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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。