catapult

UK:  ['kætəpʌlt]

US:  ['kætə.pʌlt]

复数：catapults  过去分词：catapulted  现在分词：catapulting  

v.

1.用弩炮[弹弓、弹射机]发射;用发射机射出(飞机)

2.(像被弹射似地)迅猛行动

3.用弹射器发射

4.使…获得

5.使…一跃而成为

6.〔美国〕突然把…捧出名

7.抛射

n.

1.弹弓;弹皮弓

2.〔英国〕(儿童玩的)弹弓

3.抛送机

4.绳索回收器

5.【军事】(导弹、飞机等的)弹射器;弹射座椅

6.【历史】弩炮;石弩

1 . It was really foolish of him to barter away his bicycle for this cheap catapult.
他用自行车换来一个廉价的弹弓，实属愚蠢。

2 . A mere interjection, comment, the slightest question will catapult such a person into a talking fit.
仅仅欹、评论、毫不质疑会累成这样的人谈适合。

3 . The Deutsche Bank AG trader's early embrace and mastery of credit-default swaps helped catapult him to managing director at the age of 27.
魏因斯坦起初是德意志银行（DeutscheBankAG）的交易员，早年便精于信用违约掉期（credit-defaultswap）操作，27岁荣升董事总经理。

4 . One is for Visible Air technology, which he created as a side project; it helped catapult Nike out of the doldrums in the mid-'80s.
其中的一项可见式气垫（VisibleAir）技术是他为一个编外项目发明的。

5 . The instrument that I used turned into a catapult. And it went like this . . . And then that was it.
我用的工具成了一个弹弓，就像这样……我的工作成果化为乌有。