Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter A - Page 89
Aristocrat (n.) [C] 貴族（指個人）；具貴族氣派的人； 持貴族觀點的人，主張貴族統治者 One who favors an aristocracy as a form of government, or believes the aristocracy should govern.
Aristocrat (n.) A member of the aristocracy [syn: {aristocrat}, {blue blood}, {patrician}].
Compare: Aristocracy
Aristocracy (n.) (Usually the aristocracy) [Treated as singular or plural]（總稱）貴族 [the S] [G]；特權階級；上層社會 [the S] [G]；貴族的統治；貴族統治的國家 [U] [C] The highest class in certain societies, typically comprising people of noble birth holding hereditary titles and offices.
‘Members of the aristocracy.’
Aristocracy (n.) (Usually the aristocracy) A form of government in which power is held by the nobility.
Aristocracy (n.) (Usually the aristocracy) A state in which governing power is held by the nobility.
Aristocracy (n.) (Usually the aristocracy) A group regarded as privileged or superior in a particular sphere.
‘Britain's pop aristocracy.’
‘A new aristocracy of talented young people.’
Aristocratic (a.) 貴族的；有貴族氣派的；儀態高貴的；贊成貴族的；主張貴族統治的；愛挑剔的；勢利的 Alt. of Aristocratical.
Aristocratical (a.) Of or pertaining to an aristocracy; consisting in, or favoring, a government of nobles, or principal men; as, an aristocratic constitution.
Aristocratical (a.) Partaking of aristocracy; befitting aristocracy; characteristic of, or originating with, the aristocracy; as, an aristocratic measure; aristocratic pride or manners. -- {Ar`is*to*crat"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Ar`is*to*crat"ic*al*ness}, n.
Aristocratical (a.) Belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician tastes" [syn: {aristocratic}, {aristocratical}, {blue}, {blue-blooded}, {gentle}, {patrician}].
Aristocratism (n.) 貴族政治主義；貴族氣派；貴族 The principles of aristocrats. -- Romilly.
Aristocratism (n.) Aristocrats, collectively. [R.]
Aristology (n.) 宴會學；飲食藝術（有一種觀點認為，為了方便席間交流和溝通，宴會的人數一般以6人為宜） The science of dining. -- Quart. Rev.
Aristophanic (a.) 阿里斯多芬尼斯的；諷刺喜劇風格的 Of or pertaining to Aristophanes, the Athenian comic poet.
Aristotelian (a.) 亞里斯多德的；亞里斯多德學派的 Of or pertaining to Aristotle, the famous Greek philosopher (384-322 b. c.).
Aristotelian (n.) 亞里斯多德派學者；思想著重實際者 A follower of Aristotle; a Peripatetic. See {Peripatetic}.
Aristotelian (a.) Of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy; "Aristotelean logic" [syn: {Aristotelian}, {Aristotelean}, {Aristotelic}, {peripatetic}].
Aristotelian (n.) A follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism [syn: {Aristotelian}, {Aristotelean}, {Peripatetic}].
Aristotelianism (n.) 亞里斯多德哲學；亞里斯多德學說 The philosophy of Aristotle, otherwise called the Peripatetic philosophy.
Aristotelianism (n.) (Philosophy) The philosophy of Aristotle that deals with logic and metaphysics and ethics and poetics and politics and natural science; "Aristotelianism profoundly influenced Western thought" [syn: {Aristotelianism}, {peripateticism}].
Aristotelic (a.) 亞里斯多德的；亞里斯多德哲學的 Pertaining to Aristotle or to his philosophy. "Aristotelic usage." -- Sir W. Hamilton.
Aristotelic (a.) Of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy; "Aristotelean logic" [syn: {Aristotelian}, {Aristotelean}, {Aristotelic}, {peripatetic}].
Aristotle's lantern (n.) 海膽口器；亞氏提燈 The five united jaws and accessory ossicles of certain sea urchins.
Aristotle's lantern (n.) The protrusible 5-sided masticatory apparatus of a sea urchin, each side being made up of a tooth with its supporting ossicles and the muscles that activate it.
Aristulate (a.) (Bot.) Having a short beard or awn. -- Gray.
Arithmancy (n.) Divination by means of numbers.
Arithmancy (n.) Divination by the use of numbers, especially by the number of letters in names.
Mathematics (n.) That science, or class of sciences, which treats of the exact relations existing between quantities or magnitudes, and of the methods by which, in accordance with these relations, quantities sought are deducible from other quantities known or supposed; the science of spatial and quantitative relations.
