catapult

US [ˈkætəˌpʌlt]
UK [ˈkætəpʌlt]
  • n.弹弓；（旧时的）石弩；弹射器（用以从舰船上弹射飞机升空）
  • v.（被）猛掷
  • Web投石车；投石机；投石器
Plural Form：catapults  Present Participle：catapulting  Past Tense：catapulted  

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catapult
n.
1.
弹弓a stick shaped like a Y with a rubber band attached to it, used by children for shooting stones
2.
（旧时的）石弩，弩炮a weapon used in the past to throw heavy stones
3.
弹射器（用以从舰船上弹射飞机升空）a machine used for sending planes up into the air from a ship
v.
1.
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（被）猛掷，猛扔to throw sb/sth or be thrown suddenly and violently through the air
She was catapulted out of the car as it hit the wall.
汽车撞墙时，她被甩出车外。
The movie catapulted him to international stardom.
这部电影使他一跃成为国际明星。

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1.
It was really foolish of him to barter away his bicycle for this cheap catapult.
他用自行车换来一个廉价的弹弓，实属愚蠢。
tā yòng zì xíng chē huàn lái yī gè lián jià de dàn gōng , shí shǔ yú chǔn 。
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2.
A mere interjection, comment, the slightest question will catapult such a person into a talking fit.
仅仅欹、评论、毫不质疑会累成这样的人谈适合。
jǐn jǐn qī 、 píng lùn 、 háo bù zhì yí huì lèi chéng zhè yàng de rén tán shì hé 。
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3.
The Deutsche Bank AG trader's early embrace and mastery of credit-default swaps helped catapult him to managing director at the age of 27.
魏因斯坦起初是德意志银行（DeutscheBankAG）的交易员，早年便精于信用违约掉期（credit-defaultswap）操作，27岁荣升董事总经理。
wèi yīn sī tǎn qǐ chū shì dé yì zhì yín háng ( DeutscheBankAG ) de jiāo yì yuán , zǎo nián biàn jīng yú xìn yòng wéi yuē diào qī ( credit-defaultswap ) cāo zuò , èr shí qī suì róng shēng dǒng shì zǒng jīng lǐ 。
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4.
One is for Visible Air technology, which he created as a side project; it helped catapult Nike out of the doldrums in the mid-'80s.
其中的一项可见式气垫（VisibleAir）技术是他为一个编外项目发明的。
qí zhōng de yī xiàng kě jiàn shì qì diàn ( VisibleAir ) jì shù shì tā wéi yī gè biān wài xiàng mù fā míng de 。
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5.
The instrument that I used turned into a catapult. And it went like this . . . And then that was it.
我用的工具成了一个弹弓，就像这样……我的工作成果化为乌有。
wǒ yòng de gōng jù chéng le yī gè dàn gōng , jiù xiàng zhè yàng … … wǒ de gōng zuò chéng guǒ huà wéi wū yǒu 。
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6.
The catapult shot hundred-pound rocks at the enemy.
弩炮向敌人发射了上百磅石块。
nǔ pào xiàng dí rén fā shè le shàng bǎi bàng shí kuài 。
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7.
shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult.
向外射，似从弹弓上发射。
xiàng wài shè , sì cóng dàn gōng shàng fā shè 。
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8.
To hurl or launch from or as if from a catapult.
射出从或似从弹弓上发射或射出
shè chū cóng huò sì cóng dàn gōng shàng fā shè huò shè chū
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9.
The child broke his neighbor's window with a catapult.
这孩子用绷弓子打碎了邻居家的玻璃。
zhè hái zi yòng bēng gōng zi dǎ suì le lín jū jiā de bō lí 。
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10.
A common myth among players is that a flexible racquet, that bends back more, returns more power to the ball due to a catapult-effect.
但是甚至在选手中间，也广为存在一个悖论，也就是说，柔韧的拍子，他弯曲变形得越多，那么他就能回给球更多的能量——就象弹弓一样。
dàn shì shèn zhì zài xuǎn shǒu zhōng jiān , yě guǎng wéi cún zài yī gè bèi lùn , yě jiù shì shuō , róu rèn de pāi zi , tā wān qū biàn xíng de yuè duō , nà me tā jiù néng huí gěi qiú gèng duō de néng liàng — — jiù xiàng dàn gōng yí yàng 。
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