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next to him and holding his arm). 7^AA§P^7i®A°
—picture o body
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OF CLOTHING ASS 2 the part of a piece of
clothing that covers the arm 7 PETTI sleeve
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OF CHAIR # j 3 the part of a chair,
etc. on which you rest your arms — picture o chair
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OF MACHINERY UU 4 a long narrow part of
an object or
a piece of machinery,
especially one that moves, for example a record player ( A4b
ififolSIBP# ) — picture o glass
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OF WATER/LAND 7 ; |$ili Jtii 5 a long narrow piece of
water or land that is
joined to a larger area ;
( Siflc&AifelXIft ) A small bridge spans
the
arm of the river. — „
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OF ORGANIZATION *j| A ff[.
ti-J 6
[usually sing.] ~ (of sth) a
section of a large
organization that deals with one particular activity A H Pm wing : the
research arm of the company
irsmi cost/pay an ,arm
and a 'leg (informal) to cost/pay a lot of
money ( A^l^e keep sb at
arm’s length to avoid having a
close relationship with sb ig £ A# He
keeps all his clients
at arm's length, ifoxk.ilfi.o — more at
AKIMBO, BABE, BEAR V., CHANCE V., FOLD V., LONG ad}.,
open adj., right adj., shot n., twist v. m verb 1 ~ yourself/sb
(with sth) to provide weapons for yourself/sb in order to fight a battle or
a war A 41; 4£ ilr; If : [VN] The men armed themselves with sticks
and stones. 0 (figurative)
She had armed herself for the meeting with all the
latest statistics. o
[V] The country was arming against the enemy.
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— see also armed 2 [VN] to make a bomb,
etc. ready to explode ip ■ ■ ■$£_h 31 fg ; XT7F ••• #J it ( ) Btltt## —compare
DISARM
armada /ai'maida; NAmE a:r'm-/ noun a large group of
armed ships sailing together ( AS ) ftft : The
Spanish Armada was sent to attack
a vast armada of
football fans — Af¥>££loi arma dillo /.arma'dilau; NAmE ,a:rma'diloo/ noun (pi. -os) an American animal
with a hard shell made of pieces of bone, that eats insects and rolls into a
ball if sth attacks it « ( HMtl, Pt
AUCffJt
ffi, )
Armageddon /.aima'gedn; NAmE ,a:rm-/ noun [sing., U]
1
(in the Bible ( 7 IS > ) a battle
between good and
evil at the end of the
world #J If- K A iK
2
a terrible war that could destroy the
world ( /£ lil
Ar-mag-nac /'aimanjaek; NAmE ‘a:r-/ noun [u] a type of French brandy Pr[S,
Ar-ma-lite™ /'aimalait; NAmE 'a:rm-/ noun a type of light
automatic rifle g zfi'fch
arma ment /'a:mamant; NAmE
'a:rm-/ noun 1 [c, usually pi.] weapons,
especially large guns, bombs, tanks, etc. ^-j£r; the armaments industry '7 A Aik 2 [U] the
process
of increasing the amount of weapons an army or a country has, especially to
prepare for war A 41; #c!f — compare disarmament
arm-band
/'aimbaend; NAmE
'a:rm-/ noun 1 a cloth band worn
around the arm as a sign of sth, for example that sb has an official position
|f$; If-ft?; The
stewards all wore armbands, # M M. 7 W M „ ■<> Many people at the
funeral service were wearing black armbands. &0 41 ±j4- If?
A $11? M iff'i
2 either of two plastic rings that can be filled with air and worn around the
arms by sb who is learning to swim ( ##
'arm
candy noun [u] (informal) a beautiful woman that
a man takes with him when he goes to a public event in order to impress other
people ( P47 # )JH A ^ N"
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m> mm*
arm-chair noun, adj.
a noun /'a:mtjea(r);
aim’tjeafc); NAmE ‘airmtjer; airm'tjer/ a comfortable chair
with sides on which you can rest