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

• 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。
• 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。
• This is the official launch pad for your test.
  这是您的测试的正式运行面板。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• This is the rocket's launch pad.
  这就是触发它的平台。
• 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。
• 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。