torpedo
- IPA[tɔːˈpiːdəʊ]
英式
- 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.；a firework that explodes on impact with a hard surface.
- attack or sink (a ship) with a torpedo or torpedoes；destroy or ruin (a plan or project)
noun: torpedo, plural noun: torpedoes
- 釋義
名詞
- 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.
- ▪ US a firework that explodes on impact with a hard surface.
- ▪ US a railway fog signal.
- ▪ informal another term for submarine
- 2. an electric ray.
- 3. US informal, dated a gangster hired to commit a murder or other violent act.
動詞
- 1. attack or sink (a ship) with a torpedo or torpedoes the liner was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine
- ▪ destroy or ruin (a plan or project) fighting between the militias torpedoed peace talks
