armour

noun

/ˈɑːmə(r)/

/ˈɑːrmər/

(US English armor)

[uncountable]Idioms

special metal clothing that soldiers wore in the past to protect their bodies while fighting; special clothing that soldiers or police officers wear to protect their bodies盔甲；甲冑
- a suit of armour一副盔甲
- police officers in full body armour全身穿着防弹衣的警察
- (figurative) Monkeys do not have any kind of protective armour and use their brains to solve problems.猴子没有任何防身的盔甲，就动脑筋解决问题。
Topics Historyc1, War and conflictc1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- full
- heavy
- thick
- …
verb + armour/armor
- have on
- wear
- don
- …
preposition
- in armour
phrases
- a suit of armour
metal covers that protect ships and military vehicles such as tanks（军舰、坦克等的）装甲，防弹钢板
(specialist) military vehicles used in war装甲部队；装甲车辆
- an attack by infantry and armour步兵和装甲兵的进攻

词源Middle English: from Old French armure, from Latin armatura, from armare ‘to arm’, from arma ‘armour, arms’.

Idioms

a chink in somebody’s armour

a weak point in somebody’s argument, character, etc., that can be used in an attack（论点、性格等易受攻击的）弱点，缺陷，薄弱环节Topics Opinion and argumentc2

a knight in shining armour

(usually humorous) a man who saves somebody, especially a woman, from a dangerous situation救人（尤指女子）于危难之中的男子；（拯救美人的）英雄
- She's still waiting for a knight in shining armour to come and rescue her.她仍在等待身着闪亮盔甲的骑士来救她。

词汇	armour
释义	armour noun /ˈɑːmə(r)/ /ˈɑːrmər/ (US English armor) [uncountable]Idioms special metal clothing that soldiers wore in the past to protect their bodies while fighting; special clothing that soldiers or police officers wear to protect their bodies盔甲；甲冑 a suit of armour一副盔甲 police officers in full body armour全身穿着防弹衣的警察 (figurative) Monkeys do not have any kind of protective armour and use their brains to solve problems.猴子没有任何防身的盔甲，就动脑筋解决问题。 Topics Historyc1, War and conflictc1 Collocations Dictionaryadjective full heavy thick … verb + armour/armor have on wear don … preposition in armour phrases a suit of armour metal covers that protect ships and military vehicles such as tanks（军舰、坦克等的）装甲，防弹钢板 (specialist) military vehicles used in war装甲部队；装甲车辆 an attack by infantry and armour步兵和装甲兵的进攻词源Middle English: from Old French armure, from Latin armatura, from armare ‘to arm’, from arma ‘armour, arms’. Idioms a chink in somebody’s armour a weak point in somebody’s argument, character, etc., that can be used in an attack（论点、性格等易受攻击的）弱点，缺陷，薄弱环节Topics Opinion and argumentc2 a knight in shining armour (usually humorous) a man who saves somebody, especially a woman, from a dangerous situation救人（尤指女子）于危难之中的男子；（拯救美人的）英雄 She's still waiting for a knight in shining armour to come and rescue her.她仍在等待身着闪亮盔甲的骑士来救她。
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