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单词 thank one's lucky stars
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star1 /stär/

noun
  1. Any of those heavenly bodies visible by night that are really gaseous masses generating heat and light, whose places are relatively fixed (fixed stars)
  2. More loosely, these and the planets, comets, meteors and even, less commonly, the sun, moon and earth
  3. A planet as a supposed influence, hence (usu in pl) one's luck, or an astrologer's summary of planetary influences
  4. An object or figure with pointed rays, most commonly five
  5. An asterisk
  6. A starfish
  7. A radial meeting of ways
  8. A star-shaped badge or emblem, denoting rank, honour or merit, used eg in grading or classification, as in three-star general, four-star petrol, five-star (ie luxurious) hotel
  9. A white mark on an animal's forehead, esp a horse's
  10. A pre-eminent or exceptionally brilliant person
  11. A leading performer, or one supposed to draw the public
  12. A networking conformation in which the central control point is linked individually to all workstations (computing)
adjective
  1. Of stars
  2. Marked by a star
  3. Leading, pre-eminent, brilliant
transitive verb (starrˈing; starred)
  1. To make a star of
  2. To have (a specified person) as a star performer
  3. To mark with a star
  4. To shatter or crack in a radiating form
  5. To set with stars
  6. To bespangle
intransitive verb
  1. To shine, as a star
  2. To attract attention
  3. To appear as a principal or star performer
ORIGIN: OE steorra; cf stern3, Ger Stern, L stēlla (for sterula), Gr astēr

starˈdom noun

The state of being or status of a star performer, esp of stage or screen

starˈless adjective

starˈlet noun

  1. A kind of starfish (genus Asterina)
  2. A little star
  3. A young film actress, esp one hailed as a future star

starˈlike adjective and adverb

starred adjective

  1. Adorned or studded with stars
  2. Influenced by or having a star
  3. Decorated or marked with a star
  4. Turned into a star
  5. Star-shaped
  6. Radially cracked, fissured

starrˈily adverb

starrˈiness noun

starrˈing noun and adjective

starrˈy adjective

  1. Abounding or adorned with stars
  2. Consisting of, or proceeding from, the stars
  3. Like, or shining like, the stars

star anise noun

  1. A Chinese evergreen tree (genus Illicium) of the magnolia family, with aromatic oil
  2. The star-shaped dried seed pods of this tree, imparting an aniseed flavour when used in cookery

starˈ-apple noun

The edible fruit of the West Indian sapotaceous tree Chrysophyllum cainito

star billing noun

Prominent display of the name of a performer, etc on posters, etc

starˈ-blasting noun

The noxious influence of the stars

starˈ-brightˈ adjective

Bright as a star or with stars

starˈburst noun

A pattern of lines radiating from a central point

star catalogue noun

A list of stars, with their places, magnitudes, etc

star connection noun

A Y-shaped three-phase electrical connection

starˈ-crossed or (archaic) starˈ-crost adjective

  1. Thwarted by the stars
  2. Ill-fated

starˈdrift noun

A common proper motion of a number of fixed stars in the same region

starˈdust noun

  1. An imaginary dust that blinds the eyes to reality and fills them with romantic illusions
  2. Cosmic dust, meteoric matter in fine particles
  3. Distant stars seen like dust grains

adjective

Glittering, romantic, magical

starˈfish noun

  1. Any member of the Asteroidea, a class of echinoderms with five arms merging in a disc, and tube-feet on the undersurface
  2. Sometimes extended to the ophiuroids

starˈflower noun

Any plant with star-shaped flowers, esp the star of Bethlehem

star fruit noun

The fruit of the carambola tree, star-shaped in cross-section

starˈ-gaze intransitive verb

starˈgazer noun

  1. An astrologer
  2. An astronomer
  3. Someone who gazes at the sky, or in abstraction
  4. A dreamer or wool-gatherer
  5. A small supplementary sail set above the moonsail and skysail on a square-rigged ship
  6. Any fish of the family Uranoscopidae with upward-looking eyes set on top of its head, enabling it to see when it conceals itself in the sand on the sea bottom

starˈgazey pie noun

A savoury Cornish fish pie in which whole fish are baked in pastry with their heads protruding through the crust

starˈgazing noun

star grass noun

A name for many grasslike plants with star-shaped flowers or leaf arrangement (see also star2)

star jump noun

A gymnastic exercise performed by jumping into the air and simultaneously thrusting out the legs and arms

starˈ-led adjective

Guided by a star

starˈlight noun

  1. Light from the stars
  2. An unknown plant, otherwise called astrophel or penthia (Spenser)

adjective

  1. Of or with starlight
  2. Lighted by the stars
  3. Bright as a star

starˈlit adjective

Lighted by the stars

star map noun

A map showing the positions of stars

starˈmonger noun

An astrologer

star-nosed mole noun

A N American aquatic mole (Condylura cristata) with a starlike fringe of sensory tentacles around its nose

star of Bethlehem noun

A plant (genus Ornithogalum) of the lily family with yellow starlike flowers

Star of David noun

The Jewish religious symbol of a six-pointed star, Solomon's seal

star-of-the-earthˈ noun

Buck's-horn plantain, Plantago coronopus, so called because its serrated leaves radiate outwards along the ground

starˈ-pav'd adjective (Milton)

