English Dictionary

launch

IPA（発音記号）

/lɔːnt͡ʃ/

動詞

他動詞 廃用 自動詞 頻度副詞 前置詞 前置詞句

(transitive) To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force. / (transitive, obsolete) To pierce with, or as with, a lance.

日本語の意味

槍、ダーツ、ボールなどの飛び道具を力を込めて投げる、放り投げる。 / （古風な用法）槍で突く、刺す。

The competitors launch javelins into the air with expert technique.

競技者たちは熟練の技術で槍を高く投げる。

意味（1）

(transitive) To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.

There they were met by four thousand Ha'apa'a warriors, who launched a volley of stones and spears […]

意味（2）

(transitive, obsolete) To pierce with, or as with, a lance.

And launch your hearts with lamentable wounds.

意味（3）

(transitive) To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat.

Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.

意味（4）

(transitive) To cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground.

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.

意味（5）

(transitive) To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation

Our business launched a new project.

意味（6）

(transitive, computing) To start (a program or feature); to execute or bring into operation.

Double-click an icon to launch the associated application.

意味（7）

(transitive) To release; to put onto the market for sale

On September 3rd Bionym, a Canadian firm, launched Nymi, a bracelet which detects the wearer’s heartbeat.

意味（8）

(intransitive) Of a ship, rocket, balloon, etc.: to depart on a voyage; to take off.

意味（9）

(intransitive, often with out) To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin.

In our language, Spenſer has not contented himſelf with this ſubmiſſive manner of imitation : he launches out into very flowery paths […]

意味（10）

(intransitive, computing, of a program) To start to operate.

After clicking the icon, the application will launch.

launches （ present singular third-person ）

launching （ participle present ）

launched （ participle past ）

launched （ past ）

launcht （ obsolete participle past ）

launcht （ obsolete past ）