Note: Mathematics embraces three departments, namely: 1. {Arithmetic}. 2. {Geometry}, including {Trigonometry} and {Conic Sections}. 3. {Analysis}, in which letters are used, including {Algebra}, {Analytical Geometry}, and {Calculus}. Each of these divisions is divided into pure or abstract, which considers magnitude or quantity abstractly, without relation to matter; and mixed or applied, which treats of magnitude as subsisting in material bodies, and is consequently interwoven with physical considerations.
Arithmetic (n.) The science of numbers; the art of computation by figures.
Arithmetic (n.) A book containing the principles of this science.
{Arithmetic of sines}, Trigonometry.
{Political arithmetic}, The application of the science of numbers to problems in civil government, political economy, and social science.
{Universal arithmetic}, The name given by Sir Isaac Newton to algebra.
Arithmetic (a.) Relating to or involving arithmetic; "arithmetical computations" [syn: {arithmetical}, {arithmetic}].
Arithmetic (n.) The branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations.
Arithmetical (a.) Of or pertaining to arithmetic; according to the rules or method of arithmetic.
Arithmetical complement of a logarithm. See Logarithm.
Arithmetical mean. See Mean.
Arithmetical progression. See Progression.
Arithmetical proportion. See Proportion.
Arithmetical (a.) Relating to or involving arithmetic; "arithmetical computations" [syn: arithmetical, arithmetic].
Arithmetically (adv.) Conformably to the principles or methods of arithmetic.
Arithmetically (adv.) With respect to arithmetic; "this problem is arithmetically easy."
Arithmetician (n.) One skilled in arithmetic.
Arithmetician (n.) Someone who specializes in arithmetic.
Arithmomancy (n.) Arithmancy.
Arithmometer (n.) A calculating machine.
Ark (n.) A chest, or coffer. [Obs.]
Bearing that precious relic in an ark. -- Spenser.
Ark (n.) (Jewish Hist.) The oblong chest of acacia wood, overlaid with gold, which supported the mercy seat with its golden cherubs, and occupied the most sacred place in the sanctuary. In it Moses placed the two tables of stone containing the ten commandments. Called also the Ark of the Covenant.
Ark (n.) The large, chestlike vessel in which Noah and his family were preserved during the Deluge. Gen. vi. Hence: Any place of refuge.
Ark (n.) A large flatboat used on Western American rivers to transport produce to market.
Ark (n.) (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments [syn: Ark, Ark of the Covenant].
Ark (n.) A boat built by Noah to save his family and animals from the flood.
Ark, () Noah's ark, a building of gopher-wood, and covered with pitch, 300 cubits long, 50 cubits broad, and 30 cubits high (Gen. 6:14-16); an oblong floating house of three stories, with a door in the side and a window in the roof. It was 100 years in building (Gen. 5:32; 7:6). It was intended to preserve certain persons and animals from the deluge which God was about to bring over the earth. It contained eight persons (Gen. 7:13; 2 Pet. 2:5), and of all "clean" animals seven pairs, and of "unclean" one pair, and of birds seven pairs of each sort (Gen. 7:2, 3). It was in the form of an oblong square, with flat bottom and sloping roof. Traditions of the Deluge, by which the race of man was swept from the earth, and of the ark of Noah have been found existing among all nations.
The ark of bulrushes in which the infant Moses was laid (Ex. 2:3) is called in the Hebrew _teebah_, a word derived from the Egyptian _teb_, meaning "a chest." It was daubed with slime and with pitch. The bulrushes of which it was made were the papyrus reed.
