catapult
英 ['kætəpʌlt]
美['kætəpʌlt]
- n. 弹弓；石弩；飞机弹射器；（飞机上的）座椅弹射器
- vt. 用弹弓射；用弹射器发射；猛投
- vi. 用弹射器弹射；快速移动
词态变化
复数: catapults;第三人称单数: catapults;过去式: catapulted;过去分词: catapulted;现在分词: catapulting;
中文词源
catapult 弹弓，石弩
cata-, 向下。-pul, 扔，投掷，词源同appeal, pulse.
英文词源
- catapult
- catapult: [16] The first catapults were large military machines for hurling missiles at the enemy (originally darts, in contrast with the ballista, which discharged large rocks, but the distinction did not last); the schoolboy’s handheld catapult, consisting of a piece of elastic fixed in a Y-shaped frame, did not appear until the latter part of the 19th century. Etymologically, their name is a fairly straightforward description of what they do: it comes ultimately from Greek katapáltēs, which was formed from katá- ‘down’, hence ‘against’, and pállein ‘hurl’.
- catapult (n.)
- 1570s, from Middle French catapulte and directly from Latin catapulta "war machine for throwing," from Greek katapeltes, from kata "against" (see cata-) + base of pallein "to toss, hurl" (see pulse (n.1)). As an airplane-launching device on an aircraft-carrier by 1927.
- catapult (v.)
- 1848, "to throw with a catapult," from catapult (n.). Intransitive sense by 1928. Related: Catapulted; catapulting.
双语例句
- 1. The boy surrendered the catapult to the teacher.
- 那孩子把弹弓交给了老师.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. He fitted a pebble into the catapult and pulled back the elastic. Twang!
- 他把石子放进弹弓里，然后往回拉动橡皮筋。“嘣”！
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The sting of the catapult bullet had worn off.
- 挨的那下弹弓不那么疼啦.
来自英汉文学
- 4. The catapult projected stones into the air.
- 弹弓把石头射向天空.
来自辞典例句
- 5. She was catapult to stardom by the success of her first record.
- 她因为第一张唱片的成功一跃成为名歌手.
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