Arms race
n. 军备竞赛
📖 牛津释义
arms race
competition among nations in which each tries to become militarily stronger than the others 军备竞赛.
🧩 词语组成解析
arms
[ɑ:mz]
n. 武器;战争;臂;纹章;臂( arm的名词复数 );武器;[复数]战事;权力;
race
[res]
n. 赛跑;人种;竞争;民族;
v. 参加比赛;快速移动;空转;
🗣️ 情景例句
What's wrong?
怎么啦？
Peace with sword in hand, 'tis safest making.
居安思危，此乃万全之策。
Both these ships set out from Shanghai on June 18th, 1872 on an exciting race to England.
两船于1872年6月18日同时从上海启航驶往英国，途中展开了一场激烈的比赛。