torpedoes 音标拼音: [tɔrp'idoz]
Torpedo \
Tor *
pe "
do \,
n .;
pl . {
Torpedoes }. [
L .
torpedo , -
inis ,
from torpere to be stiff ,
numb ,
or torpid .
See {
Torpid }.]
[
1913 Webster ]
1 . (
Zool .)
Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to {
Torpedo }
and allied genera .
They are related to the rays ,
but have the power of giving electrical shocks .
Called also {
crampfish },
and {
numbfish }.
See {
Electrical fish },
under {
Electrical }.
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1913 Webster ]
Note :
The common European torpedo ({
Torpedo vulgaris })
and the American species ({
Torpedo occidentalis })
are the best known .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
An engine or machine for destroying ships by blowing them up ;
a mine [
4 ].
Specifically :
[
1913 Webster PJC ]
(
a )
A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel ,
beneath the water ,
or set adrift in a current ,
and so designed that they will explode when touched or approached by a vessel ,
or when an electric circuit is closed by an operator on shore ;
now called {
marine mine }. [
obsolete ]
[
1913 Webster PJC ]
Damn the torpedoes --
full speed ahead ! --
Adm .
David Glasgow Farragut (
At the battle of Mobile Bay ,
1864 ).
(
b )
A kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive charge ,
and projected from a ship against another ship at a distance ,
or made self -
propelling ,
and otherwise automatic in its action against a distant ship .
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1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Mil .)
A kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth ,
to be exploded by electricity or by stepping on it ;
now called {
land mine }. [
obsolete ]
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1913 Webster PJC ]
4 . (
Railroad )
A kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed on a rail ,
and exploded when crushed under the locomotive wheels , --
used as an alarm signal .
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1913 Webster ]
5 .
An explosive cartridge or shell lowered or dropped into a bored oil well ,
and there exploded ,
to clear the well of obstructions or to open communication with a source of supply of oil .
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1913 Webster ]
6 .
A kind of firework in the form of a small ball ,
or pellet ,
which explodes when thrown upon a hard object .
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1913 Webster ]
7 .
An automobile with a {
torpedo body }. [
Archaic Cant ]
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .
PJC ]
{
Fish torpedo },
a spindle -
shaped ,
or fish -
shaped ,
self -
propelling submarine torpedo .
{
Spar torpedo },
a canister or other vessel containing an explosive charge ,
and attached to the end of a long spar which projects from a ship or boat and is thrust against an enemy '
s ship ,
exploding the torpedo .
{
Torpedo boat },
a vessel adapted for carrying ,
launching ,
operating ,
or otherwise making use of ,
torpedoes against an enemy '
s ship .,
especially ,
a small ,
fast boat with tubes for launching torpedoes .
{
Torpedo nettings },
nettings made of chains or bars ,
which can be suspended around a vessel and allowed to sink beneath the surface of the water ,
as a protection against torpedoes .
[
1913 Webster ]
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