kamikaze

kamikaze
[ˌkamɪˈkɑːzi]
noun
  1. (in the Second World War) a Japanese aircraft loaded with explosives and making a deliberate suicidal crash on an enemy target
    （第二次世界大战）神风突击机（机上装有炸弹，蓄意自杀性撞击敌方目标的日本飞机）
    ■the pilot of such an aircraft
    神风队队员（驾驶神风突击机的飞行员）
adjective
  1. [attrib.]of or relating to such an attack or pilot
    （与）神风队队员（有关）的
    ■reckless or potentially self-destructive
    莽撞的，不顾后果的；自毁的
    he made a kamikaze run across three lanes of traffic.
    他不要命似的飞奔过三条车道。
语源
  1. Japanese, from kami 'divinity' + kaze 'wind', originally referring to the gale that, in Japanese tradition, destroyed the fleet of invading Mongols in 1281
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