torpedo

英 [t??'pi?d??] 美[t?r'pido]

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復(fù)數(shù):?torpedoes;第三人稱單數(shù):?torpedoes;過去式:?torpedoed;過去分詞:?torpedoed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?torpedoing;

1. 西班牙語：torp- "to be stiff, numb" + -edo. 西班牙語也多以 -o 結(jié)尾，因此從西班牙語引入的詞也多以 -o 結(jié)尾。
2. 同源詞：torped, torpor.

torpedo 電鰩，魚雷

來自拉丁語 torpedo,電鰩，因這種魚可以放電電暈獵物而得名，來自 torpere,使麻木，使遲鈍，詞源同 torpor,torpid.后借用該拉丁詞用于指大規(guī)律爆炸性炸藥魚雷，水雷。

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.

1. These attacks are seen as an effort to torpedo the talks.: 人們認(rèn)為這些襲擊是為了故意破壞會談。

2. Ice could freeze up their torpedo release mechanisms.: 冰可能會凍死他們的魚雷發(fā)射裝置。

5. As it taxied towards the tug the pilot released his torpedo.: 飛行員駕機(jī)滑向拖輪,隨后投了魚雷.