| 单词 | gold star |
| 释义 | gold star in American English US a small, gold-colored star displayed to represent a member of the U.S. armed forces killed in war gold star in American Englishnoun 1. a gold-colored star displayed, as on a service flag, to indicate that a member of one's family, organization, or the like, was killed in war as a member of the armed forces 2. informal a. symbolic approval or recognition for outstanding merit or effort You get the gold star for cooking such a gourmet dinner b. anything that represents an outstanding effort or achievement Her promotion was the gold star she'd been working for Derived forms gold-star adjective Word origin [1920–25, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1920–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Unknown Soldier, checkout, fundamentalism, ski jump, slalom |
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