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单词 arm
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noun ɑːmɑrm

  • 1Each of the two upper limbs of the human body from the shoulder to the hand.

    手臂

    she held the baby in her arms

    她把婴孩抱在怀里。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They are most often found on the trunk of the body and on the arms and legs.
    • I laughed all of a sudden and propped myself on my elbows, my arms crossed on the table.
    • Pain can occur in specific muscles like arms, shoulders or legs or be more generalized.
    • Lymphedema causes chronic swelling of part of the body, usually an arm or leg.
    • In Greco-Roman wrestling competitors use only their arms and upper bodies to attack their opponent.
    • The nerve fibres that serve sensation and motor function in the shoulders, arms, and hands travel to and from the spinal cord in the neck.
    • It is also great for toning your upper body, arms and leg muscles.
    • Warts can be found on any part of the body but are common on the fingers, hands, arms, and feet.
    • Swimming is also great for the arms and upper body strength.
    • It usually presents as weakness of one part of the body, often an arm or a leg, and the weakness gradually gets worse.
    • About a month later, Lovejoy started regaining movement in his arms and upper body.
    • Keep your arm and shoulder muscles relaxed, and move your arms slowly back and forth.
    • The sling on his left shoulder held his injured arm snugly against his body.
    • Mondays and Thursdays in my weight training class focus on arms and upper body strength.
    • The hands began to warm up and so did my legs but my arms and upper body were still very cold.
    • She winced, a large purple and tender bruise had enveloped her elbow and arm.
    • It is a good idea to do some gentle jogging or brisk walking for ten minutes, followed by gentle stretches of the arms, legs and upper body.
    • He required skin grafts to his upper body, arms and legs and spent almost two months in the hospital's burns unit.
    • She held her arms up slowly and curved at her elbows, each arm going in the opposite direction.
    • It is marked by weakness in the facial muscles and weakness and wasting of the shoulders and upper arms.
    Synonyms
    upper limb, forelimb, appendage
    archaic member
    1. 1.1 A flexible limb of an invertebrate animal, e.g. an octopus.
      （无脊椎动物如章鱼等的）灵活的肢体
      Example sentencesExamples
      • An ophiuroid can easily cast off portions of an arm if attacked by a predator.
      • The suckers are attached to the arms by a series of extrinsic muscle bundles.
      • Here's a typical view of a tangle of octopus arms, all covered with circular suckers.
      • Feather stars spread their arms, each grooved to direct the flow of food to the mouth.
      • In feeding, the arms of crinoids can be arranged in several ways.
      • Most fossil starfish consist of scattered individual plates or segments of arms.
      • The terminal is an unpaired ossicle occurring at the dorsal tip of the arm.
      • When hunting and grabbing dinner, the octopus uses all the flexibility the arm is capable of.
      • Mladenov also observed a crinoid arm in the claw of the crab Oregonia gracilis.
      • One mystery is the purpose of the fine, hairlike filaments that coat the crab's arms and legs.
      • The food is transferred down the arms to the mouth by tube feet located on the pinnules and arms.
      • The basket star, looking more like a soft coral with its delicate branching arms, reaches out into the current in search of its next meal.
    2. 1.2 A sleeve of a garment.
      （衣服的）袖子
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Stylish, comfortable and built for adventure, this long sleeve shirt comes with exclusive logos on the chest and the arm!
      • I liked how he had them secretly under his shirt arm.
      • He was still wearing a surf suit that day, though one with short sleeves at the arms and legs coming to his knees.
      • The shirt has the same pattern as the short sleeve shirts except for an additional pattern over the biceps and the elbow on both arms.
      Synonyms
      sleeve
    3. 1.3 An ability to bowl, pitch, or throw a ball skilfully.
      （熟练投球、掷球或抛球的）能力
      he has a good arm

      他是投球高手。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Dye, like all kids with superior arms, used to love throwing the ball to the catcher on the fly.
      • He was a quarterback with a pretty good arm and he had to have the play sent in by the quarterback.
      • Favre is a passer whose brilliance is based on a huge arm and a nifty ability to avoid the rush.
      • Maybe he'll use his explosive arm to throw out a runner and save a victory, as he did the second week.
      • He has the arm to make any throw, but it's his solid base that scouts have praised.
      • Windsor is like John Hudgins, a great arm that threw a ton of innings.
      • His mood was determined by the accuracy of Bret Favre's arm on any given Sunday.
      • Davis has one of the best arms in the organization, but his repertoire remains a work in progress.
      • The latter two are promising young arms, but neither has a polished off-speed pitch.
      • He might have the best arm in the organization and can hit for power and average.
      • Instead, the Jets will try to take advantage of Clemens' superior arm
    4. 1.4 Used to refer to the holding of a person's arm in support or companionship.
      手臂（挽住以示支撑或陪伴）
      as they walked he offered her his arm

      他们走着的时候，他让她挽住他的手臂。

      I'm so proud to have you on my arm
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Back at the jetty I was offered an arm for support, but refused.
      • Ever the gentleman he offered her an arm for support and she accepted thankfully.
    5. 1.5 Used to refer to something powerful or protective.
      用于表示力量或保护手臂
      they have extended the arm of friendship to developing countries

      他们将友谊之手伸向了发展中国家。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Alison butted in and placed a protective arm around her daughter as she gave her a kiss on the forehead.
      • All eyes turned to mea and Hugh put a protective arm around me and glared at Serena.
      • Mark stepped in between Scott and me and put a protective arm in front of me.
      • You want to put your protective arms around your child and make her whole again.
      • Josh pulled me closer to him on the bed and put his arm protectively around me.
      • He moved to Georgia, dropping to the sofa next to her and wrapping a protective arm around her.
      • Not long after, she felt Elias turn in the sheets and wrap a protecting arm around her.
      • He wrapped a protective arm around her, trying to be assuring but he knew it wasn't working.
      • Families dressed in black placed protective arms around one another as they waited for the first glimpse of their loved ones.
      • He rolled back and fell into the protective arms of his governess, finally at peace.
      • Priss kept a protective arm around her lover's waist, not too tight, not too loose.
      • Alison asked she sat down beside Rachel and put a protective arm around her.
      • Kevin wrapped a protective arm around Lana who squirmed out of his grasp disgusted.
      • The little girl moved closer to her mother who instinctively put a protective arm around her, drawing her in closer.
      Synonyms
      reach, power, force, authority, strength, might, potency

  • 2A thing comparable to an arm in form or function, typically something that projects from a larger structure.

    cables will secure the boom to steel arms installed near the top of the tower
    a cat was curled up on an arm of the tree
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This adjustment is usually controlled by setting the position of the tractor lift arms.
    • The number of pounds per dump is adjusted by correctly setting the counterweight up or down on the counterweight arm.
    • Specially designed rotary cultivators with retractor arms can be used to control weeds in tree rows.
    • Now the backhoe's lower center frame sits on the support, taking the weight off the stabilizer arms.
    • The completed machine could roam around and had a fully functional arm.
    • The bracket-like arms projected towards each other from opposite banks and served as spans of the bridge.
    • The stair is further supported by the girders at each floor, and by a steel arm that projects from the south wall at each landing.
    • Robotic arms can be quickly programmed to weld in the spots needed for different vehicles.
    • The pedestrian walkway rests on steel transverse arms that hang on the cables.
    • The shaft drive is hidden in the aluminium alloy swing arm.
    1. 2.1 A side part of a chair or other seat on which a sitter can rest their arm.
      （椅子或座位的）扶手
      he draped his legs over the arm of the sofa
      a large walnut desk chair with padded arms
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Shoving one hand into his pocket, he rested his free palm against the arm of his chair and slowly stood up.
      • Cole immediately threw the stand with the chess set and grabbed hold of the arms of Sara's seat.
      • As though summoned by her thoughts, he appeared at the arm of her deck chair.
      • The devices will be very cheap and small enough to integrate into the arm of a chair.
      • He sat in his father's seat, slouching back, propped lightly on the arm of the chair.
      • She had seated herself casually on the arm of a chair as if to promote her lack of intent to impinge.
      • There was a hole in the arm of the chair, and she picked out tiny pieces of foam and arranged them in a pattern like a flower.
      • The superintendent called me into his office, perching intimately on the arm of my chair.
      • Then I couldn't open the window because of high heavy curtains and was balancing on the arms of a chair fighting the drapes.
      • I served them their drinks and promptly seated myself on the arm of the chair Ayden sat in.
      • I keep a waste paper bin next to the chair I sit on so I had visions of it having bounced off the arm of the chair and into the bin.
      • John ordered him to sit, motioning to the arm of his chair since all of the seats were taken up.
      • Boy, was I glad my chair had arms - otherwise I would have fallen off it.
      • I put the book in her lap and leaned over the arm of her chair as we looked at the pictures.
      • She found her husband's briefcase propped on the arm of a chair, with her name written on it.
      • Cora shook her head and rested her chin on a hand as her elbow rested on the arm of the easy chair.
      • He was sitting in the chair, with a pillow wedged between his right side and the arm of the chair.
      • His hand rested on the metal arm of the chair and his head lay in his hand.
      • She got down on her knees, poked her head over the arm of a chair and stared at us as if she had been electrocuted.
      • Ian's younger brother, Wayne, sits on the other arm of the chair, playing along.
    2. 2.2 A narrow strip of water or land projecting from a larger body.
      狭长的延伸出的陆地；狭长港湾
      the whole place is divided into two equal parts by an arm of the sea
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Herald Provincial Park is situated on the west shore of the Salmon Arm of Shuswap Lake.
      • Prior to the breach, the elevation of the south arm was over 3.5 feet higher than the north arm.
      • The breach consisted of a 300-foot-long bridge-covered opening in the causeway near Lakeside, which allowed the rapid flow of south-arm water into the north arm.
      • Shuswap Lake is shaped like an H and is made up of four large arms: the Shuswap Lake Main Arm, Salmon Arm, Anstey Arm, and Seymour Arm.
      • The hills and narrowing canyon of this arm lure the paddler to explore quiet places, fish, and swim.
      Synonyms
      inlet, creek, cove, fjord, bay, voe
      estuary, firth
      branch, strait(s), neck, narrows, sound, channel, passage, stretch of water, waterway

  • 3A branch or division of a company or organization.

