英语词汇“start”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	start
释义	start I. \ˈstär]t, -tȧ], usu ]d.+V\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English start, stert handle, tail, from Old English steort tail; akin to Middle Dutch stert, start tail, Old High German sterz, Old Norse stertr tail, Old English starian to stare — more at stare : a curved or projecting part or section: as a. : the curved or inclined front and bottom of a waterwheel bucket b. : the lever of a gin drawn around by a horse II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English sterten; akin to Middle High German sterzen to move quickly, stand up stiffly, Old Norse sterta to crease, Old English starian to stare — more at stare *intransitive verb* 1. a. : to move suddenly and violently from a state of stillness or rest : dart, jump, spring < everywhere men and women started from their beds at the shots — Marjory S. Douglas > < started to his feet angrily — Liam O'Flaherty > — often used with up < now falls on her bed, and then starts up — Shakespeare > b. : to draw back : flinch, recoil < she skipped forward to the pit … but she started back in surprise — George Eliot > c. : to awaken suddenly < started from my sleep with horror — Mary W. Shelley > < started from her reverie with a shiver — G.B.Shaw > d. : to react (as to something that frightens, surprises, or disgusts) with a sudden brief involuntary movement : become startled < stepped stealthily, and started when a twig snapped underfoot — Margaret Deland > < she never starts or shows surprise — Rose Macaulay > < why do you start and seem to fear things that do sound so fair — Shakespeare > 2. a. : to issue, flow, or enter with sudden force : burst < blood starting from the wound > < tears starting from her eyes > b. : to arise, emerge, or break out suddenly < in a few short paragraphs, the characters start into life > — often used with up < new settlements started up all around them > < a man who started up from obscurity > c. : to come into being, activity, or operation : begin, commence < the blood is all ready and waiting with food, if a baby starts — J.A.O'Brien > < the fever disappears for a few days, only to start all over again — Justina Hill > < as soon as the battle started, he left his command post — H.L.Merillat > 3. : to protrude or seem to protrude : bulge < the men of the regiment, with their starting eyes and sweating faces — Stephen Crane > 4. a. : to work itself open or free : become loosened : become broken or forced out of place < a nail has started > < one of the planks has started > b. of an arrow : to jump suddenly out of the line of aim when loosed c. of book leaves : to extend beyond the regular fore edge because loosened at the backbone 5. archaic : to deviate from one's course or duty : desert, revolt 6. a. : to begin a forward movement : take off on a course or progress : set out < the train is ready to start > < the expedition started north > < five cars started but only three finished > b. : to range from a specified initial point < the rates start at ten dollars > < the alphabet starts with A > < a succession of expressions, starting with a gentle smile and finishing with a broad grin — Wilfrid Campfield > 7. a. : to begin an activity or undertaking < as soon as you're ready to play, we'll start > < as a novelist, he starts with a double handicap > < started in business on a shoestring > b. : to begin work < when do I start > — sometimes used with in < will start in after a brief period of training > c. (1) : to be a contestant or entry in a race or field trial (2) : to be in the lineup at the beginning of a game (as baseball or football) < despite his injury, he will start in center field > < a left-hander will probably start for the home team > < started at quarterback > *transitive verb* 1. : to drive from a place of concealment into the open : cause to move so as to be discovered : flush < started a deer on the banks of this stream — American Guide Series: Vermont > < start a hare > 2. archaic : to disturb suddenly : startle, alarm < every feather starts you — Shakespeare > 3. : to bring up for consideration or discussion : introduce, propound < started a subject in which he expected him to shine — Jane Austen > 4. a. : to bring into being : initiate, originate < started a story that his opponent was a crook > < started the modernist movement in art > < started the custom many years ago > b. : to set up : establish, found < start a college > < start a newspaper > 5. a. : to cause to become loosened or displaced < the pounding of the waves started some of the rivets > b. : to break out < start the anchor > c. : to ease off : slacken < start a rope > 6. a. : discharge, empty < start the contents of the barrel into a new cask > b. : to begin the use of < start a new keg of beer > < start a fresh loaf of bread > 7. a. : to set going : cause to move, act, or operate < was unable to start the car > < wound the clock to start it running again > < started his son in business > b. : to cause (a motor) to begin running on its own ignition — often used with up c. (1) : to enter in a race or contest < plans to start the horse in only a few races this year > (2) : to put into a game at the beginning < started the rookie at third but took him out after three innings > d. : to begin the employment of : take on < the company started him at the same salary he had been getting on his previous job > < the station started him as a news announcer > e. : to care for during the early stages of growth and development : initiate the raising or training of < started chicks > < a well-started coonhound > 8. : to perform the first stages or actions of : enter on < started studying music at the age of three > < started to load the truck > < started what seemed like an impossible job > Synonyms: see begin • - start something - to start with III. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English stert, from sterten, v. 1. a. : a sudden involuntary bodily movement or reaction < gave a little start of surprise — R.H.Davis > < jerked the reins so hard that her mother came out of her thoughts with a start — Margaret Deland > b. : a brief and sudden action or movement : bound < nature does nothing by starts and leaps — Roger L'Estrange > < does things by fits and starts > c. obsolete : a sudden excursion or flight < use your legs, take the start, run away — Shakespeare > d. : a sudden capricious impulse or outburst : fit, sally < starts and aberrations of fancy welling up from springs of suppressed romance — Edith Wharton > e. : a sudden burst of sound or speech < she did speak in starts distractedly — Shakespeare > 2. a. : a beginning of movement, activity, or development : initial impulse, motion, or action < made a good start in life > < the work is off to a promising start > < the horse made a false start and had to be called back > < building starts > < housing starts > b. : a lead or handicap at the beginning of a race or competition : advantage, head start < gave them a five minutes' start and then went after them > < the early sea trade of the inhabitants of the island world … gave them a start over their neighbors — Edward Clodd > c. (1) : the act or action of setting into motion : the imparting of motion < gave the car a start by pushing it > (2) : help in beginning or undertaking something (as a career or project) < gave him his start in business > < gave him a start on the problem > d. : a place of beginning : point of departure < five cars lined up at the start > < selected the old mill as the start of the hike > 3. : an unusual, interesting, or surprising incident or event : a peculiar circumstance < of all the queer starts … me, meeting you like this — Richard Dehan > 4. a. : something that has come loose : displacement b. starts plural : book leaves that have started 5. : the act or an instance of being a competitor in a race or a member of a starting lineup in a game < finished no worse than second in his last six starts > < pitched an excellent game in his first start >
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