请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 torpedo-boat destroyer
释义

torpedo-boat destroyer

[ tawr-pee-doh-boht ]
/ tɔrˈpi doʊˌboʊt /

noun

a vessel somewhat larger than the ordinary torpedo boat, designed for destroying torpedo boats or as a more powerful form of torpedo boat.

Origin of torpedo-boat destroyer

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby torpedo-boat destroyer

Toronto Blessing, Torontonian, torose, torpedo, torpedo boat, torpedo-boat destroyer, torpedoman, torpedo tube, Torpex, torpid, torpor
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for torpedo-boat destroyer

  • It was arranged that a torpedo-boat-destroyer should follow him, and this afforded an element of safety.

    Learning to Fly|Claude Grahame-White

British Dictionary definitions for torpedo-boat destroyer

torpedo-boat destroyer

noun

(formerly) a large powerful high-speed torpedo boat designed to destroy enemy torpedo boats: a forerunner of the modern destroyer, from which the name is derived
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
随便看

 

英语词典包含192737条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/23 14:03:05