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An asterisk is the little star mark *. Writers put it next to a word to say ‘look down: there is a note about this’, or to mark something as special or not quite regular.
An asterisk is the little star mark *是星星形狀的小記號*. Writers put it next to a word作者會把它放在某個字旁邊 to say 'look down: there is a note about this'意思是「往下看：這裡有個註釋」, or to mark something as special or not quite regular或是用來標示這東西比較特別、不太一般
On forms, a red asterisk often means ‘you must fill this in’. In passwords and in chat, * can hide letters (as in p***word). In plain typing, *word* is sometimes a stand-in for stress or .
On forms在表格上, a red asterisk often means 'you must fill this in'紅色的星號通常代表「這欄一定要填」. In passwords and in chat在密碼和聊天訊息裡, * can hide letters星號可以用來遮住字母 (as in p***word)像「p***word」這樣. In plain typing在純文字打字時, *word* is sometimes a stand-in for stress or italics「*word*」有時候是用來代替強調或斜體
You can also use it as a verb: to asterisk a line is to put that mark on it.
You can also use it as a verb你也可以把它當動詞用: to asterisk a line is to put that mark on it「asterisk」一行字，就是在那行上面加這個記號
Though actually, people also throw asterisks around rather loosely — ‘a few asterisks’ in a speech can mean ‘I am leaving out the rude bits’. The mark is not a real star in the sky; it is only star-shaped, which is why the old name means ‘little star’.
Though actually不過事實上, people also throw asterisks around rather loosely大家也會很鬆散地亂用「星號」這個講法 — 'a few asterisks' in a speech演講裡的「a few asterisks」 can mean 'I am leaving out the rude bits'可以是「我把粗話的部分跳過去了」的意思. The mark is not a real star in the sky這個符號不是天上真正的星星; it is only star-shaped只是形狀像星星, which is why the old name means 'little star'這也是為什麼這個字的舊字源意思是「小星星」
組成From Middle English, from Late Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος (asterískos), ‘little star’, from ἀστήρ (astḗr), ‘star’.
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
asterisknoun/ˈæstəɹɪsk/
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datedA small star; also (by extension), something resembling or shaped like a star.
- Add one Ray unto the common Luſtre; add not only to the Number but the Note of thy Generation; and prove not a Cloud but an Aſteriſk in thy Region.
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datedA small star; also (by extension), something resembling or shaped like a star.
- He is in the right to put the Aſteriſks, not the VVords into the text; becauſe They do indeed give us [notice, that there is in Them] as much additional meaning, as there vvould be in thoſe vvords vvhich they ſo properly repreſent.
- I having been looking at your pamphlet, and shewing it, but I mention no names. I don't see the use of names, for my part, unless it be to put in asterisks. It is—yes—very, indeed.
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datedA small star; also (by extension), something resembling or shaped like a star.
- Using a crafting knife, cut a small asterisk shape in the center of each black circle. Gently pierce each asterisk with a wooden skewer to make a hole. Once done, simply insert your stove knobs, and you're almost ready!
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datedA small star; also (by extension), something resembling or shaped like a star.
- I don't want to be an asterisk in my kids' lives. I don't want to be just some guy who sporadically appears and then disappears again.
- The opposing view sees it as an abject failure and historically irrelevant. This verdict was neatly summed up by the New York Times financial columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin when he predicted, a year on from the event: "It will be an asterisk in the history books, if it gets a mention at all."
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datedhobbieslifestylesportsA small star; also (by extension), something resembling or shaped like a star.
- They came into the tournament highly ranked, but with a little bit of an asterisk as their last two wins had been unconvincing.
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datedCatholicismChristianityRoman-CatholicismA small star; also (by extension), something resembling or shaped like a star.
- Then he [the deacon] reverently covereth the holy Cup with the veil. Likewise he placeth the Asterisk upon the holy Diskos, and the veil over it, and saith the following prayer with the Priest, silently, […]
- The asterisk is one of the sacred objects used in the Byzantine rite. It is placed on the paten to protect the Eucharistic bread from contact with the special veil that covers it. The name derives from the shape of the object and symbolically recalls the Biblical words: "And the star came and stood above where the child was" […] [Matthew 2:9].
asteriskverb/ˈæstəɹɪsk/
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To mark or replace (text, etc.) with an asterisk symbol (*; noun sense 1.1); to star.
- Bank of New Zealand Estates Company Share Account now stands, as we have already seen, at £1,089,722 17s. 7d., a reduction of £760,177 2s. 5d. having been effected by the writing off of share capital. But from the point of view of its intrinsic value, the item has still to be dealt with, being asterisked in the balance sheet as follows: […]
- She was determined to make the most of the trip, extracting some cultural capital from the emotional waste, and so read carefully through the Venice guidebooks she had brought, underlining the must-dos and asterisking the should-dos.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。