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 unpiloted launch tested an alternate concept for safely propelling a future spacecraft and its crew away from a problem on the launch pad or during ascent.
  本次无人发射实验测试了一种用于未来太空船紧急救援的替代性设想，以便使火箭在发射台或上升段出现问题时让全体乘员安全脱离。
• This is the rocket's launch pad.
  这就是触发它的平台。
• 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。
• The delay will give NASA time to determine whether a powerful lightning strike at the launch pad caused any problems with the shuttle.
  这一延迟将使美国航空航天局有时间来确定发射台遭受的强烈闪电袭击是否会对航天飞机造成任何影响。
• 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。
• 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。
• The test of the missile was to be carried out in three steps: land-based launch from a launch pad, land-based launch from a simulated launcher tube, and underwater launch from a submarine.
  导弹测试分三个步骤进行：从一个发射台进行陆基发射，从一个仿真发射筒进行陆基发射和从一艘潜艇进行水下发射。
• What's the best way to whisk astronauts to safety if their rocket were to explode on the launch pad?
  如果航天员乘坐的火箭即将在发射台上爆炸，那最好的逃生方式是什么？
• 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。
• When the shuttle gets to the launch pad, NASA has more work to do before countdown.
  当航天飞机被安放到发射台上时，国家航空航天局在倒计时发射前还有很多工作要做。