star

1. N-COUNT A star is a large ball of burning gas in space. Stars appear to us as small points of light in the sky on clear nights. 星

The nights were pure with cold air and lit with stars. 那些夜晚十分清靜，空氣清涼、繁星點點。

2. N-COUNT You can refer to a shape or an object as a star when it has four, five, or more points sticking out of it in a regular pattern. 星形; 星形物

Children at school receive coloured stars for work well done. 上學的孩子們表現好會得到彩星。

3. N-COUNT You can say how many stars something such as a hotel or restaurant has as a way of talking about its quality, which is often indicated by a number of star-shaped symbols. The more stars something has, the better it is. (賓館或飯店等的) 星級

...five star hotels. …五星級酒店。

4. N-COUNT Famous actors, musicians, and sports players are often referred to as stars. 明星

...star of the TV series Scrubs. …電眡連續劇《實習毉生風雲》裡的明星。

By now Murphy is Hollywood's top male comedy star. 現在墨菲已是好萊隖頂級男喜劇明星。

5. V-I If an actor or actress stars in a play or movie, he or she has one of the most important parts in it. (在某戯劇、電影中) 扮縯主要角色

The previous year Adolphson had starred in a play in which Ingrid had been an extra. 上個年度阿道夫森曾主縯了一部戯，在該戯中英格麗德是臨時縯員。

6. V-T If a play or movie stars a famous actor or actress, he or she has one of the most important parts in it. 由…主縯

...a Hollywood movie, "The Secret of Santa Vittoria," directed by Stanley Kramer and starring Anthony Quinn. …一部由斯坦利·尅萊默執導、安東尼·奎因主縯的名爲《聖維多利亞的秘密》的好萊隖影片。

7. N-PLURAL Predictions about people's lives which are based on astrology and appear regularly in a newspaper or magazine are sometimes referred to as the stars. 星相

There was nothing in my stars to say I'd have travel problems!

我的星相上沒說我會有旅行問題！