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starry

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++star·ry /ˈstɑːri/ adjective  1 BRIGHThaving many stars 布满星星的 a starry winter sky 满天繁星的冬夜2. starry eyes shine brightly 〔眼睛〕明亮的,闪闪发光的3 bright like a star or shaped like a star 像星星的 white starry flowers 白色的星状花朵
Examples from the Corpus
starryShe felt as if she could float up into the starry night.On the starry nighttime side of human consciousness, myth still lives and reigns.We head back to the truck and dinner underneath a starry sky and among the cliffs of Cerro Colorado.The atmosphere inside the plane immediately became tense, five pairs of eyes scanned the starry sky, they could see nothing.I looked up at the starry sky.It was difficult to imagine her out there right now, at this instant, looking up at this same starry sky.She paused outside the villa, and looked round at the dark hills against the starry sky.
star·ry adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus many stars having


starry
starry /ˈstɑːri/ adjective
1. having many stars:
    a starry winter sky
2. starry eyes shine brightly
3. bright like a star or shaped like a star:
    white starry flowers


starryBrE /ˈstɑːri/ 🔊NAmE /ˈstɑːri/ 🔊 adjective [usually before noun] (of the sky 天空) full of stars 布满星星的a beautiful starry night繁星满天的美丽夜晚looking like a star 像星星的starry flowers像星星似的花朵(of eyes 眼睛) shining like stars 闪闪发光的;明亮的