torpedo

/tɒ:'pi:dәu/ uk　 词频 #12984

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torpedo 是什么意思

中文释义

n. 鱼雷, 水雷, 地雷

vt. 用鱼雷袭击, 破坏

英文释义

n. 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)

n. a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface

n. 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

n. armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target

torpedo 的真实例句

以下例句摘自真实英文文章，看看 torpedo 在自然语境里怎么用：

Then German submarines torpedoed the British tanker Pedernales and fired at the Standard Oil refinery.

—— The Antilla Shipwreck Tells the Story of When World War II Came to Aruba

But the region is the graveyard to more than 300 torpedoed and scuttled ships from the war years.

—— The Antilla Shipwreck Tells the Story of When World War II Came to Aruba

The researchers discovered the forward section of the submarine was destroyed, exposing the torpedo compartment containing the nuclear weapons to seawater.

—— The Fate of a Soviet Nuclear Sub Decades After It Sank

Titanium plates installed by the Russian government over 30 years ago to prevent seawater from moving through the torpedo compartment remained in place.

—— The Fate of a Soviet Nuclear Sub Decades After It Sank

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