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。
• When I visit the Science Museum, I go to the Launch Pad.
  我参观科学馆时，我去了发射台。
• After following a few simple steps with the GUI on the license server installation launch pad, you will be asked to import your license key from a file.
  在许可服务器安装发射台上与GUI一起进行了几个简单的步骤之后，您将被询问从一个文件中输入您的许可密码。
• Due to forecast for severe weather around the Kennedy Space Center launch pad in Florida on Tuesday afternoon, fueling of the second stage of the rocket will not be completed.
  由于周二下午对肯尼迪太空发射中心周围恶劣天气的预测，火箭第二阶段的燃料还没有完成。
• 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。
• The principal perturbing forces for launch vehicles, both on the launch pad and in flight, are the aerodynamic loads produced by winds.
  发射飞行器在发射台上以及在飞行中的重要扰动力是由风产生的气动载荷。
• 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。
• A rocket carrying a super-fast Internet satellite lifts off from its launch pad on the Japanese island of Tanagashima.
  载有超高速互联网卫星的火箭从日本种子岛的发射台离地升空。
• 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。
• North Korea has started moving a long-range missile towards a launch pad in possible preparation for another missile test, according to US officials.
  美国官员表示，朝鲜已开始将一枚远程导弹运往发射场，可能准备再次进行导弹试验。