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

• 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, tradition got in the way of innovation.
  首先，传统阻碍了创新。
• 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。
• The company specializes in the production and sales of fluorescent lamp starters and PTFE tape.
  本公司专心致力于日光灯启辉器和聚四氟乙烯生料带的生产和销售。
• 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。
• For starters, you can add sophistication to your celluloid storyline with new plot construction stages.
  最初，你能增加优雅到你的明胶故事情节与新的剧情建筑阶段。
• Many starters will contain oats, which are palatable and a good source of fiber for the calves.
  许多犊牛料中会用到燕麦，燕麦适口性好，同时也是犊牛优质的纤维来源。
• For starters, prices may not look so tempting after a year of economic slowdown.
  首先，经历了一年的经济放缓，目前的价格可能看起来不那么诱人。
• When cultures are grown without phages or under aseptic conditions ( starters), they lose their phage resistance.
  当培养物存在于没有噬菌体或无菌的条件时，它们便失去了抵抗噬菌体的能力。
• For starters, the bills table has all sorts of de-normalized junk in it.
  对于初学者，这一账单表中包含了各种不正常数据垃圾。