    （公司或组织的）部门

    the political arm of the separatist group

    分裂主义集团的政治部门。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • No longer was it to be the political arm of the Church; instead it would mediate among the various social groups.
    • The Defence Procurement Agency, an arm of the Ministry of Defence, will start the selection process this week.
    • The foundation acts as a research arm and umbrella organization for its member companies.
    • First, it is given direction by a political arm, or college, of Commissioners, but the college is unelected.
    • Jobcentre Plus, an arm of the Department of Works and Pensions, is creating 250 new jobs at the site.
    • The Party is seeking to recast itself as the political arm of a religious community.
    • Less well-known is the work of The Big Issue Foundation, the charity arm of the organisation.
    • The agency, an arm of central Government has recently unveiled maps showing the extent of flood risk across the country.
    • Cadbury put its European beverages arm up for sale last month so it could focus on its confectionery arm and drinks business elsewhere.
    • Bakrie has been a prominent figure in Golkar, the political arm of the former Suharto dictatorship.
    • From these evolved some newspapers that served as editorial arms of political parties.
    • The RAC Foundation, the lobbying arm of the motoring organisation, is now calling for a rethink on speed cameras.
    • Profits in the US arm in the first quarter of the year were lower than last year when it had benefited from unusually hot weather.
    • The conference bureau and the marketing arm of the operation will stay together and retain the current level of funding.
    Synonyms
    branch, section, department, division, subdivision, wing, sector, chapter, lodge, detachment, agency, office, bureau, offshoot, satellite, extension
    1. 3.1 Each of the types of troops of which an army is composed, such as infantry or artillery.
      兵种（如步兵，炮兵）
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Defence is reviewing this application and role of armour in Army's combined arms team.
      • This is an army that is learning its trade as a combined arms team at very high cost.
      • Field Artillery is a basic combat arm, and the Army fights as a combined arms team.
      • The war produced rich experience of interaction between engineer troops and other arms.
      • Lee recognized the inherent weakness of this system and began to reorganize the artillery arm.
      • A similar combined arms battalion is the centerpiece of the future unit of action.
      • Belief in the Army combined arms team is intuitive for all of us from the day that we enter the service.
      • In the opening days, a combined arms brigade task force was the first to deploy.
      • The artillery arm has produced many great generals, most notably Napoleon.
      • This meant that both arms of the German military would be actively involved in war operations.

  • 4Mathematics
    Each of the lines enclosing an angle.

    （动物的）前肢

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If the inducing angle is overestimated, the test line should be seen as parallel when it is actually rotated away from the nearby arm of the angle
    • In the first of these evaluations of angle perception, subjects were asked to rotate a test line until it appeared collinear with the indicated arm of the inducing angle.
    • One of the arms of angle [alpha] and one of the arms of angle [beta] are extended by the same amount.
    • The test line could be rotated as much as 11° clockwise or counterclockwise with respect to the relevant arm of the inducing angle.
    • The arm is labeled A, a black line falling from left to right.

Phrases

  • give one's right arm

    • informal Used to convey how much one would like to have or do something.

      〈非正式〉付出极大的代价

      I'd give my right arm to go with them

      为了和他们一起去，我愿付出极大代价。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • They are the sort of doctor's orders some people would happily give their right arm for.
      • Nothing to be ashamed of in this house - many people would give their right arm for it.
      • Most actors would give their right arm to have one successful character and I've had four.
      • If you are music-crazy, you would gladly give your right arm to own one such system.
      • Negativity in London could have crushed him, but a return home and some quiet soul searching provided fresh impetus for a career which many Northern Ireland actors would give their right arm for.
      • I'm sure many people will be saying this week that they'd give their right arm to go to Saturday's FA Cup Final.
      • There are peasant boys that would give their right arm to be a prince for a day!
      • There are plenty of girls who would give their right arm to be on this squad and you're willing to throw it all away.
      • There were girls from his school who would give their right arm to go out with him… just because of those stunning eyes.
      • Other European economies, struggling to contain their deficits, would give their right arm for such a surplus.
      • So when I started writing, if someone said you're going to have a book in the best-seller list, I would have thought that's amazing and I would give my right arm for that.
      • Most people would give their right arm to have this opportunity.
      • I also know that half of the guys in town would give their right arm to go out with her.
      • The civil servant was fortunate to be offered early retirement on full pension benefits - the kind most of us would give our right arm for.
      • I'd give my right arm to live to see those problems solved.
      • Bermuda's prosperous, tolerant and most other countries would give their right arm to have the problems we do.
      • I know tens of ex-footballers out of the game without jobs, with great talent, who would give their right arm to be in my position now.
      • ‘Any manufacturing outlet would give their right arm for the maintenance team we had here’, Mr O'Donnell stressed.
      • In percentage terms, that is a 22 per cent increase - an outstanding rise that most clubs would give their right arm for.
      • Do you know there are millions and millions of kids who would give their right arm to be where you are right now?

  • the long (or strong) arm of the law

    • The far-reaching power of the law.

      the long arm of the law caught up with him

      他终于难逃法网。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • And his mode of getaway - on a mobility scooter - ensured the pensioner was never likely to escape the long arm of the law.
      • This investigation, we believe, has served to re-establish that no one is above the law, that no scheme to defraud is too complex or too fancy to be beyond the long arm of the law.
      • This film follows the exploits of the Kelly Gang from 1878 to 1880 as they rob banks and dodge the long arm of the law.
      • Let there be no outcry when the long arm of the law extends itself to these sectors, as indeed we believe, it will soon do.
      • Now the ‘untouchables’ of the underworld are about to feel the long arm of the law.
      • Dillon chose to cast himself in the lead, playing a con man in limbo, set adrift when his criminal father figure skips the U.S. to escape the long arm of the law.
      • They will not generally be expected to act as the strong arm of the law but they can very usefully serve as its eyes and ears.
      • But he takes a stab at understanding why some relationships did not threaten the social order, and thus escaped the long arm of the law, and others did not.
      • ‘The defendant ran, but he could not hide from the long arm of the law,’ Brown said.
      • Though clearly visible, face up, from the outside, the fact it wasn't in the designated display spot had attracted the long arm of the law.
      • Anyone in his position would have wanted to completely forget about his escape from the long arm of the law.
      • And if there is evidence, which merits prosecution and arrests, I believe that the long arm of the law should catch whoever has perpetuated such crimes.
      • No executive is so prominent as to avoid the long arm of the law.
      • He warned the public that soccer hooliganism would not be tolerated and all those involved would be visited by the long arm of the law wherever incidents of hooliganism occurred.
      • I didn't know that you were the long arm of the law.
      • ‘People throwing items from buildings on to streets will also feel the long arm of the law,’ warned De Villiers.
      • In the Eastern Bay, 26 cars were impounded and in Taupo, 67 drivers felt the long arm of the law close around their steering wheels.
      • Marc is furious at his brush with the long arm of the law, but Peter is certain that he's got his man… until it's proved that all of Marc's alibis check out once again.
      • It was a bad year for fugitives and others trying to escape the long arm of the law.
      • ‘Without massive logistics, they cannot possibly maintain their shadowy network of cells and they cannot run from one hideout to another in a bid to outrun the long arm of the law,’ he noted.

  • put the arm on

    • informal Attempt to force or coerce (someone) to do something.

      〈北美，非正式〉强迫，迫使，胁迫

      she started putting the arm on them for donations

      她开始强迫他们捐钱。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • To be dubbed a Ranger or a Patriot used to mean that one had gone as far as one could go in putting the arm on business colleagues for individual donations, which were then grouped into eye-popping wads.
      • When Sam arrives to put the arm on Norman, it can be said that neither actor inhabits his role.

  • under one's arm

    • Between one's arm and one's body.

      在腋下

      Meryl tucked the papers under her arm

      梅里尔把文件夹在腋下。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Anyway, I folded the paper and stuck it under my arm.
      • You tuck the paper under your arm, and you're whistling when you walk through the front door.
      • I leave with K's birthday present tucked under my arm - a beautiful abstract landscape painting, of the St. Ives school.
      • If you have anything worth saving, tuck it under your arm and start walking.
      • Pen put the paper under her arm and fished around in her wallet for her bus pass for she noticed that the bus had just pulled up.
      • Yesterday I dashed out for a surf, trotting off down the street in my wetsuit, board tucked under my arm.
      • I went back to the house, Sunday paper under my arm, and had coffee on the porch before anyone else was up.
      • Worse still, it smacked of the little boy who refuses to let go of one ball even when he has another tucked under his arm.
      • He has speed and strength, and a unique ability to tuck the ball under his arm and run for a first down.
      • He was carrying Jason and Jules' breakfast in a brown paper bag tucked under his arm.
      • A man clambers onto the streetcar after having bought the daily paper and tucking it under his arm.
      • The official tucked the papers and the passports under his arm and left.
      • An hour and a half later, he was trotting through the corridors with the papers under his arm.
      • Alex was carrying the canvas now wrapped in brown paper under his arm.
      • Josh clacks away on his skateboard, which he tucks under his arm when we reach Nicollet Mall.
      • I also awarded myself a 500-point bonanza for arriving home without a carpet tucked under my arm.
      • A frazzled looking officer hurried out of the office with a large paper rolled up under his arm.
      • The door burst open and a worn-out man stepped in with a stack of papers under his arm.
      • She tucked the paper under her arm and took a sip of the steaming tea.
      • Over the past few years, I have become accustomed to patients coming in to see me with reams of printed paper under their arm.

  • arm in arm

    • (of two or more people) with arms linked.

      （两人或多人）臂挽臂地

      they walked arm in arm
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Rain and Ryan walked arm in arm through the streets of the streets, watching the fading sunlight in the sky.
      • He turned to see his brother and Danielle walking up, arm in arm, both beaming in each other's company.
      • A man and woman, likely husband and wife, elegantly dressed, walked arm in arm in the moonlight.
      • Orunmila and Elegua turned and walked away arm in arm.
      • Eliza and Bernadette walked arm in arm into the two-story house they were residing in for the summer.
      • Walking through the grass were three women, arm in arm, singing out loud.
      • They walked down the hall together arm in arm not aware of the secrets each was keeping from the other.
      • It was snowing again when Carol and I walked back to Unit Nine, arm in arm, and unlocked our familiar door.
      • Seven decades on, they returned to the church to celebrate their platinum anniversary and once again walked down the aisle arm in arm.
      • Evening is beginning to fall and a young couple walks past me me, arm in arm.
      • We walked down together arm in arm and soon were laughing together in the old way.
      • Trace and I were linked arm in arm, waiting politely for some people to enter before we made our way out.
      • Then she came across a picture of Sasha and him, arm in arm together, sitting beside a waterfall.
      • One day Dominic and Jocelyn took a long walk around town together, arm in arm.
      • We walked arm in arm away from the Evergreen together in the thinly snow covered ground.
      • It was just as well that the music stopped at that moment and the couple walked away, arm in arm, vanishing amidst the crowd.
      • Here, they are all out under the arcades, walking slowly, often arm in arm.
      • As they walked away, arm in arm, Egewe turned several times, ensuring that no one was following them.
      • It is common for two grown men to greet by kissing each other on both cheeks, and for either men or women to walk down the street arm in arm.
      • We left and walked arm in arm along a sunny, tree lined avenue peppered with designer stores.

