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

noun | verb

catapultcatapult1 /ˈkæt̮əˌpʌlt, -ˌpʊlt/ noun [countable]

ETYMOLOGYcatapult¹

Origin: 1500-1600 Latin catapulta, from Greek katapaltes, from kata- ( ➔ CATACLYSM) + pallein to throw strongly

1a large weapon used in past times to throw heavy stones, iron balls, etc.2a piece of equipment used to send a military aircraft into the air from a ship

noun | verb

catapultcatapult2 verb

VERB TABLE

catapult

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	catapult
	he, she, it	catapults
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	catapulted
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have catapulted
	he, she, it	has catapulted
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had catapulted
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will catapult
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have catapulted

Continuous Form
Present	I	am catapulting
	he, she, it	is catapulting
	you, we, they	are catapulting
Past	I, he, she, it	was catapulting
	you, we, they	were catapulting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been catapulting
	he, she, it	has been catapulting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been catapulting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be catapulting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been catapulting

1[transitive always + adv./prep.] to push or throw something very hard so that it moves through the air very quickly: catapult somebody into/over/out etc. Two cars were catapulted into the air by the force of the blast.2catapult somebody to stardom/the top/fame etc. to suddenly make someone very famous or successful: Erickson’s pitching has helped catapult the Twins to the top of the league.