star

名词 n. 动词 v.
/stɑː(ɹ)/    /stɑɹ/|/staː(ɹ)/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any small, natural and bright dot in the sky, most visible in the night or twilight sky. This sense includes the planets, but it is now sometimes used in exclusion of them due to influence from the technical astronomical sense.
    — He loved watching the stars in the sky with her.
  2. Any small, natural and bright dot in the sky, most visible in the night or twilight sky. This sense includes the planets, but it is now sometimes used in exclusion of them due to influence from the technical astronomical sense.; A planet thought to influence one's fate; (figuratively) fate or luck.
    — What's in the stars for you today? Find out in our horoscope.
  3. A very massive ball of plasma with strong enough gravity to have ongoing fusion of hydrogen or heavier elements in its core. In strict technical usage, the Sun is included.
  4. senses derived from the apparent shape of a star in the sky when blurred by the eyes to have streaks; A shape made of a few streaks meeting at a shared midpoint.; An asterisk (*) or comparable symbol (e.g., ★, ☆, ✶, ✦, ✧, ✷, ✪, ⭐) inspired by a celestial star.
    — Above all, the 48-page timetables of the new service, which have been distributed free at every station in the scheme, are a model to the rest of B.R. For the first time on British Railways, so far as we are aware, a substantial timetable has been produced, not only without a single footnote but also devoid of all wearisome asterisks, stars, letter suffixes and other hieroglyphics.
  5. senses derived from the apparent shape of a star in the sky when blurred by the eyes to have streaks; A shape made of a few streaks meeting at a shared midpoint.; A network topology with multiple computers individually merging to one central switch, thus free of risk of collisions. A single point of failure can occur if the switch experiences corruption. figuratively
  6. senses derived from the apparent shape of a star in the sky when blurred by the eyes to have streaks; A shape made of a few streaks meeting at a shared midpoint.; A simple dance, or part of a dance, where a group of four dancers each put their right or left hand in the middle and turn around in a circle. You call them right-hand stars or left-hand stars, depending on the hand which is in the middle.
  7. senses derived from the apparent shape of a star in the sky when blurred by the eyes to have streaks; A concave polygon with regular, pointy protrusions and indentations, usually with four, five, or six points.; A star-shaped ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honour in a military. Now often used metonymically for military rankings.
    — […]on whom […] / Lavish Honour shower’d all her stars,[…]
  8. senses derived from the apparent shape of a star in the sky when blurred by the eyes to have streaks; A concave polygon with regular, pointy protrusions and indentations, usually with four, five, or six points.; A symbol used to rate hotels, films, etc. with a higher number of stars denoting better quality.
    — And the first music review I remember reading was in Rolling Stone, which rated albums on a scale of one to five stars, or so I thought. In 1990, the début solo album by Andrew Ridgeley, who had sung alongside George Michael in the pop duo Wham!, was awarded only half a star.
  9. senses relating to fame; An actor in a leading role.
    — Many Hollywood stars attended the launch party.
  10. senses relating to fame; An exceptionally talented or famous person, often in a specific field; a celebrity.
    — His teacher tells us he is a star pupil.
  11. senses relating to fame; (Someone's) success or fame. figuratively
    — someone's star is rising / has risen
  12. A friend, a mate, a pal. Jamaica,Multicultural-London-English,broadly
    — "Wha'ppen, star!" Hector said, grinning to reveal a gold-capped tooth. He told everyone it was solid twenty-four carat, but if it was, he would have wrenched it out with pliers to pawn to the highest bidder by now.
  13. A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance.
动词 v.
  1. To appear as a featured performer or headliner, especially in an entertainment program. intransitive
    — She starred in dozens of silent movies.
  2. To feature (a performer or a headliner), especially in a movie or an entertainment program. transitive
    — The show stars Calista Flockhart as a high-powered lawyer.
  3. To mark with a star or asterisk. transitive
  4. To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle. transitive
    — Thy gloomy Grandeurs (Nature’s moſt auguſt, / Inſpiring Aſpect!) claim a grateful Verſe; / And, like a ſable Curtain ſtarr’d with Gold, / Drawn o’er my Labours paſt, ſhall cloſe the Scene.
  5. To shine like a star. intransitive

