English-Thai Dictionary

torpedo

N ขีปนาวุธ ติด วัตถุระเบิด ที่ ยิง จาก เรือดำน้ำ  ke-pa-na-wud-tid-wad-tu-ra-boed

 

torpedo

N ดอกไม้เพลิง แบบ หนึ่ง  dok-mai-plong-beab-nuang

 

torpedo

VT ทำลาย  tam-lai

 

torpedo

VT โจมตี ด้วย ตอร์ปิโด  jom-te-duai-tor-pi-do

 

torpedo boat

N เรือ ตอร์ปิโด  เรือรบ  ruea-tor-pi-do

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TORPEDO

n.[L. from torpeo, to be numb. ] The cramp fish or electric ray, Raia torpedo. This fish is usually taken in forty fathoms water, on the coast of France and England, and in the Mediterranean. A touch of this fish occasions a numbness in the limb, accompanied with an indescribable and painful sensation, and is really an electric shock. When dead, the fish loses its power of producing this sensation.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TORPEDO

Tor *pe "do, n.; pl. Torpedoes. Etym: [L. torpedo, -inis, from torpere to be stiff, numb, or torpid. See Torpid. ]

 

1. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: 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.

 

Note: The common European torpedo (T. vulgaris ) and the American species (T. occidentalis ) are the best known.

 

2. An engine or machine for destroying ships by blowing them up. Specifically: -- (a ) A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel, beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so arranged that they will be exploded when touched by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is closed by an operator on shore. (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.

 

3. (Mil. )

 

Defn: A kind of shell or cartridge buried in earth, to be exploded by electricity or by stepping on it.

 

4. (Railroad )

 

Defn: A kind of detonating cartridge or shell placed on a rail, and exploded when crushed under the locomotive wheels, -- used as an alarm signal.

 

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.

 

6. A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object. 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. -- 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.

 

TORPEDO

TORPEDO Tor *pe "do, v. t.

 

Defn: to destroy by, or subject to the action of, a torpedo. London Spectator.

 

TORPEDO-BOAT DESTROYER

TORPEDO-BOAT DESTROYER Tor *pe "do-boat ` de *stroy "er.

 

Defn: A larger, swifter, and more powerful armed type of torpedo boat, originally intended principally for the destruction of torpedo boats, but later used also as a more formidable torpedo boat.

 

TORPEDO BODY

TORPEDO BODY Tor *pe "do body.

 

Defn: An automobile body which is built so that the side surfaces are flush. [Cant ]

 

TORPEDO BOOM

TORPEDO BOOM Tor *pe "do boom.

 

Defn: A spar formerly carried by men-of-war, having a torpedo on its end.

 

TORPEDO CATCHER

TORPEDO CATCHER Tor *pe "do catch "er.

 

Defn: A small fast vessel for pursuing and destroying torpedo boats.

 

TORPEDOIST

TORPEDOIST Tor *pe "do *ist, n. (Nav. )

 

Defn: One skilled in the theory or use of torpedoes; also, one who favors the use of torpedoes.

 

TORPEDO SHELL

TORPEDO SHELL Torpedo shell. (Ordnance )

 

Defn: A shell longer than a deck-piercing shell, with thinner walls and a larger cavity for the bursting charge, which consists of about 13 pounds of high explosive. It has no soft cap, and is intended to effect its damage by the powerful explosion which follows on slight resistance. It is used chiefly in 12 -inch mortars.

 

TORPEDO STATION

TORPEDO STATION Torpedo station.

 

Defn: A headquarters for torpedo vessels and their supplies, usually having facilities for repairs and for instruction and experiments. The principal torpedo station of the United States is at Newport, R.I.

 

TORPEDO STERN

TORPEDO STERN Torpedo stern.

 

Defn: A broad stern without overhang, flattened on the bottom, used in some torpedo and fast power boats. It prevents settling in the water at high speed.

 

TORPEDO TUBE

TORPEDO TUBE Torpedo tube. (Nav. )

 

Defn: A tube fixed below or near the water line through which a torpedo is fired, usually by a small charge of gunpowder. On torpedo vessels the tubes are on deck and usually in broadside, on larger vessels usually submerged in broadside and fitted with a movable shield which is pushed out from the vessel's side to protect the torpedo until clear, but formerly sometimes in the bow. In submarine torpedo boats they are in the bow.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

