torpedo
英[tɔː'piːdəʊ]
美[tɔr'pido]
- n. 鱼雷；水雷；油井爆破筒；电鳐；职业杀手
- vt. 破坏；用鱼雷袭击
英英释意
- 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