torpedo
torpedo
(pl. -oes)
torpedo-like
adjective
语源
(pl. -oes)
- a cigar-shaped self-propelled underwater missile designed to be fired from a ship or submarine or dropped into the water from an aircraft and to explode on reaching a target
鱼雷
■(US)a railway fog signal
(美)（铁路）信号雷管
■(US)a firework exploding on impact with a hard surface
(美)掼炮（一种掷地而爆的爆竹） - (亦作 torpedo ray)an electric ray
电鳐
- [with obj.]attack or sink (a ship) with a torpedo or torpedoes
用鱼雷攻击（或炸沉）（船只）
■(figurative)destroy or ruin (a plan or project)
(喻)摧毁，毁掉（计划，工程）
fighting between the militias torpedoed peace talks.
民兵之间的战斗破坏了和平谈判。
torpedo-like
adjective
语源
- early 16th cent. (in sense 2): from Latin, literally stiffness, numbness', by extension electric ray' (which gives a shock causing numbness), from torpere 'be numb or sluggish'. Sense 1 dates from the late 18th cent. and first described a timed explosive device for detonation under water
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