ammunition

• n. 彈藥；軍火
• vt. 裝彈藥于
• vi. 裝彈藥

來自法語短語la munition訛誤為俗詞源: am-同ad- . munition, 武器。

ammunition

ammunition: [17] Ammunition is one of many words which resulted from a mistaken analysis of ‘article’ plus ‘noun’ (compare ADDER). In this case, French la munition ‘the munitions, the supplies’ was misapprehended as l’ammunition, and borrowed thus into English. At first it was used for military supplies in general, and it does not seem to have been until the beginning of the 18th century that its meaning became restricted to ‘bullets, shells, etc’.

The word munition itself was borrowed into English from French in the 16th century. It originally meant ‘fortification’, and came from the Latin noun mūnītiō; this was a derivative of the verb munīre, ‘defend, fortify’, which in turn was based on the noun moenia ‘walls, ramparts’ (related to mūrus ‘wall’, the source of English mural).

Also from munīre, via medieval Latin mūnīmentum, comes muniment [15], a legal term for ‘title deed’; the semantic connection is that a title deed is a means by which someone can ‘defend’ his or her legal right to property.
=> muniment, munition, mural

ammunition (n.)

1620s, from French soldiers' faulty separation of Middle French la munition into l'ammunition; from Latin munitionem (nominative munitio) "a fortifying" (see munition), and at first meaning all military supplies in general. The mistake in the word perhaps was by influence of French a(d)monition "warning." The error was corrected in French (Modern French munition), but retained in English.

1. The improved trade figures have given the government fresh ammunition.

有所改觀的貿易數據給政府提供了新的有力證據。

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2. Most of the ships were woefully short of ammunition.

大多數艦船彈藥極度匱乏。

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3. Government forces are running short of ammunition and fuel.

政府軍隊的彈藥和燃料都所剩無幾了。

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4. They confiscated weapons, ammunition and propaganda material.

他們沒收了武器、彈藥和宣傳材料。

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5. Stocks of ammunition were running low.

彈藥的庫存正在減少。

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