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

• 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。
• The rocket blew up on the launch pad.
  火箭在发射台上爆炸。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。