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launch pad

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Space
ˈlaunch pad (also launching pad) noun [countable]  1. TTSa base from which a weapon or spacecraft is sent up into the sky 〔武器或航天器的〕发射台,发射坪2 an event, group, or activity that helps someone start something 〔帮助某人开始做某事的〕跳板launch pad for Ellington’s band was a launching pad for many gifted jazz musicians. 埃林顿的乐队是许多天才爵士乐手的跳板。
ˈlaunch pad nounChineseSyllable


launch pad
ˈlaunch pad (also ˈlaunching pad) noun [countable]
1. a base from which a weapon or spacecraft is sent up into the sky
2. an event, group, or activity that helps someone start something
    launch pad for
    Ellington’s band was a launching pad for many gifted jazz musicians.


launch padBrE /ˈlɔːntʃ pæd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈlɔːntʃ pæd/ 🔊 (also ˈlaunching pad) nouna platform from which a spacecraft, etc. is sent into the sky (航天器等的)发射平台(figurative) She regards the job as a launch pad for her career in the media. 她把这份工作当作她从事媒体职业的跳板。🔊🔊