  • as long as one's (or someone's) arm

    • informal Very long.

      〈非正式〉很长，十分长

      I have a list of vices as long as your arm

      我的恶习一大堆。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He has a fantastic c.v. as long as your arm including all kinds of community service and professional accomplishment.
      • Finally, just as you thought it was safe to hang up Santa's stocking, along came a show with a Christmas list as long as your arm.
      • ‘Straight away people are coming up to us with a big list as long as their arm of people doing bad things,’ he said.
      • There's also another 'To Do' list as long as my arm, but I'm feeling too ill to do any of it.
      • They know what is going on because I have a list of crime reference numbers as long as my arm.
      • Before I knew it I had a pile of book as long as my arm and twice as high.
      • Twelve years ago he was a healthy marathon runner, but now he has a list of symptoms as long as your arm.
      • He's got a record as long as your arm and I think a few months in prison would be the wake-up call he needs.
      • Given his level of popularity amongst work colleagues, family and the wider public the suspect list is as long as your arm.
      • There were many times that the police were forced to drag us away from our protests, and I probably would have had a criminal record as long as your arm if the magistrate hadn't been Cecil's brother.
      • ‘If one had a record as long as one's arm, wouldn't a circus be the ideal place to hide,’ the judge commented.
      • The list of ingredients was as long as your arm, and it was pretty much artificial everything.
      • The business employs some 20 full and part-time people and there's a waiting list as long as your arm of young girls wanting to don the mob-cap on Saturdays and in school holidays.
      • What's more, we guarantee that it will be in the bookshops before Christmas with lists of pre-sale orders that are as long as your arm.
      • The list is as long as your arm, but the beneficiaries may have been as surprised as anyone else.
      • In a couple of days I might be posting a list of issues as long as your arm, but right now, two hours after completion, I'm a happy customer.
      • We have a list as long as your arm of stuff to do before they arrive - sort out beds, clean the hovel we live in etc etc.
      • He's got a record as long as your arm, starting with petty theft and working his way up to your house.
      • He was an ex-Hells Angel; he had a police record as long as your arm but when I moved in he was cool. He'd calmed down and all his youthful anti-social behaviour was a thing of the past.
      • The man elected chairman that opening night was a retired Brigadier with a pedigree as long as your arm, and a penchant for shouting orders at subordinates.

  • at arm's length

    • 1Away from the body, with one's arm fully extended.

      以一臂之远，在伸手可及之处

      I held the telephone at arm's length

      我把电话放在我伸手可及的地方。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He also remembers a bottle of brown medicine that was so vile to smell that even his mother had to hold it at arm's length.
      • The man in the passenger side draped a white flag out the window at arm's length.
      • After weeks and weeks of blurred vision and of holding books and paper at arm's length, the whole world, near and far, leapt into sharp focus once more.
      • I held the mixing bowl and album at arm's length, tilting them away from me slightly.
      • He brought up his gun, holding it at arm's length with both hands.
      • Now simply grasp the dowel with both hands, hold it out at arm's length and alternately wind and unwind the cord.
      • As a woman she was not allowed to touch him, so made her diagnosis at arm's length.
      • Aunt Gail moved back, holding me at arm's length, tears glistening in her eyes.
      • Claw held the pearl-handled pistol at arm's length, studying the sheen on the blued barrel.
      • He held the bag at arm's length, glowering at me as if he had a bad smell under his nose.
      • In the picture they were both looking shy, sitting just close enough to get in view as she held the camera at arm's length.
      • His hands dropped from her back, but she held him at arm's length, gripping his shoulders defiantly.
      • I give him a cheque, at arm's length, but can't find my guarantee card.
      • Jocelyn reached behind her neck and released the clasp, removed the necklace and held it at arm's length to him.
      • You're wondering if there will be enough room even to hold your book at arm's length above shoulder level and squint at the small type on the train.
      • In this piece, he stood on a white box for 24 hours, performing a complicated series of actions with objects held out at arm's length.
      • Nero holds his daughter at arm's length while he investigates the issues.
      • Damon took it from her and held it out at arm's length to look at it.
      • She held out the photographs at arm's length, gripping the rim of her eyeglasses with a free hand as if it were a telescope.
      • Hurriedly I picked up the annoying, buzzing thing and held it at arm's length.

    • 2Avoiding intimacy or close contact.

      避免与（人，物）亲近（或接近）

      he has long fought to keep the government at arm's length from big business
      Example sentencesExamples
      • She said that they still talked, but she kept him at arm's length; they were not as close.
      • His father has kept him at arm's length ever since his mother died giving birth to him; and his sister, the only one who seems to care much about him, is embarking on a rather troubled phase of her adolescence.
      • For all their charms, Mamet's early films had a stagy, mannered quality that kept the viewer at arm's length.
      • In fact, he is incapable of making lasting human relationships as we know them; his penchant for the truth will only allow him to keep people at arm's length.
      • McNealy has long fought to keep the government at arm's length from big business and says that too much intrusion could be enough to take the fun out of being a CEO.
      • The overall strategy should be the same as it always was at least until the 1980s - to keep potential adversaries at arm's length.
      • Mediæval kings may have been surrounded by importunate projectors and alchemists, but they mostly kept them at arm's length.
      • There were some who never trusted me and kept me at arm's length and a few who had serious mental illnesses or developmental disabilities that made it impossible for us to develop a rapport.
      • Yet part of his great skill as a documentary-maker is his way of consulting all the experts, then keeping them at arm's length when he is making his decisions - precisely what has triggered the backlash.
      • But they started off in the same way of trying to keep the press at arm's length and trying to control things.
      • While the contractors reassured us that they were keeping him at arm's length, we couldn't be entirely sure that they were not tempted by the prospect of some easy extra money on the back of our job.
      • I had a wonderful chance today but he kept me at arm's length.
      • But unlike the older star, Bardem has so far kept Hollywood at arm's length.
      • And so, therefore, he's got to - he's got to keep us at arm's length.
      • They kept me at arm's length, they had to because of my reckless behaviour.
      • Events become increasingly chaotic as Ellwood desperately tries to seal his deal while simultaneously keeping the suspicious sergeant at arm's length.
      • He deliberately kept his sister at arm's length; what few real close friends he had you could probably count on one hand.
      • Debbie led a frugal life so she could send a large part of her salary to her family and kept male admirers at arm's length.
      • McConnell is notoriously territorial and will be tempted to keep Alexander at arm's length.
      • It feels dated and it keeps us at arm's length from the violence.
      Synonyms
      avoid, keep away from, stay away from, steer clear of, circumvent, give a wide berth to

  • with open arms

    • With great affection or enthusiasm.

      友好地，热烈地

      schools have welcomed such arrangements with open arms

      学校十分欢迎这样的安排。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Anyone who can walk for the Club on this occasion and help raise much needed funds will be welcomed with open arms.
      • As a member of the executive of Athletics Ireland, I welcome this development with open arms.
      • The small villages away from the coast are resplendent with tapas bars and cafés that will welcome families with open arms.
      • Councillor Latty welcomed the original application with open arms.
      • However some of those who have ventured into the countryside say they have not exactly been welcomed with open arms.
      • And if there is one place that can welcome them with open arms, it is the church.
      • People of his class and calibre would be welcomed with open arms in any, and every, other county in the country.
      • They were welcomed with open arms by the local prince and his subjects.
      • Stars support exiting team members and welcome new members with open arms and enthusiasm.
      • Lot welcomes the strangers with open arms, as is customary for the times.
      • With their friendly disposition and infectious enthusiasm, the lads are welcomed with open arms by locals of all ages.
      • The team of volunteers are a friendly bunch, and they would welcome any new helpers with open arms.
      • Although many tourists were trying to leave, those that chose to stay were welcomed with open arms.
      • In 1969, when it arrived in East Kilbride, the company was welcomed with open arms.
      • The people of Canada are great travellers who, in most cases, are welcomed with open arms wherever they go.
      • The community, seeing the whole affair as a great miscarriage of justice, will welcome them back with open arms.
      • The South Americans are also sending over their footballers and the Spaniards are welcoming them with open arms.
      • There are those who welcome them with open arms and others who pretend they have to go somewhere five minutes before the doorbell rings.
      • Neighbour Chris did not say as much, but gave the impression that not everybody in the area had welcomed the new arrival with open arms.
      • No, I will continue on this path, and I will go where it takes me with open arms and an open mind.

  • within (or beyond) arm's reach

    • Near (or not near) enough to reach by extending one's arm.

      伸手可及（或不可及）的

      he came closer, almost within arm's reach
      the bookshelf is within arm's reach of my computer
      Example sentencesExamples
      • And for obvious reasons, the country is full of guns - everyone does a stint of compulsory military service, so pretty much everyone in their early 20s is within arm's reach of a firearm at all times.
      • Once you've started work on something, it goes into the 'In Process' area (the largest in the system), which should be within arm's reach.
      • I am writing this as I sit in my office, having just completed a call on my wireless phone, despite the fact that two landline phones (one cordless) are within arm's reach.
      • I sailed on towards Wellington Harbour 70 miles away, saved only by the branches of a willow tree trailing mercifully within arm's reach.
      • Put a double layer of paper towel on your work surface, and set all the ingredients (shrimp, vegetable mixture, peanuts, cooked vermicelli, herbs) around you within arm's reach.
      • Carefully listening to Alisha's words, I bowed my head down in guilt for all I had said about the girl, and when I looked back up, I found that she had moved closer to me and was now within arm's reach.
      • Youngblood also criticizes fast-food restaurants that have cash drawers within arm's reach - worse, at hand level - of drive-up windows.
      • They looked over toward the back of the tent to see that the girl with aqua-lavender-white hair had wormed under the back ‘wall’ and now stood within arm's reach.
      • Actually, after taking a step back in hopes to control my cravings I was able to take notice of more delectable delights that might share my tastes and actually be within arm's reach.
      • Many pilots also keep extra warm clothing within arm's reach in the cockpit.
      • Vincent sat at the table in the corner of a bar that was next door to his hotel; his feet were propped up on the table, a frosted glass full of beer within arm's reach, and an empty plate that had had his lunch on it beside the glass.
      • Tabbi saw her new-found friends off and then went back to the cavern, staying as far away from the unconscious body as possible and keeping her semi-automatic within arm's reach.
      • Sadly, many of these sculptures have the noses chopped off, as they are all within arm's reach.
      • I never saw Claude Nougaro without a book within arm's reach, or carried in the little suitcase he took on tour.
      • It's normally pretty hard to nudge someone when they aren't within arm's reach.
      • In a hospital setting, the most extreme situations may call for a ‘sitter’ who will remain within arm's reach of the patient for the duration of the watch.
      • The man's hands grabbed me under the armpits when I came within arm's reach.
      • City policy for group rentals and public swims requires one adult in the pool within arm's reach for every four children who can't swim and are less than 42 inches in height.
      • When he got almost within arm's reach, he stopped abruptly, which showed good sense, because she could already feel every muscle in the Admiral's feisty frame tensing for action.
      • I turned to my left, and he was standing there within arm's reach of me.

