Launch
[lɔːntʃ] or [lɔntʃ]
解释:
(noun.) a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck.
(verb.) smoothen the surface of; 'launch plaster'.
(verb.) propel with force; 'launch the space shuttle'; 'Launch a ship'.
(verb.) get going; give impetus to; 'launch a career'; 'Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process'.
(verb.) launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage; 'launch a ship'.
手打:奥齐--From WordNet
解释:
(v. i.) To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.
(v. i.) To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce.
(v. i.) To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship.
(v. i.) To send out; to start (one) on a career; to set going; to give a start to (something); to put in operation; as, to launch a son in the world; to launch a business project or enterprise.
(v. i.) To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to make a beginning; as, to launch into the current of a stream; to launch into an argument or discussion; to launch into lavish expenditures; -- often with out.
(n.) The act of launching.
(n.) The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built.
(n.) The boat of the largest size belonging to a ship of war; also, an open boat of any size driven by steam, naphtha, electricity, or the like.
手打:奥利
同义词及近义词:
v. a. [1]. Throw, hurl, cast, dart, lance.[2]. Slide from the stocks (as a ship).
v. n. Enlarge, expatiate, descant, dilate, launch out.
尤因整理
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Propel, hurl, embark, expatiate, enlarge
ANT:Repress, recall, ignore, avoid
编辑:马克斯
解释:
v.t. to throw as a lance or spear: (Shak.) to pierce or cut with a lance: to send forth: to cause to slide into the water.—v.i. to go forth as a ship into the water: to come into new relations make a transition.—n. act of launching or moving a newly-built ship from the stocks into the water: the largest boat carried by a man-of-war: (Spens.) a lancing.—n.pl. Launch′ing-ways the timbers on which a ship is launched.—n. Steam′-launch a large passenger-boat propelled by steam-power and used largely on rivers.
校对:托妮
例句:
- Slowly the launch drifted round in a pathetic, clumsy circle, and slunk away to the land, retreating into the dimness. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- The launch twanged and hooted, somebody was singing. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- The launch began gradually to beat the waters. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- The little pleasure-launch was fussing out from the shore, twanging its music, crowded with people, flapping its paddles. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- What a launch in life I think it now, on looking back, to be so mean and servile to a man of such parts and pretensions! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- The half-dark waters were sprinkled with lovely bubbles of swaying lights, the launch did not look far off. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- You'll try to launch the boats, at all events, said Crispin quickly. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- She was built by the William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company, of Philadelphia, was launched Oct. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- Getting another boy with difficulty to volunteer, he launched out on his errand in the pitch-black night. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- The phonograph was now fairly launched as a world sensation, and a reference to the newspapers of 1878 will show the extent to which it and Edison were themes of universal discussion. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- The insurgents gathered at the H?tel de Ville, and on the tenth of August the Commune launched an attack on the palace of the Tuileries. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- This steam-vessel was launched at New York in 1807, and was called the Clermont, the name of Mr. Livingstone's residence on the banks of the Hudson. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
- Gulping down all further comment, he launched into his customary discours. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- Stockton_ (the latter built by the Lairds of Birkenhead and launched in 1837). 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Langley' s method of launching had been proved practical, but Curtiss finally deci ded to start from the water, and accordingly fitted the aeroplane with hydroae roplane floats. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- This smal ler machine was tested August 8, 1903, the same launching apparatus being employed as with the steam-driven models of 1896. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- The old method of launching the plane from a hill gave little chance for a real test. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- As he had no idea of deceiving her, and always desired to please her, he was thus made chary of launching into expense. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- He also constructed new launching apparatus. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Again difficulty occurred with the launching gear, the rear wings and rudder being wrecked before the aeroplane was clear of the ways. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- But in spite of this launching at the hands of the most eminent scientists, business men could see little future for the new machine. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- Modern science uses the force of such exploding gases for the accomplishment of work, such as running of automobiles and launches. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- The use of gasoline in launches and automobiles is familiar to many. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- Fig. 70 is a longitudinal section and a general view of one of these launches. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- These vapour engines are used for vapour launches, bicycles and automobiles. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Electric launches have in later years rapidly gained in popularity. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- IN WHICH THE OLD MAN LAUNCHES FORTH INTO HIS FAVOURITE THEME, AND RELATES A STORY ABOUT A QUEER CLIENT 'Aha! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Not only are launches and automobiles making use of gas power, but the gasoline engine has made it possible to propel a?roplanes through the air. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
整理:默娜