Launching pad
n. 导弹或火箭发射场, 发射台
📖 牛津释义
launching pad
(also `launch pad), base or platform from which spacecraft, etc are launched （航天器等的）发射台.
🧩 词语组成解析
n. 发射, 船下水, 下水典礼, 开办
pad
[pæd]
vt. 给…装衬垫， 加垫子;填塞;踏平;
vi. 步行，放轻脚步走;
n. 垫，衬垫;护具;便签本;发射台;
🗣️ 情景例句
It's Carl's birthday,
今天是Carl的生日，
Knowledge is power.
知识就是力量。
so they are often tempted to finish a job before setting out to keep an appointment.
因此他们常想做完一件事后再去赴约。