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star1 /stɑː $ stɑːr/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countableC]
1  in the sky 在空中HA a large ball of burning gas in space that can be seen at night as a point of light in the sky 星；恒星 → constellation, galaxy, supernova
I lay on my back and looked up at the stars.
我仰卧着看天上的星星。
The sky was filled with stars.
滿天繁星。
The stars were shining.
群星閃爍。
The stars were all out (=they were shining).
星耀天空。
The stars were twinkling overhead (=shining and quickly changing from bright to faint).
頭頂上星星閃爍。
under the stars (=outdoors at night) 星光下
sitting around a campfire under the stars
圍着營火坐在星光下
→ falling star, morning star, shooting star
2  famous performer/player 著名的演員/選手 a famous and successful actor, musician, or sports player 明星，名角，著名選手
By the age of 20, she was already a big star (=a very famous and successful performer).
她 20 歲時就已經是大明星了。
a pop/movie/TV/football etc star 流行樂/電影/電視/足球等明星
He is a rising star (=someone who is becoming famous and successful) in the music world.
他是樂壇新星。
She’s a good actress but she lacks star quality (=a special quality that could make someone a star).
她是好演員，但缺乏明星氣質。
► see thesaurus at actor
3  main person in a film/play etc 電影/戲劇等中的主角 the person who has the main part, or one of them, in a film, play, show etc 主角，主演
star of
Ray Grimes, the star of the television series ‘Brother John’
雷•格蘭姆斯，電視連續劇《強風吹來時》中的主角
4  best/most successful person 最佳/最成功的人
a) the person who gives the best performance in a film, play, show etc 〔電影、戲劇、演出等中的〕明星，最出色者
Laporte, as Ebenezer Scrooge, is undoubtedly the star of the show.
拉波特，埃比尼澤•斯克魯奇的扮演者，毫無疑問是這出戲中最閃亮的明星。
Shamu, the killer whale, is the show’s star attraction (=best and most popular person or thing).
殺人鲸曉穆是演出中最受人矚目的明星。
b) SUCCESSFULthe best or most successful person in a group of players, workers, students etc 〔選手、員工、學生等中的〕最優秀者，最佳者
star player/performer/salesman etc
the team’s star player
該隊的明星球員
the school’s star pupil
這所學校最優秀的學生
the star columnist of ‘The Sunday Times’
《星期日泰晤士報》的明星專欄作家
5  shape 形狀
a) CFa shape with four or more points, which represents the way a star looks in the sky 星狀，星形
b) SLAa mark in the shape of a star, used to draw attention to something written 星號 SYN asterisk
I put a star next to the items that we still need to buy.
我在仍需購買的物品旁邊打上星號。
c) PMa piece of cloth or metal in the shape of a star, worn to show someone’s rank or position – used especially on military uniforms 〔尤指用在軍服上表示級别或地位的〕星章
a four-star general
一位四星上將
6  hotels/restaurants 酒店/餐館DLT a mark used in a system for judging the quality of hotels and restaurants 〔評判酒店和餐館質量等級的〕星（級）
three-star/four-star/five-star etc
a two-star hotel
一家二星級賓館
7  the stars British EnglishBrE informal a description, usually printed in newspapers and magazines, of what will happen to you in the future, based on the position of the stars and planets at the time of your birth 〔報紙或雜志上刊登的〕星象 SYN horoscope
somebody’s stars
I never read my stars.
我從來不看我的星象。
→ star sign
Examples from the Corpus
the stars• In these, they roamed among the stars.• In the early eve-ning, just as the stars were coming out, he would often pull out his quadrant and compass.• And up from the city of fumes and smoke rose a broiling cloud of steam, covering the stars.• One evening the stars came out and the whole sky shone as clear as polished jet.• Awareness of the stars and their light pervades the Koran, which reflects the brightness of the heavenly bodies in many verses.• Don't join the dots ... Of the stars, one alone can I contemplate without pain.• His flailing tail swept down a third of the stars of heaven and cast them on the earth.• Little cable cars climbing half way to the stars?