词形变化

stars plural stars present,singular,third-person starring participle,present starred participle,past starred past

词汇关系

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5-star action star adult star aim for the stars all-star amylum star angstrom star aniseed star antistar Argead star astar A star back-cloth star barnstar barn star barn-star bar star basket star bat star bearded star Besselian star number bestar binary star biscuit star bistar black hole star blazingstar blazing star blitzar bluestar blue star bog star bold star bright and morning star brittle star Bronze Star Brunswick star Burmese star tortoise chemically peculiar star Christmas Star collapsar comet star co-star costar count one's lucky stars cushion star daystar day star double star Druze star dwarf star earthstar enstar Eurostar evening star evenstar falling star faxed-star feather star field star film star five-star forest star gender star Georgian star gold star gold star family gold star father gold star gay gold star lesbian gold star mother gold star parent gold star wife gravastar guest-star guest star guiding star hitch one's wagon to a star Hodge star Hubble's Star Indian star tortoise instar in the stars Kleene star late-type star lodestar lone star tick lucky star main-sequence star megastar Mexican star Michelin star Mittag-Leffler star Moravian star morning star movie star multiple star multistarrer my stars nanostar neutron star ninja star nonstar oh my stars one-star O star pole-star pop star porn star porn-star martini porn-star name prairie star promise the stars Provo all-star pseudostar pulsar quasi-star quasistar quintuple star system radio star reach for the stars Red Star rising star rock star rockstar rosy feather star runaway star sand star sea star seastar sea-star stars semistar serpent star Siemens star smallflower woodland star soapstar Sputnik star standard star star 69 star-69 star activity star anise star aniseed star apple star attraction starbase star base starbath starbathe starbeam star begonia star billing starbirth starboard starbound starboy starburst star cactus starcast star chamber star chart starchitect starchitecture star-city star city star clock star cloud star cluster star-cover starcraft Starcross star-crossed star crossed starcruiser star cucumber stardate stardock stardom stardrift stardrive star-drive star drive star duckweed stardust stareater star factory starfall starfaring starfield starfighter starfilled star finch starfish star fleet starflower star-forming star fort star frame starfrontlet starfruit star fruit starfuck star-fucker starfucker starfucking starful stargate Stargateverse star gauge stargaze stargazer star grass star height starhood star hyacinth star in the east Star Island star it star jasmine star jelly star jump starless starlet star lifting starlight starlighted starlike starline starliner starlit starlitten star lizard starlore starly star macromolecule star magnolia starmaker star-maker starmaking starman star mangrove star-map starmatter star meat starmonger starnose star-nosed mole star note star of anise star-of-Bethlehem Star of Bethlehem Star of David star-of-the-earth Star of the Sea star of Vergina star packer star pagoda star pass star picket star pine star plate star plot star polygon star polyhedron star polymer starport star prisoner star prize star projector starproof starquake star quality star quartz star-reed starrer starrify star ring starrise starrish star rot star route star ruby starry starry-eyed stars align star sapphire stars are aligned starscape star schema Star Scout star section star sedge star seed starset starshade star shell starshine starship star shot star-shower star shower star sign stars in one's eyes star sixty-nine star-sixty-nine starsnout stars o' mine starspot starstone star stream star-strewn star-struck star-studded starstuff star system star the glaze starthistle star-thistle star thistle starthroat star topology startracker star tracker star trail Star Trek star-triangle relation star turn star up star vault star-vehicle star vehicle star vessel star violet starviolet star visitor starward starwards Star Wars starwatcher starweed starwheel star wheel starwise star witness star word starwort strangeon star strange quark star strange star substar sunflower sea star sunflower star sun star superstar technetium star television star thank one's lucky stars thank one's stars three-star three stars throwing star track star tristar under a lucky star under the stars unstar variable star venous star Vergina star very low mass star wandering star wanderstar wish upon a star Wolfstar woodland star worm-star WTF Star yellow star zombie star

