catapult

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms;
used to propel small stones
• Syn:
slingshot, sling
• Derivationally related forms:
catapultic, sling (for: sling)
• Hypernyms:
plaything, toy
2. a device that launches aircraft from a warship
• Syn:
launcher
• Derivationally related forms:
launch (for: launcher), catapultian, catapultic
• Hypernyms:
device
3. an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges;
a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles
• Syn:
arbalest, arbalist, ballista, bricole, mangonel,
onager, trebuchet, trebucket
• Derivationally related forms:
catapultian, catapultic
• Hypernyms:
engine

II - verb

1. shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult (Freq. 2)
- the enemy catapulted rocks towards the fort
• Hypernyms:
propel, impel
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
- Somebody ----s PP
2. hurl as if with a sling (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
sling
• Derivationally related forms:
sling (for: sling), slinger (for: sling), slinging (for: sling)
• Hypernyms:
hurl, hurtle, cast
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
- They catapult the object in the water

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  arbalest, arbalist, ballista, bricole, mangonel, onager, trebuchet, trebucket, launcher, slingshot, sling