torpedo
n.鱼雷，水雷
释义2：
torpedo
/ tC:5pi:dEJ /
◙ (pl. -oes)1. 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）2. (也作 torpedo ray)an electric ray• 电鳐◙ (-oes, -oed)1. [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。【派生】
♦ torpedo-like adjective【语源】
1. 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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