launch1/lɔntʃ; lɔːntʃ/v [T] 1 to start something big or important 发动﹐发起﹐开始进行〔大或重要的事情〕: We have launched a campaign to raise $50,000. 我们发起了一场筹集 5 万美元的募捐活动。2 to make a new product or book available to be sold 把〔新产品﹑新书〕推出市场: Jaguar is planning to launch a new sports car. 捷豹正计划推出一款新的跑车。3 to put a boat into the water or to send a spacecraft into space 将〔船〕下水﹔发射〔航天器〕launch into sthphr v to suddenly start describing or criticizing something 突然开始描述[抨击]
launch2n [C] when something is launched〔活动的〕发起﹔〔新产品的〕推出﹔〔船的〕下水﹔〔航天器的〕发射
launchlaunchlauncheslaunchedlaunchingverb (launches, launching, launched)1to start something new: The magazine was launched last year.2to put a ship into the water or a spacecraft (= a vehicle that travels in space) into the sky: This ship was launched in 2005.