torpedo
英 [tɔːˈpiːdəʊ]
美 [tɔːrˈpiːdoʊ]
n. 鱼雷
v. 用鱼雷袭击(或击沉); 彻底破坏,完全摧毁(某事成功的可能性)
现在分词:torpedoing 复数:torpedos 过去式:torpedoed 第三人称单数:torpedos 过去分词:torpedoed
Collins.1 / BNC.23221 / COCA.12984
牛津词典
noun
- 鱼雷
a long narrow bomb that is fired under the water from a ship or submarine and that explodes when it hits a ship, etc.
verb
- 用鱼雷袭击(或击沉)
to attack a ship or make it sink using a torpedo - 彻底破坏,完全摧毁(某事成功的可能性)
to completely destroy the possibility that sth could succeed- Her comments had torpedoed the deal.
她的一番话使得那笔交易彻底告吹。
- Her comments had torpedoed the deal.
柯林斯词典
- 鱼雷;水雷
Atorpedois bomb that is shaped like a tube and that travels under water. - VERB 用鱼雷袭击(或击中、击沉)
If a shipis torpedoed, it is hit, and usually sunk, by a torpedo or torpedoes.- More than a thousand people died when the Lusitania was torpedoed.
卢西塔尼亚号被鱼雷击沉,导致 1,000 多人死亡。
- More than a thousand people died when the Lusitania was torpedoed.
- VERB 故意破坏;使彻底完蛋
If someonetorpedoesnegotiations or plans, they deliberately prevent them from being completed or from being successful.- 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。
- These attacks are seen as an effort to torpedo the talks.
英英释义
noun
- 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
- armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target
- a small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track and fires when a train runs over it
- a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper
- 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)
- 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)
- a professional killer who uses a gun
verb
- attack or hit with torpedoes