slingshot

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈslɪŋʃɒt/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A Y-shaped stick with an elastic sling between the arms used for shooting small projectiles. Australia,Philippines,US
    — ‘Terry Madison. Instead of fiddling with that shanghai, give us a thought.’ ‘It’s a gongai,’ Swiftie said. ‘I mean that’s the name for a shanghai which is another name for a catapult...that Mr Delarue calls a slingshot.’
  2. A stationary, often triangular object that launches any ball that hits its longest side back at a high force, now usually located above the flipper and between it and the inlane, with one each for both lower flippers.
  3. A sling bikini.
  4. An implement of a broad fabric worn around and connecting both bicipites brachii to support benching the most heavy weights.
  5. The act of passing cars queuing in the left-hand lane and using the right-hand lane to go around a roundabout, exiting at the desired junction having avoided the queue. UK,slang
  6. Synonym of slingshot effect.
动词 v.
  1. To move or cause to move in a manner resembling a projectile shot from a slingshot.
  2. To use the gravity of a moving planet to add momentum to a spacecraft.
    — The shuttle will slingshot around Jupiter on its way to Saturn.
  3. To perform the slingshot manoeuvre (see Noun). UK,slang

词形变化

slingshots plural slingshots present,singular,third-person slingshotting participle,present slingshotted participle,past slingshotted past

词汇关系

衍生词
gravitational slingshot gravity slingshot slingkini slingshot effect
相关词
gravity assist

词源

词源 1
From sling + shot.
词源 2
From sling + shot.
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