trebuchet

英 ['trebjʊʃet; -bəʃet] 美[,trɛbjʊ'ʃɛt]

1. medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles

The trebuchet is better for long range targets ( like the water cooler or networked printer ).: 更适用于远距离目标 ( 如水冷器或网络打印机 ).

trebuchet (n.): "medieval stone-throwing engine of war," c. 1300 (in Anglo-Latin from early 13c.), from Old French trebuchet (12c.) "stone-throwing siege engine," from trabuchier "to overturn, fall to the ground, overthrow" (11c.), from tra- (from Latin trans-, here expressing "displacement") + Old French buc "trunk, bulk," from Frankish *buk- "trunk of the body," from Proto-Germanic *bheu-, variant of *beu-, used in forming words loosely associated with swelling (such as German bauch "belly;" see bull (n.2)).

1. The trebuchet is better for long range targets ( like the water cooler or networked printer ).: 更适用于远距离目标 ( 如水冷器或网络打印机 ).