🇬🇧🇨🇳 starter - 开始 : English Lesson

Meaning of "starter" ("开始"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A starter is anything that helps something get going at the beginning. It can be the first food you eat in a meal, the person or sound that begins a race, or an object that helps a machine start working. A starter is like a helper that says, “Okay, time to begin!”

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

The coach used five jumping jacks as a starter, but by number three my legs filed a complaint.

The starter of our family walk was Dad saying, “Let’s go!” and then realizing he still had his slippers on.

The starter for our family photos is always Mom shouting, “Smile!” while Dad blinks like a broken traffic light.

The class clown volunteered to be the starter for our spelling bee, and he misspelled his own name.

I picked a carrot stick as a healthy starter, but my mouth was still sending pizza requests to my brain.

Tom found the old starter in the cold garage on a foggy morning. The car would not wake without its starter. He pressed the starter, heard a click, then the starter gave one more breath and the engine roared. He hugged the small metal starter, grateful; the starter had begun his day.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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