Definition of starter in English:

starter

noun ˈstɑːtəˈstɑrdər

1A person or thing that starts in a specified way.
（尤指时间或速度方面）以某种方式起步者，以某种方式开端的事物
I'm just a slow starter
我不过是个缓慢起步者。
Example sentencesExamples
- A slow starter at the best of times, he kept missing good-length balls from the mighty Murtagh and Sampson.
- Johnson always has been a bit of a slow starter in terms of throwing out runners.
- Throughout my whole career I've basically been a slow starter.
- He does however still drift in and out of games, whilst he seems to be a slow starter to each new season.
- That's another way of saying she is a slow starter and sometimes even a no-starter.
- Maria had to come back from a set down against Ai Sugiyama, too, but that doesn't make her a slow starter.
- Also a serious Palme d' Or contender, Chunhyang is a slow starter.
- As a professional footballer, Paul was a late starter.
- It will be interesting to see how Greer, traditionally a slow starter, responds to the long layoff.
- After the best first round of his career by a champion who formerly had the reputation of being a slow starter, the only question was how long Brodie would last.
- Like his good friend Henry he has been a slow starter although he remains confident of an upturn.
- Arguello was usually a slow starter and Ismael was a very good counter puncher.
- He may have been a slow starter, but lately O'Shea has been surging forward.
- Favourite Ivan Denisovich was a slow starter, and could only finish fourth.
- Perhaps fortunately for Finley, he is usually a slow starter and thus is used to overcoming slumps.
- Johnny wanted him to come out, but the staff said, you know, he's a slow starter.
- Despite the crowd's obvious enthusiasm, the gig was a slow starter.
- I look forward to St Valentine's Day, partly because I was a late starter and never received any cards or presents until I met my partner nine years ago.
- Throughout his career, he has always been a slow starter - but a great finisher.
- One of the things about being a slow starter is that you work a little harder.
Synonyms
novice, beginner, tyro, neophyte, new recruit, raw recruit, fledgling, new boy, new girl, novitiate
1. 1.1 A person who gives the signal for the start of a race.
  （赛跑的）发令员
  Example sentencesExamples
  At the second race, the starter didn't show up, and Sweeney's career as a flagman was launched.
  As the starters signalled the first race a light rain signalled the wintry conditions at Munich's Olympic regatta course.
  Tarapore and Kapila even had the discomfiture of being fined five penalty points for jumping the starter's gun in the second race.
  ‘The starter held the race while the announcer told people I was retiring,’ said Hickman.
2. 1.2with adjective A horse, competitor, or player taking part in a race or game at the start.
  参赛首发的马（或竞争者、选手）
  the trainer has confirmed Cool Ground as a definite starter
  驯马师已证实“酷场”肯定是首发参赛的马。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Susan Magnier's Reach for the Moon is the lone starter from the powerful Aidan O'Brien stable.
  Sir Spellbinder, a ten-year-old son of Time for a Change, has one other starter out of five foals in one crop of racing age.
  Classic starters Pinpoint and Hal's Image finished sixth and seventh, respectively.
  Hendricks had been winless with 18 previous starters during the Del Mar meet.
  Mullins says Mossy Greene is his only definite starter but that the two big names are ready to run and will reappear quite soon even if they don't make Clonmel.
  Same Day Blues is Same Day Delivery's first starter from 10 foals in his first crop of racing age.
  Hold That Tiger is the only one of O'Brien's potential starters to have raced in the United States this year.
  Frankel's other starter in the race, Stronach Stable's Milwaukee Brew, figures to be closing in deep stretch.
  Average starters remained the same from 2002 with 9.1 going to the gate this year.
  It also prompted Bailey to tout the filly, trained by Frank Brothers, as a possible starter in the Breeders' Cup Sprint.
  O'Brien also outlined plans with Racing Post for some of his other prominent starters in regards to the Breeders' Cup.
  She is the only starter from four foals of racing age in her sire's first crop.
  Sellers was injured when he was thrown from his mount, first-time starter Hike, before the afternoon's fifth race.
  Worse still, every paper lists him as a definite starter in Sunday's game.
  Paraneck Stable's former classic starter Griffinite has been retired due to a slight ligament strain in his left front leg.
  He has sired one starter from two foals of racing age.
  Shirttail is the only starter from five foals in the first crop of racing age of Shirttail Flying, who has also sired four yearlings.
  Four of the 12 listed starters were scratched as the race was contested over a turf course listed as soft.
  Taiki Blizzard is the most recent Japanese-based starter in the Breeders' Cup Classic.
  Freshman sire Canvas has sired one winner and one starter from 11 foals of racing age in his first crop.
3. 1.3Baseball The pitcher who starts the game.
  〔棒球〕（开赛的）投手
  Example sentencesExamples
  Both benches will be key in letting the starters decide this game.
  Torre hasn't announced the starter for Sunday's game against Boston, and didn't completely rule out Brown.
  The four starters, key pitchers in this series, were more than a full run higher at 3.52.
  Clearly, even as starters, these pitchers were lethal to opposing hitters.
  You end up playing their NBA teams, but against less skilled players who wouldn't be starters for a game.
  The Giants pulled ahead early in the first three games against shaky Dodger starters, only to let the Dodgers claw their way back into the game.
  He was a late-inning replacement in each of the four World Series games after being a starter for the previous three seasons.
  Manager Phil Garner wants his pitchers, particularly the starters, to be more aggressive.
  Perez did not emerge as a consistent major league starter until last season, but his talent was discovered much earlier.
  The only way they can revive is if their young pitchers develop into quality starters, but two of their best will be out in 2005.
  Excellent prospect as a major league starter - three above-average pitches.
  Kieswetter was able to empty his bench in the final minute and allow the large crowd to salute the veteran starters who exited the game.
  Manager Jimy Williams will need to use his starters deeper into games; the Cubs' bullpen is far stronger.
  Yogi Berra hit a two-run homer in the third inning off starter Bob Buhl.
  The team should sign a cheap center fielder, a cheaper third basemen, and a starter.
  I will touch on many of the topics, the Yankees, the A's, an article on the game's better starters.
  The length of time a young starter remains in a game is now pretty much governed by his pitch count.
  This represents a combined total of just 23 wins for both starters for the first game of a World Series.
  The only starter in that game who did not reach the Hall of Fame was National League center fielder Wally Berger of the Boston Braves.
  Completing a lot of innings and winning games is what a starter strives for.
4. 1.4 A topic, question, or other item with which to start a group discussion or course of study.
  （小组讨论或研究进程的）开端话题（或问题、其他项目）
  material to act as a starter for discussion
  作为讨论开端的资料。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The photos make it a great gift idea, while the information acts as a starter for readers with a new interest in wine.
  There have been no protests about people who feel their right to debate a contentious assertion in the NDT has been quashed by over-zealous topic starters.
  The book may serve as a conversation starter for thoughtful parents and gifted children.
  This book is a good starter for building your personal picture of the Korean War.
  As a starter for analyst research, what about the following?
  The book could be used as a discussion starter in a Christian Education program, though I don't recommend it.
  The most important structuring device of this approach is the question starters that are provided to students to guide their peer discussion.
  We invite news organizations to use the guidelines as a discussion starter to craft or revise their own policies and guidelines.
  If you don't want to be so formal, don't bother with a list of discussion starters.
  You can look up both pitches on Smith's opponents' websites, in addition to their platforms, which have many potential discussion starters.
  Summary Points and Essay / Critical Thinking Questions wrap up each chapter, serving as discussion starters.
  All of these questions are in the form of question starters, such as, What does… mean?
  Also, it may serve as a discussion starter for small cooperative groups or with the whole group in the university classroom.
  Occasionally it's been the starter for a conversation.
  Sometimes open-ended questions for class discussions were effective starters.
5. 1.5as modifier Denoting something regarded as suitable for a person who is new to a particular activity, product, etc.
  consumers upgrading from a regular mobile phone to a starter smartphone
  Example sentencesExamples
  He told me that a good starter bike would run me about $400, and there the dream died.
  It's a good starter biography for younger viewers who might go on to familiarize themselves with the writings of this great author.
  It's a great starter phone for someone who is not real tech savvy.
  If you want to tackle the tricky world of permanent life insurance, here's a starter guide.
  If you are looking for the perfect starter classic or simply a weekend car for blatting about in, this is the car for you.
  I find my modest starter garden in the city highly satisfying.
  Every day on my way to work I pass the site of a new "starter castle" - the six-car garage kind springing up in farm fields and open land across the country.
  It's a good painting at a good price—a starter Warhol—but someone else is willing to go to almost $1.5 million.
  It seems like a lot of people think that a guinea pig or a rabbit is a good starter pet for a child.
2An automatic device for starting a machine, especially the engine of a vehicle.
（机器，尤指引擎的）自动启动装置
as modifier the starter motor
Example sentencesExamples
- This meant that he had to get off the start line of stages five and six using just the starter motor.
- When you turn the ignition key, the starter motor spins the engine a few revolutions so that the combustion process can start.
- I grimaced, crossing my fingers and jabbing the starter button for the engine.
- On his return, I sat into the car, turned on the ignition and pulled the starter switch and the engine came to life immediately.
- The difference is there is a helicopter starter engine that always keeps the turbo spinning at high revs, and hence the power.
- Then the starter motor packed up, so from that point on I always parked on a hill so I could bump start it.
- This system is setup so that the driver, with foot on the brake, pushes the button once, and the starter cranks until the engine starts.
- What's needed is a new version of the automatic starter that replaced those antique car hand cranks.
- About the most modern part of the electronics on the Morgan is the ignition key to connect the battery to the starter motor!
- Mikes double stint was further delayed when a starter motor problem forced the team to push the car into the garage while the component was replaced.
- It starts a combustion engine by igniting a fuel-air charge without engaging the starter motor.
- However, concern over the starter motor stayed with them until the end of the rally.
- The hybrid's electric motor itself serves as the starter motor.
- The team had also lost time changing a starter motor, and then Dayton received a stop-and-go penalty for speeding in the pit lane.
- Retired bus driver Alan Liptrot, 66, was knocked down by the Skoda car as he used a piece of wire to start a faulty starter motor.
- She said they had hired Mr Moss to fix a starter motor on one of their fleet, a 50-seater 40 ft-long coach.
- My car mechanic, recently working on my car's engine, struggled for an hour to remove the starter motor.
- From the darkened bar from which I dictate this missive, I can hear the starter engines revving up!
- Mysteriously, my starter motor failed whilst the car was with them too.
- The rocker switch was positioned to the left engine and the starter switch was engaged.
1. 2.1 A railway signal controlling the starting of trains from a station or other location.
  （火车的）发车信号
  Example sentencesExamples
  The starter signal may show Attention or Caution to provide permission for a train to leave a station, instead of the Proceed indication.
3British The first course of a meal.
Example sentencesExamples
- Despite the flaws, there was enough expertise in the starters and second course to confirm that there is still a great deal of talent in the Balbirnie kitchen.
- Even at buffet dinners, it is advisable to stick to the usual schedule of salads, soups, starters, main course and dessert.
- The guests will enjoy a four-course meal that includes two starters of fresh asparagus and a seafood mix.
- Do I need to tell you that the last thing you want as a starter to your evening meal after a day of tropical heat is eggs Benedict?
- To round off a quality meal, we also found that the puddings were a rarity - ones that lived up to the quality of the starters and main courses.
- From finger foods and starters to main courses, pastry and puddings, he has produced a range of ingenious recipes to tempt even the most committed carnivore.
- This one has mangos in all dishes from starters, soups to main course delicacies and desserts.
- The variety of food is extremely wide - from salads, cold and hot starters and pizzas to main courses of lamb, pork, chicken, or fish.
- On our visit last week we threw caution to the wind and ordered nearly a meal's worth of starters.
- Contestants will have one hour to create menus, which must include a seafood starter and seafood main course along with suggested accompanying wines.
- TV chef Lesley Waters has been recruited to showcase a range of mouth-watering British recipes, including starters, main courses and puddings.
- Meanwhile, down in Pimlico, four starters, four main courses, two ice creams, three beers and a pot of tea came to £65 with tip.
- It offered the usual salads, starters, cooked meals, wines and rakias as well as a decent selection of seafood dishes at very good prices.
- But there's nothing small about the menu, which changes every eight weeks: seven starters and seven main courses, plus a list of daily specials.
- We had delicious salad starters, followed by steak and chicken dishes and then divine chocolate puddings.
- They served the starters with the main course, knocked over bottles of beer, forgot the dessert menu and couldn't get the credit card machine to work for a while.
- It's not like your average menu of starters, main courses and puddings, where you can gauge how much of each to eat if you want to leave room for the rest.
- Serve them at tea time or as starters before meals.
- So was the food, which consisted of three starters and a main course of three curries, pilau rice and two nan breads.
- We spent the next 10 minutes trying to choose two starters and main courses - we usually share, having half of each other's dishes.
Synonyms
canapé, first course, finger food, titbit, savoury, snack
4informal A plan or idea that has a chance of succeeding and is therefore worthy of consideration.
〈非正式〉可行计划（或想法）
she began to think that she must move away, yet she knew that it was not even a starter
她开始认为她必须搬走，然而她知道这根本就行不通。
Example sentencesExamples
- As a football player, he was not even a starter.
5A bacterial culture used to initiate souring in making yogurt, cheese, or butter.
起子培养物
Example sentencesExamples
- With their understanding of the company, they were the starter culture, in Mackey's metaphor, launching the fermentation that would turn Columbus Circle into a true Whole Foods store.
- Finding a suitable starter culture can at times be difficult.
- Let it cool to about 45 degrees and add yogurt starter culture, available at health food stores, or live culture yogurt from the grocery store.
- After incubation at 37°C for 2 days, a single colony was picked and put into a 10 ml starter culture which also contained 20 g/ml chloramphenicol.
- Then a starter culture of lactic streptococci and lactobacilli bacteria is added.
- Fruit may contribute undesirable yeasts and bacteria to the yogurt, making it a poor starter culture.
- The starter cultures generally are desirable bacteria that produce lactic acid, gas for eye development, flavor, color and texture, and give milk its consistency.
- The first step is to add a starter culture to milk, and add to that a rennet coagulant, made from a calf's fourth stomach.
- The traditional process of cheesemaking ensues when the bacteria in the starter culture begin growing by fermenting the lactose in the milk into lactic acid.
- The starter culture was diluted 1: 30 into fresh medium containing 100 M of IPTG.
- However, these counts may not accurately reflect probiotic content as they do not differentiate probiotic bacteria from starter culture bacteria such as S. thermophilus.
- Strains are available for a range of desired properties; for instance, there are designated classes of cultures for use in cheese starter cultures, yogurt, milk, buttermilk and sour cream.
- A 10 mL starter culture (LB broth with 50 mg/mL carbenicillin) was inoculated from frozen stock and incubated overnight at 37°C with shaking.
- ‘They're normal inhabitants of our gastrointestinal tracts; they're used as starter cultures in different cheeses in Egypt; and there are a lot of Enterococcus that enter our system,’ she says.
- The starter culture initiates the process, and begins the growth of the bacteria.
- Oxygen is an especially important nutrient, which is supplied in large quantity during production of the yeast starter culture.
- The TBAK technology determines bacterial counts in cheese starter cultures in fewer than 10 minutes.
- It will also be valuable for natural cheeses, and if they want to know the starter culture.
- To the company's intellectual property belongs also a collection of over 700 lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria isolated from ecologically pure regions of the country and over 100 various starter culture combinations.
- ‘Where my gut feeling is, the important factors are proper starter culture, proper usage, and raw milk quality,’ says Reddy.
Synonyms
novice, learner, student, pupil, trainee, apprentice, probationer
1. 5.1 A preparation of chemicals to initiate the breakdown of vegetable matter in making compost.
  （制造堆肥时使植物分解的）促酵剂，引酵物
  Example sentencesExamples
  It isn't necessary to add the starter culture, but Gates recommends it to ensure that your vegetables begin fermenting with a hardy strain of healthy bacteria.
  This suggests that phosphorus is more important than nitrogen in the starter fertilizer.

