Torpedo

(noun.) armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target.

(noun.) 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.

(noun.) a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully against a hard surface.

(noun.) an explosive device that is set off in an oil well (or a gas well) to start or to increase the flow of oil (or gas).

(verb.) attack or hit with torpedoes.

校对:史蒂文

• Torpedo boats of this type have been acquired by, and now form a part of, the United States Navy. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The United States has 37 of these torpedo boats. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The torpedo boat destroyer is a larger and swifter boat, whose special duty it is to overtake and destroy this dangerous little fighter. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The highest speed ever attained, however, is by the British torpedo boat Viper, which is 210 feet long, and, like the Turbinia, is equipped with the Parsons steam turbines. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• At length, on February 28, 1801, Fulton received word from Napoleon, the First Consul, to send his torpedo-boat against the English fleet. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The most important of the latter is the torpedo, of which the Whitehead, or fish torpedo, which supplies its own means of propulsion, is the best known and most used. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Sherman at once ordered his prisoners to the front, moving them in a compact body in advance, to either explode the torpedoes or dig them up. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Barlow was able to assist him with money until he had built and actually navigated some of his torpedoes along the coast. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Chambers of the United States Navy, is in use on all torpedoes. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• In some special applications, however, as for propelling torpedoes, where its cost is entirely subordinate to effective results, it might prove to be of value. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Napoleon, as First Consul, bargained with him over his invention of torpedoes. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• In time, rockets, squibs and torpedoes were included in the consignment, but it was not until the middle of the nineteenth century that their use became general in America. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

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