late 14c., "someone or something that destroys," agent noun from Old French destruire (see destroy). As a type of warship, 1893, originally torpedo-boat destroyer; the class name perhaps from the proper name given to one such ship in the U.S. Navy in 1882.
雙語例句
1. The company is the world's largest destroyer of tropical forests.
該公司對熱帶雨林的破壞位居世界之首。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Sugar is the destroyer of healthy teeth.
糖可以危害健全的牙齒。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. A destroyer escorted our ship to London.
一艘驅(qū)逐艦護(hù)送我們的船到倫敦.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. This merchant ship was convoyed by a destroyer.