Phrases

for starters

informal First of all; to start with.
〈非正式〉首先；一开始，开始时
‘Anything else?’ ‘That'll do for starters.’
Example sentencesExamples
- There's a few others I can't remember the names of, but that'll do for starters.
- Well, for starters, it's going to be hard to bring home all your stuff from Wal-Mart now.
- Well, for starters he is a columnist for the left-wing American Prospect magazine.
- He praised Secretary Rice for starters, saying he thought her trip had gone quite well.
- It shows how narrow economic modelling is, for starters, let alone whether or not it's been done accurately.
- But, for starters, the metal and glass front has to go and the ancient walls properly replaced.
- So burgers, wool, zoos and safe medicine are out, for starters.
- Well, for starters, some red wine always helps to mellow the evening.
- Put it this way, the junkie people in London couldn't afford it, for starters: the drinks are extremely expensive.
- Well, for starters we must remember that he was only 32 when he was shot.

under starter's orders

(of horses, runners, or other competitors) ready to start a race and just waiting for the signal.
（马、赛跑运动员等竞赛者）等候号令准备起跑
Example sentencesExamples
- The race is under starter's orders to find the UK's strongest man.
- Two months before the Royal event goes under starter's orders, Ascot ‘tsar’ Shane Chalmers today rolled out a detailed timetable of entertainment.
- There are seven races on each day with the first race coming under starter's orders at 2.15 pm.
- Birch, 32, is competing in the London Marathon, which gets under starter's orders on April 14 on behalf of City and the Trust.
- They're under starter's orders for this year's Great Yorkshire Show, with organisers determined to bounce back after 2001's foot and mouth-enforced cancellation.
- The skies cleared on Sunday long enough to enable Salisbury Racecourse's 2004 season to finally go under starter's orders, writes Mike Turner.
- It's too early to name the runners and riders, let alone pretend we are under starter's orders.
- The running of Africa's greatest horse-race event at Greyville looks set to smash records, and that's before the horses come under starter's orders.
- The nation will be holding its breath today as one of the most eagerly anticipated sporting events of the year gets under starter's orders.
- Racing comes under starter's orders at 1pm and is set to end at 4.30 pm.

