launch

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /lɔːnt͡ʃ/|/loːnt͡ʃ/    美 /loːnt͡ʃ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  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. 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".
  3. The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.).
    — Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip. Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations.
  4. A boat used to convey guests to and from a yacht.
  5. An event held to celebrate the launch of a ship/vessel, project, a new book, etc.; a launch party.
    — product launch
  6. An open boat of any size powered by steam, petrol, electricity, etc.
动词 v.
  1. To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force. transitive
    — There they were met by four thousand Ha'apa'a warriors, who launched a volley of stones and spears[…]
  2. To pierce with, or as with, a lance. obsolete,transitive
    — And launch your hearts with lamentable wounds.
  3. To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat. transitive
    — Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.
  4. To cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground. transitive
    — A cheap rocket that could launch military reconnaisance satellites for developing countries has become involved in a tangled web of Nazi rocket scientists, Penthouse magazine, KGB disinformation, and a treaty reminiscent of the height of colonialism in Africa.
  5. To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation transitive
    — Our business launched a new project.
  6. To start (a program or feature); to execute or bring into operation. transitive
    — Double-click an icon to launch the associated application.
  7. To release; to put onto the market for sale transitive
    — On September 3rd Bionym, a Canadian firm, launched Nymi, a bracelet which detects the wearer’s heartbeat.
  8. Of a ship, rocket, balloon, etc.: to depart on a voyage; to take off. intransitive
  9. To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin. intransitive,often
    — In our language, Spenſer has not contented himſelf with this ſubmiſſive manner of imitation : he launches out into very flowery paths[…]
  10. To start to operate. intransitive
    — After clicking the icon, the application will launch.

词形变化

launches present,singular,third-person launching participle,present launched participle,past launched past launcht obsolete,participle,past launcht obsolete,past lanch alternative,obsolete launches plural lanch alternative,obsolete launches plural lanch alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

下位词
cold launch hard launch hot launch soft launch
衍生词
air-launch autolaunch failure to launch hard-launch launchable launchee launcher launch forth launchful launch into launch lunch launch one's lunch launchway mislaunch outlaunch overlaunch postlaunch prelaunch relaunch soft-launch unlaunch unlaunched book launch launch angle launch complex launch game launching launch loop launch lug launch pad launch time launch vehicle launch window paper launch pre-launch captain's launch
相关词
launching ways barge boat ship’s boat yacht

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
From Portuguese lancha (“barge, launch”), apparently from Malay lancar (“quick, agile”). Spelling influenced by the verb above.
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