【start音标】 英[stɑ:t] 美[stɑ:rt]
【单词释义】 start是什么意思：
n.开始；动身；开动；起点
v.出发，启程；起动，发动；提出（问题）；开办；使开始；起始；突然出现；突然跳起；突然涌出
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] starts [第三人称单数] starts
[单词现在分词] starting
[单词过去式] started
[单词过去分词] started
【start形近词/近似词】
upstart n.暴发户；自命不凡的人；傲慢自负的人 adj.暴富的；自命不凡的
tart adj.（味道）酸的；（答复或评论）尖酸的，刻薄的 vt.将某人打扮得妖艳
【常用短语】
from start to finish 自始至终；从起点到终点
start from scratch 从头开始；白手起家
【近义词解析】
◇ 开始
begin (v. 开始)：最常用词，指为某一过程或进程开个头，常可与 start 换用。
start (v. 开始)：指动作开始且持续下去，强调开始这一事实。
commence ([六级/考研]v.开始，着手)：指开始某种正式行动，常伴有正式程序或一定的仪式，语气庄重。
【单词例句】
◇
Apollo was me sun-god.He wore a purple robe,He usually sat in his bright eastern palace early in the morning and made ready to start his daily journey across the sky.
阿波罗是太阳神。清晨他身着紫色袍，坐在那明亮的东方宫殿，准备开始每日穿越天空的旅行。
---- Apollo
◇ Until she came to the glass mountain. The door was locked, and she started to take out the chicken bone, but when she opened up the cloth, it was empty. She had lost the gift of the good stars.
经过艰苦跋涉，她终于找到了玻璃山。来到城门前一看，门是锁着的，她拿出布包解开，发现里面的小木块不见了，不知是甚么时候自己把好心的启明星送的礼物失落了。
---- The Seven Ravens
◇ He picks up the phone, started dialing her number. Ringing never stops. He never stop dialing.
于是，他拿起电话，开始按老夫人的电话号码，铃声响个不停，但另一边却没人接。尽管对方不接通他的电话，他还是一直不停地在按着重拔键。
---- Life Together
◇ So how do you start the healing? Try following these steps:
怎样才能学会原谅别人呢？做法如下：
◇ Plastic straws are now the target of a growing movement to reduce their use. Possibly the first of such campaigns, Be Straw Free was started in 2011 by Milo Cress, who was only nine years old at the time.
现在以减少塑料吸管使用量为目标的运动越来越多。“不用吸管”可能是第一场这样的运动，该运动在2011年由年仅9岁的米罗•克雷斯发起。
---- Is time up for this plastic relic
◇ If someone is crying in an attempt to fake remorse or empathy, we say they are shedding “crocodile tears.” But how and why did we start pegging insincere displays of emotion to the toothy reptiles?
如果某人哭泣是为了装出悔过或同情的样子，我们就说他们掉的是“鳄鱼的眼泪”。但是我们是怎样又是为何会把不真诚的感情流露和鳄鱼联系在一起的呢？
---- Where does the expression 'crocodile tears'
◇ It might feel as though pressing the snooze button in the morning gives you a little bit of extra rest to start your day, but the truth is that it does more harm than good.
你可能觉得早晨按掉闹钟能让你起床前多休息一会儿，但其实这样做弊大于利。
---- Bad habits you should break
◇ Truth: If you're looking to lose weight, you shouldn't assume that you can simply 'work off' whatever you eat. Experts say slimming down almost always starts with significant changes to your eating habits.
事实：如果你想要减肥，你就不要用“我吃下去的卡路里都能燃烧掉”来自我催眠。专家表示，瘦下来主要靠明显改变自己的饮食习惯。
---- Common fitness misconceptions
◇ Essentially, when you ingest a hot drink, you start sweating more. If the sweat is able to evaporate, it actually cools you down, more than compensating for the added heat to the body from the fluid.
基本原理是，当你喝热饮时，你会流更多汗，如果汗水能够蒸发掉，你就会感到凉爽，这个过程中降低的体温超过了热饮给你增加的体温。
---- Drinking hot tea in summer really does cool you down
◇ September 22, 2024 marks the start of a new season—but what exactly you should call that season depends on where in the world you are and whom you ask.
2024年9月22日（秋分）标志着新季节的开始，但是你应该如何称呼这个季节取决于你在世界上的哪个地方以及你问的是哪国人。