中文翻译与英英解释 | an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles 同义词:catapult, arbalest, arbalist, ballista, bricole, onager, trebuchet, trebucket,
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A mangonel (derived from Greco-Latin word manganon, meaning "engine of war") was a type of catapult or siege engine used in the medieval period to throw projectiles at a castle's walls. The exact meaning of the term is debatable, and several possibilities have been suggested. |
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