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 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。
• 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。
• A U.S.-based research institute says new satellite imagery suggests North Korea has halted construction on a launch pad capable of testing intercontinental missiles.
  一家美国研究机构说，新的卫星图像显示，朝鲜停止了在一个可以试射洲际弹道导弹的发射台上的建筑活动。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• At ignition, it will pour a million liters of water onto the launch pad surface.
  点火时，它将把百万升水浇在发射台面上。