1PMWsomething that you use to fight with or attack someone with, such as a knife, bomb, or gun 武器,兵器;凶器
They all had sticks which they planned to use as weapons.
他们都持有棍棒,打算当武器用。
2WAY/METHODan action, piece of information, piece of equipment etc that you can use to win or be successful in doing something 武器,手段,工具
a new weapon in the fight against AIDS
对抗艾滋病的新武器
Right now, she felt the need of every weapon in her armoury (=weapon that she had), including surprise.
此时此刻,她觉得有必要采取一切可以采用的手段,包括突然袭击。
COLLOCATIONS
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + weapon
nuclear/atomic weapons 核/原子武器
The country is thought to be developing nuclear weapons.
这个国家被认为在发展核武器。
conventional weapons (=not nuclear) 常规武器
nWith conventional weapons, the destruction is not so drastic.
chemical/biological weapons (=weapons that use chemicals such as poisonous gases, or dangerous germs) 化学/生物武器
nTroops may have been exposed to chemical weapons.
an offensive weapon (=one that can be used to attack someone illegally) 攻击性武器
nHe was charged with carrying an offensive weapon.
a lethal/deadly weapon (=one that can kill) 致命武器
nA knife is a lethal weapon.
the murder weapon (=the weapon used to kill someone) 凶器
nPolice found a knife at the scene that is believed to be the murder weapon.
nan automatic weapon (=an automatic gun)
He was shot 120 times with automatic weapons.
verbs
carry a weapon 携带武器
The man is believed to be carrying a weapon.
这名男子被认为携带了武器。
use a weapon 使用武器
They claim the government used chemical weapons against them.
他们声称政府对他们使用了化学武器。
fire a weapon (=shoot a gun or missile) 发射武器
nPolice were told not to fire their weapons.
Examples from the Corpus
weapon• He stopped short of making recommendations about weaponsprograms in his 90-minute meeting at the White House.• They wanted the Cossacks to be allowed to carryweapons to protect themselves.• They weren't carrying weapons, so Agnes assumed they were politicians.• The three men had blackened faces and were carrying weapons.• Everyone who looks upon it sees a different weapon.• During the early weeks of the 1968 Tet Offensive, the Duper was his weapon of choice.• Police are still looking for the murderweapon.• Police have not yet found the murder weapon.• No weapon was seen in the 12: 20 p.m. holdup.• Would not it be farbetter to seek an effectivenon-proliferationtreaty than to go for a new generation of nuclearweapons?• a treaty to reduce the number of nuclear weapons• We will find the same lack of weapons in Cretan art, more than 10,000 years after the Palcolithic.• He was arrested by police and charged with carrying an offensive weapon.• Communityrejection of gangs is a powerfulweapon against them.• The men were finally persuaded to come out and hand over their weapons to the police.
weapon in ... armoury• Paula of Avila sprouted a particularly fetidgrowth as a weapon in her armoury.• Secrecy is a weapon in the political armoury of bureaucracy.• Right now she felt the need of every weapon in the armoury, including surprise.• The horses are the most feared weapon in the police armoury on the picket line and they are very effective.• But perhaps the mainweapon in the Walsh armoury is his intelligent change of pace.• Surprise Physicalmuscle is not the only weapon in your armoury.• It was still the strongestweapon in my armoury but this time I added two pounds of blacktreacle to the mixture.• They have three weapons in their armoury.