Rhymes

barter, Bata, cantata, carter, cassata, charter, chipolata, ciabatta, darter, desiderata, errata, garter, imprimatur, Inkatha, Jakarta, Magna Carta, Maratha, martyr, Odonata, passata, persona non grata, rata, Renata, Río de la Plata, serenata, sonata, Sparta, strata, taramasalata, tartar, Tatar, Zapata

Definition of starter in US English:

starter

nounˈstärdərˈstɑrdər

1A person or thing that starts in a specified way.
（尤指时间或速度方面）以某种方式起步者，以某种方式开端的事物
I'm just a slow starter
我不过是个缓慢起步者。
he was a late starter in photography
他在摄影方面起步较晚。
Example sentencesExamples
- One of the things about being a slow starter is that you work a little harder.
- As a professional footballer, Paul was a late starter.
- Also a serious Palme d' Or contender, Chunhyang is a slow starter.
- Arguello was usually a slow starter and Ismael was a very good counter puncher.
- Like his good friend Henry he has been a slow starter although he remains confident of an upturn.
- Johnson always has been a bit of a slow starter in terms of throwing out runners.
- Throughout my whole career I've basically been a slow starter.
- Johnny wanted him to come out, but the staff said, you know, he's a slow starter.
- It will be interesting to see how Greer, traditionally a slow starter, responds to the long layoff.
- After the best first round of his career by a champion who formerly had the reputation of being a slow starter, the only question was how long Brodie would last.
- A slow starter at the best of times, he kept missing good-length balls from the mighty Murtagh and Sampson.
- Maria had to come back from a set down against Ai Sugiyama, too, but that doesn't make her a slow starter.
- Favourite Ivan Denisovich was a slow starter, and could only finish fourth.
- He does however still drift in and out of games, whilst he seems to be a slow starter to each new season.
- That's another way of saying she is a slow starter and sometimes even a no-starter.
- I look forward to St Valentine's Day, partly because I was a late starter and never received any cards or presents until I met my partner nine years ago.
- Perhaps fortunately for Finley, he is usually a slow starter and thus is used to overcoming slumps.
- Despite the crowd's obvious enthusiasm, the gig was a slow starter.
- Throughout his career, he has always been a slow starter - but a great finisher.
- He may have been a slow starter, but lately O'Shea has been surging forward.
Synonyms
novice, beginner, tyro, neophyte, new recruit, raw recruit, fledgling, new boy, new girl, novitiate
1. 1.1 A person who gives the signal for the start of a race.
  （赛跑的）发令员
  Example sentencesExamples
  Tarapore and Kapila even had the discomfiture of being fined five penalty points for jumping the starter's gun in the second race.
  At the second race, the starter didn't show up, and Sweeney's career as a flagman was launched.
  ‘The starter held the race while the announcer told people I was retiring,’ said Hickman.
  As the starters signalled the first race a light rain signalled the wintry conditions at Munich's Olympic regatta course.
2. 1.2with adjective A horse, competitor, or player taking part in a race or game at the start.
  参赛首发的马（或竞争者、选手）
  the trainer has confirmed Cool Ground as a definite starter
  驯马师已证实“酷场”肯定是首发参赛的马。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Worse still, every paper lists him as a definite starter in Sunday's game.
  Hold That Tiger is the only one of O'Brien's potential starters to have raced in the United States this year.
  Paraneck Stable's former classic starter Griffinite has been retired due to a slight ligament strain in his left front leg.
  O'Brien also outlined plans with Racing Post for some of his other prominent starters in regards to the Breeders' Cup.
  Freshman sire Canvas has sired one winner and one starter from 11 foals of racing age in his first crop.
  Hendricks had been winless with 18 previous starters during the Del Mar meet.
  Mullins says Mossy Greene is his only definite starter but that the two big names are ready to run and will reappear quite soon even if they don't make Clonmel.
  Classic starters Pinpoint and Hal's Image finished sixth and seventh, respectively.
  She is the only starter from four foals of racing age in her sire's first crop.
  Taiki Blizzard is the most recent Japanese-based starter in the Breeders' Cup Classic.
  Sellers was injured when he was thrown from his mount, first-time starter Hike, before the afternoon's fifth race.
  Sir Spellbinder, a ten-year-old son of Time for a Change, has one other starter out of five foals in one crop of racing age.
  Same Day Blues is Same Day Delivery's first starter from 10 foals in his first crop of racing age.
  Shirttail is the only starter from five foals in the first crop of racing age of Shirttail Flying, who has also sired four yearlings.
  Frankel's other starter in the race, Stronach Stable's Milwaukee Brew, figures to be closing in deep stretch.
  Four of the 12 listed starters were scratched as the race was contested over a turf course listed as soft.
  Susan Magnier's Reach for the Moon is the lone starter from the powerful Aidan O'Brien stable.
  Average starters remained the same from 2002 with 9.1 going to the gate this year.
  He has sired one starter from two foals of racing age.
  It also prompted Bailey to tout the filly, trained by Frank Brothers, as a possible starter in the Breeders' Cup Sprint.
3. 1.3Baseball The pitcher who starts the game.
  〔棒球〕（开赛的）投手
  Example sentencesExamples
  Both benches will be key in letting the starters decide this game.
  Clearly, even as starters, these pitchers were lethal to opposing hitters.
  The only starter in that game who did not reach the Hall of Fame was National League center fielder Wally Berger of the Boston Braves.
  The only way they can revive is if their young pitchers develop into quality starters, but two of their best will be out in 2005.
  Perez did not emerge as a consistent major league starter until last season, but his talent was discovered much earlier.
  Manager Jimy Williams will need to use his starters deeper into games; the Cubs' bullpen is far stronger.
  This represents a combined total of just 23 wins for both starters for the first game of a World Series.
  I will touch on many of the topics, the Yankees, the A's, an article on the game's better starters.
  Excellent prospect as a major league starter - three above-average pitches.
  The four starters, key pitchers in this series, were more than a full run higher at 3.52.
  Kieswetter was able to empty his bench in the final minute and allow the large crowd to salute the veteran starters who exited the game.
  He was a late-inning replacement in each of the four World Series games after being a starter for the previous three seasons.
  Manager Phil Garner wants his pitchers, particularly the starters, to be more aggressive.
  The team should sign a cheap center fielder, a cheaper third basemen, and a starter.
  The length of time a young starter remains in a game is now pretty much governed by his pitch count.
  Torre hasn't announced the starter for Sunday's game against Boston, and didn't completely rule out Brown.
  Yogi Berra hit a two-run homer in the third inning off starter Bob Buhl.
  Completing a lot of innings and winning games is what a starter strives for.
  You end up playing their NBA teams, but against less skilled players who wouldn't be starters for a game.
  The Giants pulled ahead early in the first three games against shaky Dodger starters, only to let the Dodgers claw their way back into the game.
4. 1.4Baseball A pitcher who normally starts games, and seldom is used as a relief pitcher.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Finally, there will be no designated hitters, and each team will have only two pitchers - a starter and a reliever.
  Defining a pitcher as a starter or a reliever is a bit tricky, because some pitchers do a little of both over the course of the season.
5. 1.5 A topic, question, or other item with which to start a group discussion or course of study.
  （小组讨论或研究进程的）开端话题（或问题、其他项目）
  material to act as a starter for discussion
  作为讨论开端的资料。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Also, it may serve as a discussion starter for small cooperative groups or with the whole group in the university classroom.
  You can look up both pitches on Smith's opponents' websites, in addition to their platforms, which have many potential discussion starters.
  Summary Points and Essay / Critical Thinking Questions wrap up each chapter, serving as discussion starters.
  All of these questions are in the form of question starters, such as, What does… mean?
  Sometimes open-ended questions for class discussions were effective starters.
  The most important structuring device of this approach is the question starters that are provided to students to guide their peer discussion.
  As a starter for analyst research, what about the following?
  The photos make it a great gift idea, while the information acts as a starter for readers with a new interest in wine.
  There have been no protests about people who feel their right to debate a contentious assertion in the NDT has been quashed by over-zealous topic starters.
  The book may serve as a conversation starter for thoughtful parents and gifted children.
  If you don't want to be so formal, don't bother with a list of discussion starters.
  The book could be used as a discussion starter in a Christian Education program, though I don't recommend it.
  We invite news organizations to use the guidelines as a discussion starter to craft or revise their own policies and guidelines.
  This book is a good starter for building your personal picture of the Korean War.