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr
Proto-Germanic *sternǭ
Proto-West Germanic *sternō
Proto-West Germanic *sterrō
Old English steorra
Middle English sterre
English star
From Middle English sterre, from Old English steorra (“star”), from Proto-West Germanic *sterrō, variant of *sternō, from Proto-Germanic *sternô, *sternǭ (“star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”). Doublet of aster; related to estoile, étoile, stella, and stelo.
Cognates
Cognate with Scots starn, ster (“star”), Yola starr, steor (“star”), Saterland Frisian Stiern (“star”), West Frisian stjer (“star”), Cimbrian stèrn (“star”), Dutch ster (“star”), German Stern (“star”), Luxembourgish Stär (“star”), Mòcheno stern (“star”), Vilamovian śtaom (“star”), Yiddish שטערן (shtern, “star”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål stjerne (“star”), Faroese stjørna (“star”), Gutnish stjännå (“star”), Icelandic stjarna (“star”), Norwegian Nynorsk skjødna, stjerne (“star”), Swedish stjärna (“star”), Crimean Gothic stein (“star”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉 (stairnō, “star”), French étoile (“star”), Istriot stila (“star”), Istro-Romanian ste (“star”), Italian stella (“star”), Megleno-Romanian steau̯ă (“star”), Mirandese streilha (“star”), Occitan estela (“star”), Portuguese estrela (“star”), Romansh staila (“star”), Romanian stea (“star”), Sardinian isteddu (“star”), Sicilian stidda (“star”), Spanish estrella (“star”), Venetan stéła (“star”), Walloon sitoele (“star”), Latin stēlla (“star”), Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”), Greek αστέρι (astéri, “star”), Old Armenian աստղ (astł, “star”), Persian ستاره (setâre, “star”), Tajik ситора (sitora, “star”), Pashto ستوری (storay, “star”), Mazanderani اساره (ëssâre, “star”), Northern Kurdish stêr (“star”), Central Kurdish ئەستێرە (estêre, “star”), Zazaki astare (“star”), Ossetian стъалы (st’aly, “star”), Hindi तारा (tārā, “star”), Urdu تارا (tārā, “star”), Punjabi ਤਾਰਾ (tārā, “star”), Gujarati તારો (tāro, “star”), Sanskrit तारा (tārā, “star”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr
Proto-Germanic *sternǭ
Proto-West Germanic *sternō
Proto-West Germanic *sterrō
Old English steorra
Middle English sterre
English star
From Middle English sterre, from Old English steorra (“star”), from Proto-West Germanic *sterrō, variant of *sternō, from Proto-Germanic *sternô, *sternǭ (“star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”). Doublet of aster; related to estoile, étoile, stella, and stelo.
Cognates
Cognate with Scots starn, ster (“star”), Yola starr, steor (“star”), Saterland Frisian Stiern (“star”), West Frisian stjer (“star”), Cimbrian stèrn (“star”), Dutch ster (“star”), German Stern (“star”), Luxembourgish Stär (“star”), Mòcheno stern (“star”), Vilamovian śtaom (“star”), Yiddish שטערן (shtern, “star”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål stjerne (“star”), Faroese stjørna (“star”), Gutnish stjännå (“star”), Icelandic stjarna (“star”), Norwegian Nynorsk skjødna, stjerne (“star”), Swedish stjärna (“star”), Crimean Gothic stein (“star”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐍉 (stairnō, “star”), French étoile (“star”), Istriot stila (“star”), Istro-Romanian ste (“star”), Italian stella (“star”), Megleno-Romanian steau̯ă (“star”), Mirandese streilha (“star”), Occitan estela (“star”), Portuguese estrela (“star”), Romansh staila (“star”), Romanian stea (“star”), Sardinian isteddu (“star”), Sicilian stidda (“star”), Spanish estrella (“star”), Venetan stéła (“star”), Walloon sitoele (“star”), Latin stēlla (“star”), Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”), Greek αστέρι (astéri, “star”), Old Armenian աստղ (astł, “star”), Persian ستاره (setâre, “star”), Tajik ситора (sitora, “star”), Pashto ستوری (storay, “star”), Mazanderani اساره (ëssâre, “star”), Northern Kurdish stêr (“star”), Central Kurdish ئەستێرە (estêre, “star”), Zazaki astare (“star”), Ossetian стъалы (st’aly, “star”), Hindi तारा (tārā, “star”), Urdu تارا (tārā, “star”), Punjabi ਤਾਰਾ (tārā, “star”), Gujarati તારો (tāro, “star”), Sanskrit तारा (tārā, “star”).
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