| 单词 | star |
| 释义 | noun | verb starstar1 /stɑr/ ●●● S2 W1 noun [countable] 1IN THE SKY science, physics a large ball of burning gases in space that can be seen at night as a point of light in the sky: I lay on my back and looked up at the stars. The sky was filled with bright stars. The stars were shining. The first stars are already out (=shining). We slept under the stars (=outdoors at night). The stars were twinkling overhead (=shining with an unsteady light). → see also falling star, shooting star2famous performer/player a famous and successful performer in entertainment or a famous player in sports: By the age of 20 she was already a big star (=a very famous and successful performer). It’s fun to watch all the movie stars arrive at the Oscars. The boy asked the basketball star for his autograph. She’s a rising star in the world of opera (=she is becoming famous). I dreamed of being a rock star when I was a kid.► see thesaurus at best1 → see also movie star, pop star, star23main actor in movie/tv the person who has the main part, or one of the main parts, in a movie, television show, play, etc.: star of Clooney was then one of the stars of the TV show “ER.”4best performer the person who gives the best performance in a movie, play, television show, etc.: The real star of this movie is the baby polar bear. In Italy, Mehta was the star of the show. Keiko, a killer whale, had been the show’s star attraction (=the performer people most wanted to see).5SUCCESSFUL PERSON informal someone who is particularly successful at a job, course of study, etc.: After college, Weiss became a star in sports journalism.a star player/performer/salesman etc. He’s one of our star players. He is known as a rising star in Japanese politics (=he is becoming successful and famous).6SHAPE a)a shape with four or more points, which represents the way a star looks in the sky: The American flag’s 50 stars represent the 50 states. b)a mark in this shape, used to draw attention to something written SYN asterisk: I put stars next to the items we still need to buy. c)a piece of cloth or metal in this shape, worn to show someone’s rank or position7HOTELS/RESTAURANTS a mark used in a system for judging the quality of hotels and restaurants: three-star/four-star/five-star Rooms cost $500 a night at the five-star hotel.8have stars in your eyes to imagine that something you want to do is much more exciting or attractive than it really is → see also starry-eyed9see stars old-fashioned to see flashes of light, especially because you have been hit on the head: I bumped my head so hard that I saw stars.10something is written in the stars informal used to say that what happens is controlled by fate (=a power that some people believe controls the future)[Origin: Old English steorra] → see also be born under a lucky/unlucky star at born (8), evening star, five-star general, four-star general, morning star, reach for the stars at reach1 (11), thank your lucky stars at thank (4)COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 1verbsa star shines I looked up and saw hundreds of stars shining in the sky.a star twinkles (=shines with an unsteady light) Stars began to twinkle in the darkening night sky.a star appears (also a star comes out) (=appears in the sky) We arrived home just as the stars were coming out.look up at the stars I spent a lot of time looking up at the stars as a kid.adjectivesa bright star Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky.a faint star The star is faint but visible.a distant star (=very far away) She stared up toward the distant stars.a shooting star (=an object that moves across the sky and looks like a star, but is really a meteor) We watched the night sky for shooting stars.star + nounsstar chart (=a map of the stars) A Greek astronomer drew the first accurate star chart in 150 B.C.star system (=a small number of stars that are bound together by gravity) In the 1600s, the idea that there might be an infinite number of star systems in the universe threatened religious beliefs.star cluster (=a large number of stars bound together by gravity) The star cluster called the Pleiades becomes visible in the dawn sky on the same day each year.star formation (=the process in which stars are formed) If our ideas about star formation are correct, most stars the size of our Sun will have planets orbiting them.COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2adjectives/nouns + stara movie star (also a Hollywood star) He had the good looks of a movie star.a rock/pop star Who is your favorite pop star?a TV star He was a TV star in the 1970s.a sports/football/basketball etc. star Sam was a football star in college.a big star (=a very famous and successful star) The producer has worked with some of Latin music’s biggest stars.a rising star (=someone who is becoming famous and successful) The young dancer is considered to be a rising star.an international star (=a star who is famous in many countries) His performance in “Titanic” made him an international star.a child star (=a child who is a famous performer) The former child star is now studying psychology at Brown University.star + nounsstar quality (=a special quality that could make someone a star) She radiates genuine star quality.star status (=the position of being a star) He was a moderately successful actor, but he never achieved star status.star treatment (=special treatment that a star gets) Winners get star treatment from the media.a star vehicle (=a film or television program that is intended to show the abilities of one particular star) He denied that the movie was just a star vehicle for Tom Hanks.a star player/athlete/performer etc. The music festival attracts star performers from the music world. noun | verb starstar2 ●●○ S3 W3 verb (starred, starring) 1[intransitive] eng. lang. arts if someone stars in a movie, television show, or play, that person acts as one of the main characters in it: star in He has starred in several successful TV series.star as Fiennes stars as the evil wizard Voldemort. his starring role (=the most important character) in “The Godfather”2[transitive] eng. lang. arts if a movie, television show, or play stars someone, that person acts the part of the main character SYN feature: a movie starring John Travoltastar somebody as... “Mary Poppins” starred Julie Andrews as the singing nanny.3[transitive] to put an asterisk (=a star-shaped mark) next to something written: The most important points have been starred. |
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