  Occasionally it's been the starter for a conversation.
6. 1.6as modifier Denoting something regarded as suitable for a person who is new to a particular activity, product, etc.
  consumers upgrading from a regular mobile phone to a starter smartphone
  Example sentencesExamples
  He told me that a good starter bike would run me about $400, and there the dream died.
  I find my modest starter garden in the city highly satisfying.
  It seems like a lot of people think that a guinea pig or a rabbit is a good starter pet for a child.
  It's a great starter phone for someone who is not real tech savvy.
  If you want to tackle the tricky world of permanent life insurance, here's a starter guide.
  Every day on my way to work I pass the site of a new "starter castle" - the six-car garage kind springing up in farm fields and open land across the country.
  If you are looking for the perfect starter classic or simply a weekend car for blatting about in, this is the car for you.
  It's a good painting at a good price—a starter Warhol—but someone else is willing to go to almost $1.5 million.
  It's a good starter biography for younger viewers who might go on to familiarize themselves with the writings of this great author.
2An automatic device for starting a machine, especially the engine of a vehicle.
（机器，尤指引擎的）自动启动装置
Example sentencesExamples
- My car mechanic, recently working on my car's engine, struggled for an hour to remove the starter motor.
- The team had also lost time changing a starter motor, and then Dayton received a stop-and-go penalty for speeding in the pit lane.
- However, concern over the starter motor stayed with them until the end of the rally.
- This system is setup so that the driver, with foot on the brake, pushes the button once, and the starter cranks until the engine starts.
- I grimaced, crossing my fingers and jabbing the starter button for the engine.
- From the darkened bar from which I dictate this missive, I can hear the starter engines revving up!
- The hybrid's electric motor itself serves as the starter motor.
- Mysteriously, my starter motor failed whilst the car was with them too.
- Then the starter motor packed up, so from that point on I always parked on a hill so I could bump start it.
- Retired bus driver Alan Liptrot, 66, was knocked down by the Skoda car as he used a piece of wire to start a faulty starter motor.
- Mikes double stint was further delayed when a starter motor problem forced the team to push the car into the garage while the component was replaced.
- The difference is there is a helicopter starter engine that always keeps the turbo spinning at high revs, and hence the power.
- This meant that he had to get off the start line of stages five and six using just the starter motor.
- She said they had hired Mr Moss to fix a starter motor on one of their fleet, a 50-seater 40 ft-long coach.
- What's needed is a new version of the automatic starter that replaced those antique car hand cranks.
- On his return, I sat into the car, turned on the ignition and pulled the starter switch and the engine came to life immediately.
- The rocker switch was positioned to the left engine and the starter switch was engaged.
- About the most modern part of the electronics on the Morgan is the ignition key to connect the battery to the starter motor!
- It starts a combustion engine by igniting a fuel-air charge without engaging the starter motor.
- When you turn the ignition key, the starter motor spins the engine a few revolutions so that the combustion process can start.
3British The first course of a meal; an appetizer.
Example sentencesExamples
- So was the food, which consisted of three starters and a main course of three curries, pilau rice and two nan breads.
- To round off a quality meal, we also found that the puddings were a rarity - ones that lived up to the quality of the starters and main courses.
- We spent the next 10 minutes trying to choose two starters and main courses - we usually share, having half of each other's dishes.
- The guests will enjoy a four-course meal that includes two starters of fresh asparagus and a seafood mix.
- TV chef Lesley Waters has been recruited to showcase a range of mouth-watering British recipes, including starters, main courses and puddings.
- It's not like your average menu of starters, main courses and puddings, where you can gauge how much of each to eat if you want to leave room for the rest.
- The variety of food is extremely wide - from salads, cold and hot starters and pizzas to main courses of lamb, pork, chicken, or fish.
- Contestants will have one hour to create menus, which must include a seafood starter and seafood main course along with suggested accompanying wines.
- On our visit last week we threw caution to the wind and ordered nearly a meal's worth of starters.
- Even at buffet dinners, it is advisable to stick to the usual schedule of salads, soups, starters, main course and dessert.
- We had delicious salad starters, followed by steak and chicken dishes and then divine chocolate puddings.
- Serve them at tea time or as starters before meals.
- Despite the flaws, there was enough expertise in the starters and second course to confirm that there is still a great deal of talent in the Balbirnie kitchen.
- But there's nothing small about the menu, which changes every eight weeks: seven starters and seven main courses, plus a list of daily specials.
- Do I need to tell you that the last thing you want as a starter to your evening meal after a day of tropical heat is eggs Benedict?
- They served the starters with the main course, knocked over bottles of beer, forgot the dessert menu and couldn't get the credit card machine to work for a while.
- Meanwhile, down in Pimlico, four starters, four main courses, two ice creams, three beers and a pot of tea came to £65 with tip.
- It offered the usual salads, starters, cooked meals, wines and rakias as well as a decent selection of seafood dishes at very good prices.
- This one has mangos in all dishes from starters, soups to main course delicacies and desserts.
- From finger foods and starters to main courses, pastry and puddings, he has produced a range of ingenious recipes to tempt even the most committed carnivore.
Synonyms
canapé, first course, finger food, titbit, savoury, snack
4A bacterial culture used to initiate souring in making yogurt, cheese, or butter.
起子培养物
Example sentencesExamples
- The TBAK technology determines bacterial counts in cheese starter cultures in fewer than 10 minutes.
- Oxygen is an especially important nutrient, which is supplied in large quantity during production of the yeast starter culture.
- Finding a suitable starter culture can at times be difficult.
- Fruit may contribute undesirable yeasts and bacteria to the yogurt, making it a poor starter culture.
- It will also be valuable for natural cheeses, and if they want to know the starter culture.
- Let it cool to about 45 degrees and add yogurt starter culture, available at health food stores, or live culture yogurt from the grocery store.
- With their understanding of the company, they were the starter culture, in Mackey's metaphor, launching the fermentation that would turn Columbus Circle into a true Whole Foods store.
- ‘Where my gut feeling is, the important factors are proper starter culture, proper usage, and raw milk quality,’ says Reddy.
- To the company's intellectual property belongs also a collection of over 700 lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria isolated from ecologically pure regions of the country and over 100 various starter culture combinations.
- The traditional process of cheesemaking ensues when the bacteria in the starter culture begin growing by fermenting the lactose in the milk into lactic acid.
- The starter cultures generally are desirable bacteria that produce lactic acid, gas for eye development, flavor, color and texture, and give milk its consistency.
- However, these counts may not accurately reflect probiotic content as they do not differentiate probiotic bacteria from starter culture bacteria such as S. thermophilus.
- The first step is to add a starter culture to milk, and add to that a rennet coagulant, made from a calf's fourth stomach.
- The starter culture initiates the process, and begins the growth of the bacteria.
- A 10 mL starter culture (LB broth with 50 mg/mL carbenicillin) was inoculated from frozen stock and incubated overnight at 37°C with shaking.
- The starter culture was diluted 1: 30 into fresh medium containing 100 M of IPTG.
- Strains are available for a range of desired properties; for instance, there are designated classes of cultures for use in cheese starter cultures, yogurt, milk, buttermilk and sour cream.
- ‘They're normal inhabitants of our gastrointestinal tracts; they're used as starter cultures in different cheeses in Egypt; and there are a lot of Enterococcus that enter our system,’ she says.
- Then a starter culture of lactic streptococci and lactobacilli bacteria is added.
- After incubation at 37°C for 2 days, a single colony was picked and put into a 10 ml starter culture which also contained 20 g/ml chloramphenicol.
Synonyms
novice, learner, student, pupil, trainee, apprentice, probationer
1. 4.1 A mixture of fermenting dough reserved from an earlier batch of baking, used to initiate fermentation in fresh dough.
2. 4.2 A preparation of chemicals to initiate the breakdown of vegetable matter in making compost.
  （制造堆肥时使植物分解的）促酵剂，引酵物
  Example sentencesExamples
  This suggests that phosphorus is more important than nitrogen in the starter fertilizer.
  It isn't necessary to add the starter culture, but Gates recommends it to ensure that your vegetables begin fermenting with a hardy strain of healthy bacteria.

