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The literal launchpad is the flat concrete place a rocket sits on before it goes up. But you will meet the word far more often in its picture meaning: a launchpad is a starting point that sends you on to something bigger.
The literal launchpad is the flat concrete place a rocket sits on before it goes up字面上的launchpad是火箭升空前坐落的那片水泥平台 But you will meet the word far more often in its picture meaning不過你更常遇到的是它的比喻意義 a launchpad is a starting point that sends you on to something bigger也就是launchpad是把你推向更大目標的起點
A first job can be a launchpad for a career; a small role in a film can be a launchpad for an actor.
A first job can be a launchpad for a career第一份工作可以是一個人事業的launchpad a small role in a film can be a launchpad for an actor電影裡的一個小角色也可以是一位演員的launchpad
The sense you are asked about is a narrower version of this on the internet: a page or site that is not really where the information lives, but the place you start from — a page of links, a portal, a set of doorways into a subject. You go there first, then it sends you where you actually want to go.
The sense you are asked about is a narrower version of this on the internet你現在問的這個意思，是這概念在網路上比較窄的版本 a page or site that is not really where the information lives也就是一個頁面或網站，資訊其實不住在那裡 but the place you start from而是你出發的地方 a page of links, a portal, a set of doorways into a subject像是一頁連結、一個入口網站，或通往某個主題的一組大門 You go there first你先去那裡 then it sends you where you actually want to go然後它會把你送到你真正想去的地方
That kind of page was very common in the earlier years of the web, when people found things through link pages rather than through search, so this use can feel a little dated now; the general "springboard for a career" meaning is very much alive. It is written as one word (launchpad) or two (launch pad), both accepted.
That kind of page was very common in the earlier years of the web這種頁面在網路早期非常常見 when people found things through link pages rather than through search那時候人們是靠連結頁面而不是靠搜尋找東西 so this use can feel a little dated now所以這個用法現在會讓人覺得有點過時 the general "springboard for a career" meaning is very much alive不過「事業跳板」這個一般意義依然很活躍 It is written as one word (launchpad) or two (launch pad)這個字可以寫成一個字launchpad，也可以寫成兩個字launch pad both accepted兩種寫法都被接受
組成launch + pad. Pad here is the flat surface something rests on — the same pad as in helipad, the flat place a helicopter lands. Launch traces back through Old French to Latin lanceāre, "to throw a lance".
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。