(pl. -oes)
1
- a cigar-shaped self-propelled underwater missile designed to be fired from a ship or submarine or dropped into the water from an aircraft and to explode on reaching a target鱼雷。
1.1
- US a railway fog signal〈美〉（铁路）信号雷管。
1.2
- US a firework exploding on impact with a hard surface〈美〉掼炮（一种掷地而爆的爆竹）。
2
- （亦作torpedo ray）an electric ray电鳐。
(-oes, -oed)with obj.
1- attack or sink (a ship) with a torpedo or torpedoes用鱼雷攻击（或炸沉）（船只）。
1.1
- figurative destroy or ruin (a plan or project)〈喻〉摧毁, 毁掉（计划, 工程）：
fighting between the militias torpedoed peace talks.
民兵之间的战斗破坏了和平谈判。
派生词
torpedo-like
adjective词源
early 16th cent. (in sense 2)： from Latin, literally 'stiffness, numbness', by extension 'electric ray' (which gives a shock causing numbness), from torpere 'be numb or sluggish'. Sense 1 dates from the late 18th cent. and first described a timed explosive device for detonation under water.