catapults

英['kætəpʌlt] 美['kætəpʌlt]
  • n.弹弩；发射机v.发射
catapulted catapulted catapulting catapults
  • cat n.猫；猫科动物；狠毒的女人；吊锚机；独桅船；九尾鞭v.起锚；寻找性伴侣abbr.目录（=catalog）
  • cat's-ear 猫耳草；
  • cat's-eye 金绿玉猫眼；是猫眼石；猫儿眼；
  • cat's-foot
  • cat's-meat 喂猫用的肉；

详细释义

Noun:
  1. a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones

  2. a device that launches aircraft from a warship

  3. an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles

Verb:
  1. shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult;

    "the enemy catapulted rocks towards the fort"

  2. hurl as if with a sling

双语例句

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. The boy surrendered the catapult to the teacher.
      那孩子把弹弓交给了老师。
    2. The child broke his neighbor's window with a catapult.
      这孩子用绷弓子打碎了邻居家的玻璃。
    3. The catapult shot hundred-pound rocks at the enemy.
      弩炮向敌人发射了上百磅石块。
    用作动词 (v.)
    1. In the crash the driver (was) catapulted through the windscreen.
      在事故中司机从挡风玻璃中(被)弹了出来。
    2. Leaping is usually done with a springboard that catapults the performer high into the air.
      跳跃运动通常利用能使表演者高高地弹入空中的跳板。

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