Phrases

for starters

informal First of all; to start with.
〈非正式〉首先；一开始，开始时
Example sentencesExamples
- Well, for starters, some red wine always helps to mellow the evening.
- But, for starters, the metal and glass front has to go and the ancient walls properly replaced.
- Well, for starters, it's going to be hard to bring home all your stuff from Wal-Mart now.
- So burgers, wool, zoos and safe medicine are out, for starters.
- He praised Secretary Rice for starters, saying he thought her trip had gone quite well.
- It shows how narrow economic modelling is, for starters, let alone whether or not it's been done accurately.
- Well, for starters he is a columnist for the left-wing American Prospect magazine.
- Well, for starters we must remember that he was only 32 when he was shot.
- There's a few others I can't remember the names of, but that'll do for starters.
- Put it this way, the junkie people in London couldn't afford it, for starters: the drinks are extremely expensive.

词汇	starter
释义	Definition of starter in English: starter noun ˈstɑːtəˈstɑrdər 1A person or thing that starts in a specified way. （尤指时间或速度方面）以某种方式起步者，以某种方式开端的事物 I'm just a slow starter 我不过是个缓慢起步者。 Example sentencesExamples A slow starter at the best of times, he kept missing good-length balls from the mighty Murtagh and Sampson. Johnson always has been a bit of a slow starter in terms of throwing out runners. Throughout my whole career I've basically been a slow starter. He does however still drift in and out of games, whilst he seems to be a slow starter to each new season. That's another way of saying she is a slow starter and sometimes even a no-starter. Maria had to come back from a set down against Ai Sugiyama, too, but that doesn't make her a slow starter. Also a serious Palme d' Or contender, Chunhyang is a slow starter. As a professional footballer, Paul was a late starter. It will be interesting to see how Greer, traditionally a slow starter, responds to the long layoff. After the best first round of his career by a champion who formerly had the reputation of being a slow starter, the only question was how long Brodie would last. Like his good friend Henry he has been a slow starter although he remains confident of an upturn. Arguello was usually a slow starter and Ismael was a very good counter puncher. He may have been a slow starter, but lately O'Shea has been surging forward. Favourite Ivan Denisovich was a slow starter, and could only finish fourth. Perhaps fortunately for Finley, he is usually a slow starter and thus is used to overcoming slumps. Johnny wanted him to come out, but the staff said, you know, he's a slow starter. Despite the crowd's obvious enthusiasm, the gig was a slow starter. I look forward to St Valentine's Day, partly because I was a late starter and never received any cards or presents until I met my partner nine years ago. Throughout his career, he has always been a slow starter - but a great finisher. One of the things about being a slow starter is that you work a little harder. Synonyms novice, beginner, tyro, neophyte, new recruit, raw recruit, fledgling, new boy, new girl, novitiate 1.1 A person who gives the signal for the start of a race. （赛跑的）发令员 Example sentencesExamples At the second race, the starter didn't show up, and Sweeney's career as a flagman was launched. As the starters signalled the first race a light rain signalled the wintry conditions at Munich's Olympic regatta course. Tarapore and Kapila even had the discomfiture of being fined five penalty points for jumping the starter's gun in the second race. ‘The starter held the race while the announcer told people I was retiring,’ said Hickman. 1.2with adjective A horse, competitor, or player taking part in a race or game at the start. 参赛首发的马（或竞争者、选手） the trainer has confirmed Cool Ground as a definite starter 驯马师已证实“酷场”肯定是首发参赛的马。 Example sentencesExamples Susan Magnier's Reach for the Moon is the lone starter from the powerful Aidan O'Brien stable. Sir Spellbinder, a ten-year-old son of Time for a Change, has one other starter out of five foals in one crop of racing age. Classic starters Pinpoint and Hal's Image finished sixth and seventh, respectively. Hendricks had been winless with 18 previous starters during the Del Mar meet. Mullins says Mossy Greene is his only definite starter but that the two big names are ready to run and will reappear quite soon even if they don't make Clonmel. Same Day Blues is Same Day Delivery's first starter from 10 foals in his first crop of racing age. Hold That Tiger is the only one of O'Brien's potential starters to have raced in the United States this year. Frankel's other starter in the race, Stronach Stable's Milwaukee Brew, figures to be closing in deep stretch. Average starters remained the same from 2002 with 9.1 going to the gate this year. It also prompted Bailey to tout the filly, trained by Frank Brothers, as a possible starter in the Breeders' Cup Sprint. O'Brien also outlined plans with Racing Post for some of his other prominent starters in regards to the Breeders' Cup. She is the only starter from four foals of racing age in her sire's first crop. Sellers was injured when he was thrown from his mount, first-time starter Hike, before the afternoon's fifth race. Worse still, every paper lists him as a definite starter in Sunday's game. Paraneck Stable's former classic starter Griffinite has been retired due to a slight ligament strain in his left front leg. He has sired one starter from two foals of racing age. Shirttail is the only starter from five foals in the first crop of racing age of Shirttail Flying, who has also sired four yearlings. Four of the 12 listed starters were scratched as the race was contested over a turf course listed as soft. Taiki Blizzard is the most recent Japanese-based starter in the Breeders' Cup Classic. Freshman sire Canvas has sired one winner and one starter from 11 foals of racing age in his first crop. 1.3Baseball The pitcher who starts the game. 〔棒球〕（开赛的）投手 Example sentencesExamples Both benches will be key in letting the starters decide this game. Torre hasn't announced the starter for Sunday's game against Boston, and didn't completely rule out Brown. The four starters, key pitchers in this series, were more than a full run higher at 3.52. Clearly, even as starters, these pitchers were lethal to opposing hitters. You end up playing their NBA teams, but against less skilled players who wouldn't be starters for a game. The Giants pulled ahead early in the first three games against shaky Dodger starters, only to let the Dodgers claw their way back into the game. He was a late-inning replacement in each of the four World Series games after being a starter for the previous three seasons. Manager Phil Garner wants his pitchers, particularly the starters, to be more aggressive. Perez did not emerge as a consistent major league starter until last season, but his talent was discovered much earlier. The only way they can revive is if their young pitchers develop into quality starters, but two of their best will be out in 2005. Excellent prospect as a major league starter - three above-average pitches. Kieswetter was able to empty his bench in the final minute and allow the large crowd to salute the veteran starters who exited the game. Manager Jimy Williams will need to use his starters deeper into games; the Cubs' bullpen is far stronger. Yogi Berra hit a two-run homer in the third inning off starter Bob Buhl. The team should sign a cheap center fielder, a cheaper third basemen, and a starter. I will touch on many of the topics, the Yankees, the A's, an article on the game's better starters. The length of time a young starter remains in a game is now pretty much governed by his pitch count. This represents a combined total of just 23 wins for both starters for the first game of a World Series. The only starter in that game who did not reach the Hall of Fame was National League center fielder Wally Berger of the Boston Braves. Completing a lot of innings and winning games is what a starter strives for. 1.4 A topic, question, or other item with which to start a group discussion or course of study. （小组讨论或研究进程的）开端话题（或问题、其他项目） material to act as a starter for discussion 作为讨论开端的资料。 Example sentencesExamples The photos make it a great gift idea, while the information acts as a starter for readers with a new interest in wine. There have been no protests about people who feel their right to debate a contentious assertion in the NDT has been quashed by over-zealous topic starters. The book may serve as a conversation starter for thoughtful parents and gifted children. This book is a good starter for building your personal picture of the Korean War. As a starter for analyst research, what about the following? The book could be used as a discussion starter in a Christian Education program, though I don't recommend it. The most important structuring device of this approach is the question starters that are provided to students to guide their peer discussion. We invite news organizations to use the guidelines as a discussion starter to craft or revise their own policies and guidelines. If you don't want to be so formal, don't bother with a list of discussion starters. You can look up both pitches on Smith's opponents' websites, in addition to their platforms, which have many potential discussion starters. Summary Points and Essay / Critical Thinking Questions wrap up each chapter, serving as discussion starters. All of these questions are in the form of question starters, such as, What does… mean? Also, it may serve as a discussion starter for small cooperative groups or with the whole group in the university classroom. Occasionally it's been the starter for a conversation. Sometimes open-ended questions for class discussions were effective starters. 1.5as modifier Denoting something regarded as suitable for a person who is new to a particular activity, product, etc. consumers upgrading from a regular mobile phone to a starter smartphone Example sentencesExamples He told me that a good starter bike would run me about $400, and there the dream died. It's a good starter biography for younger viewers who might go on to familiarize themselves with the writings of this great author. It's a great starter phone for someone who is not real tech savvy. If you want to tackle the tricky world of permanent life insurance, here's a starter guide. If you are looking for the perfect starter classic or simply a weekend car for blatting about in, this is the car for you. I find my modest starter garden in the city highly satisfying. Every day on my way to work I pass the site of a new "starter castle" - the six-car garage kind springing up in farm fields and open land across the country. It's a good painting at a good price—a starter Warhol—but someone else is willing to go to almost $1.5 million. It seems like a lot of people think that a guinea pig or a rabbit is a good starter pet for a child. 