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starter

英 ['stɑːtə] 美 ['stɑrtɚ]

解释

n. 起动机；发令员；第一道菜；发射装置；发起者；参加比赛者，上场队员

※ 提供单词"starter"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

英文词源

starter (n.): c. 1400, stertour "instigator; one who starts," agent noun from start (v.). Mechanical sense is from 1875. For starters "to begin with" is 1873, American English colloquial. Starter home is from 1976; starter set is from 1946, originally of china.

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例句和用法

1. The United States is certain to reject the proposal as a non-starter.: 美国肯定会以无成功希望为由拒绝这项提案。

2. A car's starter is basically an electric motor.: 汽车的启动装置基本上是个电动机。

3. As a business proposition, it's a non-starter.: 作为一份商业建议，它不可能取得成功。

4. The starter fired his starting gun.: 发令员鸣响起跑枪.

5. As the starter's gun booms, the boats spring into action.: 信号弹划过上空, 龙舟夺标开始了.