launch

B2 CET-4 Oxf 3000 大学 FREQ #3008 ★★★★☆

n. 下水, 汽艇, 发射 vt. 使下水, 发射, 发动 vi. 起飞, 下水, 投入, 开始

发音

UK /lɔːnt͡ʃ/
/lɑːnt͡ʃ/
US /lɔnt͡ʃ/
US /lɒnt͡ʃ/
/lɑnt͡ʃ/

词形变化

launches 复数 launched launches 三单 launches launchest launcheth launching launcht launching 现在分词 launched 过去式 launched 过去分词 launcht 过去式 launcht 过去分词

别名

lanch

教材释义与例句

动词

发射(导弹、火箭等);发起,发动;使…下水

动词

开始;下水;起飞

释义与例句

n. B2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. (Compare: to splash a ship.)

  2. 2.

    The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.).

    发射

  3. 3.

    An event held to celebrate the launch of a ship/vessel, project, a new book, etc.; a launch party.

    product launch

    book launch

  4. 1.

    The boat of the largest size and/or of most importance belonging to a ship of war, and often called the "captain's boat" or "captain's launch".

    航海 交通
  5. 2.

    A boat used to convey guests to and from a yacht.

    航海 交通
  6. 3.

    An open boat of any size powered by steam, petrol, electricity, etc.

    航海 交通
v. B2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.

    发射

    及物
  2. 2.

    To pierce with, or as with, a lance.

    废旧 及物
  3. 3.

    To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat.

    及物

    1725–1726, Alexander Pope, Homer's Odyssey (translation), Book V With stays and cordage last he rigged the ship, / And rolled on levers, launched her in the deep.

    The navy launched another ship.

  4. 4.

    To cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground.

    及物

    NASA launched several unmanned rockets before launching any of the Mercury astronauts.

  5. 5.

    To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation

    及物

    Our business launched a new project.

  6. 6.

    To start (a program or feature); to execute or bring into operation.

    及物 计算机 工程 数学

    Double-click an icon to launch the associated application.

  7. 7.

    To release; to put onto the market for sale

    及物
  8. 8.

    Of a ship, rocket, balloon, etc.: to depart on a voyage; to take off.

    不及物
  9. 9.

    To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin.

    不及物

    to launch into an argument or discussion

    to launch into lavish expenditures

  10. 10.

    To start to operate.

    不及物 计算机 工程 数学

    After clicking the icon, the application will launch.

词汇关系

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词源

From Middle English launchen (“to throw as a lance”), Old French lanchier, another form (Old Northern French/Norman variant, compare Jèrriais lanchi) of lancier, French lancer, from lance.

来源:wiktionary