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star1 /stɑː $ stɑːr/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countable]  1  in the sky 在空中HA a large ball of burning gas in space that can be seen at night as a point of light in the sky 星；恒星 → constellation, galaxy, supernova I lay on my back and looked up at the stars. 我仰卧着看天上的星星。 The sky was filled with stars. 满天繁星。 The stars were shining. 群星闪烁。 The stars were all out (=they were shining). 星耀天空。 The stars were twinkling overhead (=shining and quickly changing from bright to faint). 头顶上星星闪烁。under the stars (=outdoors at night) 星光下 sitting around a campfire under the stars 围着营火坐在星光下 → falling star, morning star, shooting star2  famous performer/player 著名的演员/选手 a famous and successful actor, musician, or sports player 明星，名角，著名选手 By the age of 20, she was already a big star (=a very famous and successful performer). 她 20 岁时就已经是大明星了。a pop/movie/TV/football etc star 流行乐/电影/电视/足球等明星 He is a rising star (=someone who is becoming famous and successful) in the music world. 他是乐坛新星。 She’s a good actress but she lacks star quality (=a special quality that could make someone a star). 她是好演员，但缺乏明星气质。► see thesaurus at actor3  main person in a film/play etc 电影/戏剧等中的主角 the person who has the main part, or one of them, in a film, play, show etc 主角，主演star of Ray Grimes, the star of the television series ‘Brother John’ 雷•格兰姆斯，电视连续剧《强风吹来时》中的主角4  best/most successful person 最佳/最成功的人 a) the person who gives the best performance in a film, play, show etc 〔电影、戏剧、演出等中的〕明星，最出色者 Laporte, as Ebenezer Scrooge, is undoubtedly the star of the show. 拉波特，埃比尼泽•斯克鲁奇的扮演者，毫无疑问是这出戏中最闪亮的明星。 Shamu, the killer whale, is the show’s star attraction (=best and most popular person or thing). 杀人鲸晓穆是演出中最受人瞩目的明星。 b) SUCCESSFULthe best or most successful person in a group of players, workers, students etc 〔选手、员工、学生等中的〕最优秀者，最佳者star player/performer/salesman etc the team’s star player 该队的明星球员 the school’s star pupil 这所学校最优秀的学生 the star columnist of ‘The Sunday Times’ 《星期日泰晤士报》的明星专栏作家5  shape 形状 a) CFa shape with four or more points, which represents the way a star looks in the sky 星状，星形 b) SLAa mark in the shape of a star, used to draw attention to something written 星号 SYN asterisk I put a star next to the items that we still need to buy. 我在仍需购买的物品旁边打上星号。 c) PMa piece of cloth or metal in the shape of a star, worn to show someone’s rank or position – used especially on military uniforms 〔尤指用在军服上表示级别或地位的〕星章 a four-star general 一位四星上将6  hotels/restaurants 酒店/餐馆DLT a mark used in a system for judging the quality of hotels and restaurants 〔评判酒店和餐馆质量等级的〕星（级）three-star/four-star/five-star etc a two-star hotel 一家二星级宾馆7  the stars British English informal a description, usually printed in newspapers and magazines, of what will happen to you in the future, based on the position of the stars and planets at the time of your birth 〔报纸或杂志上刊登的〕星象 SYN horoscopesomebody’s stars I never read my stars. 我从来不看我的星象。 → star sign8  something is written in the stars used to say that what happens to a person is controlled by fate (=a power that is believed to influence what happens in people’s lives) 某事是命定的 Their marriage was surely written in the stars. 他们的婚姻无疑是命中注定的。9  see stars UNCONSCIOUSto see flashes of light, especially because you have been hit on the head 〔尤因头部被击而〕眼冒金星 I felt a little dizzy and could see stars. 我觉得有点晕，眼冒金星。10. have stars in your eyes EXCITEDto imagine that something you want to do is much more exciting or attractive than it really is 充满不切实际的幻想 → starry-eyed11  you’re a star!/what a star! British English spoken said when you are very grateful or pleased because of what someone has done 你太棒了！/太好了！〔表示感谢或高兴〕 Thanks, Mel. You’re a real star! 谢谢，梅尔，你真是太好了！ → guiding star at guiding(2), → born under a lucky/unlucky star at born1(7), → reach for the stars at reach1(12), → thank your lucky stars at thank(3)n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 1: a large ball of burning gas in space that can be seen at night as a point of light in the skyverbsa star shinesI looked up and saw hundreds of stars shining in the sky.a star twinkles (=shines with an unsteady light)Stars began to twinkle in the darkening night sky.stars appear/come out (=appear in the sky)We arrived home just as the stars were coming out.the stars are out (=they are shining)There was a full moon, and the stars were out.look up at the starsI had spent a lot of time looking up at the stars as a kid.sleep under the stars (=in a place with no roof)In the desert, they slept out under the stars.adjectivesbrightthe brightest star in the night skyfaintThe star is faint but visible.a distant star (=very far away)He stared up towards the distant stars.phrasesa cluster of stars (=a small group of stars close together in the sky)He fixed his telescope on a tiny little cluster of stars in the constellation of Taurus.n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2: a famous and successful actor, musician, or sports playerADJECTIVES/NOUN + stara big star (=a very famous and successful star)He has worked with some of the world’s biggest stars.a movie/Hollywood star (also a film star especially British English)He looked like a movie star.a pop/rock starWho’s your favourite pop star?a TV starMost TV stars do quite a lot of charity work.a soap star (=a star in a television soap opera)She was known as a soap star before she took up singing.a sports/football/basketball etc starSam was a football star in college.an international star (=a star who is famous in many countries)His performance in 'The Titanic' made him an international star.a rising star (=someone who is becoming famous and successful)She is very much the rising star of Black American fiction.a child star (=a child who is a famous performer)The production team say they have been careful to look after all their child stars.star + NOUNstar quality (=a special quality that could make someone a star)She radiates genuine star quality.star treatment (=special treatment that a star gets)Winners get star treatment from the media.a star vehicle (=a film or television programme that is intended to show the abilities of one particular star)He denied that the movie was just a star vehicle for Tom Hanks.phrasesa star of stage and screen (=a star who has been in plays and films)Now this much-loved star of stage and screen has been made a Dame. THESAURUS – Meaning 1: a large ball of burning gas in space that can be seen at night as a point of light in the sky 星；恒星in the skystar a large ball of burning gas in space, which can be seen at night as a point of light in the sky 星；恒星nThe dark night sky was clear and full of stars.nplanet one of the large objects that goes around the Sun, for example the Earth, Saturn, Mercury, or MarsThe planet Uranus was discovered in 1781.nsun the star that gives us light and heat, around which the planets move. There are also many millions of other suns in the universeThe sun came out from behind a cloud.a dying sunnmoon the round object that moves around the Earth every 28 days, or a similar object that goes around another planetThe moon rose in the night sky.Titan is one of the moons of Saturn.nasteroid a mass of rock that moves around the sun. Most asteroids are found between Jupiter and Marsthe asteroid beltnpulsar a type of star that is far away in space and produces radiation and radio wavesnquasar an object like a star that is far away in space and shines extremely brightlynsupernova a very large exploding starnconstellation a group of stars that forms a particular pattern and has a nameThe constellation of Orion is one of the most easily recognizable patterns of stars in the night sky. ngalaxy one of the large groups of stars that make up the universeAstronomers have detected a galaxy 11 billion light years away. nthe universe all space, including all the stars and planetsHow many planets in the universe have life? THESAURUS – Meaning 2: a famous and successful actor, musician, or sports player 明星，名角，著名选手a famous person 著名人物star a famous and successful actor, musician, or sportsperson 明星She dreamed of becoming a movie star. 她梦想成为电影明星。a talent show to find the stars of the future 寻找未来之星的选秀节目celebrity someone who often appears in newspapers, on television etc and is well-known to the public. Celebrities are often famous for being famous, not because they have any great talent 名人,名流〔经常出现在报纸、电视等上的公众人物〕The magazine is full of gossip about celebrities. 这本杂志上尽是些名流的八卦新闻。name a famous person whose name is known by many people – used especially in the following expressions 名人〔尤用于以下说法〕All the big names in football were at the awards dinner. 足球界的大人物悉数现身颁奖宴会。Giorgio Armani is one of the most famous names in fashion. 乔治 • 阿玛尼是时尚界最著名的人物之一。He is yet to become a household name (=someone who everyone has heard of). 他的大名尚未家喻户晓。personality an entertainer or sports player who is famous and often appears in the newspapers, on television etc – used especially in the following phrases 〔娱乐界或体育界的〕名人〔尤用于以下短语〕Many advertisers use TV personalities to promote their products. 许多广告商都用电视名人推广产品。He was chosen as sports personality of the year. 他被选为年度体育名人。a very famous person 赫赫有名的人物superstar an extremely famous performer, especially a musician or film actor 超级巨星〔尤指音乐家或电影演员〕The film made Tom Cruise an international superstar. 本片令汤姆•克鲁斯成为国际巨星。legend someone who is famous and admired for being extremely good at doing something – used especially about people who are at the end of a long career or who have died 传奇人物〔尤指事业即将结束或已经去世的人〕blues legend John Lee Hooker 蓝调传奇人物约翰•李•胡克nJane Fonda is the daughter of film legend Henry Fonda.great [usually plural] someone who was one of the best players or performers that there have ever been 伟大人物〔指出类拔萃的运动员或演员〕He was one of the all-time soccer greats. 他是史上最伟大的足球运动员之一。