Paved with stars

starˈ-proof adjective (Milton)

Impervious to starlight

starˈ-read noun (Spenser)

Astronomy

star ruby or star sapphire noun

A ruby or sapphire manifesting asterism

starrˈy-eyed adjective

  1. Out of touch with reality
  2. Innocently idealistic
  3. Radiantly happy

Stars and Bars singular noun

The flag of the Confederate States of America

Stars and Stripes singular noun

The flag of the United States of America, with thirteen stripes alternately red and white, and a blue field containing as many stars as there are states

star sapphire see star ruby above.

starˈ-shaped adjective

Shaped like a conventional star, with pointed rays

star shell noun

A shell that explodes high in the air, lighting up the scene

starˈshine noun

Starlight

starˈship noun

(in science fiction) a craft capable of transporting travellers across solar systems

star sign noun

A sign of the zodiac

starˈ-spangˈled adjective

Spangled or studded with stars (Star-spangled Banner the Stars and Stripes; the American national anthem)

starˈspot noun

An area of relative darkness on the surface of a star

starˈstone noun

A sapphire, ruby, or other stone showing asterism

starˈ-struck adjective

In awe of the famous

starˈ-studded adjective

  1. Covered with stars
  2. (of the cast of a film, play, etc) having a high proportion of famous performers

star thistle noun

A species of Centaurea with radiating spiny bracts

star trap noun

A stage trap of several wedge-shaped pieces meeting in a centre

star turn noun

  1. The chief item in an entertainment
  2. A pre-eminent performer

Star Wars singular noun

(also without caps) an informal term for the Strategic Defence Initiative (qv under strategy)

adjective

Denoting the technology proposed for this initiative

star wheel noun

A spur wheel with V-shaped teeth

starˈwort noun

  1. Any plant of the genus Aster (not the China aster)
  2. Stitchwort
  3. A water plant (water starwort Callitriche)

star-ypointing /stärˈi-pointˈing/ adjective (Milton; incorrectly formed; see y- pfx)

Pointing to the stars

see stars (informal)

  1. To see spots of light, as a result eg of a blow on the head
  2. To be in a dazed condition

thank one's lucky stars

To consider oneself extremely fortunate

thank /thangk/

noun
  1. (usu in pl) gratitude
  2. An expression of gratitude
transitive verb
  1. To express gratitude to
  2. To blame or hold responsible
ORIGIN: OE thanc, thonc; cognate with Ger Dank; from the root of think1

thankee interjection see thank you below

thankˈer noun

thankˈful adjective

  1. Grateful
  2. Gladly relieved

thankˈfully adverb

  1. Gratefully, with a thankful feeling
  2. One feels thankful (that)
  3. (of eg words) expressing gratitude

thankˈfulness noun

thankˈing noun (usu in pl; Shakespeare)

Thanks

thankˈless adjective

  1. Unthankful
  2. Not expressing thanks for favours
  3. Bringing no thanks, appreciation, pleasure or profit

thankˈlessly adverb

thankˈlessness noun

thanks interjection see thank you below

thankˈworthily adverb

thankˈworthiness noun

thankˈworthy adjective

Worthy of or deserving thanks

thankˈ-offering noun

An offering made to express thanks

thanksˈgiver noun

thanksˈgiving noun

  1. The act of giving thanks
  2. A public acknowledgement of divine goodness and mercy
  3. (with cap) a day (Thanksgiving Day) set apart for this, esp that in the USA since the time of the Pilgrim Fathers, now fixed as the fourth Thursday of November, or that in Canada, fixed as the second Monday in October
  4. A form of giving thanks, a grace, that form preceding the last two prayers of morning or evening prayer or of the litany, the General Thanksgiving

adjective

Serving to give thanks

thankˈyou adjective

Expressing gratitude

noun

Anything expressing gratitude, esp a gift

thankˈ-you-ma'am noun (US)

A ridge or hollow in a road that causes those who drive over it to bob their heads

be thankit (Scot)

Thank God

have (only) oneself to thank for

To be the cause of (one's own misfortune)

I'll thank you, him, etc to

Used, usu in anger, to introduce a request or command

no thanks to

Not owing to, implying that gratitude is far from being due

thank God (or thank goodness, thank heavens, etc)

An expression of relief

thank one's lucky stars see under star1

thanks be

Thank God

thanks to

Owing to

thank you, thanks or (old) thankˈee

Elliptical forms of earlier thanks be to you, I thank you and similar expressions, conventional expressions of gratitude

thank you (or thanks) for nothing (informal)

An expression implying that no gratitude is due at all
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