来自拉丁语munire,加强防御工事，防御，保护，来自murus,墙，城墙，词源同mural,intramural. 后词义由加强防御引申为防御力量，军需品，军火。字母r 鼻音化，比较cancer,carcinoma.

1. a shortage of munitions

军需品缺乏

来自《权威词典》

2. The army used precision - guided munitions to blow up enemy targets.

军队用精确瞄准的枪炮炸掉敌方目标.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. He rose [ made a career for himself ] by dealing in munitions.

他是靠贩卖军火发迹的.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4. Munitions were canoed across the river.

军火用独木舟搬运过河.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5. In June 1945, Britain still had forty-five per cent of its workforce in the Services and munitions industries.

1945年6月，英国仍然有45％的劳动力在部队服役或就职于军火工业。

来自柯林斯例句