torpedo

tor pe do |tôrˈpēdō tɔrˈpidoʊ | ▶noun ( pl. torpedoes ) 1 a cigar-shaped self-propelled underwater missile designed to be fired from a ship or submarine or dropped into the water from an aircraft and to explode on reaching a target. • a signal placed on a railroad track, exploding as the train passes over it. • a firework exploding on impact with a hard surface. • informal a submarine sandwich. • informal a gangster hired to commit a murder or other violent act. • an explosive device lowered into oil wells to clear obstructions. 2 (also torpedo ray ) an electric ray. ▶verb ( torpedoes, torpedoing, torpedoed ) [ with obj. ] attack or sink (a ship ) with a torpedo or torpedoes. • destroy or ruin (a plan or project ): fighting between the militias torpedoed peace talks. DERIVATIVES tor pe do like |-ˌlīk |adjective ORIGIN early 16th cent. ( sense 2 of the noun ): from Latin, literally ‘stiffness, numbness, ’ by extension ‘electric ray ’ (which gives a shock causing numbness ), from torpere ‘be numb or sluggish. ’ Sense 1 of the noun dates from the late 18th cent. and first described a timed explosive device for detonation under water.

 

torpedo boat

tor pe do boat ▶noun a small, fast, light warship armed with torpedoes.

 

torpedo net

tor pe do net ▶noun historical a net made of steel wire, hung in the water around an anchored ship to intercept torpedoes.

 

torpedo tube

tor pe do tube ▶noun a tube in a submarine or other ship from which torpedoes are fired by the use of compressed air or an explosive charge.

 

Oxford Dictionary

torpedo

tor |pedo |tɔːˈpiːdəʊ | ▶noun ( pl. torpedoes ) 1 a cigar-shaped self-propelled underwater missile designed to be fired from a ship or submarine or dropped into the water from an aircraft and to explode on reaching a target. • US a firework that explodes on impact with a hard surface. 2 US a railway fog signal. 3 (also torpedo ray ) an electric ray. ▶verb ( torpedoes, torpedoing, torpedoed ) [ with obj. ] attack or sink (a ship ) with a torpedo or torpedoes. • destroy or ruin (a plan or project ): fighting between the militias torpedoed peace talks. DERIVATIVES torpedo-like adjective ORIGIN early 16th cent. (in sense 3 of the noun ): from Latin, literally ‘stiffness, numbness ’, by extension ‘electric ray ’ (which gives a shock causing numbness ), from torpere ‘be numb or sluggish ’. Sense 1 of the noun dates from the late 18th cent. and first described a timed explosive device for detonation under water.

 

torpedo boat

tor |pedo boat ▶noun a small, fast, light warship armed with torpedoes.

 

torpedo net

tor |pedo net ▶noun historical a net made of steel wire, hung in the water round an anchored ship to intercept torpedoes.

 

torpedo tube

tor |pedo tube ▶noun a tube in a submarine or other ship from which torpedoes are fired by the use of compressed air or an explosive charge.

 

Duden Dictionary

Torpedo

Tor pe do Substantiv, maskulin , der |Torp e do |der Torpedo; Genitiv: des Torpedos, Plural: die Torpedos nach lateinisch torpedo = Zitterrochen (der seinen Gegner bei Berührung durch elektrische Schläge »lähmt «), eigentlich = Erstarrung, Lähmung, zu: torpere = betäubt, erstarrt sein längliches Geschoss mit eigenem Antrieb, das besonders von U-Booten gegen feindliche Schiffe abgeschossen wird einen Torpedo abfeuern, abschießen

 

Torpedoboot

Tor pe do boot Substantiv, Neutrum , das |Torp e doboot |

 

Spanish Dictionary

torpedo

torpedo nombre masculino 1 Proyectil con forma cilíndrica y provisto de una carga explosiva, que se lanza desde un avión, un barco o un submarino y navega bajo la superficie del agua hacia el objetivo propulsado mediante un motor :los grandes aviones equipados con torpedos y con bombas de gran calibre son ya enemigos terribles para todo barco que no pueda sumergirse .2 Pez marino del orden de la raya, de hasta 2 m de longitud, dotado en cada aleta pectoral de un órgano capaz de producir descargas eléctricas :el torpedo emplea sus órganos eléctricos para aturdir a sus presas y posteriormente cazarlas .También pez torpedo .SINÓNIMO tembladera, tremolina .3 Tipo de carrocería de automóvil con capota plegable y línea aerodinámica .4 Chile Escrito que contiene apuntes, fórmulas u otro tipo de información que un estudiante oculta para consultarlo y poder copiar de él en un examen .SINÓNIMO acordeón, ayudamemoria, chuleta, machete .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

torpedo

tor pe do /tɔː r píːdoʊ /名詞 複 ～es C 1 魚雷, 水雷 ; 空中魚雷, 空雷 .2 ｟米 ｠(鉄道の )信号雷管 ; (油井掘削用の )油井用雷管 .3 かんしゃく玉 .4 〘魚 〙シビレエイ (electric ray ).5 ｟米俗 ｠(プロの )殺し屋 .動詞 他動詞 1 …を魚雷 [水雷, 空雷 ]で攻撃 [破壊 ]する .2 〈政策など 〉をぶちこわす, 無力にする