c. 1300, "mail, defensive covering worn in combat," also "means of protection," from Old French armeure "weapons, armor" (12c.), from Latin armatura "arms, equipment," from arma "arms, gear" (see arm (n.2)). Figurative use from mid-14c.
Meaning "military equipment generally," especially siege engines, is late 14c. The word might have died with jousting if not for late 19c. transference to metal-shielded machinery beginning with U.S. Civil War ironclads (first attested in this sense in an 1855 report from the U.S. Congressional Committee on Naval Affairs).
armor (v.)
mid-15c., from armor (n.). Related: Armored; armoring.
雙語例句
1. Love songs trick us into believing in knights in shining armor.
情歌哄騙我們去相信有勇救美人的英雄。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Hand-held guns proved no match for heavy armor.
結果證明，手持槍械無法同重型裝甲抗衡。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The troops and armor were massed along the border.
部隊和裝甲兵集結在邊境上.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. He has been disencumbered of his armor.
他已脫掉盔甲.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. The leading role in the film is costumed in medieval armor.