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英英字典: starting


KK Pronunciation

〔 `stɑrtIŋ 〕

Pronunciation

〔 ˋstɑ:tiŋ 〕


Overview of noun starting

The noun starting has 1 sense


  • start, starting -- (a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning); "he got his start because one of the regular pitchers was in the hospital"; "his starting meant that the coach thought he was one of their best linemen")


Overview of verb start

The verb start has 14 senses


  • get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence -- (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now")

  • begin, lead off, start, commence -- (set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new chapter in your life")

  • depart, part, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off -- (leave; "The family took off for Florida")

  • begin, start -- (have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes start at $250,000")

  • originate, initiate, start -- (bring into being; "He initiated a new program"; "Start a foundation")

  • start, start up, embark on, commence -- (get off the ground; "Who started this company?"; "We embarked on an exciting enterprise"; "I start my day with a good breakfast"; "We began the new semester"; "The afternoon session begins at 4 PM"; "The blood shed started when the partisans launched a surprise attack")

  • startle, jump, start -- (move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm; "She startled when I walked into the room")

  • start, start up -- (get going or set in motion; "We simply could not start the engine"; "start up the computer")

  • start, go, get going -- (begin or set in motion; "I start at eight in the morning"; "Ready, set, go!")

  • start, take up -- (begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job; "Take up a position"; "start a new job")

  • start -- (play in the starting lineup)

  • begin, start -- (have a beginning characterized in some specified way; "The novel begins with a murder"; "My property begins with the three maple trees"; "Her day begins with a workout"; "The semester begins with a convocation ceremony")

  • begin, start -- (begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object; "begin a cigar"; "She started the soup while it was still hot"; "We started physics in 10th grade")

  • start, protrude, pop, pop out, bulge, bulge out, bug out, come out -- (bulge outward; "His eyes popped")


Overview of adj starting

The adj starting has 2 senses


  • starting -- ((especially of eyes) bulging or protruding as with fear; "with eyes starting from their sockets")

  • starting -- (appropriate to the beginning or start of an event; "the starting point"; "hands in the starting position")

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