catapult
美音:
[´kætə´pʌlt
]英音:
[´kætə´pʌlt
]n.弹弓,飞机弹射器
难易程度:
catapult为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:catapulted 过去分词:catapulted 现在分词:catapulting 第三人称单数:catapults
词根
cata-=down,downwards,fully 变化型 cat-
catapult
/'kætəpʌlt; `kætə,pʌlt/
n
1 (US slingshot) Y-shaped stick with a piece of elastic attached to it, used esp by children for shooting stones 弹弓(尤指儿童玩的). =>illus 见插图.
2 (in ancient times) machine for throwing heavy stones in war (古时)石弩.
3 apparatus for launching gliders or for launching aircraft from the deck of a ship (使滑翔机或飞行器从轮船甲板上升空的)弹射器.
v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr] shoot or launch (sth) from a catapult 用弹弓、石弩或弹射器射出或弹射(某物).
2 [Ipr, Tn.pr] (cause sb/sth to) be thrown suddenly and with force (使某物)被猛力掷出
*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.