The sacred ark is designated by a different Hebrew word, _'aron'_, which is the common name for a chest or coffer used for any purpose (Gen. 50:26; 2 Kings 12:9, 10). It is distinguished from all others by such titles as the "ark of God" (1 Sam. 3:3), "ark of the covenant" (Josh. 3:6; Heb. 9:4), "ark of the testimony" (Ex. 25:22). It was made of acacia or shittim wood, a cubit and a half broad and high and two cubits long, and covered all over with the purest gold. Its upper surface or lid, the mercy-seat, was surrounded with a rim of gold; and on each of the two sides were two gold rings, in which were placed two gold-covered poles by which the ark could be carried (Num. 7:9; 10:21; 4:5,19, 20; 1 Kings 8:3, 6). Over the ark, at the two extremities, were two cherubim, with their faces turned toward each other (Lev. 16:2; Num. 7:89). Their outspread wings over the top of the ark formed the throne of God, while the ark itself was his footstool (Ex. 25:10-22; 37:1-9). The ark was deposited in the "holy of holies," and was so placed that one end of the poles by which it was carried touched the veil which separated the two apartments of the tabernacle (1 Kings 8:8). The two tables of stone which constituted the "testimony" or evidence of God's covenant with the people (Deut. 31:26), the "pot of manna" (Ex. 16:33), and "Aaron's rod that budded" (Num. 17:10), were laid up in the ark (Heb. 9:4). (See TABERNACLE �T0003559) The ark and the sanctuary were "the beauty of Israel" (Lam. 2:1). During the journeys of the Israelites the ark was carried by the priests in advance of the host (Num. 4:5, 6; 10:33-36; Ps. 68:1; 132:8). It was borne by the priests into the bed of the Jordan, which separated, opening a pathway for the whole of the host to pass over (Josh. 3:15, 16; 4:7, 10, 11, 17, 18). It was borne in the procession round Jericho (Josh. 6:4, 6, 8, 11, 12). When carried it was always wrapped in the veil, the badgers' skins, and blue cloth, and carefully concealed even from the eyes of the Levites who carried it. After the settlement of Israel in Palestine the ark remained in the tabernacle at Gilgal for a season, and was then removed to Shiloh till the time of Eli, between 300 and 400 years (Jer. 7:12), when it was carried into the field of battle so as to secure, as they supposed, victory to the Hebrews, and was taken by the Philistines (1 Sam. 4:3-11), who sent it back after retaining it seven months (1 Sam. 5:7, 8). It remained then at Kirjath-jearim (7:1,2) till the time of David (twenty years), who wished to remove it to Jerusalem; but the proper mode of removing it having been neglected, Uzzah was smitten with death for putting "forth his hand to the ark of God," and in consequence of this it was left in the house of Obed-edom in Gath-rimmon for three months (2 Sam. 6:1-11), at the end of which time David removed it in a grand procession to Jerusalem, where it was kept till a place was prepared for it (12-19). It was afterwards deposited by Solomon in the temple (1 Kings 8:6-9). When the Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem and plundered the temple, the ark was probably taken away by Nebuchadnezzar and destroyed, as no trace of it is afterwards to be found. The absence of the ark from the second temple was one of the points in which it was inferior to the first temple.
Arkite (a.) Belonging to the ark. [R.] -- Faber.
Arkite, () (Gen. 10:17; 1 Chr. 1:15), a designation of certain descendants from the Phoenicians or Sidonians, the inhabitants of Arka, 12 miles north of Tripoli, opposite the northern extremity of Lebanon.
Ark shell, () (Zool.) A marine bivalve shell belonging to the genus Arca and its allies.
Ark shell (n.) Marine bivalve mollusk having a heavy toothed shell with a deep boat-like inner surface.
Arles (n. pl.) An earnest; earnest money; money paid to bind a bargain. [Scot.]
Arles penny, Earnest money given to servants. --Kersey.
Arles (n.) Money given by a buyer to a seller to bind a contract [syn: earnest money, arles].
Arm (n.) (Mil.) A branch of the military service; as, the cavalry arm was made efficient.
Arm (n.) (Mil.) A weapon of offense or defense; an instrument of warfare; -- commonly in the pl.
Arm (v. i.) To provide one's self with arms, weapons, or means of attack or resistance; to take arms. " 'Tis time to arm." -- Shak.
Armed (imp. & p. p.) of Arm.
Arming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Arm.
Arm (v. t.) To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms. [Obs.]
And make him with our pikes and partisans A grave: come, arm him. -- Shak.
Arm your prize; I know you will not lose him. -- Two N. Kins.
Arm (v. t.) To furnish with arms or limbs. [R.]
His shoulders broad and strong, Armed long and round. -- Beau. & Fl.
Arm (v. t.) To furnish or equip with weapons of offense or defense; as, to arm soldiers; to arm the country.
Abram . . . armed his trained servants. -- Gen. xiv. 14.
Arm (v. t.) To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency; as, to arm the hit of a sword; to arm a hook in angling.
Arm (v. t.) Fig.: To furnish with means of defense; to prepare for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense.
Arm yourselves . . . with the same mind. -- 1 Pet. iv. 1.
To arm a magnet, To fit it with an armature.
