英语词典 · 单词释义
torpedo
英 [tɔː'piːdəʊ] 美 [tɔr'pido]
这里集中整理“torpedo”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词，方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
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词义详解
翻译 · 词源 · 例句- n. *；*；油井爆破筒；电鳐；职业杀手
- vt. 破坏；用*袭击
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词源 · 例句 · 用法词态变化
复数: torpedoes;第三人称单数: torpedoes;过去式: torpedoed;过去分词: torpedoed;现在分词: torpedoing;
助记提示
1. 西班牙语：torp- "to be stiff, numb" + -edo. 西班牙语也多以 -o 结尾，因此从西班牙语引入的词也多以 -o 结尾。
2. 同源词：torped, torpor.
2. 同源词：torped, torpor.
中文词源
torpedo 电鳐，*
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**，*。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Ice could freeze up their torpedo release mechanisms.
- 冰可能会冻死他们的*发射装置。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. He was accused of trying to torpedo the talks.
- 他被指责试图破坏会谈.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. His ship was blown up by a torpedo.
- 他的船被一枚*炸毁了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. As it taxied towards the tug the pilot released his torpedo.
- 飞行员驾机滑向拖轮,随后投了*.
来自辞典例句