starting 音标拼音: [st'ɑrtɪŋ]
n . 开始,开动
开始,开动
starting 开始 起动
starting adj 1 : (
especially of eyes )
bulging or protruding as with fear ;
"
with eyes starting from their sockets "
2 :
appropriate to the beginning or start of an event ; "
the starting point "; "
hands in the starting position "
n 1 :
a turn to be a starter (
in a game at the beginning ); "
he got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital "; "
his starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen " [
synonym : {
start },
{
starting }]
start \
start \ (
st [
aum ]
rt ),
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
started };
p .
pr .
&
vb .
n . {
starting }.] [
OE .
sterten ;
akin to D .
storten to hurl ,
rush ,
fall ,
G .
st ["
u ]
rzen ,
OHG .
sturzen to turn over ,
to fall ,
Sw .
st ["
o ]
rta to cast down ,
to fall ,
Dan .
styrte ,
and probably also to E .
start a tail ;
the original sense being ,
perhaps ,
to show the tail ,
to tumble over suddenly .
[
root ]
166 .
Cf . {
Start }
a tail .]
1 .
To leap ;
to jump . [
Obs .]
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2 .
To move suddenly ,
as with a spring or leap ,
from surprise ,
pain ,
or other sudden feeling or emotion ,
or by a voluntary act .
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And maketh him out of his sleep to start . --
Chaucer .
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I start as from some dreadful dream . --
Dryden .
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Keep your soul to the work when ready to start aside . --
I .
Watts .
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But if he start ,
It is the flesh of a corrupted heart . --
Shak .
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3 .
To set out ;
to commence a course ,
as a race or journey ;
to begin ;
as ,
to start in business .
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At once they start ,
advancing in a line . --
Dryden .
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At intervals some bird from out the brakes Starts into voice a moment ,
then is still . --
Byron .
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4 .
To become somewhat displaced or loosened ;
as ,
a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure .
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{
To start after },
to set out after ;
to follow ;
to pursue .
{
To start against },
to act as a rival candidate against .
{
To start for },
to be a candidate for ,
as an office .
{
To start up },
to rise suddenly ,
as from a seat or couch ;
to come suddenly into notice or importance .
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Starting \
Start "
ing \ (
st [
aum ]
rt "[
i ^]
ng ),
a . &
n .
from {
Start },
v .
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{
Starting bar } (
Steam Eng .),
a hand lever for working the valves in starting an engine .
{
Starting hole },
a loophole ;
evasion . [
Obs .]
{
Starting point },
the point from which motion begins ,
or from which anything starts .
{
Starting post },
a post ,
stake ,
barrier ,
or place from which competitors in a race start ,
or begin the race .
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