Torpedo



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.鱼雷
• ［英］ n.鱼雷 ( underwater explosive apparatus)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun (plural -does)

• Etymology: Latin, literally, stiffness, numbness, from torpēre to be sluggish or numb — more at torpid
• Date: circa 1520
• 1. electric ray
• 2. a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: as
  • a. a submarine mine
  • b. a thin cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile
• 3. a small firework that explodes when thrown against a hard object
• 4. a professional gunman or assassin
• 5. submarine 2

II. transitive verb (torpedoed; torpedoing)

• Date: circa 1879
• 1. to hit or sink (a ship) with a naval torpedo ; strike or destroy by torpedo
• 2. to destroy or nullify altogether ; wreck <torpedo a plan>

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