Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь - torpedo
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1. торпеда aerial torpedo —- воздушная торпеда torpedo launching gear —- торпедный аппарат within torpedo range —- в пределах достижимости торпеды to launch a torpedo —- (за)пустить торпеду 2. разрушитель 3. ам. заряд взрывчатки (закладываемый в нефтяную скважину для возобновления или увеличения выхода нефти) 4. ам. (подземная) мина 5. ам. сл. ганстер-телохранитель 6. ж-д. сигнальная петарда 7. зоол. электрический скат (Torpedo gen.) 8. торпедировать, подрывать торпедой to torpedo a ship —- торпедировать корабль 9. уничтожать, разбивать; парализовать to torpedo a peace conference —- торпедировать (сорвать) мирную конференцию 10. ам. производить взрыв в скважине (для устранения препятствий или увеличения выхода нефти) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) торпеда 2) amer.; sl. профессиональный убийца; гангстер-телохранитель 3) zool. электрический скат 4) railways сигнальная петарда 5) attr. торпедный 2. v. 1) подорвать торпедой, торпедировать 2) fig. уничтожить, разбить, подорвать; to torpedo a project - провалить проект ...Англо-русский словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1) нефт. торпеда 2) ж.-д. петарда 3) метал. ковш сигарообразной формы - well-shooting torpedo ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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n. & v. --n. (pl. -oes) 1 a a cigar-shaped self-propelled underwater missile that explodes on impact with a ship. b (in full aerial torpedo) a similar device dropped from an aircraft. 2 Zool. an electric ray. 3 US an explosive device or firework. --v.tr. (-oes, -oed) 1 destroy or attack with a torpedo. 2 make (a policy, institution, plan, etc.) ineffective or inoperative; destroy. Phrases and idioms torpedo-boat a small fast lightly armed warship for carrying or discharging torpedoes. torpedo-net (or -netting) netting of steel wire hung round a ship to intercept torpedoes. torpedo-tube a tube from which torpedoes are fired. Derivatives torpedo-like adj. Etymology: L, = numbness, electric ray f. torpere be numb ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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I. noun (plural -does) Etymology: Latin, literally, stiffness, numbness, from torpere to be sluggish or numb — more at torpid Date: circa 1520 1. electric ray 2. a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: as a. a submarine mine b. a thin cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile 3. a small firework that explodes when thrown against a hard object 4. a professional gunman or assassin 5. submarine 2 II. transitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: circa 1879 1. to hit or sink (a ship) with a naval ~ ; strike or destroy by ~ 2. to destroy or nullify altogether ; wreck ~ a plan ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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(torpedoes, torpedoing, torpedoed) 1. A torpedo is bomb that is shaped like a tube and that travels under water. N-COUNT 2. If a ship is torpedoed, it is hit, and usually sunk, by a torpedo or torpedoes. More than a thousand people died when the Lusitania was torpedoed. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed 3. If someone torpedoes negotiations or plans, they deliberately prevent them from being completed or from being successful. (INFORMAL) These attacks are seen as an effort to torpedo the talks. = sabotage, wreck VERB: V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~1 n plural torpedoes a long narrow weapon that is fired under the surface of the sea and explodes when it hits something ~2 v 1 to attack or destroy a ship with a torpedo 2 to stop something such as a plan from succeeding (New threats of violence have effectively torpedoed the peace talks.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1520, "electric ray," from L. torpedo, originally "numbness" (from the effect of being jolted by the ray's electric discharges), from torpere "be numb." 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 1860s. The verb is first recorded 1873. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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