trebuchet
/treb-yoo-shet, treb-yoo-shet/US // ˈtrɛb yʊˌʃɛt, ˌtrɛb yʊˈʃɛt //UK // (ˈtrɛbjʊˌʃɛt) //
投石机,投石车,投石器,震旦
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n.名词 noun
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- : a medieval engine of war with a sling for hurling missiles.
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Trebuchet, treb′ū-shet, n. a military engine like the ballista.
To these engines the besieged opposed the first trebuchet, and another mounted in the barbican.
Such was the principle of the "trebuchet," the enormous engines which carried devastation and destruction to medieval castles.
Conversely, we might describe a staff-sling as a hand-trebuchet.
The medival trebuchet was a sling wielded by a gigantic arm of wood.
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