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 catapult ['kætə`pʌlt]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 弹射器, 弹弓, 弩炮

vt. 发射


  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。
  3. I put my weapons on the ground-my catapult and spears.
    ( 我将我的武器弹弓和长矛放在地上。


catapult
[ noun ]
  1. a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones

    2. <noun.artifact>
  2. a device that launches aircraft from a warship

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

    4. <noun.artifact>
[ verb ]
  1. shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult

    2. <verb.contact>
    the enemy catapulted rocks towards the fort
  2. hurl as if with a sling

    3. <verb.contact> sling


Catapult \Cat"a*pult\, n. [L. catapulta, Gr. ?, prob. from kata`
down + ? to shake, hurl.]
1. (Mil. Antiq.) An engine somewhat resembling a massive
crossbow, used by the ancient Greeks and Romans for
throwing stones, arrows, spears, etc.

2. A forked stick with elastic band for throwing small
stones, etc.

  1. His fee from this case alone could catapult him onto the Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans.
  2. The man at the center of the storm is Mr. Gephardt, whose proposal holding out the threat of import quotas helped catapult him out of the Democratic pack even before former Sen. Gary Hart withdrew from the race.
  3. Once is enough, however, statistically to catapult them into the higher brackets.
  4. As a result, I am in the throes of launching an ultra-secret programme of scientific catch-up designed to catapult us once more to the forefront of nations. 'No stone am I leaving unturned.
  5. This nonbinding poll provided a catapult for Jimmy Carter a year before the 1976 election.
  6. It proved lucrative for both parties, making Mr. Spelling rich and helping to catapult ABC, now a unit of Capital Cities/ABC Inc., to prime-time success during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
  7. A sensational end to a great visit to the Nimitz," Andrew said Thursday following his catapult in an S-3A Viking anti-submarine warfare jet.
  8. They are hanging on to their positions with dear life. We need to catapult them out like they do with ejection seats.
  9. "This means the end of Drexel Burnham as a viable entity," said a former executive at Drexel, which used its junk bond business to catapult from a third-tier brokerage to the nation's fifth-largest in under a decade.
  10. Divisions in its own ranks and differences with the military over the communist insurgency have weakened the ability of the Roman Catholic Church to influence a government it helped catapult to power more than two years ago.
  11. Unknown assailants also used a catapult to lob water balloons into the downtown area from an unknown location, but that's nothing new, Weigel said.
  12. They said the room is near pipes carrying steam for the ship's plane-launching catapult system.
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