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| 1 | an official who signals the start of a race , especially by firing a gun （赛跑时的）发令员 |
| | 1a | when the runners or horses are under starter’ s orders, the race is ready to start （人或马）处于等候起跑令的准备姿势 | |
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| 2 | a person or horse that takes part in a race when it starts 参赛人；参赛马 |
| Fewer than half the starters will finish within four hours. 不到一半的参赛者将在4小时内完成比赛。 |
| | 2a | used for talking about the time or manner in which someone starts something 开始做某事者 | | Tiger Woods was among the early starters. 泰格·伍兹属于起步较早者。 | | I’ ve always been a slow starter in the mornings. 早上我总是起得比较晚。 | |
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| 3 | a small amount of food eaten at the start of a meal （一餐的）第一道菜 |
| Stuffed peppers make a good starter for a dinner party. 填馅青椒作为宴会的第一道菜很好。 |
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| 4 | something you say or do to start a particular activity , for example a conversation or a game （比赛或游戏等活动的）开始阶段，起始点 |
| The pupils’ own experiences can be a useful starter for discussion. 讨论可以从小学生们自身的经历开始。 |
| I’ ll give you the first three letters as a starter (=for you to guess the rest of the word) . 我给你提示前3个字母。 |
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| 5 | the part of a machine or engine that makes it start （机器或引擎的）启动装置 |
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| - | for starters mainly spoken
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| 1 | as the beginning or first stage of something 第一步；作为开始 | For starters, we ought to explain why we’ re here. 首先，我们应该解释我们为什么在这里。 | | £25? That’ ll do for starters. 25英镑？作为开头是可以的。 | |
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| 2 | used for introducing the first point in a series , especially in an argument 第一 | For starters, it’ s too expensive. 第一，这太贵了。 | |
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