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 new starters, you need an internet service provider to gain access to the internet and email.
  新的先发球员，你需要一个互联网服务提供商，以获取互联网及电子邮件。
• 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, 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。
• 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, 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。
• 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。
• You can combine starters and blend the apple-freshness of yogurt with the butteriness of buttermilk.
  你可以将各种酵母混合，将酸奶中的酸奶中的苹果般的清醒和脱脂乳中的黄油特征相结合。
• 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, tradition got in the way of innovation.
  首先，传统阻碍了创新。