Derivatives

  • armless

    • adjective ˈɑːmləsˈɑrmləs
    • In this test, the patient is seated in an armless chair placed 3 m from a wall.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The ‘get up and go test’ measures mobility and involves timed standing from an armless chair, walking fast for 10 yards, returning, and sitting down.
      • ‘Now, let me see,’ Jinn looked up at the directory boards and immediately one of the lead men rushed forward to set a pair of round armless glasses on Jinn's nose.
      • What is wrong introducing card games such as bridge or canastas into club cultures rather than addictive armless bandits?
      • In this film, the porcelain beauty of an incredibly attractive and unimaginably young Joan Crawford matches Chaney's angry armless antagonist magnificently.

Origin

Old English arm, earm, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch arm and German Arm.

  • Although they may seem connected, arm meaning ‘part of the body’ and arm meaning ‘a weapon’ are different words. The former is Old English, while the latter came into medieval English from French and ultimately Latin. It is also found in armadillo (late 16th century), from the Spanish for ‘little armed man’; in armistice (early 18th century) from Latin arma and stitium ‘stoppage’; armour (Middle English) and armature (mid 16th century), both from Latin armatura and both originally meaning armour. The long arm of the law is the police force. The phrase was first recorded in Rob Roy by Sir Walter Scott (1817) as ‘the arm of the law’, but the more usual form was ‘the strong arm of the law’. The first example of the ‘long’ form is in Charles Dickens's The Old Curiosity Shop of 1841. If something costs an arm and a leg it is extremely expensive. The traditional story connects the expression with portrait painting. A pose in which the sitter's arms and legs were all visible might be more difficult to paint, making the portrait more expensive. More likely is that the phrase originates in the idea that a person's arms and legs are very precious to them. It may be an insensitive punning reference to ‘lost an arm and a leg’, a phrase which was all too common in reports of wartime casualties. There is a similar thought behind the much older expression give your right arm for something, meaning ‘to want something very much and be willing to pay a high price for it’.

Rhymes

alarm, Bairam, balm, barm, becalm, calm, charm, embalm, farm, forearm, Guam, harm, imam, ma'am, malm, Montcalm, Notre-Dame, palm, psalm, qualm, salaam, smarm

arm2

verb ɑːmɑrm
[with object]

  • 1Supply or provide with weapons.

    （以武器）装备

    the security forces are armed with automatic rifles
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He got up from the table, armed himself with a few guns and walked out of the inn.
    • From a few feet back, Will had put away his dagger and armed himself with a bow and arrow.
    • The key similarity was the evidence that in both incidents he had armed himself with two knives.
    • Many of them were armed with nothing more than scythe blades mounted on the end of long poles.
    • One night he armed himself with an axe as Fred and his wife slept at their home.
    • The defendant first got a knife and then armed himself with the ornamental sword.
    • They had armed themselves with wooden poles or sticks, hammers and at least one axe.
    • A man is receiving hospital treatment after he armed himself with a kitchen knife and robbed a Clacton chemist.
    • Last year, Strathclyde Police found youth street gangs were arming themselves with an arsenal of household utensils which double up as weapons.
    • The complainant during the trial said that he had not armed himself with the knife and that the knife had been in the kitchen drawer.
    • Nor was it in dispute that he had armed himself with a CS gas canister before going out.
    • Many school officials fed up with violence are arming themselves with their own high-tech weapons.
    • Final went to arm himself with his Mace, but stopped once he realized that he could do nothing at such a far distance.
    • He was armed with a long piece of hoe stick as ran on his spindly legs towards the yelping dogs.
    • He then became angry and threw a plastic Christmas tree at him, ran into the kitchen and armed herself with a knife.
    • That cannot begin to justify your actions in arming yourself with a deadly weapon.
    • I thought of arming myself with pepper spray as a weapon but never got any, or needed it.
    • She said he had armed himself with a bottle, but was on the edge of the incident in which he had been seriously stabbed.
    • Derek, Richard and Wade didn't even have to have me tell them to start going to their rooms and begin arming themselves with body armour and other weapons.
    • He was butted in the face and grabbed a hammer to protect himself as the thugs armed themselves with a spade and a knife.
    Synonyms
    provide, supply, equip, furnish, issue, fit out, fit up, outfit, rig out, accoutre, gird, provision, stock
    1. 1.1 Supply or provide with equipment, tools, or other items in preparation or readiness for something.
      提供（设备、工具或其他物品）
      she armed them with brushes and mops

      她给他们刷子和拖把。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • When I first embarked on the research I was armed with only a very vague strategy and a lot of high hopes.
      • Our submission in response to that is that the courts are armed with all of the powers to decide these issues.
      • He claimed that we'd all be a lot safer if researchers would keep details about vulnerabilities to themselves, and stop arming hackers with offensive tools.
      • Hearing voices in the entrance hall, Beth hastily tugged down her nightgown and crept into bed, arming herself with a book as an effective prop.
      • Just arm yourself with a reliable stopwatch, sit and enjoy a cup of coffee in one of those shops, and count the number of cups of coffee that are sold in an hour.
      • More importantly, she went to Fort Lauderdale and armed herself with the knowledge of how to handle a pistol.
      • If I really want some chips, I pick up a single-size serving, and I steer clear of the vending machine, arming myself by preparing fruits and vegetables as snacks.
      • Police were later to discover that Bieber had armed himself with two more false identities.
      • If you were armed with the financial knowledge you now have would you have done things differently?
      • Before going she armed herself with as many facts and figures as she could lay her hands on.
      • On a typical Holi day, preparations begin by arming oneself with shades of brightly colored powder and water guns.
      • Start new staffers with some of these basics and you'll be arming them with handy reference tools for dealing with a few basic customer questions.
      • Now is the time to use existing knowledge and skills to empower patients as well as arming the all important asthma nurses with the tools for the job.
      • In the current art marketplace, arming yourself and your staff with all the tools you can makes good business sense.
      • Police chiefs are drafting guidelines on the possibility of arming door supervisors with the solid steel restraints - as a way of better protecting themselves and members of the public.
      Synonyms
      prepare, forearm, make ready, brace, steel, fortify
      archaic gird one's loins

  • 2Activate the fuse of (a bomb, missile, or other explosive device) so that it is ready to explode.

    使（炸弹、导弹或其他爆炸装置）处于准备引爆的状态

    the bomb would be quite safe until it was armed
    Example sentencesExamples
    • If these elements can convince the military to carry out a coup, they can surely convince them to arm the missiles.
    • In the missile round a team had to arm itself with missiles and choose another to attack.
    • With no other viable option, Rushwind plans his attack run, and begins arming his remaining weapons.
    • He found the safety and pressed it through, arming the weapon.
    • Odin's fingers flew over the console, skipping from key to key, arming all weapons on the ship.
    • The enrichment programme could be used to arm nuclear warheads.
    • It was just a pair of guards, however, and they were arming a thermal explosive.
    • Roy scoffed and shook his head quietly as he signaled Steve to arm the weapons.
    • He reached up and flicked a switch, arming his missiles.
    • Jonathan looked at the paper while they were in the elevator, ‘These are codes for arming and disarming missiles.’
    • Jace turned to see five marines aiming at him; three standing and two crouched on one knee arming their grenade launchers.
    • Gannon crept closer to the right side of the rock and made sure his weapons were armed.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French armer (verb), from Latin armare, from arma 'armour, arms'.

noun.1
phr.
verb.1

arm1

nounärmɑrm

  • 1Each of the two upper limbs of the human body from the shoulder to the hand.