2An automatic device for starting a machine, especially the engine of a vehicle. （机器，尤指引擎的）自动启动装置 as modifier the starter motor Example sentencesExamples This meant that he had to get off the start line of stages five and six using just the starter motor. When you turn the ignition key, the starter motor spins the engine a few revolutions so that the combustion process can start. I grimaced, crossing my fingers and jabbing the starter button for the engine. On his return, I sat into the car, turned on the ignition and pulled the starter switch and the engine came to life immediately. The difference is there is a helicopter starter engine that always keeps the turbo spinning at high revs, and hence the power. Then the starter motor packed up, so from that point on I always parked on a hill so I could bump start it. This system is setup so that the driver, with foot on the brake, pushes the button once, and the starter cranks until the engine starts. What's needed is a new version of the automatic starter that replaced those antique car hand cranks. About the most modern part of the electronics on the Morgan is the ignition key to connect the battery to the starter motor! Mikes double stint was further delayed when a starter motor problem forced the team to push the car into the garage while the component was replaced. It starts a combustion engine by igniting a fuel-air charge without engaging the starter motor. However, concern over the starter motor stayed with them until the end of the rally. The hybrid's electric motor itself serves as the starter motor. The team had also lost time changing a starter motor, and then Dayton received a stop-and-go penalty for speeding in the pit lane. Retired bus driver Alan Liptrot, 66, was knocked down by the Skoda car as he used a piece of wire to start a faulty starter motor. She said they had hired Mr Moss to fix a starter motor on one of their fleet, a 50-seater 40 ft-long coach. My car mechanic, recently working on my car's engine, struggled for an hour to remove the starter motor. From the darkened bar from which I dictate this missive, I can hear the starter engines revving up! Mysteriously, my starter motor failed whilst the car was with them too. The rocker switch was positioned to the left engine and the starter switch was engaged. 2.1 A railway signal controlling the starting of trains from a station or other location. （火车的）发车信号 Example sentencesExamples The starter signal may show Attention or Caution to provide permission for a train to leave a station, instead of the Proceed indication. 3British The first course of a meal. Example sentencesExamples Despite the flaws, there was enough expertise in the starters and second course to confirm that there is still a great deal of talent in the Balbirnie kitchen. Even at buffet dinners, it is advisable to stick to the usual schedule of salads, soups, starters, main course and dessert. The guests will enjoy a four-course meal that includes two starters of fresh asparagus and a seafood mix. Do I need to tell you that the last thing you want as a starter to your evening meal after a day of tropical heat is eggs Benedict? To round off a quality meal, we also found that the puddings were a rarity - ones that lived up to the quality of the starters and main courses. From finger foods and starters to main courses, pastry and puddings, he has produced a range of ingenious recipes to tempt even the most committed carnivore. This one has mangos in all dishes from starters, soups to main course delicacies and desserts. The variety of food is extremely wide - from salads, cold and hot starters and pizzas to main courses of lamb, pork, chicken, or fish. On our visit last week we threw caution to the wind and ordered nearly a meal's worth of starters. Contestants will have one hour to create menus, which must include a seafood starter and seafood main course along with suggested accompanying wines. TV chef Lesley Waters has been recruited to showcase a range of mouth-watering British recipes, including starters, main courses and puddings. Meanwhile, down in Pimlico, four starters, four main courses, two ice creams, three beers and a pot of tea came to £65 with tip. It offered the usual salads, starters, cooked meals, wines and rakias as well as a decent selection of seafood dishes at very good prices. But there's nothing small about the menu, which changes every eight weeks: seven starters and seven main courses, plus a list of daily specials. We had delicious salad starters, followed by steak and chicken dishes and then divine chocolate puddings. They served the starters with the main course, knocked over bottles of beer, forgot the dessert menu and couldn't get the credit card machine to work for a while. It's not like your average menu of starters, main courses and puddings, where you can gauge how much of each to eat if you want to leave room for the rest. Serve them at tea time or as starters before meals. So was the food, which consisted of three starters and a main course of three curries, pilau rice and two nan breads. We spent the next 10 minutes trying to choose two starters and main courses - we usually share, having half of each other's dishes. Synonyms canapé, first course, finger food, titbit, savoury, snack 4informal A plan or idea that has a chance of succeeding and is therefore worthy of consideration. 〈非正式〉可行计划（或想法） she began to think that she must move away, yet she knew that it was not even a starter 她开始认为她必须搬走，然而她知道这根本就行不通。 Example sentencesExamples As a football player, he was not even a starter. 5A bacterial culture used to initiate souring in making yogurt, cheese, or butter. 起子培养物 Example sentencesExamples With their understanding of the company, they were the starter culture, in Mackey's metaphor, launching the fermentation that would turn Columbus Circle into a true Whole Foods store. Finding a suitable starter culture can at times be difficult. Let it cool to about 45 degrees and add yogurt starter culture, available at health food stores, or live culture yogurt from the grocery store. After incubation at 37°C for 2 days, a single colony was picked and put into a 10 ml starter culture which also contained 20 g/ml chloramphenicol. Then a starter culture of lactic streptococci and lactobacilli bacteria is added. Fruit may contribute undesirable yeasts and bacteria to the yogurt, making it a poor starter culture. The starter cultures generally are desirable bacteria that produce lactic acid, gas for eye development, flavor, color and texture, and give milk its consistency. The first step is to add a starter culture to milk, and add to that a rennet coagulant, made from a calf's fourth stomach. The traditional process of cheesemaking ensues when the bacteria in the starter culture begin growing by fermenting the lactose in the milk into lactic acid. The starter culture was diluted 1: 30 into fresh medium containing 100 M of IPTG. However, these counts may not accurately reflect probiotic content as they do not differentiate probiotic bacteria from starter culture bacteria such as S. thermophilus. Strains are available for a range of desired properties; for instance, there are designated classes of cultures for use in cheese starter cultures, yogurt, milk, buttermilk and sour cream. A 10 mL starter culture (LB broth with 50 mg/mL carbenicillin) was inoculated from frozen stock and incubated overnight at 37°C with shaking. ‘They're normal inhabitants of our gastrointestinal tracts; they're used as starter cultures in different cheeses in Egypt; and there are a lot of Enterococcus that enter our system,’ she says. The starter culture initiates the process, and begins the growth of the bacteria. Oxygen is an especially important nutrient, which is supplied in large quantity during production of the yeast starter culture. The TBAK technology determines bacterial counts in cheese starter cultures in fewer than 10 minutes. It will also be valuable for natural cheeses, and if they want to know the starter culture. To the company's intellectual property belongs also a collection of over 700 lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria isolated from ecologically pure regions of the country and over 100 various starter culture combinations. ‘Where my gut feeling is, the important factors are proper starter culture, proper usage, and raw milk quality,’ says Reddy. Synonyms novice, learner, student, pupil, trainee, apprentice, probationer 5.1 A preparation of chemicals to initiate the breakdown of vegetable matter in making compost. （制造堆肥时使植物分解的）促酵剂，引酵物 Example sentencesExamples It isn't necessary to add the starter culture, but Gates recommends it to ensure that your vegetables begin fermenting with a hardy strain of healthy bacteria. This suggests that phosphorus is more important than nitrogen in the starter fertilizer. Phrases for starters informal First of all; to start with. 〈非正式〉首先；一开始，开始时 ‘Anything else?’ ‘That'll do for starters.’ Example sentencesExamples There's a few others I can't remember the names of, but that'll do for starters. Well, for starters, it's going to be hard to bring home all your stuff from Wal-Mart now. Well, for starters he is a columnist for the left-wing American Prospect magazine. He praised Secretary Rice for starters, saying he thought her trip had gone quite well. It shows how narrow economic modelling is, for starters, let alone whether or not it's been done accurately. But, for starters, the metal and glass front has to go and the ancient walls properly replaced. So burgers, wool, zoos and safe medicine are out, for starters. Well, for starters, some red wine always helps to mellow the evening. Put it this way, the junkie people in London couldn't afford it, for starters: the drinks are extremely expensive. Well, for starters we must remember that he was only 32 when he was shot. under starter's orders (of horses, runners, or other competitors) ready to start a race and just waiting for the signal. （马、赛跑运动员等竞赛者）等候号令准备起跑 Example sentencesExamples The race is under starter's orders to find the UK's strongest man. Two months before the Royal event goes under starter's orders, Ascot ‘tsar’ Shane Chalmers today rolled out a detailed timetable of entertainment. There are seven races on each day with the first race coming under starter's orders at 2.15 pm. Birch, 32, is competing in the London Marathon, which gets under starter's orders on April 14 on behalf of City and the Trust. They're under starter's orders for this year's Great Yorkshire Show, with organisers determined to bounce back after 2001's foot and mouth-enforced cancellation. The skies cleared on Sunday long enough to enable Salisbury Racecourse's 2004 season to finally go under starter's orders, writes Mike Turner. It's too early to name the runners and riders, let alone pretend we are under starter's orders. The running of Africa's greatest horse-race event at Greyville looks set to smash records, and that's before the horses come under starter's orders. The nation will be holding its breath today as one of the most eagerly anticipated sporting events of the year gets under starter's orders. Racing comes under starter's orders at 1pm and is set to end at 4.30 pm. Rhymes barter, Bata, cantata, carter, cassata, charter, chipolata, ciabatta, darter, desiderata, errata, garter, imprimatur, Inkatha, Jakarta, Magna Carta, Maratha, martyr, Odonata, passata, persona non grata, rata, Renata, Río de la Plata, serenata, sonata, Sparta, strata, taramasalata, tartar, Tatar, Zapata noun.1 phr. Definition of starter in US English: starter nounˈstärdərˈstɑrdər 1A person or thing that starts in a specified way. （尤指时间或速度方面）以某种方式起步者，以某种方式开端的事物 I'm just a slow starter 我不过是个缓慢起步者。 he was a late starter in photography 他在摄影方面起步较晚。 Example sentencesExamples One of the things about being a slow starter is that you work a little harder. As a professional footballer, Paul was a late starter. Also a serious Palme d' Or contender, Chunhyang is a slow starter. Arguello was usually a slow starter and Ismael was a very good counter puncher. Like his good friend Henry he has been a slow starter although he remains confident of an upturn. Johnson always has been a bit of a slow starter in terms of throwing out runners. Throughout my whole career I've basically been a slow starter. Johnny wanted him to come out, but the staff said, you know, he's a slow starter. It will be interesting to see how Greer, traditionally a slow starter, responds to the long layoff. After the best first round of his career by a champion who formerly had the reputation of being a slow starter, the only question was how long Brodie would last. A slow starter at the best of times, he kept missing good-length balls from the mighty Murtagh and Sampson. Maria had to come back from a set down against Ai Sugiyama, too, but that doesn't make her a slow starter. Favourite Ivan Denisovich was a slow starter, and could only finish fourth. He does however still drift in and out of games, whilst he seems to be a slow starter to each new season. That's another way of saying she is a slow starter and sometimes even a no-starter. I look forward to St Valentine's Day, partly because I was a late starter and never received any cards or presents until I met my partner nine years ago. Perhaps fortunately for Finley, he is usually a slow starter and thus is used to overcoming slumps. Despite the crowd's obvious enthusiasm, the gig was a slow starter. Throughout his career, he has always been a slow starter - but a great finisher. He may have been a slow starter, but lately O'Shea has been surging forward. Synonyms novice, beginner, tyro, neophyte, new recruit, raw recruit, fledgling, new boy, new girl, novitiate 1.1 A person who gives the signal for the start of a race. （赛跑的）发令员 Example sentencesExamples Tarapore and Kapila even had the discomfiture of being fined five penalty points for jumping the starter's gun in the second race. At the second race, the starter didn't show up, and Sweeney's career as a flagman was launched. ‘The starter held the race while the announcer told people I was retiring,’ said Hickman. As the starters signalled the first race a light rain signalled the wintry conditions at Munich's Olympic regatta course. 1.2with adjective A horse, competitor, or player taking part in a race or game at the start. 参赛首发的马（或竞争者、选手） the trainer has confirmed Cool Ground as a definite starter 驯马师已证实“酷场”肯定是首发参赛的马。 Example sentencesExamples Worse still, every paper lists him as a definite starter in Sunday's game. Hold That Tiger is the only one of O'Brien's potential starters to have raced in the United States this year. Paraneck Stable's former classic starter Griffinite has been retired due to a slight ligament strain in his left front leg. O'Brien also outlined plans with Racing Post for some of his other prominent starters in regards to the Breeders' Cup. Freshman sire Canvas has sired one winner and one starter from 11 foals of racing age in his first crop. Hendricks had been winless with 18 previous starters during the Del Mar meet. Mullins says Mossy Greene is his only definite starter but that the two big names are ready to run and will reappear quite soon even if they don't make Clonmel. Classic starters Pinpoint and Hal's Image finished sixth and seventh, respectively. She is the only starter from four foals of racing age in her sire's first crop. Taiki Blizzard is the most recent Japanese-based starter in the Breeders' Cup Classic. Sellers was injured when he was thrown from his mount, first-time starter Hike, before the afternoon's fifth race. Sir Spellbinder, a ten-year-old son of Time for a Change, has one other starter out of five foals in one crop of racing age. Same Day Blues is Same Day Delivery's first starter from 10 foals in his first crop of racing age. Shirttail is the only starter from five foals in the first crop of racing age of Shirttail Flying, who has also sired four yearlings. Frankel's other starter in the race, Stronach Stable's Milwaukee Brew, figures to be closing in deep stretch. Four of the 12 listed starters were scratched as the race was contested over a turf course listed as soft. Susan Magnier's Reach for the Moon is the lone starter from the powerful Aidan O'Brien stable. Average starters remained the same from 2002 with 9.1 going to the gate this year. He has sired one starter from two foals of racing age. It also prompted Bailey to tout the filly, trained by Frank Brothers, as a possible starter in the Breeders' Cup Sprint. 1.3Baseball The pitcher who starts the game. 〔棒球〕（开赛的）投手 Example sentencesExamples Both benches will be key in letting the starters decide this game. Clearly, even as starters, these pitchers were lethal to opposing hitters. The only starter in that game who did not reach the Hall of Fame was National League center fielder Wally Berger of the Boston Braves. The only way they can revive is if their young pitchers develop into quality starters, but two of their best will be out in 2005. Perez did not emerge as a consistent major league starter until last season, but his talent was discovered much earlier. Manager Jimy Williams will need to use his starters deeper into games; the Cubs' bullpen is far stronger. This represents a combined total of just 23 wins for both starters for the first game of a World Series. I will touch on many of the topics, the Yankees, the A's, an article on the game's better starters. Excellent prospect as a major league starter - three above-average pitches. The four starters, key pitchers in this series, were more than a full run higher at 3.52. Kieswetter was able to empty his bench in the final minute and allow the large crowd to salute the veteran starters who exited the game. He was a late-inning replacement in each of the four World Series games after being a starter for the previous three seasons. Manager Phil Garner wants his pitchers, particularly the starters, to be more aggressive. The team should sign a cheap center fielder, a cheaper third basemen, and a starter. The length of time a young starter remains in a game is now pretty much governed by his pitch count. Torre hasn't announced the starter for Sunday's game against Boston, and didn't completely rule out Brown. Yogi Berra hit a two-run homer in the third inning off starter Bob Buhl. Completing a lot of innings and winning games is what a starter strives for. You end up playing their NBA teams, but against less skilled players who wouldn't be starters for a game. The Giants pulled ahead early in the first three games against shaky Dodger starters, only to let the Dodgers claw their way back into the game. 1.4Baseball A pitcher who normally starts games, and seldom is used as a relief pitcher. Example sentencesExamples Finally, there will be no designated hitters, and each team will have only two pitchers - a starter and a reliever. Defining a pitcher as a starter or a reliever is a bit tricky, because some pitchers do a little of both over the course of the season. 1.5 A topic, question, or other item with which to start a group discussion or course of study. （小组讨论或研究进程的）开端话题（或问题、其他项目） material to act as a starter for discussion 作为讨论开端的资料。 Example sentencesExamples Also, it may serve as a discussion starter for small cooperative groups or with the whole group in the university classroom. You can look up both pitches on Smith's opponents' websites, in addition to their platforms, which have many potential discussion starters. Summary Points and Essay / Critical Thinking Questions wrap up each chapter, serving as discussion starters. All of these questions are in the form of question starters, such as, What does… mean? Sometimes open-ended questions for class discussions were effective starters. The most important structuring device of this approach is the question starters that are provided to students to guide their peer discussion. As a starter for analyst research, what about the following? The photos make it a great gift idea, while the information acts as a starter for readers with a new interest in wine. There have been no protests about people who feel their right to debate a contentious assertion in the NDT has been quashed by over-zealous topic starters. The book may serve as a conversation starter for thoughtful parents and gifted children. If you don't want to be so formal, don't bother with a list of discussion starters. The book could be used as a discussion starter in a Christian Education program, though I don't recommend it. We invite news organizations to use the guidelines as a discussion starter to craft or revise their own policies and guidelines. This book is a good starter for building your personal picture of the Korean War. Occasionally it's been the starter for a conversation. 