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star• Fenster rating: 3 out of 5 stars.• When the dark edge of the satellite passed across a star, it dimmed briefly before the moment of eclipse.• After college, Weiss became a star in sports journalism.• His first movie made him a star.• Light and darkness, for example, are described before the sun, moon and stars.• They know the law of gravity that rules planets and stars and the universe at large.• Hollings' latest movie role could make her a big star.• James Caan was a big star in the '70s.• Sonya's the class star.• The flag's fifty stars represent the fifty states.• She was once married to a well-known football star.• If she had stayed, all would have been different; it wasn't in her stars to stay.• With the flash of a million stars exploding, his brain registered its outrage as he was viciously felled.• A., Aragon, much like a movie star, was mobbed wherever he went.• John Cusack is one of my favourite movie stars.• Woodward continues to be the Post's star reporter.• Eddie Murphy is one of the most successful stars in Hollywood.• Former tennis star Bj"rn Borg also attended the reception.• Peter Fonda is best known as the star of 'Easy Rider' and other 1960s biker films.• They're all strong players, but Laura's undoubtedly the star of the team.• The stars are beautiful tonight.• If he becomes a big TV star, we'll probably never hear from him again.• 'Blair Witch' star Heather Donahue has landed a new role in a college reunion film called 'Seven and a Match'.under the stars• Could there be anything more annoying under the stars?• They're much better off dancing the night away under the stars with a friend or two.• She walked slowly down the path that led to the pool, where there was a nightly barbecue under the stars.• They slept in boardinghouses, not under the stars.• Remember, all her life she had wandered from place to place, sleeping in a tent or under the stars.• These are the lures that pushed us to pitch tents and sleep under the stars.• He slept under the stars and spent all day watching the sea.• For a long time they just held each other there under the stars.the star of the show• But the star of the show, or at least the back seat of Armstrong, was Simon the Stripping Sexton.• And now for the star of the show!• The dark, chocolatey Three Finger Jack Hefedunkel is the star of the show.• From his public comments it even mystifies the general director, Jeremy Isaacs, the star of the show.• This piece is probably the star of the show.• In Italy, Mehta was the star of the show.• And with the exception of a well-known pop musician, the stars of the show are all women.• Animals were the stars of the show and children.• Voice over Here the stars for the day rub shoulders with the stars of the show.

