[mass noun](亦作 armaments)military weapons and equipment 军备,军事装备 national armaments could be kept to a minimum. 国家军备可保持在最低限度。 ■the process of equipping military forces for war 武装备战 ■(archaic)a military force equipped for war (古)武装备战的军队
语源
late 17th cent. (in the sense 'force equipped for war'): from Latin armamentum, from armare 'to arm' (see arm)