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

• For starters, the major players are all starting to push enterprise-grade Web 2.0 products to market.
  首先，主要的参与者都开始将企业级Web2.0产品投放市场。
• 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, 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。
• For starters, in order to blog, you will need a hosting platform and a blog.
  首先，以博客，你需要一个托管平台和博客。
• 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。
• Yeast and lactobacillus were used as starters for production of sour soymilk liquor.
  对酵母菌与乳酸菌混合发酵制备酸豆浆酒的工艺进行了研究。
• 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。
• 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。
• For starters, you might not have all the facts.
  对于刚入门的人来说，你可能还没有得到全部事实。
• 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。