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torpedo

noun
🔊/tɔːˈpiːdəʊ/
🔊/tɔːrˈpiːdəʊ/
(plural torpedoes)
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  1. a long, narrow bomb that is fired under the water from a ship or submarine and that explodes when it hits a ship, etc.鱼雷
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    Topics War and conflictc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + torpedo
    • carry
    • fire
    • launch
    • …
    torpedo + verb
    • hit something
    • strike something
    torpedo + noun
    • tube
    • boat
    • bomber
    • …
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    Word Originearly 16th cent. (originally referring to an electric ray): from Latin, literally ‘stiffness, numbness’, by extension ‘electric ray’ (which gives a shock causing numbness), from torpere ‘be numb or sluggish’. The noun sense dates from the late 18th cent. and first described a timed explosive device for detonation under water.

torpedo

verb
🔊/tɔːˈpiːdəʊ/
🔊/tɔːrˈpiːdəʊ/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they torpedo
🔊/tɔːˈpiːdəʊ/
🔊/tɔːrˈpiːdəʊ/
he / she / it torpedoes
🔊/tɔːˈpiːdəʊz/
🔊/tɔːrˈpiːdəʊz/
past simple torpedoed
🔊/tɔːˈpiːdəʊd/
🔊/tɔːrˈpiːdəʊd/
past participle torpedoed
🔊/tɔːˈpiːdəʊd/
🔊/tɔːrˈpiːdəʊd/
-ing form torpedoing
🔊/tɔːˈpiːdəʊɪŋ/
🔊/tɔːrˈpiːdəʊɪŋ/
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  1. torpedo something to attack a ship or make it sink using a torpedo用鱼雷袭击（或击沉）
    • The destroyer was torpedoed off the coast of Africa.驱逐舰在非洲海岸被鱼雷击中。
    Topics War and conflictc2
  2. torpedo something (informal) to completely destroy the possibility that something could succeed彻底破坏，完全摧毁（某事成功的可能性）
    • Her comments had torpedoed the deal.她的一番话使得那笔交易彻底告吹。🔊🔊
    Topics Difficulty and failurec2
    3. Word Originearly 16th cent. (originally referring to an electric ray): from Latin, literally ‘stiffness, numbness’, by extension ‘electric ray’ (which gives a shock causing numbness), from torpere ‘be numb or sluggish’. The noun sense dates from the late 18th cent. and first described a timed explosive device for detonation under water.