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catapult

英 ['kætəpʌlt]美 ['kætəpʌlt]

n. 彈弓；石弩；飛機彈射器；（飛機上的）座椅彈射器

vt. 用彈弓射；用彈射器發射；猛投

vi. 用彈射器彈射；快速移動

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中文詞源

catapult 彈弓，石弩

cata-, 向下。-pul, 扔，投擲，詞源同appeal, pulse.

英語詞源

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.

權威例句

1. The boy surrendered the catapult to the teacher.

那孩子把彈弓交給了老師.

2. He fitted a pebble into the catapult and pulled back the elastic. Twang!

他把石子放進彈弓裏，然後往回拉動橡皮筋。“嘣”！

3. The sting of the catapult bullet had worn off.

挨的那下彈弓不那麼疼啦.

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4. The catapult projected stones into the air.

彈弓把石頭射向天空.

5. She was catapult to stardom by the success of her first record.

她因爲第一張唱片的成功一躍成爲名歌手.

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