    手臂

    she held the baby in her arms

    她把婴孩抱在怀里。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Mondays and Thursdays in my weight training class focus on arms and upper body strength.
    • I laughed all of a sudden and propped myself on my elbows, my arms crossed on the table.
    • The nerve fibres that serve sensation and motor function in the shoulders, arms, and hands travel to and from the spinal cord in the neck.
    • The hands began to warm up and so did my legs but my arms and upper body were still very cold.
    • Warts can be found on any part of the body but are common on the fingers, hands, arms, and feet.
    • In Greco-Roman wrestling competitors use only their arms and upper bodies to attack their opponent.
    • About a month later, Lovejoy started regaining movement in his arms and upper body.
    • It is a good idea to do some gentle jogging or brisk walking for ten minutes, followed by gentle stretches of the arms, legs and upper body.
    • He required skin grafts to his upper body, arms and legs and spent almost two months in the hospital's burns unit.
    • Pain can occur in specific muscles like arms, shoulders or legs or be more generalized.
    • She winced, a large purple and tender bruise had enveloped her elbow and arm.
    • Keep your arm and shoulder muscles relaxed, and move your arms slowly back and forth.
    • Lymphedema causes chronic swelling of part of the body, usually an arm or leg.
    • They are most often found on the trunk of the body and on the arms and legs.
    • Swimming is also great for the arms and upper body strength.
    • It is also great for toning your upper body, arms and leg muscles.
    • It usually presents as weakness of one part of the body, often an arm or a leg, and the weakness gradually gets worse.
    • The sling on his left shoulder held his injured arm snugly against his body.
    • It is marked by weakness in the facial muscles and weakness and wasting of the shoulders and upper arms.
    • She held her arms up slowly and curved at her elbows, each arm going in the opposite direction.
    Synonyms
    upper limb, forelimb, appendage
    1. 1.1 (in technical use) each of the upper limbs from the shoulder to the elbow.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Formerly these devices used automated inflation and deflation of a cuff applied to the upper arm over the brachial artery.
      • Here the attacker grabs you low around the upper arms at elbow level or just above.
      • In other words, the chest pulls the upper arm toward the midline of the body.
      • Do this without moving your upper arm away from your body and keeping your shoulders level to the floor.
      • I landed with all my weight on my left shoulder and upper arm, which was bashed into the ribs over my heart.
      • She was taking back a library book when she tripped and fell to the ground breaking both her shoulder and part of her upper left arm.
      • It can be applied anywhere between the waist and neck - often the upper arm or shoulder.
      • Alternative placements include the top of cuffs, center back, neck and upper arm.
      • He was wearing a dark coloured jumper with the Kappa motif on the front, a blue jacket with a badge on the left upper arm, black jeans and dark trainers.
      • Examining it, she saw that a white bandage encased her entire upper arm and shoulder.
      • And as they can only be worn on certain parts of the body - the upper arm or upper back - I tend to run out of skin.
      • Use a full-length mirror to see the sides of your upper arms, elbows and underarms.
      • For example, the arm can be numbed with an injection into the upper arm or armpit to allow a broken wrist to be treated.
      • The arm of her plaid shirt had slipped down to her elbow, revealing a lightly tanned upper arm.
      • The upper arms and thighs are more shortened than the forearms and lower legs.
      • A small scar extended over half of his wrist and other cuts and scrapes covered his upper arm and elbow.
      • The middle of the cuff on the upper arm should be level with the right atrium, at the midpoint of the sternum.
      • If you do decide to buy one, go for a model that takes a measurement from your upper arm rather than your wrist or finger.
      • In the case of a sudden occurrence, the pain may be severe with the upper arm and the elbow involved.
    2. 1.2 Each of the forelimbs of an animal.
      （动物的）前肢
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Asteroids usually have two gonads in each arm and a gonopore opening to the oral surface.
      • A small barrier prevented the monkey from seeing its arm directly.
      • At the base of each arm, the ring attaches to a radial nerve which runs to the end of the limb.
      • I looked down and saw it there, a fearsome looking thorn dug deep into the flesh of the poor animal's arm.
      • With their pinnules, each arm has a distinct feather-like appearance.
      • The ventral surface is exposed, along with a portion of the dorsal surface of the disk and part of one arm.
      • For this purpose, we trained a monkey to capture a target on a video screen with an image of the animal's arm.
      • The nervous system consists of a nerve ring in the disc that sends out a radial nerve to each arm.
      • A single gonad arm is shown, with the distal tip up and to the right in each case.
      • The monkey was required to move its arm within a horizontal plane.
    3. 1.3 A flexible limb of an invertebrate animal, e.g. an octopus.
      （无脊椎动物如章鱼等的）灵活的肢体
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In feeding, the arms of crinoids can be arranged in several ways.
      • One mystery is the purpose of the fine, hairlike filaments that coat the crab's arms and legs.
      • Feather stars spread their arms, each grooved to direct the flow of food to the mouth.
      • Mladenov also observed a crinoid arm in the claw of the crab Oregonia gracilis.
      • An ophiuroid can easily cast off portions of an arm if attacked by a predator.
      • The basket star, looking more like a soft coral with its delicate branching arms, reaches out into the current in search of its next meal.
      • The food is transferred down the arms to the mouth by tube feet located on the pinnules and arms.
      • When hunting and grabbing dinner, the octopus uses all the flexibility the arm is capable of.
      • Here's a typical view of a tangle of octopus arms, all covered with circular suckers.
      • The terminal is an unpaired ossicle occurring at the dorsal tip of the arm.
      • The suckers are attached to the arms by a series of extrinsic muscle bundles.
      • Most fossil starfish consist of scattered individual plates or segments of arms.
    4. 1.4 A sleeve of a garment.
      （衣服的）袖子
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The shirt has the same pattern as the short sleeve shirts except for an additional pattern over the biceps and the elbow on both arms.
      • Stylish, comfortable and built for adventure, this long sleeve shirt comes with exclusive logos on the chest and the arm!
      • He was still wearing a surf suit that day, though one with short sleeves at the arms and legs coming to his knees.
      • I liked how he had them secretly under his shirt arm.
      Synonyms
      sleeve
    5. 1.5 An ability to throw a ball skillfully.
      （熟练投球、掷球或抛球的）能力
      he has a good arm

      他是投球高手。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Maybe he'll use his explosive arm to throw out a runner and save a victory, as he did the second week.
      • Dye, like all kids with superior arms, used to love throwing the ball to the catcher on the fly.
      • He has the arm to make any throw, but it's his solid base that scouts have praised.
      • His mood was determined by the accuracy of Bret Favre's arm on any given Sunday.
      • He might have the best arm in the organization and can hit for power and average.
      • Favre is a passer whose brilliance is based on a huge arm and a nifty ability to avoid the rush.
      • Instead, the Jets will try to take advantage of Clemens' superior arm
      • Davis has one of the best arms in the organization, but his repertoire remains a work in progress.
      • He was a quarterback with a pretty good arm and he had to have the play sent in by the quarterback.
      • Windsor is like John Hudgins, a great arm that threw a ton of innings.
      • The latter two are promising young arms, but neither has a polished off-speed pitch.
    6. 1.6 An athlete with an ability to throw a ball skillfully.
      （熟练投球、掷球或抛球的）能力
      he wasn't the best arm in the outfield, but his performance at the plate more than compensated
      Example sentencesExamples
      • By the way, I used this same method to rank the arms of outfielders from the full Retrosheet era.
      • A comparison with league average allows me to rate the outfielder's arm.
      • So, the first order of business was to determine the best outfield arms of 2006.
      • Last year I developed a method for evaluating outfield arms.
      • I always start with right field, I suppose because that's where we expect to find the strongest outfield arms,
    7. 1.7 Used to refer to the holding of a person's arm in support or companionship.
      手臂（挽住以示支撑或陪伴）
      as they walked he offered her his arm

      他们走着的时候，他让她挽住他的手臂。

      I'm so proud to have you on my arm
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Ever the gentleman he offered her an arm for support and she accepted thankfully.
      • Back at the jetty I was offered an arm for support, but refused.
    8. 1.8 Used to refer to something perceived as powerful or protective.
      用于表示力量或保护手臂
      the comforting arms of the church
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Josh pulled me closer to him on the bed and put his arm protectively around me.
      • Kevin wrapped a protective arm around Lana who squirmed out of his grasp disgusted.
      • Families dressed in black placed protective arms around one another as they waited for the first glimpse of their loved ones.
      • Not long after, she felt Elias turn in the sheets and wrap a protecting arm around her.
      • He wrapped a protective arm around her, trying to be assuring but he knew it wasn't working.
      • Priss kept a protective arm around her lover's waist, not too tight, not too loose.
      • Alison asked she sat down beside Rachel and put a protective arm around her.
      • You want to put your protective arms around your child and make her whole again.
      • He moved to Georgia, dropping to the sofa next to her and wrapping a protective arm around her.
      • All eyes turned to mea and Hugh put a protective arm around me and glared at Serena.
      • Mark stepped in between Scott and me and put a protective arm in front of me.
      • Alison butted in and placed a protective arm around her daughter as she gave her a kiss on the forehead.
      • He rolled back and fell into the protective arms of his governess, finally at peace.
      • The little girl moved closer to her mother who instinctively put a protective arm around her, drawing her in closer.
      Synonyms
      reach, power, force, authority, strength, might, potency

  • 2A thing comparable to an arm in form or function, typically something that projects from a larger structure.

    cables will secure the boom to steel arms installed near the top of the tower
    a cat was curled up on an arm of the tree
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The pedestrian walkway rests on steel transverse arms that hang on the cables.
    • Robotic arms can be quickly programmed to weld in the spots needed for different vehicles.
    • Now the backhoe's lower center frame sits on the support, taking the weight off the stabilizer arms.
    • The shaft drive is hidden in the aluminium alloy swing arm.
    • The completed machine could roam around and had a fully functional arm.
    • The number of pounds per dump is adjusted by correctly setting the counterweight up or down on the counterweight arm.
    • The stair is further supported by the girders at each floor, and by a steel arm that projects from the south wall at each landing.
    • The bracket-like arms projected towards each other from opposite banks and served as spans of the bridge.
    • This adjustment is usually controlled by setting the position of the tractor lift arms.
    • Specially designed rotary cultivators with retractor arms can be used to control weeds in tree rows.
    1. 2.1 A side part of a chair or other seat on which a sitter's arm can rest.
      （椅子或座位的）扶手
      he draped his legs over the arm of the sofa
      a large walnut desk chair with padded arms
      Example sentencesExamples
      • John ordered him to sit, motioning to the arm of his chair since all of the seats were taken up.
      • Cora shook her head and rested her chin on a hand as her elbow rested on the arm of the easy chair.
      • He was sitting in the chair, with a pillow wedged between his right side and the arm of the chair.
      • She had seated herself casually on the arm of a chair as if to promote her lack of intent to impinge.
      • There was a hole in the arm of the chair, and she picked out tiny pieces of foam and arranged them in a pattern like a flower.
      • She found her husband's briefcase propped on the arm of a chair, with her name written on it.
      • Boy, was I glad my chair had arms - otherwise I would have fallen off it.
      • His hand rested on the metal arm of the chair and his head lay in his hand.
      • The devices will be very cheap and small enough to integrate into the arm of a chair.
      • She got down on her knees, poked her head over the arm of a chair and stared at us as if she had been electrocuted.
      • Cole immediately threw the stand with the chess set and grabbed hold of the arms of Sara's seat.
      • Then I couldn't open the window because of high heavy curtains and was balancing on the arms of a chair fighting the drapes.
      • Shoving one hand into his pocket, he rested his free palm against the arm of his chair and slowly stood up.
      • The superintendent called me into his office, perching intimately on the arm of my chair.
      • I put the book in her lap and leaned over the arm of her chair as we looked at the pictures.
      • As though summoned by her thoughts, he appeared at the arm of her deck chair.
      • Ian's younger brother, Wayne, sits on the other arm of the chair, playing along.
      • I keep a waste paper bin next to the chair I sit on so I had visions of it having bounced off the arm of the chair and into the bin.
      • I served them their drinks and promptly seated myself on the arm of the chair Ayden sat in.
      • He sat in his father's seat, slouching back, propped lightly on the arm of the chair.
    2. 2.2 A narrow strip of water or land projecting from a larger body.
      狭长的延伸出的陆地；狭长港湾
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The breach consisted of a 300-foot-long bridge-covered opening in the causeway near Lakeside, which allowed the rapid flow of south-arm water into the north arm.
      • Shuswap Lake is shaped like an H and is made up of four large arms: the Shuswap Lake Main Arm, Salmon Arm, Anstey Arm, and Seymour Arm.
      • The hills and narrowing canyon of this arm lure the paddler to explore quiet places, fish, and swim.
      • Prior to the breach, the elevation of the south arm was over 3.5 feet higher than the north arm.
      • Herald Provincial Park is situated on the west shore of the Salmon Arm of Shuswap Lake.
      Synonyms
      inlet, creek, cove, fjord, bay, voe

  • 3A branch or division of a company or organization.

