launch pad

noun

1. （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。

1. N-COUNT （火箭、导弹或卫星的）发射坪，发射台
   A launch pad or launching pad is 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
2. N-COUNT 跳板；踏脚石
   A launch pad or launching pad is 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。

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. This is the official launch pad for your test.
   这是您的测试的正式运行面板。
3. After following a few simple steps with the GUI on the license server installation launch pad, you will be asked to import your license key from a file.
   在许可服务器安装发射台上与GUI一起进行了几个简单的步骤之后，您将被询问从一个文件中输入您的许可密码。
4. 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
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. At ignition, it will pour a million liters of water onto the launch pad surface.
   点火时，它将把百万升水浇在发射台面上。
9. 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。
10. 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。
11. 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。
12. The American Space Agency NASA has delayed the launch of the Shuttle Endeavour while it tries to find out what damage was done by11 lightening strikes around the launch pad at Cape Canaveral.
    美国国家航空和航天管理局推迟奋力号航天飞机的发射，试图找出在卡纳维拉尔角的发射台经历了11次闪电袭击之后飞机遭受哪些损害。
13. 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。
14. 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。
15. 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。
16. 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。
17. What's the best way to whisk astronauts to safety if their rocket were to explode on the launch pad?
    如果航天员乘坐的火箭即将在发射台上爆炸，那最好的逃生方式是什么？
18. 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。
19. If the North does test such an intercontinental ballistic missile again, American forces will have to consider blowing it up on the launch pad or shooting it out of the sky.
    如果朝鲜真的再次测试这样的洲际弹道导弹，美国将不得不考虑让它在发射台爆炸，或者从空中把它击落。
20. This is the rocket's launch pad.
    这就是触发它的平台。
21. 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。
22. 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。
23. 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。
24. 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。
25. 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。
26. 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。
27. The rocket blew up on the launch pad.
    火箭在发射台上爆炸。
28. 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。
29. 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。

noun

1. a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched

   Synonym:    launching padlaunchpadlaunch areapad