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 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。
• The American Space Agency NASA has delayed the launch of the Shuttle Endeavour while it tries to find out what damage was done by11 lightening strikes around the launch pad at Cape Canaveral.
  美国国家航空和航天管理局推迟奋力号航天飞机的发射，试图找出在卡纳维拉尔角的发射台经历了11次闪电袭击之后飞机遭受哪些损害。
• Outfitted with its external fuel tank and twin booster rockets at the seaside39B launch pad, Discovery soared into space on the firing command, leaving splendid flames and roaring sound.
  在点火指令下达后，携带着外部燃料箱在一对助推火箭的推动下，发现号航天飞机从靠近海边的39B号发射架上飞行太空，它的身后留下了壮丽的火焰和轰鸣声。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Americans will be barred from using Iraq as a launch pad to attack other countries.
  禁止美国人使用伊拉克作为跳板来进攻其它国家。
• This is the official launch pad for your test.
  这是您的测试的正式运行面板。