noun🔗ShareパチンコA Y-shaped stick with an elastic sling between the arms used for shooting small projectiles."The children were playing in the backyard with their slingshots, aiming at empty cans. "子供たちは裏庭でパチンコを使って遊んでいて、空き缶を狙っていました。weapongamesportdeviceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareスリングショットA stationary, often triangular object that launches any ball that hits its longest side back at a high force, now usually located above the flipper and between it and the inlane, with one each for both lower flippers."The pinball bounced off the slingshots with a loud thwack, sending it flying back up the playfield. "ピンボールは大きなthwackという音とともにスリングショットから跳ね返り、プレイフィールドを舞い上がった。gamemachinedeviceentertainmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share発射する、射出するTo move or cause to move in a manner resembling a projectile shot from a slingshot."The car suddenly slingshotted forward as the driver floored the accelerator. "運転手がアクセルを踏み込むと、車は突然前方に発射された。actionphysicsweaponChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(特に) 移動する惑星の重力を利用して、宇宙船に勢いを加える(especially) To use the gravity of a moving planet to add momentum to a spacecraft."NASA often slingshots spacecraft around Jupiter to accelerate them toward the outer solar system, using the planet's gravity like a cosmic boost. "NASAは、宇宙船を外太陽系に向けて加速させるため、木星の重力を利用して宇宙船を木星の周りで加速させることが多く、惑星の重力を宇宙的なブーストのように利用しています。astronomyspacephysicstechnologyscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
