When you are looking at the stars, please put the brightest star in the night sky as my soul.

——Transformer Ⅳ

仰望星空的时候,在满天的星辰里,你可以把其中的一颗看作我的灵魂。

——《变形金刚4》

一、关于star,你应该知道的用法有

n.

1.星,恒星 [C] a large ball of burning gas in space that we see as a point of light in the sky at night

They reported the appearance of a new star.

他们报道出现了一颗新星。

 

2.星形物;星状物 [C] an object, a decoration, a mark, etc., usually with nine or one points, whose shape represents a star

Press star, you can open the door.

按星形图案,你能打开门。

 

3.星级 [C] a mark that represents a star and tells you how good sth is, especially a hotel or restaurant

While in Taipei, he stayed at a four star hotel.

他在台北逗留期间住在一家四星级旅馆。

 

4.明星 [C] a famous and excellent singer, performer, sports player

The judge is said to have an illicit love affair with a film star.

据说那个法官与一个电影明星有段风流韵事。

 

5.星象 [C] a description of what sb thinks is going to happen to sb in the future, based on the position of the stars and planets when they were born

From the night stars, he deduced that it would be windy.

夜观星象,他推断出将要刮风。

 

v.

1.(由某人)主演 [I,T] to have the main parts in a film / movie, play, etc

The new play stars three of Britain's best actors.

这部新戏由英国最出色的三位演员主演。

 

2.为(某物)标上星号 [T] to put a symbol shaped like a star (called an asterisk ) next to a word, etc. in order to make people notice it

Please star the room, I will have a baby soon.

请用星状物装饰房间,我很快要有一个孩子了。

 

二、含有star的常见短语

evening star

n. 晚星

 

film star

电影明星,影星

 

north star

n.[天]北极星

 

shooting star

n. 流星 陨石

 

star shell

n. 照明弹

 

三、接下来,做个填词游戏吧

The _____ seemed to twinkle hope to us.

这颗星星似乎向我们闪烁希望。