英语词汇“catapult”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

catapult

释义

catapult /katˈə-pult/

noun

A small forked stick having an elastic string fixed to the two prongs, used for firing small stones
Any similar device, eg for launching aeroplanes from an aircraft-carrier
(in ancient history) a war machine for throwing boulders, etc

transitive verb and intransitive verb

To shoot out from, or as if from, a catapult

ORIGIN: L catapulta, in the historical sense, from Gr katapeltēs

catapulˈtic adjective

catapultier /-tērˈ/ noun

catapult fruit noun

A fruit that shoots out its seeds

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