starters

英 [ˈstɑːtəz]

美 [ˈstɑrtərz]

n.  (主菜之前的)开胃小吃，开胃品; 参赛人; 参赛的马(或汽车等); (赛跑等的)发令员
starter的复数

柯林斯词典

• (一餐中的)第一道菜，开胃小吃
  Astarteris a small quantity of food that is served as the first course of a meal.

in AM, use 美国英语用 appetizer


• N-COUNT (汽车的)发动装置
  Thestarterof a car is the device that starts the engine.
  1. A car's starter is basically an electric motor.
     汽车的启动装置基本上是个电动机。
• N-COUNT (不一定坚持到比赛结束的)参赛者，参赛动物
  Thestartersin a race are the people or animals who take part at the beginning even if they do not finish.
  1. Of the 10 starters, four were eliminated or retired.
     10 名参赛者中有 4 名被淘汰或自行退出了。
• PHRASE 作为开端;首先;第一
  You usefor starterswhen you mention something to indicate that it is the first item or point in a series.
  1. These prizes are just for starters. Other exciting offers are flooding in...
     这些奖只是个开始。其他激动人心的奖励还会接踵而至。
  2. Her manager said, 'It will cost her 1.5 million pounds for starters if she loses.'
     她的经纪人说：“如果她输了，她将首先会损失 150 万英镑。”

双语例句

• Some common nonlinear loads are fluorescent lighting, SCR motor starters and UPS systems.
  一些常见的非线性负载有荧光灯、控硅电动机启动器以及UPS系统。
• Our starters arrive, and we stop the professional chat to eat.
  头盘上来时，我们停下了专业方面谈话，开始进餐。
• For starters, you need to initialize the project using symfony's command-line utility.
  如果您是初学者，则需要使用symfony的命令行实用程序来对项目进行初始化。
• Good as an aperitif in summer, it is also ideal with all starters, quiches and sweet-and-sour dishes.
  作为夏季开胃酒是个不错的选择，同时适合和各种前菜、蛋饼及酸甜食物搭配。
• But China will demand and end to nuclear tests, for starters.
  但中国会要求朝鲜停止核试验作为一个开始。
• These prizes are just for starters. Other exciting offers are flooding in
  这些奖只是个开始。其他激动人心的奖励还会接踵而至。
• For starters, pay attention to security when you define, design, and deploy a cloud computing system.
  初学者在对云计算系统的定义、设计和部署过程中，要特别注意安全方面。
• The traditional Russian starters are caviar, cured and smoked fish and meat dishes.
  传统的俄罗斯开胃菜是鱼子酱、腌熏制鱼和肉菜。
• For starters, let us recognize that separating leadership from management is part of the problem.
  首先，让我们承认将领导力和管理能力区分开来是有问题的。
• Frontcourt depth is an issue; this team can't have starters logging too many minutes again.
  前场的板凳深度是一个问题，活塞队的颠峰时间已经不多了。