| 单词 | catapult |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['kætəpʌlt] |
| 解释 | n. 弹弓；弹射器 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n.弹弓(slingshot);弹射器( hurling machine) |
| 字源 | 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. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. (游戏用的, 或古代的发射大块石头或矛的军事器械)弹弓 = slingshot; (导弹、飞机的)弹射器 【例】The driver was catapulted through the windscreen 司机碰破挡风玻璃飞了出去. 【记】cata下, pult读: 炮塔. 炮塔可以用弹弓向下面发射石头－弹弓cata下, pult读: 炮他: 向下用炮打他－弹弓 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】cata向下 + pull拉，向下拉弹弓 |
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