catapult
catapult 英 [ˈkætəpʌlt] 美 [ˈkætəˌpʌlt,-ˌpʊlt]
n. 弹弓；石弩；飞机弹射器；（飞机上的）座椅弹射器 vt. 用弹弓射；用弹射器发射；猛投 vi. 用弹射器弹射；快速移动
进行时:catapulting 过去式:catapulted 过去分词:catapulted 第三人称单数:catapults 名词复数:catapults
- A catapult is something that hurls things through the air, like a catapult that sends pumpkins flying in an annual Halloween competition.
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- n. 弹弓；石弩；飞机弹射器；（飞机上的）座椅弹射器
- vt. 用弹弓射；用弹射器发射；猛投
- vi. 用弹射器弹射；快速移动
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1. She held a cigarette lengthwise in her open palm, sprang her arm like a catapult, and caught the thing in her mouth after it had flipped a few times in midair.
她拿起一根烟纵向地放在摊开的手掌里，像弹弓似的甩甩胳膊，用嘴接住在半空中翻了几个筋斗的烟。
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2. Slingshot / catapult – Every kid’s favorite thing to do with a rubber band, but if you think hard enough, I bet there are some practical uses for making one of these.
弹弓/弹射器 - 这是每个孩子都喜欢用橡皮筋做的玩具，但是如果你认为做弹弓很难，我相信还会有其他比较实用的方法。
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3. This is how they use conflict as a catapult to high performance.
这样利用冲突，他们就能让自己的表现更上一层楼。
- catapult (n.) 1570s, from Middle French catapulte and directly from Latin catapulta "war machine for throwing," from Greek katapeltes, from kata "against" in reference to walls, or perhaps "through" in reference to armor (see cata-) + base of pallein "to toss, hurl" (from PIE root *pel- (5) "to thrust, strike, drive"). In ancient times a Roman military engine for throwing huge darts.
- catapult (v.) 1848, "to throw with a catapult," from catapult (n.). Intransitive sense by 1928. Related: Catapulted; catapulting.
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