liftoff

基本解釋

But what exactly will the throngs of onlookers see at liftoff?
但是發(fā)射後，觀衆(zhòng)究竟能看到什麼樣的場景呢？
Here, the shuttle is mounted on a mobile launchpad weeks before its liftoff.
圖中是在航天飛機(jī)離地前幾周，被安放在一個(gè)移動(dòng)發(fā)射臺(tái)上。
The above image was taken seconds after liftoff as the massive orbiter and six astronauts began a climb to a height where the atmosphere is so thin it is unbreathable.
上麪這張照片是在發(fā)射後幾秒鍾拍下的，此時(shí)這艘巨大的航天飛機(jī)和六名宇航員正開始爬陞到一個(gè)大氣非常稀薄、無法呼吸的高度。

McNair and the crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger died when the orbiter exploded shortly after liftoff.

The forces of liftoff tended to pull the cans apart slightly where they joined.
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So we'll once again see two Space Shuttles staged for liftoff for the last time.
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The liftoff was part of a program aimed at putting a Chinese citizen on the Moon by 2020.
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