| 释义 |
torpedinous, a. rare. ? Obs.|tɔːˈpiːdɪnəs|
[f. as prec. + -ous.]
Having the quality of a torpedo; benumbing, paralysing; also = torpedinal.
1774Pringle Torpedo 23 Nor in this circumstance only did the similitude between the electric and torpedinous fluids appear. 1845De Quincey Coleridge & Opium-eat. Wks. 1859 XII. 92 First came Dr. Andrew Bell..Fishy were his eyes; torpedinous was his manner. |