    （公司或组织的）部门

    the political arm of the separatist group

    分裂主义集团的政治部门。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Cadbury put its European beverages arm up for sale last month so it could focus on its confectionery arm and drinks business elsewhere.
    • Bakrie has been a prominent figure in Golkar, the political arm of the former Suharto dictatorship.
    • No longer was it to be the political arm of the Church; instead it would mediate among the various social groups.
    • First, it is given direction by a political arm, or college, of Commissioners, but the college is unelected.
    • Less well-known is the work of The Big Issue Foundation, the charity arm of the organisation.
    • The foundation acts as a research arm and umbrella organization for its member companies.
    • The conference bureau and the marketing arm of the operation will stay together and retain the current level of funding.
    • The agency, an arm of central Government has recently unveiled maps showing the extent of flood risk across the country.
    • Jobcentre Plus, an arm of the Department of Works and Pensions, is creating 250 new jobs at the site.
    • The RAC Foundation, the lobbying arm of the motoring organisation, is now calling for a rethink on speed cameras.
    • The Party is seeking to recast itself as the political arm of a religious community.
    • From these evolved some newspapers that served as editorial arms of political parties.
    • Profits in the US arm in the first quarter of the year were lower than last year when it had benefited from unusually hot weather.
    • The Defence Procurement Agency, an arm of the Ministry of Defence, will start the selection process this week.
    Synonyms
    branch, section, department, division, subdivision, wing, sector, chapter, lodge, detachment, agency, office, bureau, offshoot, satellite, extension
    1. 3.1 One of the types of troops of which an army is composed, such as infantry or artillery.
      兵种（如步兵，炮兵）
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The artillery arm has produced many great generals, most notably Napoleon.
      • This is an army that is learning its trade as a combined arms team at very high cost.
      • Defence is reviewing this application and role of armour in Army's combined arms team.
      • Lee recognized the inherent weakness of this system and began to reorganize the artillery arm.
      • Belief in the Army combined arms team is intuitive for all of us from the day that we enter the service.
      • This meant that both arms of the German military would be actively involved in war operations.
      • Field Artillery is a basic combat arm, and the Army fights as a combined arms team.
      • In the opening days, a combined arms brigade task force was the first to deploy.
      • A similar combined arms battalion is the centerpiece of the future unit of action.
      • The war produced rich experience of interaction between engineer troops and other arms.

  • 4Mathematics
    Each of the lines enclosing an angle.

    （动物的）前肢

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If the inducing angle is overestimated, the test line should be seen as parallel when it is actually rotated away from the nearby arm of the angle
    • One of the arms of angle [alpha] and one of the arms of angle [beta] are extended by the same amount.
    • The test line could be rotated as much as 11° clockwise or counterclockwise with respect to the relevant arm of the inducing angle.
    • In the first of these evaluations of angle perception, subjects were asked to rotate a test line until it appeared collinear with the indicated arm of the inducing angle.
    • The arm is labeled A, a black line falling from left to right.

Phrases

  • arm in arm

    • (of two or more people) with arms linked.

      （两人或多人）臂挽臂地

      Example sentencesExamples
      • We walked down together arm in arm and soon were laughing together in the old way.
      • A man and woman, likely husband and wife, elegantly dressed, walked arm in arm in the moonlight.
      • Eliza and Bernadette walked arm in arm into the two-story house they were residing in for the summer.
      • It is common for two grown men to greet by kissing each other on both cheeks, and for either men or women to walk down the street arm in arm.
      • Trace and I were linked arm in arm, waiting politely for some people to enter before we made our way out.
      • They walked down the hall together arm in arm not aware of the secrets each was keeping from the other.
      • We left and walked arm in arm along a sunny, tree lined avenue peppered with designer stores.
      • Walking through the grass were three women, arm in arm, singing out loud.
      • Orunmila and Elegua turned and walked away arm in arm.
      • It was snowing again when Carol and I walked back to Unit Nine, arm in arm, and unlocked our familiar door.
      • Evening is beginning to fall and a young couple walks past me me, arm in arm.
      • Here, they are all out under the arcades, walking slowly, often arm in arm.
      • It was just as well that the music stopped at that moment and the couple walked away, arm in arm, vanishing amidst the crowd.
      • Rain and Ryan walked arm in arm through the streets of the streets, watching the fading sunlight in the sky.
      • We walked arm in arm away from the Evergreen together in the thinly snow covered ground.
      • As they walked away, arm in arm, Egewe turned several times, ensuring that no one was following them.
      • Seven decades on, they returned to the church to celebrate their platinum anniversary and once again walked down the aisle arm in arm.
      • One day Dominic and Jocelyn took a long walk around town together, arm in arm.
      • He turned to see his brother and Danielle walking up, arm in arm, both beaming in each other's company.
      • Then she came across a picture of Sasha and him, arm in arm together, sitting beside a waterfall.

  • as long as one's (or someone's) arm

    • informal Very long.

      〈非正式〉很长，十分长

      I have a list of vices as long as your arm

      我的恶习一大堆。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • ‘If one had a record as long as one's arm, wouldn't a circus be the ideal place to hide,’ the judge commented.
      • ‘Straight away people are coming up to us with a big list as long as their arm of people doing bad things,’ he said.
      • Twelve years ago he was a healthy marathon runner, but now he has a list of symptoms as long as your arm.
      • There were many times that the police were forced to drag us away from our protests, and I probably would have had a criminal record as long as your arm if the magistrate hadn't been Cecil's brother.
      • Finally, just as you thought it was safe to hang up Santa's stocking, along came a show with a Christmas list as long as your arm.
      • They know what is going on because I have a list of crime reference numbers as long as my arm.
      • The list is as long as your arm, but the beneficiaries may have been as surprised as anyone else.
      • There's also another 'To Do' list as long as my arm, but I'm feeling too ill to do any of it.
      • In a couple of days I might be posting a list of issues as long as your arm, but right now, two hours after completion, I'm a happy customer.
      • The business employs some 20 full and part-time people and there's a waiting list as long as your arm of young girls wanting to don the mob-cap on Saturdays and in school holidays.
      • Before I knew it I had a pile of book as long as my arm and twice as high.
      • The list of ingredients was as long as your arm, and it was pretty much artificial everything.
      • The man elected chairman that opening night was a retired Brigadier with a pedigree as long as your arm, and a penchant for shouting orders at subordinates.
      • He's got a record as long as your arm and I think a few months in prison would be the wake-up call he needs.
      • He has a fantastic c.v. as long as your arm including all kinds of community service and professional accomplishment.
      • We have a list as long as your arm of stuff to do before they arrive - sort out beds, clean the hovel we live in etc etc.
      • What's more, we guarantee that it will be in the bookshops before Christmas with lists of pre-sale orders that are as long as your arm.
      • He was an ex-Hells Angel; he had a police record as long as your arm but when I moved in he was cool. He'd calmed down and all his youthful anti-social behaviour was a thing of the past.
      • Given his level of popularity amongst work colleagues, family and the wider public the suspect list is as long as your arm.
      • He's got a record as long as your arm, starting with petty theft and working his way up to your house.

  • at arm's length

    • Away from the body, with the arm fully extended.

      以一臂之远，在伸手可及之处

      I held the telephone at arm's length

      我把电话放在我伸手可及的地方。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • I held the mixing bowl and album at arm's length, tilting them away from me slightly.
      • He also remembers a bottle of brown medicine that was so vile to smell that even his mother had to hold it at arm's length.
      • She held out the photographs at arm's length, gripping the rim of her eyeglasses with a free hand as if it were a telescope.
      • Now simply grasp the dowel with both hands, hold it out at arm's length and alternately wind and unwind the cord.
      • His hands dropped from her back, but she held him at arm's length, gripping his shoulders defiantly.
      • Claw held the pearl-handled pistol at arm's length, studying the sheen on the blued barrel.
      • As a woman she was not allowed to touch him, so made her diagnosis at arm's length.
      • In the picture they were both looking shy, sitting just close enough to get in view as she held the camera at arm's length.
      • Hurriedly I picked up the annoying, buzzing thing and held it at arm's length.
      • Jocelyn reached behind her neck and released the clasp, removed the necklace and held it at arm's length to him.
      • Damon took it from her and held it out at arm's length to look at it.
      • Nero holds his daughter at arm's length while he investigates the issues.
      • He held the bag at arm's length, glowering at me as if he had a bad smell under his nose.
      • He brought up his gun, holding it at arm's length with both hands.
      • I give him a cheque, at arm's length, but can't find my guarantee card.
      • After weeks and weeks of blurred vision and of holding books and paper at arm's length, the whole world, near and far, leapt into sharp focus once more.
      • In this piece, he stood on a white box for 24 hours, performing a complicated series of actions with objects held out at arm's length.
      • The man in the passenger side draped a white flag out the window at arm's length.
      • Aunt Gail moved back, holding me at arm's length, tears glistening in her eyes.
      • You're wondering if there will be enough room even to hold your book at arm's length above shoulder level and squint at the small type on the train.

  • cost an arm and a leg

    • informal Be extremely expensive.

      〈非正式〉十分昂贵的

      Example sentencesExamples
      • It won't cost an arm and a leg to upgrade it and, hopefully, the work will commence sooner rather than later.
      • Clearly it would cost an arm and a leg to rebuild.
      • ‘It costs an arm and a leg to keep this church going,’ she said, while noting, ‘The elderly worshipers have been very true to their offerings.’
      • These were animals with a wealth of breeding behind them, stock which would cost an arm and a leg to replace if indeed they ever could be replaced.
      • But this is one of Sweden's more traditional national sports, born out of long and deeply chilly winter evenings in a country where alcohol costs an arm and a leg.
      • Try living on that in London, where a cup of coffee costs an arm and a leg.
      • And, remember, it costs an arm and a leg to raise a family these days.
      • According to Scott: ‘The good news is that a car with sex appeal doesn't necessarily have to cost an arm and a leg.
      • She knew it ‘was costing an arm and a leg’ so she wished us well before I had spent the price of a pint on the call.
      • But remember to leave time to ski back to base - taxis up and down the intervening valleys can cost an arm and a leg.
      • I expect the meals will cost an arm and a leg, in a town where shops get 80 applications for counter jobs.
      • Traditional paddling pools are fun and, more importantly, do not cost an arm and a leg, so they sell well.
      • It may still be one of the glitziest games on earth but it no longer needs to cost an arm and a leg to watch the sport, or even to play it.
      • In Scotland, fishing of this calibre would cost an arm and a leg, and would probably be booked out year after year.
      • Any private insurance scheme would cost an arm and a leg to collect in comparison to that, so why bother?
      • Just because something costs an arm and a leg, doesn't mean it's the best thing in the world, ‘she objected.’
      • It was costing an arm and a leg and it would not have been commercially acceptable to the parent companies of either companies to have carried on spending the sort of money necessary.
      • ‘I told him I wanted a system that didn't cost an arm and a leg,’ says O'Callaghan.
      • We will be sorry to leave St John House but it is a listed building and costs an arm and a leg to keep maintained.
      • I heard good food around here costs an arm and a leg.

