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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The principal perturbing forces for launch vehicles, both on the launch pad and in flight, are the aerodynamic loads produced by winds.
  发射飞行器在发射台上以及在飞行中的重要扰动力是由风产生的气动载荷。
• 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。
• This is the official launch pad for your test.
  这是您的测试的正式运行面板。
• The rocket blew up on the launch pad.
  火箭在发射台上爆炸。
• 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。