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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Arm \Arm\, n. [AS. arm, earm; akin to OHG. aram, G., D., Dan., &
   Sw. arm, Icel. armr, Goth. arms, L. armus arm, shoulder, and
   prob. to Gr. ? joining, joint, shoulder, fr. the root ? to
   join, to fit together; cf. Slav. rame. ?. See {Art},
   {Article}.]
   1. The limb of the human body which extends from the shoulder
      to the hand; also, the corresponding limb of a monkey.

   2. Anything resembling an arm; as,
      (a) The fore limb of an animal, as of a bear.
      (b) A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an
          invertebrate animal.
      (c) A branch of a tree.
      (d) A slender part of an instrument or machine, projecting
          from a trunk, axis, or fulcrum; as, the arm of a
          steelyard.
      (e) (Naut) The end of a yard; also, the part of an anchor
          which ends in the fluke.
      (f) An inlet of water from the sea.
      (g) A support for the elbow, at the side of a chair, the
          end of a sofa, etc.

   3. Fig.: Power; might; strength; support; as, the secular
      arm; the arm of the law.

            To whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? --Isa. lii.
                                                  1.

   {Arm's end}, the end of the arm; a good distance off.
      --Dryden.

   {Arm's length}, the length of the arm.

   {Arm's reach}, reach of the arm; the distance the arm can
      reach.

   {To go} (or {walk}) {arm in arm}, to go with the arm or hand
      of one linked in the arm of another. ``When arm in armwe
      went along.'' --Tennyson.

   {To keep at arm's length}, to keep at a distance (literally
      or figuratively); not to allow to come into close contact
      or familiar intercourse.

   {To work at arm's length}, to work disadvantageously.
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