Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense torpedoes, present participle torpedoing, past tense, past participle torpedoed
1N-COUNT 鱼雷;水雷 A torpedo is bomb that is shaped like a tube and that travels under water. 鱼雷;水雷
2VERB [usually passive]用鱼雷袭击(或击中、击沉) If a ship is torpedoed, it is hit, and usually sunk, by a torpedo or torpedoes. 用鱼雷袭击(或击中、击沉)
More than a thousand people died when the Lusitania was torpedoed. [beVERB-ed]
卢西塔尼亚号被鱼雷击沉,导致 1,000 多人死亡。
3VERB 故意破坏;使彻底完蛋 If someone torpedoes negotiations or plans, they deliberately prevent them from being completed or from being successful. 故意破坏;使彻底完蛋 [informal]
These attacks are seen as an effort to torpedo the talks. [VERB noun]