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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