1.6as modifier Denoting something regarded as suitable for a person who is new to a particular activity, product, etc. consumers upgrading from a regular mobile phone to a starter smartphone Example sentencesExamples He told me that a good starter bike would run me about $400, and there the dream died. I find my modest starter garden in the city highly satisfying. It seems like a lot of people think that a guinea pig or a rabbit is a good starter pet for a child. It's a great starter phone for someone who is not real tech savvy. If you want to tackle the tricky world of permanent life insurance, here's a starter guide. Every day on my way to work I pass the site of a new "starter castle" - the six-car garage kind springing up in farm fields and open land across the country. If you are looking for the perfect starter classic or simply a weekend car for blatting about in, this is the car for you. It's a good painting at a good price—a starter Warhol—but someone else is willing to go to almost $1.5 million. It's a good starter biography for younger viewers who might go on to familiarize themselves with the writings of this great author. 2An automatic device for starting a machine, especially the engine of a vehicle. （机器，尤指引擎的）自动启动装置 Example sentencesExamples My car mechanic, recently working on my car's engine, struggled for an hour to remove the starter motor. The team had also lost time changing a starter motor, and then Dayton received a stop-and-go penalty for speeding in the pit lane. However, concern over the starter motor stayed with them until the end of the rally. This system is setup so that the driver, with foot on the brake, pushes the button once, and the starter cranks until the engine starts. I grimaced, crossing my fingers and jabbing the starter button for the engine. From the darkened bar from which I dictate this missive, I can hear the starter engines revving up! The hybrid's electric motor itself serves as the starter motor. Mysteriously, my starter motor failed whilst the car was with them too. Then the starter motor packed up, so from that point on I always parked on a hill so I could bump start it. Retired bus driver Alan Liptrot, 66, was knocked down by the Skoda car as he used a piece of wire to start a faulty starter motor. Mikes double stint was further delayed when a starter motor problem forced the team to push the car into the garage while the component was replaced. The difference is there is a helicopter starter engine that always keeps the turbo spinning at high revs, and hence the power. This meant that he had to get off the start line of stages five and six using just the starter motor. She said they had hired Mr Moss to fix a starter motor on one of their fleet, a 50-seater 40 ft-long coach. What's needed is a new version of the automatic starter that replaced those antique car hand cranks. On his return, I sat into the car, turned on the ignition and pulled the starter switch and the engine came to life immediately. The rocker switch was positioned to the left engine and the starter switch was engaged. About the most modern part of the electronics on the Morgan is the ignition key to connect the battery to the starter motor! It starts a combustion engine by igniting a fuel-air charge without engaging the starter motor. When you turn the ignition key, the starter motor spins the engine a few revolutions so that the combustion process can start. 3British The first course of a meal; an appetizer. Example sentencesExamples So was the food, which consisted of three starters and a main course of three curries, pilau rice and two nan breads. To round off a quality meal, we also found that the puddings were a rarity - ones that lived up to the quality of the starters and main courses. We spent the next 10 minutes trying to choose two starters and main courses - we usually share, having half of each other's dishes. The guests will enjoy a four-course meal that includes two starters of fresh asparagus and a seafood mix. TV chef Lesley Waters has been recruited to showcase a range of mouth-watering British recipes, including starters, main courses and puddings. It's not like your average menu of starters, main courses and puddings, where you can gauge how much of each to eat if you want to leave room for the rest. The variety of food is extremely wide - from salads, cold and hot starters and pizzas to main courses of lamb, pork, chicken, or fish. Contestants will have one hour to create menus, which must include a seafood starter and seafood main course along with suggested accompanying wines. On our visit last week we threw caution to the wind and ordered nearly a meal's worth of starters. Even at buffet dinners, it is advisable to stick to the usual schedule of salads, soups, starters, main course and dessert. We had delicious salad starters, followed by steak and chicken dishes and then divine chocolate puddings. Serve them at tea time or as starters before meals. Despite the flaws, there was enough expertise in the starters and second course to confirm that there is still a great deal of talent in the Balbirnie kitchen. But there's nothing small about the menu, which changes every eight weeks: seven starters and seven main courses, plus a list of daily specials. Do I need to tell you that the last thing you want as a starter to your evening meal after a day of tropical heat is eggs Benedict? They served the starters with the main course, knocked over bottles of beer, forgot the dessert menu and couldn't get the credit card machine to work for a while. Meanwhile, down in Pimlico, four starters, four main courses, two ice creams, three beers and a pot of tea came to £65 with tip. It offered the usual salads, starters, cooked meals, wines and rakias as well as a decent selection of seafood dishes at very good prices. This one has mangos in all dishes from starters, soups to main course delicacies and desserts. From finger foods and starters to main courses, pastry and puddings, he has produced a range of ingenious recipes to tempt even the most committed carnivore. Synonyms canapé, first course, finger food, titbit, savoury, snack 4A bacterial culture used to initiate souring in making yogurt, cheese, or butter. 起子培养物 Example sentencesExamples The TBAK technology determines bacterial counts in cheese starter cultures in fewer than 10 minutes. Oxygen is an especially important nutrient, which is supplied in large quantity during production of the yeast starter culture. Finding a suitable starter culture can at times be difficult. Fruit may contribute undesirable yeasts and bacteria to the yogurt, making it a poor starter culture. It will also be valuable for natural cheeses, and if they want to know the starter culture. Let it cool to about 45 degrees and add yogurt starter culture, available at health food stores, or live culture yogurt from the grocery store. With their understanding of the company, they were the starter culture, in Mackey's metaphor, launching the fermentation that would turn Columbus Circle into a true Whole Foods store. ‘Where my gut feeling is, the important factors are proper starter culture, proper usage, and raw milk quality,’ says Reddy. To the company's intellectual property belongs also a collection of over 700 lactic acid bacteria and bifidobacteria isolated from ecologically pure regions of the country and over 100 various starter culture combinations. The traditional process of cheesemaking ensues when the bacteria in the starter culture begin growing by fermenting the lactose in the milk into lactic acid. The starter cultures generally are desirable bacteria that produce lactic acid, gas for eye development, flavor, color and texture, and give milk its consistency. However, these counts may not accurately reflect probiotic content as they do not differentiate probiotic bacteria from starter culture bacteria such as S. thermophilus. The first step is to add a starter culture to milk, and add to that a rennet coagulant, made from a calf's fourth stomach. The starter culture initiates the process, and begins the growth of the bacteria. A 10 mL starter culture (LB broth with 50 mg/mL carbenicillin) was inoculated from frozen stock and incubated overnight at 37°C with shaking. The starter culture was diluted 1: 30 into fresh medium containing 100 M of IPTG. Strains are available for a range of desired properties; for instance, there are designated classes of cultures for use in cheese starter cultures, yogurt, milk, buttermilk and sour cream. ‘They're normal inhabitants of our gastrointestinal tracts; they're used as starter cultures in different cheeses in Egypt; and there are a lot of Enterococcus that enter our system,’ she says. Then a starter culture of lactic streptococci and lactobacilli bacteria is added. After incubation at 37°C for 2 days, a single colony was picked and put into a 10 ml starter culture which also contained 20 g/ml chloramphenicol. Synonyms novice, learner, student, pupil, trainee, apprentice, probationer 4.1 A mixture of fermenting dough reserved from an earlier batch of baking, used to initiate fermentation in fresh dough. 4.2 A preparation of chemicals to initiate the breakdown of vegetable matter in making compost. （制造堆肥时使植物分解的）促酵剂，引酵物 Example sentencesExamples This suggests that phosphorus is more important than nitrogen in the starter fertilizer. It isn't necessary to add the starter culture, but Gates recommends it to ensure that your vegetables begin fermenting with a hardy strain of healthy bacteria. Phrases for starters informal First of all; to start with. 〈非正式〉首先；一开始，开始时 Example sentencesExamples Well, for starters, some red wine always helps to mellow the evening. But, for starters, the metal and glass front has to go and the ancient walls properly replaced. Well, for starters, it's going to be hard to bring home all your stuff from Wal-Mart now. So burgers, wool, zoos and safe medicine are out, for starters. He praised Secretary Rice for starters, saying he thought her trip had gone quite well. It shows how narrow economic modelling is, for starters, let alone whether or not it's been done accurately. Well, for starters he is a columnist for the left-wing American Prospect magazine. Well, for starters we must remember that he was only 32 when he was shot. There's a few others I can't remember the names of, but that'll do for starters. Put it this way, the junkie people in London couldn't afford it, for starters: the drinks are extremely expensive. noun.1 phr.
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