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star2 ●●○ verb (starred, starring)  1  [intransitive]APAMACTOR/ACTRESS if someone stars in a film, television show etc, they are one of the main characters in it 〔在电影、电视节目等中〕担任主角，主演star in Eastwood starred in ‘The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly’. 伊斯特伍德在《黄金三镖客》中担任主角。star with/opposite DeVito stars opposite Dreyfuss in the movie. 德维托在这部影片中担任主角，与德莱弗斯演对手戏。star as Hugh Grant stars as the romantic hero. 休·格兰特扮演那位浪漫的男主角。 ‘The Freshman’ was Brando’s first starring role (=the most important part in a film) in ten years. 《新鲜人》是白兰度十年里主演的首部影片。2  [transitive]APAMACTOR/ACTRESS if a film, television show, or play stars someone, that person is one of the main characters in it 由…担任主角，由…主演 SYN feature a film starring Meryl Streep 梅丽尔·斯特里普主演的一部电影star somebody as ... The movie starred Orson Welles as Harry Lime. 这部影片由奥森•威尔斯饰演哈里•利姆。3  WRITE[transitive] to put an asterisk (=a star-shaped mark) next to something written 给…加上星号 The starred items are available. 带星号的物品都有售。n Grammar Star is usually passive in this meaning.→ See Verb table

