a hand-held catapult 弹弓 ■a shot from a hand-held catapult 弹弓射弹 ■[often as modifier]the effect of the gravitational pull of a celestial body in accelerating and changing the course of another body or a spacecraft 弹射飞行
(-shotting; past and past participle -shot 或 -shotted)
forcefully accelerate or cause to accelerate through use of gravity (利用引力)加速,使加速超前 [no obj.]the car would hit the first dip, then slingshot off the second rise. 汽车总是到第一个斜坡处加速冲越第二道坡。 [with obj.]Jupiter's gravity slingshots the fragments toward Earth. 木星的重力使碎片加速飞向地球。