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

• Suddenly, I realized I had been catapulted beyond my area of competence.
  突然间，我发现我遇到了似乎力所不逮的问题。
• When I told her, she didnt just get out of bed, she catapulted out and hugged me, and for the first time in our married life she saw me cry.
  当我说我爱她的时候，她从床里跳了出来，拥抱着我，第一次在我们结婚之后看到我流下了泪。
• When the two vehicles collided he was catapulted forwards.
  当两车相撞时，他一下子被弹向前面。
• He stopped his bicycle so suddenly that he was catapulted over the handle bars.
  他自行车停得太突然，以致于他自己从车把上栽了过去。
• 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。
• Lawyers, accountants and real estate agents say the citizenship program has catapulted Malta onto the radar of the global elite.
  律师、会计和房地产代理人们说，公民身份计划让马耳他一下子引起了全球精英的注意，出现了申请热潮。
• 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。
• The show catapulted her to fame.
  这场表演使她一炮走红。
• 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。
• '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。