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★ star

① n. 星;恒星；星状物

a five-star hotel一家五星级酒店

② n. 明星;高手;名家:

a film star电影明星

③ v. ( starred， starred) (使)主演

Charlie Chaplin wrote, directed, and produced the films he starred in.

查理・卓别林自编、自导、自制他自己主演的电影。

★ stare

v.盯;凝视 to look at sb/ sth for a long time

（2009重庆）

She stared at the painting, wondering where she had seen it. 她凝视着这幅画，想知道自己曾在哪里见过它。

n. 盯;凝视:

give sb. a rude stare无礼地盯着某人

★ start

① v. 开始( begin):

（2013上海）

The show started with a piece of music familiar to

people in their fifties.

演出以一段五十多岁的人耳熟能详的音乐开始。

②vi 出发;启程( set out):

start for Beijing动身去北京

③ vt＆vi发动:

He couldn’ t start the car. 他无法发动汽车。

④ vt创办;开办:

I’d like to start my own business.我想自己创业。

start off/out出发;启程;起先:

We'll have to start out /off early to get there by lunchtime.我们得早点出发，以便在午饭前赶到那里。

▲ to start with首先;起初

(2018全国)

I was pretty nervous to start with, but after a while I was fine.起初我相当紧张，但过了一会儿就好了。

a head start领先;起步前的优势

⑤ n.（常用单数）突然一惊

You gave me quite a start!你吓了我一大跳!

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