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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

start [stɒːt]
  1. 1. noun [c] 开始
    the start of the project
    项目开始
    the start of the year
    年初
  2. 2. noun (departure) 开端
    We need a fresh start.
    我们要有个新的开端
  3. 3. noun (sudden movement) 惊跳
    He awoke with a start.
    猛然惊醒
  4. 4. noun (lead) 先行
    You must give me fifty metres start.
    一定要让我先行50米。
  5. 5. vt. (begin) 开始
    My father started work when he was ten.
    父亲10岁时开始工作
  6. 6. vt. [+fire] [ panic] (cause) 使产生
    I started a fire.
    我生了火。
  7. 7. vt. [+business etc] (found) 创建
    He raised the money to start a restaurant.
    筹资创建了一家餐馆
  8. 8. vt. [+engine] [ car] 启动
  9. 9. vi. (begin) 开始
    The meeting starts at 7.
    会议7点开始
  10. 10. vi. (with fright) 惊起
    It caused her to start back in terror.
    她被惊吓往后跳了一下
  11. 11. vi. [engine] [ car+] 启动
    The car wouldn't start.
    那辆车启动不了
  12. 12. vi. to start as sth 从做某事发迹
    Mr. Dunbar started as an assistant.
    邓伯先生从当助理起家
    at the start
    开始
    for a start
    首先
    from the start
    从一开始
    to get off to a good/bad start
    开头顺利/开头顺利
    to make an early start
    一早出发
    from start to finish
    从头至尾
    to start doing {or} to do sth
    开始做某事
    to start (off) with
    开始时

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

start [stɑːrt]
  1. 1. vt. 开始着手
    Who will start?
    从谁开始
  2. 2. vt. 发动,使开始
    The U.S. started a war in the middle east.
    美国中东地区发动一场战争
  3. 3. vi. 启程动身
  4. 4. vi. 开始起始
    Prices for these homes start at $250,000.
    这些房屋起价为250,000美元
  5. 5. vt. 创始发起
  6. 6. verb 创立创建
    The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack.
    游击队发动一次突然袭击时,流血开始了。
    Who started this company?
    创立了这家公司
    I start my day with a good breakfast.
    我以一顿丰盛早餐开始我的一天
  7. 7. vi. 惊跳起来
    She startled when I walked into the room.
    当我走进房间时,她惊呆了。
  8. 8. vt. 启动开动
    We simply could not start the engine.
    我们怎么启动不了引擎
  9. 9. verb (使)开动,(使)行动
    I start at eight in the morning.
    早上八点出发
  10. 10. vt. 开始(工作),就(职
  11. 11. vi. [Sports] 作为首发阵容出场
  12. 12. vi. 开始
  13. 13. vt. 开始做;开始对……的某一动作
    She started the soup while it was still hot.
    汤还很烫的时候她就开始喝了。
    We started physics in 10th grade.
    我们在10年级时候开始物理学
  14. 14. vi. 凸出,鼓出
  15. 15. vi. 冒出涌出
  16. 16. vt. 起用开始雇佣
  17. 17. vi. 呈现突然出现
  18. 18. vt. 使(孩子)被怀上怀上孩子
  19. 19. n.[c] 开始开端
    It was off to a good start.
    这是个良好开始
  20. 20. n.[c] 开始时间
    They got an early start.
    他们出发得很早。
  21. 21. n.[u] [Sports] 成为发出选手轮次
    He got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital.
    首发上场因为正投手住院了。
  22. 22. n.[c] 惊起惊跳突然一跳
    He awoke with a start.
    惊醒了。
  23. 23. n.[u] 开始启动创办
  24. 24. n.[c] 起跑线
  25. 25. n.[c] 起跑信号
    The runners awaited the start.
    跑步者等待起跑
  26. 26. n.[c] [Sports] 起跑优势
    With an hour's start he will be hard to catch.
    他早出发一个小时,很难追上了。
  27. 27. n.[c] 最初的照应帮助

Collins English-English Dictionary

start [stɒːt]
  1. 1. vb to begin or cause to begin (something or to do something); come or cause to come into being, operation, etc
    he started a quarrel
    they started to work
  2. 2. vb [when intr, sometimes foll by on] to make or cause to make a beginning of (a process, series of actions, etc)
    they started on the project
  3. 3. vb [sometimes foll by up] to set or be set in motion
    he started up the machine
  4. 4. vi. [intr] to make a sudden involuntary movement of one's body, from or as if from fright; jump
  5. 5. vi. [intr; sometimes foll by up, away, etc] to spring or jump suddenly from a position or place
  6. 6. vi. to establish or be established; set up
    to start a business
  7. 7. vt. [tr] to support (someone) in the first part of a venture, career, etc
  8. 8. vt. to work or cause to work loose
  9. 9. vt. to enter or be entered in a race
  10. 10. vi. [intr] to flow violently from a source
    wine started from a hole in the cask
  11. 11. vt. [tr] to rouse (game) from a hiding place, lair, etc
  12. 12. vi. [intr] (esp of eyes) to bulge; pop
  13. 13. vi. an archaic word for startle
  14. 14. vi. [intr] [Brit] [Spoken] to commence quarrelling or causing a disturbance
  15. 15. n the first or first part of a series of actions or operations, a journey, etc
  16. 16. n the place or time of starting, as of a race or performance
  17. 17. n a signal to proceed, as in a race
  18. 18. n a lead or advantage, either in time or distance and usually of specified extent, in a competitive activity
    he had an hour's start on me
  19. 19. n a slight involuntary movement of the body, as through fright, surprise, etc
    she gave a start as I entered
  20. 20. n an opportunity to enter a career, undertake a project, etc
  21. 21. n [Spoken] a surprising incident
  22. 22. n a part that has come loose or been disengaged
  23. 23. n See also start in start off start on start out start up
  24. 24. n [Etymology] Old English styrtan; related to Old Norse sterta to crease, Old High German sturzen to rush

Examples

A bad start can be rectified, a good start can be built upon.
坏的开端可以纠正,好的开端可以很快开始。
a fresh start
重新开始
These are the basic rules to play this game, now we can start playing.
这些就是玩儿这个游戏的基本规则,现在我们开始吧。
Good afternoon! Let's start the lesson.
下午好!开始上课。
Before we start playing we have to decide who will be in charge of the bank.
玩儿之前我们得决定由谁来管理这些赌本。

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