英単語

catapultの意味・使い方・発音

catapult

英 ['kætəpʌlt] 美 ['kætəpʌlt]
  • n. スリングショット; クロスボウ; 航空機のカタパルト; (航空機の)座席脱出装置
  • vt.パチンコで撃つ;カタパルトで発射する;激しく投げる
  • vi.カタパルトで射出する;素早く移動する

語源


カタパルト

cata-、下向き。-pul、投げる、投げつける、語源的にはappeal、pulseと同じ。

英語の語源


catapult
catapult: [16] The first catapults were large military machines for hurling missiles at the enemy (originally darts, in contrast with the ballista, which discharged large rocks, but the distinction did not last); the schoolboy’s handheld catapult, consisting of a piece of elastic fixed in a Y-shaped frame, did not appear until the latter part of the 19th century. Etymologically, their name is a fairly straightforward description of what they do: it comes ultimately from Greek katapáltēs, which was formed from katá- ‘down’, hence ‘against’, and pállein ‘hurl’.
catapult (n.)
1570s, from Middle French catapulte and directly from Latin catapulta "war machine for throwing," from Greek katapeltes, from kata "against" (see cata-) + base of pallein "to toss, hurl" (see pulse (n.1)). As an airplane-launching device on an aircraft-carrier by 1927.
catapult (v.)
1848, "to throw with a catapult," from catapult (n.). Intransitive sense by 1928. Related: Catapulted; catapulting.

例文


1. The boy surrendered the catapult to the teacher.
その子は先生にパチンコを渡した.

2.He fitted a pebble into the catapult and puled back the elastic.Twang!
彼はパチンコに石を入れ、輪ゴムを引き戻した。「嘣」!

3.The sting of the catapult bullet had worn off.
打たれたパチンコはそんなに痛くないよ.

4.The catapult projected stones into the air.
パチンコは石を空に向けた。

5.She was catapult to stardom by the success of her first record.
彼女は最初のレコードの成功で一躍有名歌手になった。

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