核心畫面

You can hold the picture of a single bright point of light in the night sky — something that stands out, shines, and that people look up at. From that one image grow three lines: the pointed shape we draw to stand for it; a person who shines above everyone else (a star performer); and the old belief that those lights in the sky steer our fate.

可以想成夜空裡那一個明亮的光點——它突出、發光,讓人抬頭仰望。從這一個畫面長出三條線:我們用來代表它、畫出來的那個尖更多收起可以想成夜空裡那一個明亮的光點——它突出、發光,讓人抬頭仰望。從這一個畫面長出三條線:我們用來代表它、畫出來的那個尖角形狀;一個比所有人都更耀眼的人(明星);以及古人相信天上那些光點主宰著我們命運的那套想法。

原始詞典資料37 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。

Starname

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    A surname.

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    A female given name from English.

    • Emily Byrd Starr — Starr should be your first name. You look like a star—you have a radiant sort of personality shining through you— ... I think I shall call you Star.
    • Stella was always an original. I don't think she went on to university but I'm sure she's doing something interesting with her life. She calls herself Star now.
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    A placename.

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    A placename.

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    A placename.

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    A placename.

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    A placename.

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    A placename.

另外 8 個記錄的用法
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    A placename.

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    A placename.

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    A placename.

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    A placename.

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    A placename.

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    A placename.

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    A placename.

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    rail-transportrailwaystransportStar class, a class of steam locomotives used on the GWR.

starnoun/stɑː(ɹ)/

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    Any small, natural and bright dot in the sky, most visible in the night or twilight sky. This sense includes the planets, but it is now sometimes used in exclusion of them due to influence from the technical astronomical sense.

    • He loved watching the stars in the sky with her.
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    astrologyhuman-sciencesmysticismAny small, natural and bright dot in the sky, most visible in the night or twilight sky. This sense includes the planets, but it is now sometimes used in exclusion of them due to influence from the technical astronomical sense.

    • What's in the stars for you today? Find out in our horoscope.
    • star-crossed (meaning 'ill-fated')
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    astronomynatural-sciencesA very massive ball of plasma with strong enough gravity to have ongoing fusion of hydrogen or heavier elements in its core. In strict technical usage, the Sun is included.

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    mediaprintingpublishingsenses derived from the apparent shape of a star in the sky when blurred by the eyes to have streaks

    • Above all, the 48-page timetables of the new service, which have been distributed free at every station in the scheme, are a model to the rest of B.R. For the first time on British Railways, so far as we are aware, a substantial timetable has been produced, not only without a single footnote but also devoid of all wearisome asterisks, stars, letter suffixes and other hieroglyphics.
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    computingengineeringmathematicssenses derived from the apparent shape of a star in the sky when blurred by the eyes to have streaks

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    senses derived from the apparent shape of a star in the sky when blurred by the eyes to have streaks

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    geometrymathematicssciencessenses derived from the apparent shape of a star in the sky when blurred by the eyes to have streaks

    • […]on whom […] / Lavish Honour shower’d all her stars,[…]
    • three-star general
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    geometrymathematicssciencessenses derived from the apparent shape of a star in the sky when blurred by the eyes to have streaks

    • And the first music review I remember reading was in Rolling Stone, which rated albums on a scale of one to five stars, or so I thought. In 1990, the début solo album by Andrew Ridgeley, who had sung alongside George Michael in the pop duo Wham!, was awarded only half a star.
另外 5 個記錄的用法
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    actingbroadcastingentertainmentsenses relating to fame

    • Many Hollywood stars attended the launch party.
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    senses relating to fame

    • His teacher tells us he is a star pupil.
    • I met my favourite star at the public event.
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    senses relating to fame

    • someone's star is rising / has risen
    • It’s only in hindsight that I’m able to appreciate just how high my star had risen. I’d gone from being the student who couldn’t speak in class to being the teacher of the language of a new age, from the child of modest, middle-class Beltway parents to the man living the island life and making so much money that it had lost its meaning.
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    A friend, a mate, a pal.

    • "Wha'ppen, star!" Hector said, grinning to reveal a gold-capped tooth. He told everyone it was solid twenty-four carat, but if it was, he would have wrenched it out with pliers to pawn to the highest bidder by now.
    • Hello claat, what you doing spar?[…]It's got three ring tones, that's the name for the ring. There's this one, right (ring tone sounds). That's fucking safe, spar. But mostly, I bought it for this, check this one out, claat!
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    A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance.

starverb/stɑː(ɹ)/

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    To appear as a featured performer or headliner, especially in an entertainment program.

    • She starred in dozens of silent movies.
    • I was inundated with invitations; […] I felt, indeed, much as a great actor must when he goes 'starring' in the provinces.
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    To feature (a performer or a headliner), especially in a movie or an entertainment program.

    • The show stars Calista Flockhart as a high-powered lawyer.
    • "What followed this decision was exactly what we had expected: Mr. Fox, realizing that the public was tiring of Theda Bara in vampire roles, announced that he would star her in a production of Romeo and Juliet," she illustrated.
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    To mark with a star or asterisk.

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    To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle.

    • Thy gloomy Grandeurs (Nature’s moſt auguſt, / Inſpiring Aſpect!) claim a grateful Verſe; / And, like a ſable Curtain ſtarr’d with Gold, / Drawn o’er my Labours paſt, ſhall cloſe the Scene.
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    To shine like a star.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。