| 释义 |
or·o·pe·sa
\ˌȯrəˈpāsə\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: from Oropesa, British trawler that first used it
: one of a pair of torpedo-shaped floats towed one on each side by a minesweeper at a fixed distance to suspend the ends of the steel rope used to tear submerged mines from their moorings |