8  something is written in the stars used to say that what happens to a person is controlled by fate (=a power that is believed to influence what happens in people’s lives) 某事是命定的
Their marriage was surely written in the stars.
他們的婚姻無疑是命中注定的。
9  see stars UNCONSCIOUSto see flashes of light, especially because you have been hit on the head 〔尤因頭部被擊而〕眼冒金星
I felt a little dizzy and could see stars.
我覺得有點暈，眼冒金星。
Examples from the Corpus
see stars• The darkness intensified down in the wood though I could see stars between the boughs.• She did it anyway, deploying her chute so late that the jolt made her see stars.• Her head rocked, and for the first time in her life, she quite literally saw stars.• Normally, one is not able to see stars in the sky that are in almost the same direction as the sun.• I had bumped my head so hard that I began to see stars.• In the third division, Hereford United were seeing stars at Gillingham after letting in 2 early goals.
10. have stars in your eyes EXCITEDto imagine that something you want to do is much more exciting or attractive than it really is 充滿不切實際的幻想 → starry-eyed
11  you’re a star!/what a star! British EnglishBrE spoken said when you are very grateful or pleased because of what someone has done 你太棒了！/太好了！〔表示感謝或高興〕
Thanks, Mel. You’re a real star!
謝謝，梅爾，你真是太好了！
→ guiding star at guiding(2), → born under a lucky/unlucky star at born1(7), → reach for the stars at reach1(12), → thank your lucky stars at thank(3)
n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 1: a large ball of burning gas in space that can be seen at night as a point of light in the sky
verbs
a star shines
I looked up and saw hundreds of stars shining in the sky.
a star twinkles (=shines with an unsteady light)
Stars began to twinkle in the darkening night sky.
stars appear/come out (=appear in the sky)
We arrived home just as the stars were coming out.
the stars are out (=they are shining)
There was a full moon, and the stars were out.
look up at the stars
I had spent a lot of time looking up at the stars as a kid.
sleep under the stars (=in a place with no roof)
In the desert, they slept out under the stars.
adjectives
bright
the brightest star in the night sky
faint
The star is faint but visible.
a distant star (=very far away)
He stared up towards the distant stars.
phrases
a cluster of stars (=a small group of stars close together in the sky)
He fixed his telescope on a tiny little cluster of stars in the constellation of Taurus.
n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2: a famous and successful actor, musician, or sports player
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + star
a big star (=a very famous and successful star)
He has worked with some of the world’s biggest stars.
a movie/Hollywood star (also a film star especially British EnglishBrE)
He looked like a movie star.
a pop/rock star
Who’s your favourite pop star?
a TV star
Most TV stars do quite a lot of charity work.
a soap star (=a star in a television soap opera)
She was known as a soap star before she took up singing.
a sports/football/basketball etc star
Sam was a football star in college.
an international star (=a star who is famous in many countries)
His performance in 'The Titanic' made him an international star.
a rising star (=someone who is becoming famous and successful)
She is very much the rising star of Black American fiction.
a child star (=a child who is a famous performer)
The production team say they have been careful to look after all their child stars.
star + NOUN
star quality (=a special quality that could make someone a star)
She radiates genuine star quality.
star treatment (=special treatment that a star gets)
Winners get star treatment from the media.
a star vehicle (=a film or television programme that is intended to show the abilities of one particular star)
He denied that the movie was just a star vehicle for Tom Hanks.
phrases
a star of stage and screen (=a star who has been in plays and films)
Now this much-loved star of stage and screen has been made a Dame.
 THESAURUS – Meaning 1: a large ball of burning gas in space that can be seen at night as a point of light in the sky 星；恒星
in the sky
star a large ball of burning gas in space, which can be seen at night as a point of light in the sky 星；恒星
nThe dark night sky was clear and full of stars.
nplanet one of the large objects that goes around the Sun, for example the Earth, Saturn, Mercury, or Mars
The planet Uranus was discovered in 1781.
nsun the star that gives us light and heat, around which the planets move. There are also many millions of other suns in the universe
The sun came out from behind a cloud.
a dying sun
nmoon the round object that moves around the Earth every 28 days, or a similar object that goes around another planet
The moon rose in the night sky.