  • give one's right arm

    • informal Used to convey a strong desire to have or do something.

      〈非正式〉付出极大的代价

      I'd give my right arm to go with them

      为了和他们一起去，我愿付出极大代价。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Most people would give their right arm to have this opportunity.
      • They are the sort of doctor's orders some people would happily give their right arm for.
      • ‘Any manufacturing outlet would give their right arm for the maintenance team we had here’, Mr O'Donnell stressed.
      • If you are music-crazy, you would gladly give your right arm to own one such system.
      • The civil servant was fortunate to be offered early retirement on full pension benefits - the kind most of us would give our right arm for.
      • Most actors would give their right arm to have one successful character and I've had four.
      • I'd give my right arm to live to see those problems solved.
      • Negativity in London could have crushed him, but a return home and some quiet soul searching provided fresh impetus for a career which many Northern Ireland actors would give their right arm for.
      • Other European economies, struggling to contain their deficits, would give their right arm for such a surplus.
      • I also know that half of the guys in town would give their right arm to go out with her.
      • There were girls from his school who would give their right arm to go out with him… just because of those stunning eyes.
      • In percentage terms, that is a 22 per cent increase - an outstanding rise that most clubs would give their right arm for.
      • Bermuda's prosperous, tolerant and most other countries would give their right arm to have the problems we do.
      • There are plenty of girls who would give their right arm to be on this squad and you're willing to throw it all away.
      • There are peasant boys that would give their right arm to be a prince for a day!
      • I know tens of ex-footballers out of the game without jobs, with great talent, who would give their right arm to be in my position now.
      • Do you know there are millions and millions of kids who would give their right arm to be where you are right now?
      • So when I started writing, if someone said you're going to have a book in the best-seller list, I would have thought that's amazing and I would give my right arm for that.
      • I'm sure many people will be saying this week that they'd give their right arm to go to Saturday's FA Cup Final.
      • Nothing to be ashamed of in this house - many people would give their right arm for it.

  • the long (or strong) arm of the law

    • Used to refer to the criminal justice system as far-reaching.

      act now before the long arm of the law catches up with you
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This film follows the exploits of the Kelly Gang from 1878 to 1880 as they rob banks and dodge the long arm of the law.
      • And if there is evidence, which merits prosecution and arrests, I believe that the long arm of the law should catch whoever has perpetuated such crimes.
      • ‘Without massive logistics, they cannot possibly maintain their shadowy network of cells and they cannot run from one hideout to another in a bid to outrun the long arm of the law,’ he noted.
      • In the Eastern Bay, 26 cars were impounded and in Taupo, 67 drivers felt the long arm of the law close around their steering wheels.
      • He warned the public that soccer hooliganism would not be tolerated and all those involved would be visited by the long arm of the law wherever incidents of hooliganism occurred.
      • Marc is furious at his brush with the long arm of the law, but Peter is certain that he's got his man… until it's proved that all of Marc's alibis check out once again.
      • I didn't know that you were the long arm of the law.
      • But he takes a stab at understanding why some relationships did not threaten the social order, and thus escaped the long arm of the law, and others did not.
      • ‘The defendant ran, but he could not hide from the long arm of the law,’ Brown said.
      • It was a bad year for fugitives and others trying to escape the long arm of the law.
      • Now the ‘untouchables’ of the underworld are about to feel the long arm of the law.
      • This investigation, we believe, has served to re-establish that no one is above the law, that no scheme to defraud is too complex or too fancy to be beyond the long arm of the law.
      • Anyone in his position would have wanted to completely forget about his escape from the long arm of the law.
      • Though clearly visible, face up, from the outside, the fact it wasn't in the designated display spot had attracted the long arm of the law.
      • And his mode of getaway - on a mobility scooter - ensured the pensioner was never likely to escape the long arm of the law.
      • No executive is so prominent as to avoid the long arm of the law.
      • Let there be no outcry when the long arm of the law extends itself to these sectors, as indeed we believe, it will soon do.
      • ‘People throwing items from buildings on to streets will also feel the long arm of the law,’ warned De Villiers.
      • Dillon chose to cast himself in the lead, playing a con man in limbo, set adrift when his criminal father figure skips the U.S. to escape the long arm of the law.
      • They will not generally be expected to act as the strong arm of the law but they can very usefully serve as its eyes and ears.

  • put the arm on

    • informal Attempt to force or coerce (someone) to do something.

      〈北美，非正式〉强迫，迫使，胁迫

      she started putting the arm on them for donations

      她开始强迫他们捐钱。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • When Sam arrives to put the arm on Norman, it can be said that neither actor inhabits his role.
      • To be dubbed a Ranger or a Patriot used to mean that one had gone as far as one could go in putting the arm on business colleagues for individual donations, which were then grouped into eye-popping wads.

  • under one's arm

    • Between one's arm and one's body.

      在腋下

      Barbara tucked the papers under her arm

      梅里尔把文件夹在腋下。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He has speed and strength, and a unique ability to tuck the ball under his arm and run for a first down.
      • Over the past few years, I have become accustomed to patients coming in to see me with reams of printed paper under their arm.
      • Worse still, it smacked of the little boy who refuses to let go of one ball even when he has another tucked under his arm.
      • I went back to the house, Sunday paper under my arm, and had coffee on the porch before anyone else was up.
      • She tucked the paper under her arm and took a sip of the steaming tea.
      • He was carrying Jason and Jules' breakfast in a brown paper bag tucked under his arm.
      • Yesterday I dashed out for a surf, trotting off down the street in my wetsuit, board tucked under my arm.
      • I also awarded myself a 500-point bonanza for arriving home without a carpet tucked under my arm.
      • Anyway, I folded the paper and stuck it under my arm.
      • A frazzled looking officer hurried out of the office with a large paper rolled up under his arm.
      • The official tucked the papers and the passports under his arm and left.
      • An hour and a half later, he was trotting through the corridors with the papers under his arm.
      • I leave with K's birthday present tucked under my arm - a beautiful abstract landscape painting, of the St. Ives school.
      • You tuck the paper under your arm, and you're whistling when you walk through the front door.
      • Josh clacks away on his skateboard, which he tucks under his arm when we reach Nicollet Mall.
      • If you have anything worth saving, tuck it under your arm and start walking.
      • Pen put the paper under her arm and fished around in her wallet for her bus pass for she noticed that the bus had just pulled up.
      • Alex was carrying the canvas now wrapped in brown paper under his arm.
      • A man clambers onto the streetcar after having bought the daily paper and tucking it under his arm.
      • The door burst open and a worn-out man stepped in with a stack of papers under his arm.

  • with open arms

    • With great affection or enthusiasm.

      友好地，热烈地

      schools have welcomed such arrangements with open arms

      学校十分欢迎这样的安排。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • However some of those who have ventured into the countryside say they have not exactly been welcomed with open arms.
      • The community, seeing the whole affair as a great miscarriage of justice, will welcome them back with open arms.
      • People of his class and calibre would be welcomed with open arms in any, and every, other county in the country.
      • There are those who welcome them with open arms and others who pretend they have to go somewhere five minutes before the doorbell rings.
      • As a member of the executive of Athletics Ireland, I welcome this development with open arms.
      • And if there is one place that can welcome them with open arms, it is the church.
      • Although many tourists were trying to leave, those that chose to stay were welcomed with open arms.
      • Lot welcomes the strangers with open arms, as is customary for the times.
      • The small villages away from the coast are resplendent with tapas bars and cafés that will welcome families with open arms.
      • Anyone who can walk for the Club on this occasion and help raise much needed funds will be welcomed with open arms.
      • The team of volunteers are a friendly bunch, and they would welcome any new helpers with open arms.
      • With their friendly disposition and infectious enthusiasm, the lads are welcomed with open arms by locals of all ages.
      • Neighbour Chris did not say as much, but gave the impression that not everybody in the area had welcomed the new arrival with open arms.
      • The people of Canada are great travellers who, in most cases, are welcomed with open arms wherever they go.
      • No, I will continue on this path, and I will go where it takes me with open arms and an open mind.
      • Councillor Latty welcomed the original application with open arms.
      • Stars support exiting team members and welcome new members with open arms and enthusiasm.
      • The South Americans are also sending over their footballers and the Spaniards are welcoming them with open arms.
      • They were welcomed with open arms by the local prince and his subjects.
      • In 1969, when it arrived in East Kilbride, the company was welcomed with open arms.

  • within (or beyond) arm's reach

    • Near enough to reach by extending one's arm.

      伸手可及（或不可及）的

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Carefully listening to Alisha's words, I bowed my head down in guilt for all I had said about the girl, and when I looked back up, I found that she had moved closer to me and was now within arm's reach.
      • Sadly, many of these sculptures have the noses chopped off, as they are all within arm's reach.
      • The man's hands grabbed me under the armpits when I came within arm's reach.
      • I never saw Claude Nougaro without a book within arm's reach, or carried in the little suitcase he took on tour.
      • And for obvious reasons, the country is full of guns - everyone does a stint of compulsory military service, so pretty much everyone in their early 20s is within arm's reach of a firearm at all times.
      • City policy for group rentals and public swims requires one adult in the pool within arm's reach for every four children who can't swim and are less than 42 inches in height.
      • Actually, after taking a step back in hopes to control my cravings I was able to take notice of more delectable delights that might share my tastes and actually be within arm's reach.
      • In a hospital setting, the most extreme situations may call for a ‘sitter’ who will remain within arm's reach of the patient for the duration of the watch.
      • When he got almost within arm's reach, he stopped abruptly, which showed good sense, because she could already feel every muscle in the Admiral's feisty frame tensing for action.
      • I sailed on towards Wellington Harbour 70 miles away, saved only by the branches of a willow tree trailing mercifully within arm's reach.
      • It's normally pretty hard to nudge someone when they aren't within arm's reach.
      • I am writing this as I sit in my office, having just completed a call on my wireless phone, despite the fact that two landline phones (one cordless) are within arm's reach.
      • Put a double layer of paper towel on your work surface, and set all the ingredients (shrimp, vegetable mixture, peanuts, cooked vermicelli, herbs) around you within arm's reach.
      • They looked over toward the back of the tent to see that the girl with aqua-lavender-white hair had wormed under the back ‘wall’ and now stood within arm's reach.
      • Once you've started work on something, it goes into the 'In Process' area (the largest in the system), which should be within arm's reach.
      • I turned to my left, and he was standing there within arm's reach of me.
      • Youngblood also criticizes fast-food restaurants that have cash drawers within arm's reach - worse, at hand level - of drive-up windows.
      • Many pilots also keep extra warm clothing within arm's reach in the cockpit.
      • Vincent sat at the table in the corner of a bar that was next door to his hotel; his feet were propped up on the table, a frosted glass full of beer within arm's reach, and an empty plate that had had his lunch on it beside the glass.
      • Tabbi saw her new-found friends off and then went back to the cavern, staying as far away from the unconscious body as possible and keeping her semi-automatic within arm's reach.

