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launched 音标拼音: [l'ɔntʃt] Launch \ Launch\ ( l[ add] nch or l[ aum] nch), v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Launched} ( l[ add] ncht or l[ aum] ncht); p. pr. & vb. n. { Launching}.] [ OE. launchen to throw as a lance, OF. lanchier, another form of lancier, F. lancer, fr. lance lance. See { Lance}.] [ Written also { lanch}.] 1. To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] Launch your hearts with lamentable wounds. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship. [ 1913 Webster] With stays and cordage last he rigged the ship, And rolled on levers, launched her in the deep. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To send out; to start ( one) on a career; to set going; to give a start to ( something); to put in operation; as, to launch a son in the world; to launch a business project or enterprise. [ 1913 Webster] All art is used to sink episcopacy, and launch presbytery in England. -- Eikon Basilike. [ 1913 Webster]
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