Arm (n.) [C] 臂；臂狀物；（椅子的）扶手；（起重機等的）臂，桿；大樹枝；衣袖；權力；力量；部門 The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.
Arm (n.) Anything resembling an arm; as,
Arm (n.) The fore limb of an animal, as of a bear.
Arm (n.) A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
Arm (n.) A branch of a tree.
Arm (n.) A slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting from a trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a steelyard.
Arm (n.) (Naut) The end of a yard; also, the part of an anchor which ends in the fluke.
Arm (n.) An inlet of water from the sea.
Arm (n.) A support for the elbow, at the side of a chair, the end of a sofa, etc.
Arm (n.) Fig.: Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular arm; the arm of the law.
To whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? -- Isa. lii. 1.
Arm's end, The end of the arm; a good distance off. -- Dryden.
Arm's length, The length of the arm.
Arm's reach, Reach of the arm; the distance the arm can reach.
To go (or walk) arm in arm, To go with the arm or hand of one linked in the arm of another. "When arm in armwe went along." -- Tennyson.
To keep at arm's length, To keep at a distance (literally or figuratively); not to allow to come into close contact or familiar intercourse.
To work at arm's length, To work disadvantageously.
Arm (n.) A human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb.
Arm (n.) Any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm; "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer" [syn: arm, branch, limb].
Arm (n.) Any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting; "he was licensed to carry a weapon" [syn: weapon, arm, weapon system].
Arm (n.) The part of an armchair or sofa that supports the elbow and forearm of a seated person.
Arm (n.) A division of some larger or more complex organization; "a branch of Congress"; "botany is a branch of biology"; "the Germanic branch of Indo-European languages" [syn: branch, subdivision, arm].
Arm (n.) The part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm [syn: sleeve, arm].
Arm (v.) Prepare oneself for a military confrontation; "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqi border" [syn: arm, build up, fortify, gird] [ant: demilitarise, demilitarize, disarm].
Arm (v.) Supply with arms; "The U.S. armed the freedom fighters in Afghanistan."
ARM, () Adobe Reader and acrobat Manager (Adobe).
ARM, () Advanced RISC Machines (manufacturer, Acorn, Apple, VLSI, RISC).
ARM, () Annotated [c++] Reference Manual.
ARM, () Application Response Measurement [working group].
ARM, () Asynchronous Response Mode.
ARM, () Advanced RISC Machine.
Originally Acorn RISC Machine.
ARM, () Advanced RISC Machines Ltd.
ARM, () ["The Annotated C++ Reference Manual", Margaret A. Ellis and Bjarne Stroustrup, Addison-Wesley, 1990].
ARM, () Active Reconfiguring Message.
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Arm, () Used to denote power (Ps. 10:15; Ezek. 30:21; Jer. 48:25). It is also used of the omnipotence of God (Ex. 15:16; Ps. 89:13; 98:1; 77:15; Isa. 53:1; John 12:38; Acts 13:17)
Armada (n.) 艦隊；（飛機）機群，（車輛）大編隊；（16世紀西班牙的）無敵艦隊 A fleet of armed ships; a squadron. Specifically, the Spanish fleet which was sent to assail England, a. d. 1558.
Armada (n.) A large fleet.
Armadillos (n. pl. ) of Armadillo.
Armadillo (n.) (Zool.) 【動】犰狳（中南美產） Any edentate animal if the family Dasypidae, peculiar to America. The body and head are incased in an armor composed of small bony plates. The armadillos burrow in the earth, seldom going abroad except at night. When attacked, they curl up into a ball, presenting the armor on all sides. Their flesh is good food. There are several species, one of which (the peba) is found as far north as Texas. See Peba, Poyou, Tatouay.
Armadillo (n.) (Zool.) A genus of small isopod Crustacea that can roll themselves into a ball.
Armadillo (n.) Burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates.
Armado (n.) Armada.
Armament (n.) A body of forces equipped for war; -- used of a land or naval force.
Armament (n.) All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification.
Armament (n.) Any equipment for resistance.
Armamentary (n.) An armory; a magazine or arsenal.
Armature (n.) Armor; whatever is worn or used for the protection and defense of the body, esp. the protective outfit of some animals and plants.
Armature (n.) A piece of soft iron used to connect the two poles of a magnet, or electro-magnet, in order to complete the circuit, or to receive and apply the magnetic force. In the ordinary horseshoe magnet, it serves to prevent the dissipation of the magnetic force.
