"Did grandfather bring you those lovely roses?" asked Eloise. Evringham flashed her his first glance of approval for so quickly taking the cue. "Yes," replied the child, her breath catching as she went back to her chair. "I seemed so sick when he went away this morning was the reason; so now I'm well again--they belong to everybody, don't they, grandpa?"
Mr. Evringham paused to consider a reply. He desired to be careful in public not to draw upon himself that small catapult. "They belong to you still, Jewel. I never take back my presents," he returned at last.英文原著 · 《Jewel》
Wheeler rocked and fanned, forgetting the kitchen and the cucumbers as if they had never been. Her tired body was resting, and her mind, which was never tired, was occupied with the account of early religious foundations under the Merovingian kings. Her eyes were always agreeably employed when they rested upon the sunburned neck and catapult shoulders of her red-headed son.英文原著 · 《One of Ours》
The engine: The machines for casting stones, which in Chaucer time served the purpose of great artillery; they were called "mangonells," "springolds," &c.; and resembled in construction the "ballistae" and "catapultae" of the ancients.英文原著 · 《The Canterbury Tales》
Suddenly lifting one of his bare feet, he shot O'Bannon as by the action of a catapult against the printing-press.英文原著 · 《The Choir Invisible》
We all trooped down to the station, of course; it is only in later years that the farce of "seeing people off" is seen in its true colours. Edward was the life and soul of the party; and if his gaiety struck one at times as being a trifle overdone, it was not a moment to be critical. As we tramped along, I promised him I would ask Farmer Larkin not to kill any more pigs till he came back for the holidays, and he said he would send me a proper catapult,--the real lethal article, not a kid's plaything. Then suddenly, when we were about half-way down, one of the girls fell a-snivelling.英文原著 · 《The Golden Age》
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There was stark amazement on Kulun's face; and fear now enough. He dropped from the parapet among his men. There came one loud trumpet blast. Out from the battlements poured a storm of arrows, a cloud of javelins. The squat catapults leaped forward. From them came a hail of boulders. Before that onrushing tempest of death I flinched. I heard Norhala's golden laughter and before they could reach us arrow and javelin and boulder were checked as though myriads of hands reached out from the Thing under us and caught them.英文原著 · 《The Metal Monster》
You looking for the endorsement of the Police Commissioner to catapult you into the race?美剧 · 《Billions》
She's single-handedly catapulting Carl into puberty.美剧 · 《Shameless》
I think the word you're looking for is "befuddled." My catapult flings my bishop To Howard's Queen's Gorilla two.美剧 · 《The Big Bang Theory》