词组 | weapon |
释义 | weapon /ˈwepən/ noun a knife, bomb, gun etcadjectives/nouns + weaponnuclear/atomic weapons The country is thought to be developing nuclear weapons.conventional weapons (=not nuclear) The aircraft are designed to carry either nuclear or conventional weapons.chemical weapons (=using chemicals such as poisonous gases, or dangerous germs) Troops may have been exposed to chemical weapons.biological weapons (=using dangerous germs) He believes they were planning a biological weapons attack using anthrax.an offensive weapon (=one that can be used to attack someone illegally) He was charged with carrying an offensive weapon.a lethal/deadly weapon (=that can kill) A knife is a lethal weapon.the murder weapon (=the weapon used to kill someone) Police found a knife at the scene that is believed to be the murder weapon.an automatic weapon (=one that can fire a lot of bullets very quickly) The shots were fired from an automatic weapon.verbsfire a weapon (=shoot a gun or missile) Police were told not to fire their weapons.be armed with/carry a weapon The suspect is believed to be carrying a weapon.use a weapon He says he used the weapon in self defence.use sth as a weapon (=use it to harm someone or something) The government was trying to use starvation as a weapon against its own people.brandish/wield a weapon formal (=wave it around in a threatening way) The police say the man was brandishing a weapon and that they had no choice but to shoot him.weapon + nounsa weapons system The plane has a highly advanced weapons system.a weapons inspection (=a check to see what weapons a country has) The government has agreed to allow UN weapons inspections in the country.a weapons inspector (=someone who checks to see what weapons a country has) Weapons inspectors carried out inspections on two unnamed sites.phrasesweapons of mass destruction (=weapons intended to kill a lot of people and cause a lot of damage) They wrongly believed Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. |
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