  • get one's arms around

    • informal Fully understand an issue or situation.

      doctors are having difficulty getting their arms around these new findings

  • into the arms of

    • Into the possession or control of.

      被…拥有；受…控制

      the violin passed into the arms of a wealthy dilettante

      那把小提琴落到了一个对音乐一知半解的有钱人手里。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Told that he did not belong to the group, he was sent packing and eventually into the arms of the Americans.
      • That, of course, means my chances of drifting into the arms of Morpheus are diminishing with every passing minute.
      • I had walked away from him and walked straight into the arms of his best friend.
      • But his first shot was blocked and his second was tame as he helped it apologetically into the arms of Gough.
      • As okay as I can be after driving the woman I love back into the arms of another man, he silently added.
      • How could she share a kiss with him then just jump into the arms of another guy?
      • A Competition Commission inquiry may result, but sooner that than see Abbey slide unchallenged into the arms of another.
      • It seems you want to deliver them back into the arms of a tyrant.
      • All of which does nothing but drive young people away from golf - into the arms of more welcoming sports.
      • But like a relapsed addict, the organisation has fallen back into the arms of Faustian corporate deals.
      • He added the closure of the shop would ‘drive people into the arms of moneylenders’.
      • It would be an even bigger shame if he were driven into the arms of the enemy.
      • The administration may well be driving the reformers into the arms of the hardliners.
      • It's a problem that is driving more customers than ever before into the arms of a burgeoning local slimming industry.
      • One of my guests had heard a noise in the living room and shone her torch and scared off the thieves right into the arms of the police.
      • This autumn, I will deliver my eldest daughter into the arms of the Glaswegian state education system.
      • It also gives Dahlen a chance to leave the comfort of Montreal and head into the arms of family and friends in B.C.
      • She walked from the English upper classes into the arms of a sporting hero - but the fairytale is finally falling apart.

  • keep someone/something at arm's length

    • Avoid intimacy or close contact with someone or something.

      避免与（人，物）亲近（或接近）

      Example sentencesExamples
      • They kept me at arm's length, they had to because of my reckless behaviour.
      • The overall strategy should be the same as it always was at least until the 1980s - to keep potential adversaries at arm's length.
      • McConnell is notoriously territorial and will be tempted to keep Alexander at arm's length.
      • He deliberately kept his sister at arm's length; what few real close friends he had you could probably count on one hand.
      • Yet part of his great skill as a documentary-maker is his way of consulting all the experts, then keeping them at arm's length when he is making his decisions - precisely what has triggered the backlash.
      • But unlike the older star, Bardem has so far kept Hollywood at arm's length.
      • It feels dated and it keeps us at arm's length from the violence.
      • Debbie led a frugal life so she could send a large part of her salary to her family and kept male admirers at arm's length.
      • But they started off in the same way of trying to keep the press at arm's length and trying to control things.
      • Events become increasingly chaotic as Ellwood desperately tries to seal his deal while simultaneously keeping the suspicious sergeant at arm's length.
      • In fact, he is incapable of making lasting human relationships as we know them; his penchant for the truth will only allow him to keep people at arm's length.
      • For all their charms, Mamet's early films had a stagy, mannered quality that kept the viewer at arm's length.
      • McNealy has long fought to keep the government at arm's length from big business and says that too much intrusion could be enough to take the fun out of being a CEO.
      • She said that they still talked, but she kept him at arm's length; they were not as close.
      • There were some who never trusted me and kept me at arm's length and a few who had serious mental illnesses or developmental disabilities that made it impossible for us to develop a rapport.
      • And so, therefore, he's got to - he's got to keep us at arm's length.
      • I had a wonderful chance today but he kept me at arm's length.
      • While the contractors reassured us that they were keeping him at arm's length, we couldn't be entirely sure that they were not tempted by the prospect of some easy extra money on the back of our job.
      • His father has kept him at arm's length ever since his mother died giving birth to him; and his sister, the only one who seems to care much about him, is embarking on a rather troubled phase of her adolescence.
      • Mediæval kings may have been surrounded by importunate projectors and alchemists, but they mostly kept them at arm's length.
      Synonyms
      avoid, keep away from, stay away from, steer clear of, circumvent, give a wide berth to

Origin

Old English arm, earm, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch arm and German Arm.

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verbärmɑrm
[with object]

  • 1Supply or provide with weapons.

    （以武器）装备

    both sides armed themselves with grenades and machine guns

    双方都用手榴弹和机枪武装自己。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They had armed themselves with wooden poles or sticks, hammers and at least one axe.
    • The complainant during the trial said that he had not armed himself with the knife and that the knife had been in the kitchen drawer.
    • The defendant first got a knife and then armed himself with the ornamental sword.
    • From a few feet back, Will had put away his dagger and armed himself with a bow and arrow.
    • He was armed with a long piece of hoe stick as ran on his spindly legs towards the yelping dogs.
    • Nor was it in dispute that he had armed himself with a CS gas canister before going out.
    • He then became angry and threw a plastic Christmas tree at him, ran into the kitchen and armed herself with a knife.
    • Last year, Strathclyde Police found youth street gangs were arming themselves with an arsenal of household utensils which double up as weapons.
    • He got up from the table, armed himself with a few guns and walked out of the inn.
    • Many of them were armed with nothing more than scythe blades mounted on the end of long poles.
    • A man is receiving hospital treatment after he armed himself with a kitchen knife and robbed a Clacton chemist.
    • The key similarity was the evidence that in both incidents he had armed himself with two knives.
    • That cannot begin to justify your actions in arming yourself with a deadly weapon.
    • He was butted in the face and grabbed a hammer to protect himself as the thugs armed themselves with a spade and a knife.
    • Many school officials fed up with violence are arming themselves with their own high-tech weapons.
    • Final went to arm himself with his Mace, but stopped once he realized that he could do nothing at such a far distance.
    • Derek, Richard and Wade didn't even have to have me tell them to start going to their rooms and begin arming themselves with body armour and other weapons.
    • I thought of arming myself with pepper spray as a weapon but never got any, or needed it.
    • One night he armed himself with an axe as Fred and his wife slept at their home.
    • She said he had armed himself with a bottle, but was on the edge of the incident in which he had been seriously stabbed.
    Synonyms
    provide, supply, equip, furnish, issue, fit out, fit up, outfit, rig out, accoutre, gird, provision, stock
    1. 1.1 Supply or provide with equipment, tools, or other items in preparation or readiness for something.
      提供（设备、工具或其他物品）
      he armed us with cleaning supplies and turned us loose
      scientists whose research careers have armed them with years of valuable experience
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Hearing voices in the entrance hall, Beth hastily tugged down her nightgown and crept into bed, arming herself with a book as an effective prop.
      • Start new staffers with some of these basics and you'll be arming them with handy reference tools for dealing with a few basic customer questions.
      • Now is the time to use existing knowledge and skills to empower patients as well as arming the all important asthma nurses with the tools for the job.
      • Police chiefs are drafting guidelines on the possibility of arming door supervisors with the solid steel restraints - as a way of better protecting themselves and members of the public.
      • If I really want some chips, I pick up a single-size serving, and I steer clear of the vending machine, arming myself by preparing fruits and vegetables as snacks.
      • Before going she armed herself with as many facts and figures as she could lay her hands on.
      • On a typical Holi day, preparations begin by arming oneself with shades of brightly colored powder and water guns.
      • More importantly, she went to Fort Lauderdale and armed herself with the knowledge of how to handle a pistol.
      • Police were later to discover that Bieber had armed himself with two more false identities.
      • When I first embarked on the research I was armed with only a very vague strategy and a lot of high hopes.
      • He claimed that we'd all be a lot safer if researchers would keep details about vulnerabilities to themselves, and stop arming hackers with offensive tools.
      • If you were armed with the financial knowledge you now have would you have done things differently?
      • In the current art marketplace, arming yourself and your staff with all the tools you can makes good business sense.
      • Our submission in response to that is that the courts are armed with all of the powers to decide these issues.
      • Just arm yourself with a reliable stopwatch, sit and enjoy a cup of coffee in one of those shops, and count the number of cups of coffee that are sold in an hour.
      Synonyms
      prepare, forearm, make ready, brace, steel, fortify
    2. 1.2 Activate the fuse of (a bomb or other device) so that it is ready to explode.
      使（炸弹、导弹或其他爆炸装置）处于准备引爆的状态
      Example sentencesExamples
      • If these elements can convince the military to carry out a coup, they can surely convince them to arm the missiles.
      • Roy scoffed and shook his head quietly as he signaled Steve to arm the weapons.
      • He reached up and flicked a switch, arming his missiles.
      • In the missile round a team had to arm itself with missiles and choose another to attack.
      • He found the safety and pressed it through, arming the weapon.
      • Odin's fingers flew over the console, skipping from key to key, arming all weapons on the ship.
      • Gannon crept closer to the right side of the rock and made sure his weapons were armed.
      • The enrichment programme could be used to arm nuclear warheads.
      • Jonathan looked at the paper while they were in the elevator, ‘These are codes for arming and disarming missiles.’
      • It was just a pair of guards, however, and they were arming a thermal explosive.
      • Jace turned to see five marines aiming at him; three standing and two crouched on one knee arming their grenade launchers.
      • With no other viable option, Rushwind plans his attack run, and begins arming his remaining weapons.
nounärmɑrm
  • see arms
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Legislature has deemed it a proper prevention of crime to regulate the use of this arm by prohibiting the wearing of it or carrying it about the person.
    • This was a legitimate exercise of the power to regulate the wearing of the weapon, and is authorized by the Constitution, and does not interfere with the right of keeping the arm.
    • The first count charges him with carrying a belt and pocket pistol and revolver pistol, the same being an arm such as is not commonly carried and used in the United States army.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French armer (verb), from Latin armare, from arma ‘armor, arms’.

ARM3

abbreviation

  • Adjustable-rate mortgage.

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