| 单词 | starter |
| 释义 | starter /stahr"teuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that starts. 2. a person who gives the signal to begin, as for a race, the running of a train, bus, elevator, etc. 3. a device that starts an internal-combustion engine without a need for cranking by hand. 4. a person or thing that starts in a race or contest: Only five starters finished the race. 5. a culture of bacteria used to start a particular fermentation, as in the manufacture of cheese, buttermilk, sour cream, etc. 6. Cookery. sourdough (def. 1). 7. Slang. a shill, as at a gaming table in a casino. 8. Cribbage. the card turned face up on the stack before the play. 9. for starters, Informal. as the first step or part; initially; first: We will have soup for starters. For starters, he doesn't even know how to drive. adj. 10. constituting a basis or beginning: a starter set of dishes; a starter home. [1530-40; START + -ER1] |
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