arms是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 武器，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《雾都孤儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The houses on either side were high and large, but very old, and tenanted by people of the poorest class: as their neglected appearance would have sufficiently denoted, without the concurrent testimony afforded by the squalid looks of the few men and women who, with folded arms and bodies half doubled, occasionally skulked along.
-- Kiss me,' said the child, climbing up the low gate, and flinging his little arms round Oliver's neck.
-- The strange boy whistled; and put his arms into his pockets, as far as the big coat-sleeves would let them go.
-- And he had hardly looked up, to see what the matter was, when he was stopped by having a pair of arms thrown tight round his neck.
-- Folding his arms again, he then awaited Mr. Brownlow's observations.
在丹尼尔·笛福的《鲁滨逊漂流记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- So I gave Xury a piece of rusk bread to eat, and a dram out of our patron's case of bottles which I mentioned before; and we hauled the boat in as near the shore as we thought was proper, and so waded on shore, carrying noth-ing but our arms and two jars for water.
-- I was sadly put to it for a scythe or sickle to cut it down, and all I could do was to make one, as well as I could, out of one of the broadswords, or cutlasses, which I saved among the arms out of the ship.
-- When I considered this a little, it followed necessarily that I was certainly in the wrong; that these people were not murderers, in the sense that I had before condemned them in my thoughts, any more than those Christians were murderers who often put to death the prisoners taken in battle; or more frequently, upon many occasions, put whole troops of men to the sword, without giving quarter, though they threw down their arms and submitted.
-- The only difficulty in it was the entrance - which, however, as it was a place of security, and such a retreat as I wanted; I thought was a convenience; so that I was really rejoiced at the discovery, and resolved, without any delay, to bring some of those things which I was most anxious about to this place: particularly, I resolved to bring hither my magazine of powder, and all my spare arms - viz.
-- As soon as I saw them shipped and gone, I took two guns upon my shoulders, and two pistols in my girdle, and my great sword by my side without a scabbard, and with all the speed I was able to make went away to the hill where I had discovered the first appearance of all; and as soon as I get thither, which was not in less than two hours (for I could not go quickly, being so loaded with arms as I was), I per-ceived there had been three canoes more of the savages at that place; and looking out farther, I saw they were all at sea together, making over for the main.
在简·奥斯汀的《理智与情感》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The gentleman offered his services; and perceiving that her modesty declined what her situation rendered necessary, took her up in his arms without farther delay, and carried her down the hill.
-- "Forgive me, forgive me," throwing her arms round her sister's neck; "I know you feel for me; I know what a heart you have; but yet you are you must be happy; Edward loves you what, oh what, can do away such happiness as that?"
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- When six o'clock came she hurried eagerly away, her arms aching and her limbs stiff from sitting in one position.
-- He appeared to great advantage behind the white napery and silver platters of the table and displaying his arms with a knife and fork.
-- When Drouet entered Carrie's presence, he caught her in his arms as usual, but she responded to his kiss with a tremour of opposition.
-- In the shade of a green pagoda a bebuttoned officer of the law was resting, his arms folded, his club at rest in his belt.
-- Oh, if she would only love him wholly--only throw her arms around him in the blissful spirit in which he had seen her in the little park in Chicago--how happy he would be!It would repay him; it would show him that he had not lost all.
在马克·吐温的《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- And he said: 'Ef you's got hairy arms en a hairy breas', it's a sign dat you's agwyne to be rich.
-- 'Have you got hairy arms and a hairy breast, Jim?'
-- It would get so dark that it looked all blue-black outside, and lovely; and the rain would thrash along by so thick that the trees off a little ways looked dim and spider- webby; and here would come a blast of wind that would bend the trees down and turn up the pale under- side of the leaves; and then a perfect ripper of a gust would fol-low along and set the branches to tossing their arms as if they was just wild; and next, when it was just about the blu-est and blackest FST!it was as bright as glory, and you'd have a little glimpse of tree- tops a-plunging about away off yonder in the storm, hundreds of yards further than you could see before; dark as sin again in a second, and now you'd hear the thunder let go with an awful crash, and then go rum- bling, grumbling, tumbling, down the sky towards the under side of the world, like rolling empty barrels down stairs where it's long stairs and they bounce a good deal, you know.
-- It was a picture of a young woman in a long white gown, standing on the rail of a bridge all ready to jump off, with her hair all down her back, and looking up to the moon, with the tears run-ning down her face, and she had two arms folded across her breast, and two arms stretched out in front, and two more reaching up towards the moon and the idea was to see which pair would look best, and then scratch out all the other arms; but, as I was saying, she died before she got her mind made up, and now they kept this picture over the head of the bed in her room, and every time her birthday come they hung flowers on it.
-- The young woman in the picture had a kind of a nice sweet face, but there was so many arms it made her look too spidery, seemed to me.
在卡洛·科洛迪的《木偶奇遇记》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He took hold of the Marionette under the arms and put him on the floor to teach him to walk.
-- "Come to the arms of your wooden brothers!"
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