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单词 catapult
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catapult

noun
/ˈkætəpʌlt/
/ˈkætəpʌlt/
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  1. enlarge image
    (British English)
    (North American English slingshot)
    a stick that has the shape of a Y with a rubber band attached to it, used by children for shooting stones
  2. a weapon used in the past to throw heavy stonesTopics War and conflictc2
  3. a machine used for sending planes up into the air from a ship
    4. Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French catapulte or Latin catapulta, from Greek katapeltēs, from kata- ‘down’ + pallein ‘hurl’.

catapult

verb
/ˈkætəpʌlt/
/ˈkætəpʌlt/
[transitive, intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they catapult
/ˈkætəpʌlt/
/ˈkætəpʌlt/
he / she / it catapults
/ˈkætəpʌlts/
/ˈkætəpʌlts/
past simple catapulted
/ˈkætəpʌltɪd/
/ˈkætəpʌltɪd/
past participle catapulted
/ˈkætəpʌltɪd/
/ˈkætəpʌltɪd/
-ing form catapulting
/ˈkætəpʌltɪŋ/
/ˈkætəpʌltɪŋ/
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  1. to throw somebody/something suddenly and violently through the air; to be thrown suddenly and violently through the air
    • catapult (somebody/something) + adv./prep. She was catapulted out of the car as it hit the wall.
    • (figurative) The movie catapulted him to international stardom.
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French catapulte or Latin catapulta, from Greek katapeltēs, from kata- ‘down’ + pallein ‘hurl’.
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