| 单词 | star |
| 释义 | star (once / 44 pages) 1n 2nvadj 3nv A star twinkles in the night sky. To put it more scientifically, it’s a celestial body of hot gases radiating energy. A star is also a person who dazzles — the star of the show or the star archaeologist. If you're starring in a Broadway show, your name gets top billing — you've got the biggest part or maybe you're the best known performer, the actor people are wild to see, the one with the most "star power." If you believe in fate or astrology, you might "thank your lucky stars" for your good fortune. Star is the same root as the Greek aster, as in asterisk — a star symbol. WORD FAMILYstar: co-star, stardom, staringly, starless, starlike, starred, starring, starry, stars, superstar+/co-star: co-starred, co-starring, co-stars/starred: ill-starred, unstarred/starry: starrier, starriest, starrily/superstar: superstars USAGE EXAMPLESPolice say the man walked into a Star Petro gas station on Monday afternoon but failed to intimidate the clerk. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) The “Star Wars” creator is financing the project himself. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Emily Blunt stars as Rachel, a divorced alcoholic who becomes an unreliable and unlikely detective in this adaptation of Paula Hawkins’s best-selling novel. New York Times(Jan 03, 2017) 1 1n (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior Exp|Hypo|Hyper Alpha Crucis the brightest star in the Southern Cross Beta Centaurithe second brightest star in Centaurus Beta Crucisthe second brightest star in the Southern Cross Denebthe brightest star in Cygnus Denebolaa star in Leo approximately 43 light years from Earth Polluxthe brightest star in Gemini; close to Castor Regulusthe brightest star in Leo Spicathe brightest star in Virgo Asteropeone of the stars in the star cluster Pleiades Sunthe star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system Aldebaranthe brightest star in Taurus Algolthe second brightest star in Perseus; the first known eclipsing binary Alpha Centauribrightest star in Centaurus; second nearest star to the sun Altairdouble star 15.7 light years from Earth; the brightest star in the Aquila constellation Antaresthe brightest star in Scorpius Arcturusthe 4th brightest star and the brightest star in the constellation Bootes; 36 light-years from Earth Alpha Orionisthe second brightest star in Orion Canopussupergiant star 650 light years from Earth; second brightest star in the sky Capellathe brightest star in Auriga Alpha Geminoruma multiple star with 6 components; second brightest in Gemini; close to Pollux Crab Nebulaa remnant of a supernova detected first in 1054 AD Epsilon Aurigaethe largest known star North Starthe brightest star in Ursa Minor; at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper; the northern axis of the earth points toward it Procyonthe brightest star in Canis Minor Proxima Centaurithe nearest star to the sun; distance: 4.3 light years Beta Orionisthe brightest star in Orion Caniculathe brightest star in the sky; in Canis Major Vegathe brightest star in the constellation Lyra binary, binary star, double star a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation fixed starany star in the Ptolemaic theory of planetary motion giant, giant stara very bright star of large diameter and low density (relative to the Sun) loadstar, lodestarguiding star; a star that is used as a reference point in navigation or astronomy multiple stara system of three or more stars associated by gravity neutron stara star that has collapsed under its own gravity; it is composed of neutrons novaa star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the process red dwarf, red dwarf stara small, old, relatively cool star; approximately 100 times the mass of Jupiter red giant, red giant stara large, old, luminous star; has a relatively low surface temperature and a diameter large relative to the sun sunany star around which a planetary system revolves supergiantan extremely bright star of very large diameter and low density supernovaa star that explodes and becomes extremely luminous in the process variable, variable stara star that varies noticeably in brightness white dwarf, white dwarf stara faint star of enormous density flare stara red dwarf star in which luminosity can change several magnitudes in a few minutes pulsara degenerate neutron star; small and extremely dense; rotates very fast and emits regular pulses of polarized radiation Trapeziuma multiple star in the constellation of Orion celestial body, heavenly body natural objects visible in the sky 2n any celestial body visible (as a point of light) from the Earth at night 2Hypo|Hyper starlet a small star celestial body, heavenly body natural objects visible in the sky 1n someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field Syn|Hypo|Hyper ace, adept, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard track star a star runner expert a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully 2n a performer who receives prominent billing Syn|Hyper headliner performer, performing artist an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience 3n an actor who plays a principal role Syn|Hypo|Hyper lead, principal co-star one of two actors who are given equal status as stars in a play or film film star, movie stara star who plays leading roles in the cinema idol, matinee idolsomeone who is adored blindly and excessively TV star, television stara star in a television show heartthroban object of infatuation actor, histrion, player, role player, thespian a theatrical performer 4v feature as the star The movie stars Dustin Hoffman as an autistic man Hypo|Hyper co-star feature as the co-star in a performance feature, have have as a feature 5v be the star in a performance Hypo|Hyper co-star be the co-star in a performance do, execute, perform carry out or perform an action 6adj indicating the most important performer or role 3a star figure skater the starring role Syn leading, prima, starring, stellar major of greater importance or stature or rank 1n the topology of a network whose components are connected to a hub Syn|Hyper star topology network topology, topology the configuration of a communication network 2n a plane figure with 5 or more points; often used as an emblem Hypo|Hyper hexagram a regular polygon formed by extending each of the sides of a regular hexagon to form two equilateral triangles asterism(mineralogy) a star-shaped figure with six rays that is seen in some crystal structures under reflected or transmitted light pentacle, pentagram, pentanglea star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon Magen David, Mogen David, Shield of David, Solomon's seal, Star of Davida six-pointed star formed from two equilateral triangles; an emblem symbolizing Judaism plane figure, two-dimensional figure a two-dimensional shape 3n a star-shaped character * used in printing Syn|Hyper asterisk character, grapheme, graphic symbol a written symbol that is used to represent speech 4v mark with an asterisk Linguists star unacceptable sentences Syn|Hyper asterisk mark make or leave a mark on |
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