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

• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。