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torpedo n. 鱼雷 torpedo (n.) 1520s, "electric ray" (flat fish that produces an electric charge to stun prey or for defense), from Latin torpedo "electric ray," originally "numbness, sluggishness" (the fish so called from the effect of being jolted by the ray's electric discharges), from torpere "be numb" (see torpor).Torpedo. A fish which while alive, if touched even with a long stick, benumbs the hand that so touches it, but when dead is eaten safely. [Johnson]The sense of "explosive device used to blow up enemy ships" is first recorded 1776, as a floating mine; the self-propelled version is from c.1900. Related: Torpedic.torpedo (v.) "destroy or sink (a ship) by a torpedo," 1874, from torpedo (n.). Also used late 19c. of blowing open oil wells. Figurative sense attested from 1895. Related: Torpedoed; torpedoing. 【记】音：掏破 + do 将船掏破一个窟窿地做；音：铁皮 + do 做，铁皮被做就是被鱼雷击中here is much to be said on both sides. 公说公有理，婆说婆有理。

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[tɔ:'pi:dəu] 无 n. 鱼雷(一种自动水下弹道武器, 在接触目标时引爆)【记】tor转, pedo: 鱼雷是旋转前进的.

单词	torpedo
音标	[tɔ:'pi:dəu]
解释	n. 鱼雷
红宝书	无
字源	torpedo (n.) 1520s, "electric ray" (flat fish that produces an electric charge to stun prey or for defense), from Latin torpedo "electric ray," originally "numbness, sluggishness" (the fish so called from the effect of being jolted by the ray's electric discharges), from torpere "be numb" (see torpor). Torpedo. A fish which while alive, if touched even with a long stick, benumbs the hand that so touches it, but when dead is eaten safely. [Johnson] The sense of "explosive device used to blow up enemy ships" is first recorded 1776, as a floating mine; the self-propelled version is from c.1900. Related: Torpedic. torpedo (v.) "destroy or sink (a ship) by a torpedo," 1874, from torpedo (n.). Also used late 19c. of blowing open oil wells. Figurative sense attested from 1895. Related: Torpedoed; torpedoing.
不择手段背单词	n. 鱼雷(一种自动水下弹道武器, 在接触目标时引爆) 【记】tor转, pedo: 鱼雷是旋转前进的.
趣味全助记	【记】音：掏破 + do 将船掏破一个窟窿地做；音：铁皮 + do 做，铁皮被做就是被鱼雷击中here is much to be said on both sides. 公说公有理，婆说婆有理。

Torpedo Fish N Electric Sense Related Tɔ:'Pi:Dəu 鱼雷