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star• Paul Winfield and Kevin Hooks also star.• The most important points have been starred.• Attenborough's 1987 "Cry Freedom" starred Denzel Washington.• Andy Vaughan starred for Wilmslow reaching an unbeaten 59 off only 42 deliveries.• Hollywood heart-throb Keanu Reeves is set to star in a true story based on a newspaper article from the Times.• Silverman also starred in "Brighton Beach Memoirs."• Danny Aiello stars in this comedy about New York's first big lottery winner.• M.D. In sixty-four stage productions, so far - starring in twenty-six of them in London.• Director Jane Campion's latest film, which stars Kate Winslet and Harvey Keitel, was one of the highlights of the New York Film Festival.• The film stars Patricia Arquette and is directed by Steven Brill.• Doyle's explosive shot starred the side window.star with/opposite• Wagner set his sights on a degree in electrical engineering, and he followed his star with a fervid intensity.• They're much better off dancing the night away under the stars with a friend or two.• The stars with a soft smile.• He was born when Brigitte was at the top, living as a spoilt star with actor-husband Jacques Charrier.• I recall, in my confusion, being inanely impressed by a pop star with enough upstairs to remember his own name.• Generally, such phenomena are interpreted in terms of the interaction between steady winds from young stars with material in the surrounding cloud.• The first propellant segment is moulded into an eleven-point star with the points facing inward.From Longman Business Dictionarystarstar /stɑːstɑːr/ noun [countable]MARKETING in the GROWTH/SHARE MATRIX, a company or product with quite a large share of a market that is growing quicklyOrigin star1 Old English steorra

