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- (in the Second World War) a Japanese aircraft loaded with explosives and making a deliberate suicidal crash on an enemy target(第二次世界大战中的)神风突击机(机上装有炸药、蓄意自杀性撞击敌方目标的日本飞机)。
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- the pilot of such an aircraft神风队队员(驾驶神风突击机的飞行员)。
attrib.
1- of or relating to such an attack or pilot(与)神风队队员(有关)的。
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- reckless or potentially self-destructive莽撞的, 不顾后果的; 自毁的:
he made a kamikaze run across three lanes of traffic.
他不要命似的飞奔过三条车道。
词源
Japanese, from kami 'divinity' + kaze 'wind', originally referring to the gale that, in Japanese tradition, destroyed the fleet of invading Mongols in 1281.