catapulted

英 [ˈkætəpʌltɪd]

美 [ˈkætəpʌltɪd]

v.  (被)猛掷，猛扔
catapult的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• 弹弓
  Acatapultis a device for shooting small stones. It is made of a Y-shaped stick with a piece of elastic tied between the two top parts.

in AM, use 美国英语用 slingshot


• (航空母舰上弹射飞机升空的)弹射装置，弹射器
  Acatapultis a device that is used to send aircraft into the air from an aircraft carrier.
• V-ERG (将…)弹出;(使)射出
  If someone or somethingcatapultsoris catapultedthrough the air, they are thrown very suddenly, quickly, and violently through it.
  1. We've all seen enough dummies catapulting through windscreens in TV warnings to know the dangers of not wearing seat belts...
     在电视里，假人穿过挡风玻璃飞出去的警示镜头我们见得多了，知道不系安全带的危险。
  2. He was catapulted into the side of the van.
     他被弹飞出去，撞在货车的侧面。
• V-ERG （使）突然处于…境地;（使）忽然身处…情况下
  If somethingcatapultsyou into a particular state or situation, or if youcatapultthere, you are suddenly and unexpectedly caused to be in that state or situation.
  1. 'Basic Instinct' catapulted her to top status among Hollywood's glamour goddesses...
     《本能》使她跃至一线，成功跻身好莱坞耀眼的女明星之列。
  2. Suddenly she was catapulted into his jet-set lifestyle...
     突然间，她过上了他那种阔佬生活。
  3. Affleck catapulted to fame after picking up an Oscar.
     摘得奥斯卡奖后，阿弗莱克一举成名。

双语例句

• When the two vehicles collided he was catapulted forwards.
  当两车相撞时，他一下子被弹向前面。
• With him she would be catapulted into the top 0.1%.
  而达西先生让她跻身进入前0.1%的富人行列。
• Two events of the twentieth century catapulted polymers into a position of worldwide importance.
  20世纪的两件大事一下使聚合物获得了世界性的主要地位。
• This has catapulted innovation as well as our ability to provide integrated solutions, and it has provided us and our customers with increased flexibility and responsibility.
  这已经形成了革新，并且显出了我们提供集成解决方案的能力，它向我们和我们的客户提供了增加的灵活性和响应性。
• But now the global financial crisis has catapulted China into poll position as the world's largest car market, and the financial strength of China's carmakers has made them bidders of last resort for some of the western world's favourite distressed car assets.
  但如今，全球金融危机让中国一举拔得头筹，成为世界上最大的汽车市场。对于西方国家所钟爱的一些陷入困境的不良汽车资产，中国汽车制造商已凭借其财力成为最后的竞标者。
• We've found tales of women vomiting onto their wedding dresses, being catapulted out of horse-drawn carriages, swallowing their engagement rings and tangling with the police.
  我们发现呕吐到自己的结婚礼服上，被弹出马车，吞咽自己的订婚戒指和与警察纠缠的故事。
• An unexpected inheritance catapulted him into the ranks of the nouveaux riches.
  继续了一笔意外的财产使他晋身为暴发户之列。
• Meanwhile, the world economic crisis has catapulted China to even greater prominence in its own right.
  与此同时，世界经济危机让中国的有利地位更加突出。
• The boy catapulted out of the house.
  那男孩飞快地奔出屋子。
• The risk of a backseat passenger being catapulted into the windscreen.
  后座乘客可能被弹到挡风玻璃上的危险。