trebuchet

n. (中世的)抛石机, 小型秤, 小天平

发音

UK /ˈtɹɛbəʃɛt/
其它
UK /ˈtɹɛb.jə.ʃeɪ/
其它
UK /ˈtɹɛb.ju.ʃeɪ/
US /ˈtɹɛb.juˌʃɛt/
US /ˈtɹɛb.jəˌʃeɪ/

词形变化

trebuchets 复数 trebuchets trebucheted trebucheting trebuchets 三单 trebucheting 现在分词 trebucheted 过去式 trebucheted 过去分词

别名

trebucket trabuch trabucho trabuquet trepeget

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A medieval siege engine consisting of a large pivoting arm heavily weighted on one end.

    Medieval trebuchets are said to have been capable of launching 90-kg projectiles over distances of more than 300 meters.

  2. 2.

    A torture device for dunking suspected witches by means of a chair attached to the end of a long pole.

v.
  1. 1.

    To shoot with a trebuchet.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

trebucket

上位词 1

catapult

词源

From Old French trebuchet, trebuket et al. (modern trébuchet), from trebuchier (“to overthrow, topple”), from tres- + *buchier, from Old French buc (“trunk of the body”), from Old Frankish *būk (“belly, trunk, torso”), from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, abdomen, trunk”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (“to blow, swell”). Cognate with Old High German būh (“belly”), Old English būc (“belly, trunk”). More at bouk.

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