Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - catapult
Catapult
catapult
n. & v. --n. 1 a forked stick etc. with elastic for shooting stones. 2 hist. a military machine worked by a lever and ropes for hurling large stones etc. 3 a mechanical device for launching a glider, an aircraft from the deck of a ship, etc. --v. 1 tr. a hurl from or launch with a catapult. b fling forcibly. 2 intr. leap or be hurled forcibly. Etymology: F catapulte or L catapulta f. Gk katapeltes (as CATA-, pallo hurl)
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I. noun Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French ~e, from Latin ~a, from Greek katapaltēs, from kata+ pallein to hurl Date: 1577 an ancient military device for hurling missiles, a device for launching an airplane at flying speed (as from an aircraft carrier), II. verb Date: 1848 transitive verb to throw or launch by or as if by a ~, intransitive verb to become ~ed ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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