Startnoun詞源 1

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  video-gamesA typical button for video games, originally used to start a game, now also often to pause or choose an option.

Startname詞源 2

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  A surname from Old English.

Startname詞源 3

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  obsoleteslangThe city of London, England.

  • It is true that certain kinds of documents, especially sham hawkers’ licenses, may be had in the provinces, at prices suited to the importance of their contents, or to the probable gains of their circulation; but all the ‘regular bang-up fakes’ are manufactured in the ‘Start’ (metropolis), and sent into the country to order, carefully packed up, and free from observation.

startnoun詞源 1/stɑːt/

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  The beginning of an activity.

  • The movie was entertaining from start to finish.
  • I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, / Straining upon the start.
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  A sudden involuntary movement.

  • He woke with a start.
  • Nature does nothing by starts and leaps, or in a hurry.
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  The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc.

  • Captured pieces are returned to the start of the board.
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  An appearance in a sports game, horserace, etc., from the beginning of the event.

  • Jones has been a substitute before, but made his first start for the team last Sunday.
  • Wilshere, who made his first start for England in the midweek friendly win over Denmark, raced into the penalty area and chose to cross rather than shoot - one of the very few poor selections he made in the match.
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  agriculturebusinesshorticultureA young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later.

  • You generally see nursery starts at garden centres in mid to late spring. Small annual plants are generally sold in four-packs or larger packs, with each cell holding a single young plant.
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  An initial advantage over somebody else; a head start.

  • to get, or have, the start
  • The man has got two clear days' start and the chances are nine to one against catching him.
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  archaicslangA happening or proceeding.

  • “It's a rum start, old John Madingley's coming down to Tunnleton,” said Grafton, one evening in the smoking-room; […]

startverb詞源 2/stɑːt/

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  To begin, commence, initiate.

  • to start a stream of water; to start a rumour; to start a business
  • I was some years ago engaged in conversation with a fashionable French Abbe, upon a subject which the people of that kingdom love to start in discourse.
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  To begin, commence, initiate.

  • The President fired the gun to start the footrace.
  • The rain started at 9:00.
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  To begin, commence, initiate.

  • to start the engine
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  To begin, commence, initiate.

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  To begin, commence, initiate.

  • Sensual men agree in the pursuit of every pleasure they can start.
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  To have its origin (at), begin.

  • The speed limit is 50 km/h, starting at the edge of town.
  • The blue line starts one foot away from the wall.
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  To move suddenly, from a previous state of rest; to startle.

  • But if he start, It is the flesh of a corrupted heart.
  • I could a Tale vnfold, vvhoſe lighteſt vvord VVould harrovv vp thy ſoule, freeze thy young blood, Make thy tvvo eyes like Starres, ſtart from their Spheres, Thy knotty and combined locks to part, And each particular haire to ſtand an end, Like Quilles vpon the fretfull Porpentine: […]
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  To move suddenly, from a previous state of rest; to startle.

  • I started from my sleep with horror; a cold dew covered my forehead, my teeth chattered, and every limb became convulsed; [...]

startnoun詞源 2/stɑːt/

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  An instance of starting.

startnoun詞源 3/stɑːt/

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  A projection or protrusion; that which pokes out.

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  The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water wheel bucket.

  • The fall of water is 6 feet, and the radius of the curve is 8 feet, from the centre of the water-wheel to the extreme point of the start.
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  The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse.

  • ... horses, a number of men who seemed to acquire strength as the necessity for it increased, applied their shoulders to the starts, or shafts of the gin, and worked it with extraordinary speed. By twelve o'clock, thirty-two[…]
  • […] so that the horse may not expend his force in an oblique direction, but get a fair pull on the "starts."

startadv詞源 4/stɑːt/

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  archaicdialectalCompletely, utterly.

  • Col.—The age has no sense—the people are start mad—as mad as a March mare. We should have fine times, indeed if our laws did'nt compel the poor people to protect the property of the rich.

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