star1 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1 →n COLLOCATIONS2
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star¹ S2 W2 /stɑː $ stɑːr/ noun [countable]1.  IN THE SKY a large ball of burning gas in space that can be seen at night as a point of light in the sky ⇨ constellation, galaxy, supernova:
    I lay on my back and looked up at the stars.
    The sky was filled with stars.
    The stars were shining.
    The stars were all out (=they were shining).
    The stars were twinkling overhead (=shining and quickly changing from bright to faint).
    under the stars (=outdoors at night)
    sitting around a campfire under the stars ⇨ falling star, morning star, shooting star
2.  FAMOUS PERFORMER/PLAYER a famous and successful actor, musician, or sports player:
    By the age of 20, she was already a big star (=a very famous and successful performer).
    a pop/movie/TV/football etc star
    He is a rising star (=someone who is becoming famous and successful) in the music world.
    She’s a good actress but she lacks star quality (=a special quality that could make someone a star).
3.  MAIN PERSON IN A FILM/PLAY ETC the person who has the main part, or one of them, in a film, play, show etc
    star of
    Ray Grimes, the star of the television series ‘Brother John’
4.  BEST/MOST SUCCESSFUL PERSON
  a. the person who gives the best performance in a film, play, show etc:
    Laporte, as Ebenezer Scrooge, is undoubtedly the star of the show.
    Shamu, the killer whale, is the show’s star attraction (=best and most popular person or thing).
  b. the best or most successful person in a group of players, workers, students etc
    star player/performer/salesman etc
    the team’s star player
    the school’s star pupil
    the star columnist of ‘The Sunday Times’
5.  SHAPE
  a. a shape with four or more points, which represents the way a star looks in the sky
  b. a mark in the shape of a star, used to draw attention to something written
   SYN  asterisk:
    I put a star next to the items that we still need to buy.
  c. a piece of cloth or metal in the shape of a star, worn to show someone’s rank or position – used especially on military uniforms:
    a four-star general
6.  HOTELS/RESTAURANTS a mark used in a system for judging the quality of hotels and restaurants
    three-star/four-star/five-star etc
    a two-star hotel
7. the stars British English informal a description, usually printed in newspapers and magazines, of what will happen to you in the future, based on the position of the stars and planets at the time of your birth
   SYN  horoscope
    sb’s stars
    I never read my stars. ⇨ star sign
8. something is written in the stars used to say that what happens to a person is controlled by fate (=a power that is believed to influence what happens in people’s lives):
    Their marriage was surely written in the stars.
9. see stars to see flashes of light, especially because you have been hit on the head:
    I felt a little dizzy and could see stars.
10. have stars in your eyes to imagine that something you want to do is much more exciting or attractive than it really is ⇨ starry-eyed
11. you’re a star__/what a star__ British English spoken said when you are very grateful or pleased because of what someone has done:
    Thanks, Mel. You’re a real star__
⇨ guiding star at guiding(2), ⇨ born under a lucky/unlucky star at born²(7), ⇨ reach for the stars at reach¹(11), ⇨ thank your lucky stars at thank(3)
     

COLLOCATIONS

(for Meaning 1)

■ verbs
   ▪ a star shines I looked up and saw hundreds of stars shining in the sky.
   ▪ a star twinkles (=shines with an unsteady light) Stars began to twinkle in the darkening night sky.
   ▪ stars appear/come out (=appear in the sky) We arrived home just as the stars were coming out.
   ▪ the stars are out (=they are shining) There was a full moon, and the stars were out.
   ▪ look up at the stars I had spent a lot of time looking up at the stars as a kid.
   ▪ sleep under the stars (=in a place with no roof) In the desert, they slept out under the stars.
■ adjectives
   ▪ bright the brightest star in the night sky
   ▪ faint The star is faint but visible.
   ▪ a distant star (=very far away) He stared up towards the distant stars.
■ phrases
   ▪ a cluster of stars (=a small group of stars close together in the sky) He fixed his telescope on a tiny little cluster of stars in the constellation of Taurus.
     

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(for Meaning 2)

■ ADJECTIVES/NOUN + star
   ▪ a big star (=a very famous and successful star) He has worked with some of the world’s biggest stars.
   ▪ a movie/Hollywood star (also a film star especially British English) He looked like a movie star.
   ▪ a pop/rock star Who’s your favourite pop star?
   ▪ a TV star Most TV stars do quite a lot of charity work.
   ▪ a soap star (=a star in a television soap opera) She was known as a soap star before she took up singing.
   ▪ a sports/football/basketball etc star Sam was a football star in college.
   ▪ an international star (=a star who is famous in many countries) His performance in 'The Titanic' made him an international star.
   ▪ a rising star (=someone who is becoming famous and successful) She is very much the rising star of Black American fiction.
   ▪ a child star (=a child who is a famous performer) The production team say they have been careful to look after all their child stars.
■ star + NOUN
   ▪ star quality (=a special quality that could make someone a star) She radiates genuine star quality.
   ▪ star treatment (=special treatment that a star gets) Winners get star treatment from the media.
   ▪ a star vehicle (=a film or television programme that is intended to show the abilities of one particular star) He denied that the movie was just a star vehicle for Tom Hanks.
■ phrases
   ▪ a star of stage and screen (=a star who has been in plays and films) Now this much-loved star of stage and screen has been made a Dame.
     

