| 单词 | harpoon |
| 释义 | harpoon —harpooner, n. —harpoonlike, adj. /hahr poohn"/, n. 1. a barbed, spearlike missile attached to a rope, and thrown by hand or shot from a gun, used for killing and capturing whales and large fish. 2. (cap.) Mil. a jet-powered, radar-guided U.S. Navy cruise missile with a high explosive warhead designed for use against surface ships and launchable from a surface vessel, submerged submarine, or aircraft. v.t. 3. to strike, catch, or kill with or as if with a harpoon. [1590-1600; < D harpoen << OF harpon a clasp, brooch, equiv. to harp- ( < L harpe < Gk: hook) + -on dim. suffix] |
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