ballista

英

美

网络  弩车; 弩炮; 投石机; 抛石机; 投石器

复数：ballistas　

COCA.46975

英英释义

noun

• an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges
  Synonym:catapultarbalestarbalistbricolemangonelonagertrebuchettrebucket

双语例句

• These boats carry ballista for firing grappling hooks to pull enemy ships into contact, enabling boarding actions.
  龙首战舰通常用弩炮发射抓钩强行与敌船靠拢，然后展开接舷恶战。
• Though the ballista are assembled here, their crews are trained outside of the city walls – The only safe place to master the use of such equipment.
  弩炮在工坊内进行装配，弩炮部队训练却必须于城外进行，因为唯有那里方可提供足够开阔场所以供部队进行射击训练。
• Ballista: Ancient missile launcher designed to hurl long arrows or heavy Balls.
  投石机：古代投掷物体之发射器，用作发射长箭或重型球状物。
• Constructing Ballista Towers atop settlement walls allows a defending force to shower any attackers with iron bolts, a sensible improvement for almost any siege scenario.
  城墙顶端修建投石塔可当敌军攻击时予以密集杀伤，极大提高城邑防御能力。
• Unlike the crossbow the Ballista derives its force from twisted animal sinew and not tension from the frontal arms.
  不同于十字弩所利用的弩臂弹力，蝎子弩发射的动力来自于动物筋腱扭曲产生的扭力。