launch pad

英 [ˈlɔːntʃ pæd]

美 [ˈlɔːntʃ pæd]

n.  (航天器等的)发射平台

牛津词典

noun

• （航天器等的）发射平台
  a platform from which a spacecraft , etc. is sent into the sky
  1. She regards the job as a launch pad for her career in the media.
     她把这项工作当作她从事媒体职业的起点。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （火箭、导弹或卫星的）发射坪，发射台
  Alaunch padorlaunching padis a platform from which rockets, missiles, or satellites are launched.
  1. ...the launch pad at Cape Canaveral.
     卡纳维拉尔角发射台
• N-COUNT 跳板；踏脚石
  Alaunch padorlaunching padis a situation, for example a job, which you can use in order to go forward to something better or more important.
  1. Wimbledon has been a launch pad for so many players...
     温布尔登一直是成就众多球手的地方。
  2. It was the launching pad for a media career that has made her one of the highest-paid people on British TV.
     她就是凭此跳板进入媒体行业，成为英国电视界最高薪人士之一。

英英释义

noun

• a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched
  Synonym:launching padlaunchpadlaunch areapad

双语例句

• The elevation and configuration of the launch pad also require consideration.
  提升机和发射台的外形也需要考虑。
• If the North does test such an intercontinental ballistic missile again, American forces will have to consider blowing it up on the launch pad or shooting it out of the sky.
  如果朝鲜真的再次测试这样的洲际弹道导弹，美国将不得不考虑让它在发射台爆炸，或者从空中把它击落。
• Wimbledon has been a launch pad for so many players
  温布尔登一直是成就众多球手的地方。
• Cagliari was my starting point, my launch pad for everything.
  卡利亚里是我的起点，是我的一切的开始的地方。
• The spacecraft, its Long-March II-F carrier rocket and the escape tower were fitted on the launch pad on Saturday.
  上周六，运载火箭长征二号F和逃逸塔均已顺利安装在发射台上。
• Clinton spoke in Mexico City amid reports North Korea has moved multi-stage missile to a launch pad.
  克林顿是在有报道说北韩已把多级导弹运到发射台的背景下在墨西哥城说这番话的。
• The Launch Pad for quick access to applications, tasks, and links
  快速访问应用程序、任务和链接的LaunchPad
• The biggest concern is whether the launch pad was damaged by a lighting strike.
  最受关注的是轻微的碰击是否损坏发射垫。
• With a roar, it began to rise slowly from the launch pad.
  伴随着巨大的轰鸣，火箭开始从发射台缓慢升起。
• But he said any cease-fire must include conditions so Hamas can not use Gaza as a launch pad for rocket attacks on Israel.
  但是他说，任何停火必须包括一些条件，要求哈马斯不能再把加沙作为向以色列发动火箭攻击的基地。