up in arms

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Angry; incensed; preparing for a fight. figuratively,not-comparable
    — Near-synonym: in the streets
  2. Vigourously protesting against something. figuratively,not-comparable
    — Is file-sharing, which has the recording industry so up in arms, the “dark side” of open-source attitudes?
  3. Armed for battle; prepared for or engaged in warfare. not-comparable,uncommon
    — March on, march on, ſince we are vp in Armes, If not to fight with forraine Enemies, Yet to beat downe theſe Rebels here at home.

词源

From a now-obsolete sense of up (“in revolt”).
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