Armature (n.) Iron bars or framing employed for the consolidation of a building, as in sustaining slender columns, holding up canopies, etc.
Armchair (n.) A chair with arms to support the elbows or forearms.
Armed (a.) Furnished with weapons of offense or defense; furnished with the means of security or protection.
Armed (a.) Furnished with whatever serves to add strength, force, or efficiency.
Armed (a.) Having horns, beak, talons, etc; -- said of beasts and birds of prey.
Armenian (a.) Of or pertaining to Armenia.
Armenian (n.) A native or one of the people of Armenia; also, the language of the Armenians.
Armenian (n.) An adherent of the Armenian Church, an organization similar in some doctrines and practices to the Greek Church, in others to the Roman Catholic.
Armet (n.) A kind of helmet worn in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.
Armfulus (n. pl. ) of Armful.
Armful (n.) As much as the arm can hold.
Armgaunt (a.) With gaunt or slender legs. (?) “An armgaunt steed.” -- Shak.
Note: This word is peculiar to Shakespeare. Its meaning has not yet been satisfactorily explained.
Compare: Satisfactory
Satisfactory (a.) 令人滿意的；符合要求的；良好的； 【宗】贖罪的 Something that is satisfactory is acceptable to you or fulfils a particular need or purpose.
// I never got a satisfactory answer.
// It seemed a very satisfactory arrangement.
// Neither solution seemed satisfactory.
Syn: Adequate, acceptable, good enough, average.
Arm-gret (a.) Great as a man's arm.
Armhole (n.) The cavity under the shoulder; the armpit.
Armhole (n.) A hole for the arm in a garment.
Armiferous (a.) Bearing arms or weapons.
Armiger (n.) Formerly, an armor bearer, as of a knight, an esquire who bore his shield and rendered other services. In later use, one next in degree to a knight, and entitled to armorial bearings. The term is now superseded by esquire.
Armigerous (a.) Bearing arms.
Armil (n.) A bracelet.
Armil (n.) An ancient astronomical instrument.
Armillas (n. pl. ) of Armilla.
Armillae (n. pl. ) of Armilla.
Armilla (n.) An armil.
Armilla (n.) A ring of hair or feathers on the legs.
Armillary (n.) 圓環的；由許多環組成的 Pertaining to, or resembling, a bracelet or ring; consisting of rings or circles.
Armillary sphere, 渾儀 An ancient astronomical machine composed of an assemblage of rings, all circles of the same sphere, designed to represent the positions of the important circles of the celestial sphere. -- Nichol.
Armillary (a.) Of or relating to bracelets.
Arming (n.) 準備作戰之狀態或行動；武器；裝備；磁石之接極子；【海】測錘填料；arm的動詞現在分詞、動名詞 The act of furnishing with, or taking, arms.
The arming was now universal. -- Macaulay.
Arming (n.) (Naut.) A piece of tallow placed in a cavity at the lower end of a sounding lead, to bring up the sand, shells, etc., of the sea bottom. -- Totten.
Arming (n.) pl. (Naut.) Red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays.
Arming press (Bookbinding), A press for stamping titles and designs on the covers of books.
Arming (n.) The act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war [syn: arming, armament, equipping] [ant: disarmament, disarming].
Arminian (a.) Of or pertaining to Arminius of his followers, or to their doctrines. See note under Arminian, n.
Arminian (n.) One who holds the tenets of Arminius, a Dutch divine (b. 1560, d. 1609).
Arminianism (n.) The religious doctrines or tenets of the Arminians.
Armipotence (n.) Power in arms.
Armipotent (a.) Powerful in arms; mighty in battle.
Armisonant (a.) Alt. of Armisonous.
Armisonous (a.) Rustling in arms; resounding with arms.
Armistice (n.) 停火； 停戰； 休戰協議； 停戰協議 A cessation of arms for a short time, by convention; a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement; a truce.
Armistice (n.) A state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms [syn: {armistice}, {cease-fire}, {truce}].
Armless (a.) 無臂的；無扶手的；無武器的 Without any arm or branch.
Armless (a.) Destitute of arms or weapons.
Armless (a.) Having no arms; "the armless Venus de Milo" [ant: {armed}].
Armlet (n.) 小海灣；臂飾；臂鐲；臂章 A small arm; as, an armlet of the sea. -- Johnson.
Armlet (n.) An arm ring; a bracelet for the upper arm.