torpedo
An electric ray of the genus TorpedoAn electric ray of the genus Torpedo.
» The enemy torpedoed our ship.
Der Feind torpedierte unser Schiff.
Der Feind nahm unser Schiff unter Torpedobeschuss.
Значение
значений: 15An electric ray of the genus Torpedo.
Zitterrochen
торпе́доtorpédo, электри́ческий скатelektríčeskij skat
A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel quickly underwater and is used as a weapon.
armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target
A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel quickly underwater and is used as a weapon.
A similar projectile that can travel through space.
(Northeastern, США)Synonym of submarine sandwich.
(сленг)A professional gunman or assassin.
(США)A small explosive device attached to the top of the rail to provide an audible warning when a train passes over it.
a small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track and fires when a train runs over it; the sound of the explosion warns the engineer of danger ahead
A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface
(историческое)An automobile with a streamlined profile and a folding or detachable soft top, and having the hood or bonnet line raised to be level with the car's waistline, resulting in a straight beltline from front to back.
A focal ovoid swelling on the axons of Purkinje cells, observed in several diseases such as essential tremor and spinocerebellar ataxia.
(США, обычно во множественном числе, сленг)A woman's shoe with a pointed toe.
(США, обычно во множественном числе, сленг)A large breast; a breast with a large nipple.
A marijuana cigarette.
(сленг)A thick marijuana cigarette.
Примеры
предложений: 16The enemy torpedoed our ship.
deDer Feind torpedierte unser Schiff. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
There's only one torpedo left.
A torpedo is an underwater missile.
Торпеда - это подводная ракета. — marafon
deEin Torpedo ist eine Unterwasserrakete. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
One of the torpedoes hit its target.
Одна из торпед достигла цели. — marafon
deEiner der Torpedos traf sein Ziel. — Waldelfe
A torpedo sunk the ship Tom's grandfather was on.
Переводы
языков: 9По значениям 1
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Происхождение
* Borrowed from Latin torpēdō (“a torpedo fish; numbness, torpidity, electric ray”), from* Borrowed from Latin torpēdō (“a torpedo fish; numbness, torpidity, electric ray”), from torpeō (“to be stiff, numb, torpid; to be astounded; to be inactive”) + -ēdō (noun suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (“stiff”). In the military sense coined by Robert Fulton in 1805. Cognate with Old English steorfan (“to die”), Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós, “solid”), Lithuanian tirpstu (“to become rigid”), Old Church Slavonic трупети (trupeti).
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Формы
мн. число: torpedoes / torpedosСинонимы
синонимов: 63- any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the head capable of emitting strong electric discharges:electric raycrampfishnumbfish
- a professional killer who uses a gun:gunslingerhired gungungun for hiretriggermanshooter
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States:bombergrinderherohero sandwichhoagiehoagyCuban sandwichItalian sandwich