| 单词 | killer submarine |
| 释义 | > as lemmaskiller submarine killer submarine n. (see quot. 1955). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > war vessel > [noun] > submarine submarine1889 Holland1899 sub1915 pigboat1921 fish1925 guppy1948 killer submarine1955 snorter1962 nuclear1969 1955 M. Reifer Dict. New Words 116/2 Killer submarine, a small submarine designed for hunting down and sinking enemy submarines. 1960 Economist 31 Dec. 1378/2 The other kind of vessel that the Navy wants to build in larger numbers is the ‘killer’ submarine driven by atomic power and equipped with vastly improved sonar devices to seek out and destroy enemy submarines under water. < as lemmas |
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