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arsenal

noun
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  1. 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.拟议中的军火库的成本巨大。
  2. 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.一群士兵未成功袭击机场附近的一个军火库。
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    3. Word Originearly 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’.

Arsenal

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  1. a football club in north London. The name Arsenal and the nickname of the club, ‘the Gunners’, come from the club's origin in the 1880s, when the players worked at the Royal Arsenal, the place where army weapons were stored. The club has been quite successful in English and European competitions since the 1930s.