1
- an aperture or gap, especially one allowing access缺口; 空：
she peered through one of the smaller openings.
她从其中的一个小孔窥视。
1.1
- figurative an opportunity to achieve something〈喻〉机会：
they seem to have exploited fully the openings offered.
他们似乎已经充分利用了所提供的机会。
1.2
- an available job or position工作机会, 空缺职位：
there are few openings for the ex-footballer.
对这位前足球运动员来说, 工作机会很少。
2
- a beginning; an initial part开始; 开始部分：
Maya started tapping out the opening of her story.
玛雅开始打出她故事的开头。
2.1
- the occasion of the first performance of a play, film, etc., of the start of an exhibition, or of a public building being officially ready for use, marked by a ceremony or celebratory gathering首演; 首映; 开放典礼, 落成典礼。
2.2
- Chess a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game【棋】开局。
2.3
- a counsel's preliminary statement of a case in a law court开案陈述。
attrib.
- coming at the beginning of something; initial开始的; 最初的：
she stole the show with her opening remark.
她用开场词抢走了整场演出的风头。