vt.

1. 使（船）下水
   The new ship was launched today.

   新船今天下水了。

2. 發射；投擲；使升空
   The coach taught us how to launch a javelin.

   教練教我們投標槍。

3. 發動（戰爭等）；開展（鬥爭等）；發出（命令等）；提出（抗議等）
   The miners launched a strike.

   礦工發動了一場罷工。

4. 開辦；發起；使開始從事
   We launched a new project.

   我們開始發起一個新計劃。

5. 出版；將……投放市場

vi.

1. 開始；積極投入；猛力展開[（+into）]
   Father and his partner launched into a new business.

   父親與他的合夥人開辦了一家新商號。

2. （船）下水；出海；起飛
   Our ship launched for Boston.

   我們的船啟航駛往波士頓。

n.[theS]

1. （船的）下水；發射
   the launch of a rocket

   火箭的發射

2. 發行；投放市場

n.[C]

1. （附屬戰艦的）大汽艇，工作艇
2. 汽艇；遊艇

v.

1. set (a boat or ship) afloat, especially by sliding it into the water.
2. send (a rocket, missile, etc.) on its course.
   ▸hurl forcefully.
   ▸ (launch into) begin (something) energetically and enthusiastically.
3. begin (an enterprise) or introduce (a new product).

n.

n.

1. a large motorboat.
2. historical the largest boat carried on a man-of-war.