Catapult



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.弹弓;弹射器
• ［英］ n.弹弓 ( slingshot) ; 弹射器 ( hurling machine)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French catapulte, from Latin catapulta, from Greek katapaltēs, from kata- + pallein to hurl
• Date: 1577
• 1. an ancient military device for hurling missiles
• 2. a device for launching an airplane at flying speed (as from an aircraft carrier)

II. verb

• Date: 1848
• transitive verb
  • to throw or launch by or as if by a catapult
• intransitive verb
  • to become catapulted <he catapulted to fame

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