Weaponry means weapons taken together, as a class of equipment — the guns, missiles, bombs, tanks and so on that an army, a country or a group has. It is uncountable: you say 'modern weaponry', 'advanced weaponry', 'the weaponry of the Roman army', never 'a weaponry' or 'three weaponries'.

Weaponry means weapons taken together, as a class of equipmentweaponry是指把武器全部算在一起,當作一整類裝備 — the guns, missiles, bombs, tanks and so on that an army, a country or a group has一支軍隊、一個國家,或一個團體所擁有的槍、飛彈、炸彈、坦克等等。 It is uncountable它是不可數名詞: you say 'modern weaponry', 'advanced weaponry', 'the weaponry of the Roman army'你會說「modern weaponry現代武器裝備」、「advanced weaponry先進武器裝備」、「the weaponry of the Roman army羅馬軍隊的武器裝備」, never 'a weaponry' or 'three weaponries'絕不會說「a weaponry」或「three weaponries」。

The word belongs to serious writing — news reports, history books, military and political discussion — and it feels heavier and more technical than the plain plural 'weapons'. The difference is small but real: 'they had weapons' points at the objects; 'their weaponry was outdated' points at the whole set as a kind of equipment, and invites you to judge its quality or level.

The word belongs to serious writing — news reports, history books, military and political discussion這個字屬於嚴肅的寫作——新聞報導、歷史書、軍事和政治討論, and it feels heavier and more technical than the plain plural 'weapons'感覺比單純的複數weapons更沉重、更專業。 The difference is small but real這個差別小卻真實: 'they had weapons' points at the objects「they had weapons他們有武器」指的是那些物件本身; 'their weaponry was outdated' points at the whole set as a kind of equipment「their weaponry was outdated他們的武器裝備已經過時」指的是把整套東西當成一種裝備來看, and invites you to judge its quality or level邀請你去評斷它的品質或等級。

That is why it sits so naturally after adjectives like sophisticated, heavy, nuclear, conventional, primitive.

That is why it sits so naturally after adjectives like sophisticated, heavy, nuclear, conventional, primitive這就是為什麼它很自然地跟在sophisticated精密的、heavy重型的、nuclear核子的、conventional傳統的、primitive原始的這類形容詞後面。

People also use it playfully outside war — a chef's weaponry of knives, a comedian's weaponry of jokes — but that is a stretch for effect, and the reader should feel the joke.

People also use it playfully outside war大家也會在戰爭之外開玩笑地用它 — a chef's weaponry of knives, a comedian's weaponry of jokesa chef's weaponry of knives主廚的刀具裝備、a comedian's weaponry of jokes喜劇演員的笑話裝備 — but that is a stretch for effect不過那是為了效果而做的延伸用法, and the reader should feel the joke讀者應該要感覺得出這是在開玩笑。