Word · Frequency #15255
springboard
跳板
a flexible board for jumping upward
- 1.
A board consisting of a flexible, springy, cantilevered platform that propels one into the air, used for diving or gymnastics.
一种弹性悬臂式跳板,用于跳水或体操,可将人弹向空中。
- 2.
a flexible board for jumping upward
用于向上跳跃的弹性板
- 3.
Something that acts as a catalyst to begin or accelerate an action or growth.
作为开始或加速行动或增长的催化剂的事物。
- 4.
a beginning from which an enterprise is launched
事业启动的开端
一种弹性悬臂式跳板,用于跳水或体操,可将人弹向空中。；用于向上跳跃的弹性板；作为开始或加速行动或增长的催化剂的事物。；事业启动的开端；出发点
In use
The diver stepped onto the springboard and bounced high into the air.
Gymnasts use a springboard to gain extra height for their vaults.
Before her dive, she carefully positioned the springboard at the edge of the pool.
he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own
a springboard for sth
springboard for 后接名词，表示“某事物的跳板”。
The course was a springboard for her career.
这门课程是她事业的跳板。
a springboard to sth
springboard to 强调促成或导向某一结果。
The award served as a springboard to success.
这个奖项成了通往成功的跳板。
Connections
Collocations
- springboard to success
- 通往成功的跳板
- Hard work is often the springboard to success.努力往往是通往成功的跳板。
- use something as a springboard
- 把某事物用作跳板；把某事物当作起点
- She used the internship as a springboard to a full-time job.她把这份实习当作获得全职工作的跳板。
- provide a springboard for
- 为……提供跳板；为……创造条件
- The new data provided a springboard for further research.新数据为进一步研究提供了跳板。
- a springboard into
- 进入……的跳板
- The internship was her springboard into journalism.这项实习是她进入新闻业的跳板。
- springboard diving
- 跳板跳水
- She won a gold medal in springboard diving at the Olympics.她在奥运会跳板跳水比赛中赢得金牌。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 spring（弹跳）+ board（板）：跳水运动员在跳板上一弹而起，这块板就是“出发点”。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：跳水运动、比喻性表达 该词比较常见于两类场合：一是字面指跳水用的跳板；二是比喻“起点/跳板”，多用于谈论职业、事业等发展。两种用法都是中性语境，口语和书面语中都能见到。
Pronunciation & Spelling
同韵词：board、aboard、hoard、bored 都以 /ɔrd/ 结尾，与 springboard 的 -board 发音相同。注意：broad /brɔd/ 拼写与 board 相近，但读音不含 /r/ 尾，不押韵；bird /bɜrd/ 拼写近似，但元音为 /ɜ/，也不押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.