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单词 asterisk
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asterisk

(æstərɪsk)
Word forms: plural asterisks
countable noun
An asterisk is the sign *. It is used especially to indicate that there is further information about something in another part of the text.

asterisk in British English

(ˈæstərɪsk)
noun
1. 
a star-shaped character (*) used in printing or writing to indicate a cross-reference to a footnote, an omission, etc
2. 
a. 
(in historical linguistics) this sign used to indicate an unattested reconstructed form
b. 
(in descriptive linguistics) this sign used to indicate that an expression is ungrammatical or in some other way unacceptable
verb
3. (transitive)
to mark with an asterisk
Word origin
C17: from Late Latin asteriscus a small star, from Greek asteriskos, from astēr star

asterisk in American English

(ˈæstərˌɪsk)
noun
1. 
a starlike sign (*) used in printing to indicate footnote references, omissions, etc.
verb transitive
2. 
to mark with this sign
Word origin
LL asteriscus < Gr asteriskos, dim. of astēr, star

Examples of 'asterisk' in a sentence
asterisk

At the end of the sentence she had just written, she made an asterisk.
Lowry, Lois ANASTASIA KRUPNIK (3-IN-1) (2002)
I noticed that she'd marked every third or fourth entry with an asterisk.
Hugo Wilcken THE EXECUTION (2002)

In other languages
asterisk

British English: asterisk NOUN
An asterisk is the sign *. It is used especially to indicate that there is further information about something in another part of the text.
A single sentence, marked with an asterisk.
  • American English: asterisk
  • Brazilian Portuguese: asterisco
  • Chinese: 星号 >
  • European Spanish: asterisco
  • French: astérisque
  • German: Sternchen
  • Italian: asterisco
  • Japanese: 星印
  • Korean: 별표
  • European Portuguese: asterisco
  • Latin American Spanish: asterisco

Chinese translation of 'asterisk'

asterisk

(ˈæstərɪsk)

n (c)

  1. 星号(號) (xīnghào) (个(個), gè)
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