arsenal
noun /ˈɑːsənl/
/ˈɑːrsənl/
- a collection of weapons such as guns and explosives
（统称）武器 - The treaty requires them to reduce their nuclear arsenal by 30%.
条约要求他们把核武器的数量减少30%。 - The cost of the proposed military arsenal is huge.
拟议中的军事武库的成本是巨大的。
- The treaty requires them to reduce their nuclear arsenal by 30%.
- a building where military weapons and explosives are made or stored
兵工厂；武器库；军火库 - The building was used as an arsenal until the eighteenth century.
这个建筑18世纪以前一直用作军火库。 - A group of soldiers unsuccessfully attacked an arsenal close to the airport.
一群士兵袭击了机场附近的一个军火库，但没有成功。
- The building was used as an arsenal until the eighteenth century.
词源early 16th cent. (denoting a dock for the construction and repair of ships): from French, or from obsolete Italian arzanale, based on Arabic dār-aṣ-ṣinā‘a, from dār ‘house’ + al- ‘(of) the’ + sinā‘a ‘art, industry’.