Titan is one of the moons of Saturn.
nasteroid a mass of rock that moves around the sun. Most asteroids are found between Jupiter and Mars
the asteroid belt
npulsar a type of star that is far away in space and produces radiation and radio waves
nquasar an object like a star that is far away in space and shines extremely brightly
nsupernova a very large exploding star
nconstellation a group of stars that forms a particular pattern and has a name
The constellation of Orion is one of the most easily recognizable patterns of stars in the night sky.
ngalaxy one of the large groups of stars that make up the universe
Astronomers have detected a galaxy 11 billion light years away.
nthe universe all space, including all the stars and planets
How many planets in the universe have life?
 THESAURUS – Meaning 2: a famous and successful actor, musician, or sports player 明星，名角，著名選手
a famous person 著名人物
star a famous and successful actor, musician, or sportsperson 明星
She dreamed of becoming a movie star.
她夢想成爲電影明星。
a talent show to find the stars of the future
尋找未來之星的選秀節目
celebrity someone who often appears in newspapers, on television etc and is well-known to the public. Celebrities are often famous for being famous, not because they have any great talent 名人,名流〔經常出現在報紙、電視等上的公衆人物〕
The magazine is full of gossip about celebrities.
這本雜志上盡是些名流的八卦新聞。
name a famous person whose name is known by many people – used especially in the following expressions 名人〔尤用於以下說法〕
All the big names in football were at the awards dinner.
足球界的大人物悉數現身頒獎宴會。
Giorgio Armani is one of the most famous names in fashion.
喬治 • 阿瑪尼是時尚界最著名的人物之一。
He is yet to become a household name (=someone who everyone has heard of).
他的大名尚未家喻戶曉。
personality an entertainer or sports player who is famous and often appears in the newspapers, on television etc – used especially in the following phrases 〔娛樂界或體育界的〕名人〔尤用於以下短語〕
Many advertisers use TV personalities to promote their products.
許多廣告商都用電視名人推廣産品。
He was chosen as sports personality of the year.
他被選爲年度體育名人。
a very famous person 赫赫有名的人物
superstar an extremely famous performer, especially a musician or film actor 超級巨星〔尤指音樂家或電影演員〕
The film made Tom Cruise an international superstar.
本片令湯姆•克魯斯成爲國際巨星。
legend someone who is famous and admired for being extremely good at doing something – used especially about people who are at the end of a long career or who have died 傳奇人物〔尤指事業即將結束或已經去世的人〕
blues legend John Lee Hooker
藍調傳奇人物約翰•李•胡克
nJane Fonda is the daughter of film legend Henry Fonda.
great [usually plural] someone who was one of the best players or performers that there have ever been 偉大人物〔指出類拔萃的運動員或演員〕
He was one of the all-time soccer greats.
他是史上最偉大的足球運動員之一。
Examples from the Corpus
star• Fenster rating: 3 out of 5 stars.• When the dark edge of the satellite passed across a star, it dimmed briefly before the moment of eclipse.• After college, Weiss became a star in sports journalism.• His first movie made him a star.• Light and darkness, for example, are described before the sun, moon and stars.• They know the law of gravity that rules planets and stars and the universe at large.• Hollings' latest movie role could make her a big star.• James Caan was a big star in the '70s.• Sonya's the class star.• The flag's fifty stars represent the fifty states.• She was once married to a well-known football star.• If she had stayed, all would have been different; it wasn't in her stars to stay.• With the flash of a million stars exploding, his brain registered its outrage as he was viciously felled.• A., Aragon, much like a movie star, was mobbed wherever he went.• John Cusack is one of my favourite movie stars.• Woodward continues to be the Post's star reporter.• Eddie Murphy is one of the most successful stars in Hollywood.• Former tennis star Bj"rn Borg also attended the reception.• Peter Fonda is best known as the star of 'Easy Rider' and other 1960s biker films.• They're all strong players, but Laura's undoubtedly the star of the team.• The stars are beautiful tonight.• If he becomes a big TV star, we'll probably never hear from him again.• 'Blair Witch' star Heather Donahue has landed a new role in a college reunion film called 'Seven and a Match'.