THESAURUS

(for Meaning 1)

■ in the sky
   ▪ star a large ball of burning gas in space, which can be seen at night as a point of light in the sky: The dark night sky was clear and full of stars.
   ▪ planet one of the large objects that goes around the sun, for example the Earth, Saturn, Mercury, or Mars: The planet Uranus was discovered in 1781.
   ▪ sun the star that gives us light and heat, around which the planets move. There are also many millions of other suns in the universe: The sun came out from behind a cloud. | a dying sun
   ▪ moon the round object that moves around the Earth every 28 days, or a similar object that goes around another planet: The moon rose in the night sky. | Titan is one of the moons of Saturn.
   ▪ asteroid a mass of rock that moves around the sun. Most asteroids are found between Jupiter and Mars: the asteroid belt
   ▪ pulsar a type of star that is far away in space and produces radiation and RADIO WAVES
   ▪ quasar an object like a star that is far away in space and shines extremely brightly
   ▪ supernova a very large exploding star
   ▪ constellation a group of stars that forms a particular pattern and has a name: The constellation of Orion is one of the most easily recognizable patterns of stars in the night sky.
   ▪ galaxy one of the large groups of stars that make up the universe: Astronomers have detected a galaxy 11 billion light years away.
   ▪ the universe all space, including all the stars and planets: How many planets in the universe have life?
     

THESAURUS

(for Meaning 2)

■ a famous person
   ▪ star a famous and successful actor, musician, or sports person: She dreamed of becoming a movie star. | a talent show to find the stars of the future
   ▪ celebrity someone who often appears in newspapers, on television etc and is well-known to the public. Celebrities are often famous for being famous, not because they have any great talent: The magazine is full of gossip about celebrities.
   ▪ name a famous person whose name is known by many people – used especially in the following expressions: All the big names in football were at the awards dinner. | Giorgio Armani is one of the most famous names in fashion. | He is yet to become a household name (=someone who everyone has heard of).
   ▪ personality an entertainer or sports player who is famous and often appears in the newspapers, on television etc. – used especially in the following phrases: Many advertisers use TV personalities to promote their products. | He was chosen as sports personality of the year.
■ a very famous person
   ▪ superstar an extremely famous performer, especially a musician or film actor: The film made Tom Cruise an international superstar.
   ▪ legend someone who is famous and admired for being extremely good at doing something – used especially about people who are at the end of a long career or who have died: blues legend John Lee Hooker | Jane Fonda is the daughter of film legend Henry Fonda.
   ▪ great [usually plural] someone who was one of the best players or performers that there have ever been: He was one of the all-time soccer greats.

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star² verb (past tense and past participle starred, present participle starring)
1. [intransitive] if someone stars in a film, television show etc, they are one of the main characters in it
    star in
    Eastwood starred in ‘The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly’.
    star with/opposite
    DeVito stars opposite Dreyfuss in the movie.
    star as
    Hugh Grant stars as the romantic hero.
    ‘The Freshman’ was Brando’s first starring role (=the most important part in a film) in ten years.
2. [transitive] if a film, television show, or play stars someone, that person is one of the main characters in it
   SYN  feature:
    a film starring Meryl Streep
    star somebody as ...
    The movie starred Orson Welles as Harry Lime.
3. [transitive usually passive] to put an asterisk (=a star-shaped mark) next to something written:
    The starred items are available.