| 单词 | torpedo |
| 释义 | torpedo (once / 1006 pages) 1nv 2n 3n A torpedo is a type of missile or bomb fired underwater. To torpedo is to attack with torpedoes. Torpedoes are cigar-shaped projectiles that are used to attack other submarines or boats. The word torpedo comes from the name of a kind of electric ray that numbs you with its sting (torpediniformes). Torpedoes can also be used to attack a target on land. When a submarine fires torpedoes, they're torpedoing the target. Torpedoes explode upon impact, and they're very powerful weapons. WORD FAMILYtorpedo: torpedoed, torpedoes, torpedoing, torpedos USAGE EXAMPLESIt probably wasn’t done to torpedo Clinton, though that was the result. Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) Navy and was posted to a nuclear submarine, he told his parents that he slept on top of a torpedo. Washington Post(Dec 20, 2016) Then, in 1990, an EPA veto torpedoed the project at the last minute. Washington Times(Dec 17, 2016) 1 1n armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target Hypo|Hyper aerial torpedo a torpedo designed to be launched from an airplane bangalore torpedoa metal pipe filled with explosive, used to detonate land mines or to clear a path through barbed wire homing torpedoa torpedo that is guided to its target (as by the sound of a ship's engines) submarine torpedoa torpedo designed to be launched from a submarine armament weaponry used by military or naval force 2n a small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track and fires when a train runs over it; the sound of the explosion warns the engineer of danger ahead Hyper explosive device device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy alarm, alarum, alert, warning signalan automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger 3n a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface Hyper firework, pyrotechnic (usually plural) a device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames; can be used to illuminate areas or send signals etc. 4n an explosive device that is set off in an oil well (or a gas well) to start or to increase the flow of oil (or gas) Hyper explosive device device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy 5n a professional killer who uses a gun Syn|Hyper gun, gun for hire, gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, hit man, hitman, shooter, triggerman liquidator, manslayer, murderer a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) 6v attack or hit with torpedoes 2Hyper assail, attack launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with n a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States 3Syn|Hyper Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, wedge, zep sandwich two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them n any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges Syn|Hyper crampfish, electric ray, numbfish ray cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins |
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