under the stars• Could there be anything more annoying under the stars?• They're much better off dancing the night away under the stars with a friend or two.• She walked slowly down the path that led to the pool, where there was a nightly barbecue under the stars.• They slept in boardinghouses, not under the stars.• Remember, all her life she had wandered from place to place, sleeping in a tent or under the stars.• These are the lures that pushed us to pitch tents and sleep under the stars.• He slept under the stars and spent all day watching the sea.• For a long time they just held each other there under the stars.
the star of the show• But the star of the show, or at least the back seat of Armstrong, was Simon the Stripping Sexton.• And now for the star of the show!• The dark, chocolatey Three Finger Jack Hefedunkel is the star of the show.• From his public comments it even mystifies the general director, Jeremy Isaacs, the star of the show.• This piece is probably the star of the show.• In Italy, Mehta was the star of the show.• And with the exception of a well-known pop musician, the stars of the show are all women.• Animals were the stars of the show and children.• Voice over Here the stars for the day rub shoulders with the stars of the show.
Related topics: Performing, Media
star2 ●●○ verb (starred, starring)
1  [intransitiveI]APAMACTOR/ACTRESS if someone stars in a film, television show etc, they are one of the main characters in it 〔在電影、電視節目等中〕擔任主角，主演
star in
Eastwood starred in ‘The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly’.
伊斯特伍德在《黃金三镖客》中擔任主角。
star with/opposite
DeVito stars opposite Dreyfuss in the movie.
德維托在這部影片中擔任主角，與德萊弗斯演對手戲。
star as
Hugh Grant stars as the romantic hero.
休·格蘭特扮演那位浪漫的男主角。
‘The Freshman’ was Brando’s first starring role (=the most important part in a film) in ten years.
《新鮮人》是白蘭度十年裏主演的首部影片。
2  [transitiveT]APAMACTOR/ACTRESS if a film, television show, or play stars someone, that person is one of the main characters in it 由…擔任主角，由…主演 SYN feature
a film starring Meryl Streep
梅麗爾·斯特裏普主演的一部電影
star somebody as ...
The movie starred Orson Welles as Harry Lime.
這部影片由奧森•威爾斯飾演哈裏•利姆。
3  WRITE[transitiveT] to put an asterisk (=a star-shaped mark) next to something written 給…加上星號
The starred items are available.
帶星號的物品都有售。
Examples from the Corpus
star• Paul Winfield and Kevin Hooks also star.• The most important points have been starred.• Attenborough's 1987 "Cry Freedom" starred Denzel Washington.• Andy Vaughan starred for Wilmslow reaching an unbeaten 59 off only 42 deliveries.• Hollywood heart-throb Keanu Reeves is set to star in a true story based on a newspaper article from the Times.• Silverman also starred in "Brighton Beach Memoirs."• Danny Aiello stars in this comedy about New York's first big lottery winner.• M.D. In sixty-four stage productions, so far - starring in twenty-six of them in London.• Director Jane Campion's latest film, which stars Kate Winslet and Harvey Keitel, was one of the highlights of the New York Film Festival.• The film stars Patricia Arquette and is directed by Steven Brill.• Doyle's explosive shot starred the side window.
star with/opposite• Wagner set his sights on a degree in electrical engineering, and he followed his star with a fervid intensity.• They're much better off dancing the night away under the stars with a friend or two.• The stars with a soft smile.• He was born when Brigitte was at the top, living as a spoilt star with actor-husband Jacques Charrier.• I recall, in my confusion, being inanely impressed by a pop star with enough upstairs to remember his own name.• Generally, such phenomena are interpreted in terms of the interaction between steady winds from young stars with material in the surrounding cloud.• The first propellant segment is moulded into an eleven-point star with the points facing inward.
From Longman Business Dictionary
starstar /stɑːstɑːr/ noun [countableC]MARKETING
in the GROWTH/SHARE MATRIX, a company or product with quite a large share of a market that is growing quickly
Origin star1
Old English steorra

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