词族 · starter
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英语词源
- starter (n.)
- c. 1400, stertour "instigator; one who starts," agent noun from start (v.). Mechanical sense is from 1875. For starters "to begin with" is 1873, American English colloquial. Starter home is from 1976; starter set is from 1946, originally of china.
权威例句
- 1. The United States is certain to reject the proposal as a non-starter.
- 美国肯定会以无成功希望为由拒绝这项提案。
- 2. A car's starter is basically an electric motor.
- 汽车的启动装置基本上是个电动机。
- 3. As a business proposition, it's a non-starter.
- 作为一份商业建议，它不可能取得成功。
- 4. The starter fired his starting gun.
- 发令员鸣响起跑枪.
- 5. As the starter's gun booms, the boats spring into action.
- 信号弹划过上空, 龙舟夺标开始了.