| 释义 |
trebuchet/ˈtrebjʊʃet, -bəʃet/n. (also 亦作 trebucket /ˈtrebʌkit, ˈtri:-/) 1 hist. a military machine used in siege warfare for throwing stones etc. [史义] (攻城战斗中投掷大石块用的)投石机 2 a tilting balance for accurately weighing light articles (给小重量物品称重的)小型天平 [Middle English from Old French, from trebucher ‘overthrow’, ultimately from Frankish] |