all his conversational weapons" [ synonym: { weapon}, { artillery}] Weapon \ Weap" on\ ( w[ e^] p"[ u^] n; 277), n. [ OE. wepen, AS. w[= ae] pen; akin to OS. w[= a] pan, OFries. w[= e] pin, w[= e] pen, D. wapen, G. waffe, OHG. waffan, w[= a] fan, Icel. v[= a] pn, Dan. vaaben, Sw. vapen, Goth. w[= e] pna, pl.; of uncertain origin. Cf. { Wapentake}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. An instrument of offensive of defensive combat; something to fight with; anything used, or designed to be used, in destroying, defeating, or injuring an enemy, as a gun, a sword, etc. [ 1913 Webster] The weapons of our warfare are not carnal. -- 2 Cor. x. 4. [ 1913 Webster] They, astonished, all resistance lost, All courage; down their idle weapons dropped. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: The means or instrument with which one contends against another; as, argument was his only weapon. " Woman' s weapons, water drops." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Bot.) A thorn, prickle, or sting with which many plants are furnished. [ 1913 Webster] { Concealed weapons}. See under { Concealed}. { Weapon salve}, a salve which was supposed to cure a wound by being applied to the weapon that made it. [ Obs.] -- Boyle. [ 1913 Webster] 23 Moby Thesaurus words for " weapon": A- weapons, armament, arms, biological weapons, conventional weapons, cutting edge, deadly weapons, edge, edge tool, featheredge, instruments of destruction, knife- edge, missilery, munitions, musketry, nuclear weapons, ordnance, razor- edge, side arms, small arms, thermonuclear weapons, weaponry, weapons
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