燦若星辰:star的用法小析
When you are looking at the stars, please put the brightest star in the night sky as my soul.
——Transformer Ⅳ
仰望星空的時(shí)候,在滿(mǎn)天的星辰里,你可以把其中的一顆看作我的靈魂。
——《變形金剛4》
一、關(guān)于star,你應(yīng)該知道的用法有
n.
1.星,恒星 [C]?a large ball of burning gas in space that we see as a point of light in the sky at night
They reported the appearance of a new star.
他們報(bào)道出現(xiàn)了一顆新星。
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2.星形物;星狀物 [C]?an object, a decoration, a mark, etc., usually with nine or one points, whose shape represents a star
Press star, you can open the door.
按星形圖案,你能打開(kāi)門(mén)。
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3.星級(jí) [C]?a mark that represents a star and tells you how good sth is, especially a hotel or restaurant
While in Taipei, he stayed at a four star hotel.
他在臺(tái)北逗留期間住在一家四星級(jí)旅館。
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4.明星 [C]?a famous and excellent singer, performer, sports player
The judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.
據(jù)說(shuō)那個(gè)法官與一個(gè)電影明星有段風(fēng)流韻事。
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5.星象 [C]?a description of what sb thinks is going to happen to sb in the future, based on the position of the stars and planets when they were born
From the night stars, he deduced that it would be windy.
夜觀(guān)星象,他推斷出將要刮風(fēng)。
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v.
1.(由某人)主演 [I,T]?to have the main parts in a film / movie, play, etc
The new play stars three of Britain's best actors.
這部新戲由英國(guó)最出色的三位演員主演。
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2.為(某物)標(biāo)上星號(hào) [T]?to put a symbol shaped like a star (called an asterisk ) next to a word, etc. in order to make people notice it
Please star the room, I will have a baby soon.
請(qǐng)用星狀物裝飾房間,我很快要有一個(gè)孩子了。
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二、含有star的常見(jiàn)短語(yǔ)
evening star
n. 晚星
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film star
電影明星,影星
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north star
n.[天]北極星
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shooting star
n. 流星 隕石
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star shell
n. 照明彈
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三、接下來(lái),做個(gè)填詞游戲吧
The _____ seemed to twinkle hope to us.
這顆星星似乎向我們閃爍希望。