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語源

From Italian arsenale, from Arabic دَار الصِّنَاعَة (dār aṣ-ṣināʕa, “manufacturing shop”), from دَار (dār) + صِنَاعَة (ṣināʕa).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɑːsənəl/, /ˈɑːsnəl/
• (General American, Canada) IPA: /ˈɑɹsənəl/, /ˈɑɹsnəl/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /ˈɐːsənəl/, /ˈɐːsnəl/

名詞

arsenal (plural arsenals)

1. A military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel; an armoury.
2. A stock of weapons, especially all the weapons that a nation possesses.
3. A store or supply of anything.
   • 2014 January 21, Hermione Hoby, “Julia Roberts interview for August: Osage County – 'I might actually go to hell for this ...': Julia Roberts reveals why her violent, Oscar-nominated performance in August: Osage County made her feel 'like a terrible person' [print version: 'I might actually go to hell for this ...' (18 January 2014, p. R4)]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)‎:

     Foremost in her arsenal is that smile – so enormous and so absurdly disarming that someone should have worked out a way to harness its power into international conflict resolution.

4. Any supply of aid collected to prepare a person or army for hardship

   He arrived with a large arsenal of cleansers and tools, and got right to work.

   • 2012 December 26, John Branch, “Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 November 2013:

     Elyse Saugstad, a professional skier, wore a backpack equipped with an air bag, a relatively new and expensive part of the arsenal that backcountry users increasingly carry to ease their minds and increase survival odds in case of an avalanche.

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