army

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɑː.mi/    美 /ˈɑɹ.mi/|/ˈɐː.mi(ː)/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.
    — An army never can be commanded or controlled by civilians.
  2. A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.; Used absolutely for that entire branch of the armed forces.
    — The army received a bigger share of this year's budget increase than the navy or air force.
  3. A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.; Within a vast military, a very large tactical contingent (e.g. a number of divisions). capitalized,often
    — The Fourth Army suffered such losses that its remainders were merged into the Second Army, also deployed on the Western front.
  4. The governmental agency in charge of a state's army.
    — The army opposed the legislature's involvement.
  5. A large group of people working toward the same purpose. figuratively
    — It took an army of accountants to uncover the fraud.
  6. A large group of social animals working toward the same purpose. figuratively
    — Our house is being attacked by an army of ants.
  7. Any multitude. figuratively
    — There was an army of construction cranes working on building the skyscraper.
  8. The military as a whole.
    — The People's Liberation Army Navy of China.

词形变化

armies plural

词汇关系

近义词
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衍生词
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相关词
armament arm arms armed armor armour navy Air Force Marines

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmosder.
Latin arma
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin armō
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Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos
Proto-Italic *-ātos
Latin -ātus
Latin armātus
Anglo-Norman armeebor.
Middle English armee
English army
From (1386) Middle English armee, borrowed from Old French armee (cf. modern French armée), from Medieval Latin armāta (“armed force”), a noun taken from the past participle of Latin armāre (“to arm”), itself related to arma (“tools, arms”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“to join, fit together”).
Doublet of armada. Displaced native Old English here and fierd.
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