weapon

n. 武器，兵器

中文词源

weapon 武器

来自Proto-Germanic*waepan-,武器，可能来自PIE*weip的鼻音形式，弯，转，挥舞，词源同vibrate,wipe。引申词义挥舞武器，刀剑等，最后用做武器。

weapon: weapon: [OE] Weapon comes from a prehistoric Germanic *wǣpnam, a source it shares with German waffe, Dutch wapen, Swedish vapen, and Danish vaaben. But of the ancestry of the Germanic form nothing certain is known.
weapon (n.): Old English wæpen "instrument of fighting and defense, sword," also "penis," from Proto-Germanic *wæpnan (cognates: Old Saxon wapan, Old Norse vapn, Danish vaaben, Old Frisian wepin, Middle Dutch wapen, Old High German wafan, German Waffe "weapon"), from *webno-m, of unknown origin with no cognates outside Germanic.

1. They've stooped to using any and every weapon at their disposal.: 他们已经无耻到把能用的武器都用上了。

2. The police nicked me for carrying an offensive weapon.: 警察以携带攻击性武器为由逮捕了我。

3. The report outlined possible uses for the new weapon.: 该报告概述了这种新式武器的可能用途。

4. Lewis was tried for unlawfully and dangerously discharging a weapon.: 刘易斯因非法和不安全的开枪而受到了审判。

5. Enriched uranium is a key component of a nuclear weapon.: 浓缩铀是核武器的关键组成部分。