torpedo

• n. 鱼雷；水雷；油井爆破筒；电鳐；职业杀手
• vt. 破坏；用鱼雷袭击

来自拉丁语 torpedo,电鳐，因这种鱼可以放电电晕猎物而得名，来自 torpere,使麻木，使迟钝， 词源同 torpor,torpid.后借用该拉丁词用于指大规律爆炸性炸药鱼雷，水雷。

1. a professional killer who uses a gun

2. 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

3. 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)

4. a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface

5. 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

6. armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target

7. 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

torpedo (n.)

1520s, "electric ray" (flat fish that produces an electric charge to stun prey or for defense), from Latin torpedo "electric ray," originally "numbness, sluggishness" (the fish so called from the effect of being jolted by the ray's electric discharges), from torpere "be numb" (see torpor).

Torpedo. A fish which while alive, if touched even with a long stick, benumbs the hand that so touches it, but when dead is eaten safely. [Johnson]

The sense of "explosive device used to blow up enemy ships" is first recorded 1776, as a floating mine; the self-propelled version is from c. 1900. Related: Torpedic.

torpedo (v.)

"destroy or sink (a ship) by a torpedo," 1874, from torpedo (n.). Also used late 19c. of blowing open oil wells. Figurative sense attested from 1895. Related: Torpedoed; torpedoing.

Her comments had torpedoed the deal.

她的一番话使得那笔交易彻底告吹。

牛津词典

More than a thousand people died when the Lusitania was torpedoed.

卢西塔尼亚号被鱼雷击沉，导致 1,000 多人死亡。

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These attacks are seen as an effort to torpedo the talks.

人们认为这些袭击是为了故意破坏会谈。

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B. During the heart stage leaves are initiated; and during the torpedo stage axis elongation occurs.

心阶段启动叶; 并在鱼雷阶段轴伸长率发生.

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As it taxied towards the tug the pilot released his torpedo.

飞行员驾机滑向拖轮,随后投了鱼雷.

辞典例句

The answer is fish torpedo, which can cooked the fish at the same time.

答案就是鱼雷, 顺便可以把鱼炸熟.

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Crew loading an opertional 53 - 65 KE torpedo into the launch tube of a Kilo class submarine.

组员装填53-65KE训练鱼雷进入“基洛”(Kilo)级潜艇的发射管之内.

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This bangalore torpedo is very powerful.

这个爆破筒威力不小.

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An incompetent boss can stifle your enthusiasm and torpedo your chances for job satisfaction.

一个不称职的老板会窒息你的热情并毁灭你对工作感到满意的可能性.

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Torpedo can inflict a maximum of 2500 points of damage.

一个鱼类可以造成最大2500的损伤值.

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Nowadays, Russian league sides Torpedo and Spartak Moscow both play their home games there.

现在, 俄罗斯联赛的鱼雷队和莫斯科斯巴达队同时将这里作为主场.

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Robert Whitehead , English engineer and inventor of the naval torpedo, was born in Lancashire.

英国工程师、水雷发明者 罗伯特·怀特黑德 出生于兰开夏郡.

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The torpedo boat sheared through the waves.

鱼雷快艇破浪前进.

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That was their only way off this rock after Operation TORPEDO was accomplished.

那是他们在完成鱼雷行动后离开这块大石头的唯一方式.

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He was accused of trying to torpedo the talks.

他被指责试图破坏会谈.

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His ship was blown up by a torpedo.

他的船被一枚鱼雷炸毁了.

《简明英汉词典》

Obama downplayed any suggestion that the recent controversies surrounding his campaign would torpedo his candidacy.

奥巴马并没有对最近围绕他的活动的争议会影响他候选人地位的建议加以重视.

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The boat was struck by a torpedo and sank.

这艘船被鱼雷击中,沉没了.

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The enemy's vessel was hulled with only one torpedo.

只一枚鱼雷就把敌舰舰身穿了个洞.

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No R . A . F . bomb or torpedo had yet shaken her.

无论是皇家空军的轰炸机或是鱼雷艇都还没能威胁到她.

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Beyond that , however, Tuesday's vote shows how a rising stock market can torpedo industrial policy.

但除此之外, 周二的投票结果还显示出,不断上涨的股市可以如何改变产业政策.

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The torpedo was rocketed forwards by two huge engines.

鱼雷用携带有两个巨大引擎的火箭推进.

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Simply introduce this torpedo principle of work and the supercavitation shaping mechanism.

简单介绍了该鱼雷的工作原理和超空泡形成机理.

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The key for torpedo to implement target pursuit is to design high performance guidance law.

鱼雷追踪导引性能的关键是设计高性能的导引律.

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Our torpedo boats bore down on the enemy cruiser.

我方面鱼雷艇向敌巡洋舰冲去.

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These attacks are seen as an effort to torpedo the talks.

人们认为这些袭击是为了故意破坏会谈。

柯林斯例句

Ice could freeze up their torpedo release mechanisms.

冰可能会冻死他们的鱼雷发射装置。

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