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.
双语例句
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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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5. Enriched uranium is a key component of a nuclear weapon.
