catapult
英 ['k?t?p?lt]
美['k?t?p?lt]
- n. 彈弓；石弩；飛機彈射器；（飛機上的）座椅彈射器
- vt. 用彈弓射；用彈射器發(fā)射；猛投
- vi. 用彈射器彈射；快速移動
GRE低頻詞暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?catapults;第三人稱單數(shù):?catapults;過去式:?catapulted;過去分詞:?catapulted;現(xiàn)在分詞:?catapulting;
中文詞源
catapult 彈弓，石弩
cata-, 向下。-pul, 扔，投擲，詞源同appeal, pulse.
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. The boy surrendered the catapult to the teacher.
- 那孩子把彈弓交給了老師.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. He fitted a pebble into the catapult and pulled back the elastic. Twang!
- 他把石子放進彈弓里，然后往回拉動橡皮筋?！班浴?！
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The sting of the catapult bullet had worn off.
- 挨的那下彈弓不那么疼啦.
來自英漢文學
- 4. The catapult projected stones into the air.
- 彈弓把石頭射向天空.
來自辭典例句
- 5. She was catapult to stardom by the success of her first record.
- 她因為第一張唱片的成功一躍成為名歌手.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)