Torpedo

[tɔː'piːdəʊ] or [tɔr'pido]

解釋/意思:

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

(noun.) 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.

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

(noun.) 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).

(verb.) attack or hit with torpedoes.

校對:史蒂文--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related to the rays, but have the power of giving electrical shocks. Called also crampfish, and numbfish. See Electrical fish, under Electrical.

(n.) An engine or machine for destroying ships by blowing them up.

(n.) A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel, beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so arranged that they will be exploded when touched by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is closed by an operator on shore.

(n.) A kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive charge, and projected from a ship against another ship at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise automatic in its action against a distant ship.

(n.) A kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be exploded by electricity or by stepping on it.

(n.) A kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive wheels, -- used as an alarm signal.

(n.) An explosive cartridge or shell lowered or dropped into a bored oil well, and there exploded, to clear the well of obstructions or to open communication with a source of supply of oil.

(n.) A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.

(v. t.) to destroy by, or subject to the action of, a torpedo.

整理:拉尔夫

同義詞及近義詞：

n. Cramp-fish, electric ray (Torpedo vulgaris).

手打:玛吉

解釋/意思:

n. a genus of cartilaginous fishes of family Torpedinid related to the skates and rays with electric organs on each side of the head giving an electric shock when touched so as to produce torpor or numbness the cramp-fish: a submarine weapon of offence carrying a charge of gun-cotton or other explosive and possessing powers of locomotion—in distinction to a submarine mine which is stationary and used for defensive purposes:—pl. Torpē′does.—v.t. to attack with torpedoes to explode a torpedo in or under.—adj. Torped′inous.—ns. Torpē′do-boat a small swift steamer from which torpedoes are discharged; Torpē′do-boom a spar for carrying a torpedo projecting from a boat or anchored in a channel; Torpē′do-catch′er a swift vessel for capturing torpedo-boats; Torpē′doist one skilled in the management of torpedoes; Torpē′do-net a net of wire hung at some distance round a ship to intercept torpedoes.

校對:惠特尼