| 单词 | launch |
| 释义 | launch (once / 155 pages) 1vn 2n 3v To launch something is to propel it or get it going, usually from a standing position. You can launch a rocket, a career, a product or even a watermelon. Either way, you're getting it off the ground. Launch often means to start something, but to start it in a big way: "The launch of the shuttle was also the launch of a new era in space travel." Time was, when a singer finished making her record, the company would simply "release it." Eventually, though, that wasn't enough. Now a record needs "a launch" — a full-scale media blitz to get people excited enough to buy it. WORD FAMILYlaunch: launched, launcher, launches, launching+/launcher: launchers/launching: launchings USAGE EXAMPLESMeanwhile, Islamic State militants launched an attack on the main road from Baghdad to Mosul, a key military supply route. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) A booby-trapped drone launched by Islamic State militants killed two Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and wounded two French soldiers in October near Mosul. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) Smarter Applications is launching a fridge webcam at CES that alerts owners to when food nears its expiry date. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v propel with force launch the space shuttle Launch a ship Hypo|Hyper float put into the water blast offlaunch with great force impel, propel cause to move forward with force 2v launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage launch a ship Hyper set in motion get going; give impetus to 3v get going; give impetus to launch a career Syn|Hyper set in motion displace, move cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense 4v set up or found Syn|Ant|Hyper establish, found, set up abolish, get rid of do away with open, open up start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning 5v begin with vigor He launched into a long diatribe Syn|Hyper plunge plunge dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity begin, commence, get, get down, set about, set out, start, start out take the first step or steps in carrying out an action 6n the act of propelling with force 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper launching rocket firing, rocket launching the launching of a rocket or missile under its own power blastoff, shotthe launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination moon shotthe launching of a spacecraft to the moon actuation, propulsion the act of propelling n a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck 3Hyper motorboat, powerboat a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine v smoothen the surface of launch plaster Hyper smooth, smoothen make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing |
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