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单词 star system
释义

star system

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noun

the practice of casting and promoting star performers for their ability to draw at the box office.

Origin of star system

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby star system

star-spangled, Star-Spangled Banner, star stream, star-struck, star-studded, star system, start, start codon, starter, starter home, starters
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Example sentences from the Web for star system

  • Also, we'll demonstrate—take you to any star-system in the galaxy.

    The Galaxy Primes|Edward Elmer Smith
  • We know that the star-system has acquired these forms, presumably from some simple and more diffused condition.

    Man's Place in the Universe|Alfred R. Wallace

British Dictionary definitions for star system

star system

noun

astronomy a group of celestial bodies that are associated as a result of natural laws
the practice of casting one or two famous actors or actresses in a film, play, etc, so that their popularity ensures its success
a design for laying cables for cable television in which each house is fed by an individual cable from a local central distribution point
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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