munition

UK/mju:'niʃәn/US

GREC2

Definitions

Military weapons, ammunition, and supplies (usually plural: munitions).

军需品，弹药，军用物资（常用复数 munitions）。

To supply with weapons and military stores.

向……供给军需品。

Root Breakdown

Root-derived

munitfortification, defense, war supplies

-ionact, process, state

=munition

munit (fortify) + -ion (act/thing) = 'the supplies for fortifying and arming a force.' From the original sense of walling in a position, the word moved to the weapons and stores you defend it with. Mostly used in the plural: munitions factory, war munitions.

Root munit still carries 3 more words

Common Collocations

1.munitions factory兵工厂
2.munitions depot弹药库
3.war munitions战争军需

Example Sentences

1.
The factory produced munitions throughout the war.
2.
Workers were evacuated from the munitions depot.
3.
The country struggled to munition its growing army.

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