starter
英 ['stɑːtə]
美 ['stɑrtɚ]
- 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
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.
双语例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自《权威词典》
- 4. The starter fired his starting gun.
- 发令员鸣响起跑枪.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
来自汉英文学 - 散文英译