英语词汇“torpedo”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

torpedotorpedo1 /tɔrˈpidoʊ/ noun (plural torpedoes) [countable]

ETYMOLOGYtorpedo¹

Origin: 1700-1800 torpedo type of fish that can produce electricity to protect itself (16-21 centuries), from Latin, stiffness, numbness, torpedo fish

a long narrow weapon that is fired under the surface of the ocean and explodes when it hits something [Origin: 1700–1800 torpedo type of fish that can produce electricity to protect itself (16–21 centuries), from Latin, stiffness, numbness, torpedo fish]

noun | verb

torpedotorpedo2 verb [transitive]

VERB TABLE

torpedo

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	torpedo
	he, she, it	torpedoes
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	torpedoed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have torpedoed
	he, she, it	has torpedoed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had torpedoed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will torpedo
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have torpedoed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am torpedoing
	he, she, it	is torpedoing
	you, we, they	are torpedoing
Past	I, he, she, it	was torpedoing
	you, we, they	were torpedoing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been torpedoing
	he, she, it	has been torpedoing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been torpedoing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be torpedoing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been torpedoing

1to attack or destroy a ship with a torpedo2to stop something such as a plan from succeeding: The CEO torpedoed the deal in its final hours.